We recently got a new pet. She is a super cute black and white hamster. You have no idea how hard I tried to avoid boarding the "pet train". My daughter has been begging for a puppy for about 4 years now. She so badly wanted a pet. So, for her 8th birthday the hamster was the pet compromise. Her first name was "Oreo", and then it was changed to "Joe-Joe" (Trader Joe's version of Oreos). She has become a beloved little character in my children's world. They love watching her play in her cage and do her "Joe-Joe tricks". [She is quite fancy - she climbs over her spinning wheel and slides down, and she also can do the "monkey bars" by traversing the top of the cage hand by hand.] One of their favorite Joe-Joe past times is creating stories about Joe-Joe and the absurd places she could go. To school, grocery shopping, skateboarding, driving a bus, working at disneyland - these are all places that reduce my children to giggly messes when they think of Joe-Joe cruising the real world. Its just too much fun to think of an animal doing "human stuff".
It's the same reason that Bailey, a new release by Harry Bliss, quickly grabs kids' attention and will be requested to be read again and again. Bailey is a dog who surprises and charms his fellow human classmates with his irrepressible antics. School proves to be an unexpected place for Bailey to do all sorts of things he loves: reading, fetching, painting, digging, singing — and making friends!
Three (3) winners will receive:
• copy of Bailey by Harry Bliss
To be entered in this giveaway, please leave a comment answering the following question:
"Does your family have a pet? If so, what is his/her name? If not, do your kids pine for one?"
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This giveaway will be closed Saturday 9/24 at 11 p.m. and the winner will be announced next Sunday!
Prizing & sample courtesy of Scholastic
Prizing values: Book $16.99, each
Giveaway open to US mailing addresses only
SUNDAY GIVEAWAY: Bailey (children's book)
We recently got a new pet. She is a super cute black and white hamster. You have no idea how hard I tried to avoid boarding the "pet train". My daughter has been begging for a puppy for about 4 years now. She so badly wanted a pet. So, for her 8th birthday the hamster was the pet compromise. Her first name was "Oreo", and then it was changed to "Joe-Joe" (Trader Joe's version of Oreos). She has become a beloved little character in my children's world. They love watching her play in her cage and do her "Joe-Joe tricks". [She is quite fancy - she climbs over her spinning wheel and slides down, and she also can do the "monkey bars" by traversing the top of the cage hand by hand.] One of their favorite Joe-Joe past times is creating stories about Joe-Joe and the absurd places she could go. To school, grocery shopping, skateboarding, driving a bus, working at disneyland - these are all places that reduce my children to giggly messes when they think of Joe-Joe cruising the real world. Its just too much fun to think of an animal doing "human stuff".
It's the same reason that Bailey, a new release by Harry Bliss, quickly grabs kids' attention and will be requested to be read again and again. Bailey is a dog who surprises and charms his fellow human classmates with his irrepressible antics. School proves to be an unexpected place for Bailey to do all sorts of things he loves: reading, fetching, painting, digging, singing — and making friends!
Three (3) winners will receive:
• copy of Bailey by Harry Bliss
To be entered in this giveaway, please leave a comment answering the following question:
"Does your family have a pet? If so, what is his/her name? If not, do your kids pine for one?"
How to earn additional entries in this giveaway:
1. Follow our blog (publicly) and leave another comment (or let us know if you already are). 2. Subscribe to the Mama Memo and leave another comment (or let us know if you already are). 3. Blog about the giveaway, and link back here. Post your blog entry before you comment. 4. Add the Mama Manifesto button to your sidebar. 5. Follow us on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway: "Giveaway- Win a copy of "Bailey" from @MamaManifesto. Enter at mamamanifesto.com" 6. Become a fan of Mama Manifesto on Facebook by clicking the button on the left.
This giveaway will be closed Saturday 9/24 at 11 p.m. and the winner will be announced next Sunday!
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