Really Woolly Bible Stories By DaySpring

I have been waiting anxiously for this book and finally it came! Hooray!!! When I saw this book available for review, I immediately request for it without a second thought, as I fall in love with the cute cover right away.  The other reason is, I had been trying quite sometimes now, to find suitable Bible stories-related books for Iggy.  Therefore, I would not want to miss the chance to get this Really Woolly Bible Stories By DaySpring from BookSneeze.com

So here we go.  Following is the description from BookSneeze.com :

Favorite Bible stories presented with the beloved Really Woolly art style help little children discover that God is faithful and true and that Jesus, The Good Shepherd, loves them.

This case-bound padded board book from the Really Woolly® brand by DaySpring® makes it easy to share important stories from God’s Word with little children, while teaching them about God’s shepherd-like love for them. Bible stories include Creation, Noah, Abraham, Moses, the Ten Commandments, Joseph, Samson, Daniel, David and Goliath, Jonah, Jesus’ Birth, Jesus Loves the Little Children, Jesus Feeds 5,000, Jesus the Good Smaraitan, Jesus Walks on Water, Jesus’ Death & Resurrection, The Great Commission. Little ones will love the charming Really Woolly® illustrations.

Illustrations by Julie Sawyer Phillips. Stories retold by Bonnie Rickner Jensen.

Product details:

• Format:  Padded Board Book
• Trim Size:  5.30 in x 7.10 in x 1 in
• Page Count:  36 pages

It is a soft-padded board book and color of the book is soft purplish.  In fact, the color is so soft that at first I thought it is white in color.  Each Bible stories in the book are presented in two-page spread, where on one side, the stories are told in poem form with little Really Woolly characters doing something related to the stories together and on the other sides  is the cartoon-style illustrations.

I am really happy with this book as Iggy loves it.  He usually follows me around the house when I am doing some chores.  On the day when we first get the book, he brought the book to the kitchen where I was at, occupied with preparing his food, and settled himself down on the kitchen floor, flipping through the book.

I try to cultivate the love to read in Iggy.  Whenever I can, I would try to get him sitting on my lap with me holding a book in front of him and read to him.  He usually gets impatient with me and tried to flip through the book without waiting for me to point out the pictures in the pages.  The first time when I tried to read Really Woolly Bible Stories to him, he is his old self.  Getting impatient and tried to flip through the book as he likes.  However, as the stories in the poem format are real short I was able to picked up a few keywords and pointed out something in the pictures.  The next time, when I tried to read the stories to him, he actually exhibits more patience and able to let me pointed out more stuffs to him.  By the third time, he is actually looked for the Really Woolly characters and pointed them out to me.  Whoa! That's a real improvement for Iggy!

If I not mistaken this book is appropriate for children age 4 - 8.  Iggy is actually way too young to fully understand the book.  However, I would not worry too much about that.  At this age, all I want to teach Iggy is to love and appreciate books.  It does not matter if he does not understands even a word from the book.  As long as he loves the book, I am happy with it.

There are a few features of the book that I truly loves.  For one, it is the size and weight of the book.  The size is just right for toddler like Iggy and it is also light enough for him to carry around easily.   Secondly, under the cartoon-style illustrations, there are scripture reference that tells you where to find the story in the Bible.  Lastly, the book closes with poem-format prayer for children, that shows the Really Woolly characters tucked in for the night.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

One Hand, Two Hands By Max Lucado

Finally my second book from BookSneeze had arrived.   The author of this book is Max Lucado and it is illustrated by Gaby Hansen.  This is a charming children book with cheery and colorful illustrations, which teaches children many ways of using their hand in their daily activities to express their helpfulness, kindness and loving nature.

I am really excited to receive this book, as I ordered it specifically for Iggy.  Although he is too young to appreciate the book, he shows excitement upon seeing the new book and he also enjoys flipping through the book.  I, personally, like the illustrations.  It is cheery and colorful and most of all its gives a warm and happy feeling to the reader.

However, I prefer the book without its book jacket.  For Iggy, the book jacket actually gets in the way when he try to flip open the book.  I think it is only a matter of time before he accidentally tear it in his attempts to flip the book open.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 :“Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

How To Stop Night Coughing

Following is an excerpt from an article I received in my Inbox.

To stop night time coughing in a child (or adult as we found out personally), put Vicks VapoRub generously on the bottom of the feet at bedtime then cover with socks.
Even persistent, heavy, deep coughing will stop in about 5 minutes and stay stopped for many, many hours of relief.

Works 100% of the time and is more effective in children than even very strong prescriptions cough medicines. In addition it is extremely soothing and comforting and they will sleep soundly. ...

Before encountered this article I actually heard a friend mentioning this method and claimed extremely effective and I had try it on Iggy. The result? Well, I don't how effective it is. A few months ago Iggy got a mild coughing and stuffy nose which got worsen at night. However, it didn't interfered with his sleep much. But it had me worried when I heard his labored breathing. So I applied some kid's vapor rub at the bottom of his feet. Since it didn't interfered with his sleep originally, the effectiveness of the method can't be noticed. Also I didn't use Vicks and I also didn't put socks on Iggy feet.

Iggy Tested Out His Pool

Iggy's pool came in the post last week.  We got the chance to try it out in the weekend  :D

Filling up the pool	I can't wait	Why took so long...

Actually, Iggy didn't got the chance to try it out until the next day. It was getting late in the evening and it really took quite some times to fill up the pool. *Shhh, will let you in on a secret later.

So there they are, Iggy enjoyed the pool very much





There is the secret. Ta da!



Noticed where we placed the pool? In our living room!!  That's only place we can place the pool as we live in an apartment .. :p

Iggy Got A New Toy

This arrived today.. haha

 

What is it?

 

Iggy can't wait to open it

 

Ta ta!

 

Content of the box

 

Yup yup. It's a pool!

 

Iggy can't wait to try it out

 

Daddy daddy, are you done yet...

Can't wait for this weekend to try it out... :D

Iggy's Cheeky Day

What.. playing with wire?!

OMG!! Biting it some more...