I'm hosting A Giveaway!!!!

I want to tell you about my favorite children's author. Her name is Karen Katz. She wrote Ashlyn's all time favorite book. I started reading this book to her when she was a baby and she still loves it and now so do Gaby, Ryan, and Brooke.The name of this particular book is called "Counting Kisses" but I haven't read a Karen Katz book that I didn't love. Here are a couple of our favorites. "Twinkle Toes" is perfect for your little princess. It has a piece of pink fabric on the front cover for a skirt and each page has a piece of fabric for your baby to feel. If you have boys, don't worry cause Ryan loves this one too.

"Daddy and Me" is a fun one about a building project with Daddy. Each page has a flap to lift to find the hidden tool.She makes board books that can withstand 4 toddlers so that tells you they are pretty durable. I will warn you though that her "lift the flap" books, though loads of fun for little ones, I no longer leave mine unattended. We had some really cute ones that are now missing their flaps.

So to really show you just how much I love her books I'm going to give 3 free books away to one lucky winner. Of course they will be new and not the ones that my kids have loved up. All you have to do is leave a comment here saying that you are interested. If you don't have little ones, maybe you know someone that would like them for a gift. If you are the winner, I will even let you pick the books. Karen Katz pretty much has one for every occasion.

I'll leave this up for a week and on Friday, September 5th, I'll take all the names from the comments and host a drawing. I'll contact the winner to get a name and address and mail you the free books.

Oh, and because you could also use a treat yourself, I'm going to throw in this cookbook for you. Isn't it cute? It's also a great support for breast cancer awareness, so its twice as nice.

If your wondering why I am hosting this drawing, it's for 2 reasons really. One, I am feeling generous and really want to share my love of books (and cooking).

And two, I know because I have a site meter that I have lots of viewers from all over the country but I rarely get to read comments from you. Call me selfish but I would love it if you could even just say Hi. So maybe this will entice you into leaving a comment, just this one time. The contest is open to anyone. I don't care if you're related, a friend, or just happen upon this site. The drawing will be fair and I promise not to cheat.

Good luck!!

Oh, and if you're a guy and you read my blog, you don't have to take the pink cookbook. We can switch it out for a different one. I know at least my brothers read my blog, or at least they say they do. I could even find you a nice book about sports or motorcycles. How's that sound?