Holiday book gift guide, two classic favorites from Running Press

Two fun book favorites for holiday gift giving that are timeless:

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: It’s Show Time!
BE JOYFUL: Peanuts Wisdom to Carry You Through

Books make great gifts, and every Christmas my children receive a pile of books from relatives, especially their grandmother! Before long, they were reading to themselves. Buy your children books, go to your local library, just get books in their hands and watch them grow and learn.

Read to your children, read with them, and listen to them read to you.

You can never have too many books.

Jump on over to Running Press for easy purchasing of these and more great titles.

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: It’s Show Time!
(Hardcover; $17.95), by Ross Bagdasarian and Janice Karman,

an interactive book that shows Alvin, Simon, and Theodore putting on a benefit concert to help animals at the local shelter get adopted. It includes eight interactive sound prompts and full-color illustrations throughout.

Gift giving ideas for Alvin and The Chipmunks: It's Show Time!
Gift to your children
Gift to your young relatives
Gift to family holiday parities
Gift to secret Santa gift exchange
Gift for school exchange
Gift for early present for bedtime reading leading up to Christmas.

BE JOYFUL: Peanuts Wisdom to Carry You Through
(Hardcover; $7.95), by Charles M. Schulz
PEANUTS memories with beloved and inspirational quotes.

Gift ideas for Be Joyful: Peanuts Wisdom to Carry You Through:
The prefect gift for a teacher
Secret Santa
Co-worker
girl or boyfriend
Elderly persons
Persons in hospital
Grandparents
New parents
Fits just right into a stocking
Easy to tuck into a gift bag with a mug and selection of tea or cocoa
Buy one for yourself for inspiration or quiet time

Disclosure: I received samples of these books from Running Press. The comments and views are my own.

See the newest trailer for NOAH with an intro from Emma Watson.

NOAH is coming soon! To a theater near you on March 28, 2014 and until then take a look at scenes from NOAH. Emma Watson shares a fun intro to the newest trailer release of the film NOAH: Learn about the making of the film and the bible story of NOAH: Read what's being said about NOAH in the press: Geoffrey Morin who is head of communications for The American Bible Society offers an article on "NOAH". The op-ed is entitled, “NOAH spurs debate pitting art vs. Bible” and poses the question, “How much artistic interpretation should be allowed? Here is the article about the film Noah on USA Today. Noah comes to a theater near you on March 28, 2013. To find a location near you go to NOAH the official web site for the film.

Giveaway of New Soft Scrub® 4-in-1 Toliet Cleaner to three lucky winners.

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Win an Ultimate prize pack from Betty Crocker Ultimate Meals and Mixes

So, how's the dinner time prep going? The kids are back in school, and then after school is sports, band practice. Do you have the taxi light on top your car on? Sound familiar? I can relate. Those nights of soccer practice and games kept us moving. I am the late afternoon here on the East Coast, and glad to have my dinner thoughts together. How did I do it? The ultimate way, with new Ultimate Hamburger Helper from Betty Crocker ®, that's how. I whipped up, I'm calling it that, because it was easy to prepare and cook. I made Ultimate Hamburger Helper Three Cheese Marinara. Easy to understand directions are on the back of the box, and don't forget to cut out the Box Tops For Education Label before you toss the cardboard into your recycling bin. How to make this warm hearty meal for your family: open a box of Ultimate Hamburger Helper Three Cheese Marinara Brown 1 pound ground beef in a skillet. I used organic ground beef. In that same skillet, add and stir in: 1 cup o

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