Thursday, February 25, 2010

Danny the Dragon ~ Children’s Book Review and Giveaway!

***This Giveaway is now closed*** A winner was chosen. You can read about it HERE. Big thanks to all who entered!


007 I was so excited to receive a new children’s book Danny the Dragon “Meets Jimmy by author Tina Turbin. We love books in our home. We are avid readers, and even though I’m grown, I still love children’s picture books and sharing them with my young children is a wonderful bonus. There’s just something special about cuddling up in our favorite comfy chair and reading a book together.

We were pleasantly surprised when our package arrived not only with the book and CD, but a DVD to be released in March, as well as extra little fun goodies for my kids!

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Danny the Dragon is a delightful story about a boy named Jimmy, his sister Sally, and their parents.  They take a trip to the beach where Jimmy finds a special shell to take home. He is surprised to meet Danny and his pal Skipper who have been living inside the shell. Danny the Dragon shows Jimmy and Sally how to be a good helper, as well as a good friend.

My youngest child enjoyed snuggling and reading this book with me. It was a cute story, that was very well illustrated, and entertaining. I thought it was well written, and can be enjoyed by little boys and girls alike. A fun read, and a book that will last for years to come.
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We also had the pleasure of listening to the audiobook “Dreams” Danny the Dragon on CD. The story is told, then followed by ten classical pieces. A different, yet still enjoyable way to listen to this story, with beautifully composed music added in. The reader’s voice is nice to listen to, and the realistic sound effects help the child visualize the story.

A little about the author:
Tina Turbin is a humanitarian, radio spokes-woman as well as an award winning children's author. She helps many people in the allergy, celiac, autistic and gluten-free "world" and works hard to make these topics more known. I had the pleasure of interviewing Tina for The Homeschool Desk, and will be sharing that interview with you soon, including information about a DVD release of Danny the Dragon.

To help her cause for celiac disease, Tina is donating all profits from the CD to the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University Medical Center.

I had the pleasure of getting to know Tina through emails, and she is just a mom like most of us, that has a strong focus on family, kids, and education. She is very dedicated to her cause for Celiac Disease, and has a resource site too: http://glutenfreehelp.info/

Danny the Dragon “Meets Jimmy” book can be purchased in hardback for $18.95, softback $8.95, Dreams audiobook and songs CD for $8.95, softcover book and Dreams CD set for $14.95, and they are all available on the website. Don’t forget that all profits from the Dreams CD will be donated to the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University Medical Center. 

Would you like to win your own autographed copy of Danny the Dragon book? Tina Turbin, the author of Danny the Dragon  would like to send one to one of my lucky readers. U.S. entries only, please. All you have to do to enter is:
  • Leave a comment telling me what your favorite children’s book was when YOU were a child, or maybe one you still enjoy today.  Please leave your email address, twitter username, blog address, or another way for me to get in contact with you should you be the winner.

For extra entries, do one of the following, and leave me one comment per entry telling me what you did!
  • Follow Me here at The Homeschool Desk with Google Friend Connect (Just click "Follow")
  • Subscribe to The Homeschool Desk via email or RSS
  • Follow me on twitter @TheHSDesk
  • Become a fan of The Homeschool Desk on Facebook
  • Tweet about this giveaway, leave me a link in your comment
  • Share this giveaway somewhere like Facebook or your own blog, leave a link in your comment
    The contest will end Monday, March  6th@ 12:00 AM EST. A winner will be chosen by Random.org and announced and notified shortly thereafter! Please be sure to leave me an email, twitter username, blog address, or some other way to contact you should you be the winner! 

    Good luck!

    Thank you! And, be sure to check back next week to read my interview with author of Danny the Dragon, Tina Turbin and learn more about the DVD to be released!

    *The author’s review and opinion is entirely her own. This product was provided to the author for free. No further compensation was received.*
    *This book’s author Tina Turbin kindly provided the prize for this giveaway.*

    **All ORIGINAL text and photos belong to The Homeschool Desk**

    45 comments:

    1. I loved a book called "Stand Back", Said the Elephant, "I'm Going to Sneeze". It a funny book with rhyme and pencil drawings.

      We also loves books and this looks like a fun one.
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    2. I (we love) Skippy John Jones!
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    3. I became a fan on FB, you are famous with over 200 people!
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    4. I loved Judy Blume books as a kid. I love the Sandra Boyton books for my kids when they were little...so fun. STunt Man still loves reading those even now. This book looks so cute.
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    5. Sounds great. I've just become friends with Tina on Facebook and her book sounds great. My favorite as a child was The Sheep of the Lal Bagh. I was finally able to get a copy of it again through eBay. :)

      We are twelve year homeschoolers also. :)
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    6. I had that book that Kimberly mentioned! But, my all time favorite children's book was Miss Suzy. I still love that book!
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    7. I'm a follower of your blog (both of them actually!)
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    8. I just followed you on Twitter.
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    9. I retweeted your contest tweet. http://twitter.com/HeidiSays
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    10. My favorite book as a very young child was I Am a Bunny. I still love that book!! As I got older, I loved Make Way for Ducklings.

      Wendy (from the Crew)
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    11. I follow The Homeschool Desk using Google Friend Connect too.
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    12. I loved a book about patience called Herbert the Snail. He was a snail that got in trouble for trying to go to fast. I still love to sing the patience song with my kids today. =)
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    13. the little house on the prairie series
      Kimberly L.
      welovetohomeschool.blogspot.com
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    14. I liked The Pokey Little Puppy. I'm a bit pokey myself. :)
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    15. I have always loved Good Night Moon, it is so fun to cuddle and read with each of my little ones.

      Terri on The Crew

      BurkhertsTravel at yahoo dot com
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    16. I am following you on Google!

      Terri from The Crew

      BurkhertsTravel at yahoo dot com
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    17. My favorite was Millions of Cats. Loved it and can still quote parts of the story.
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    18. As a small child, I loved Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst (I still love her stuff). I also remember liking "When I'm six, I'll fix Anthony" Apparently my Mom was trying to deal with sibling rivalry:)
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    19. I tweeted:) Danny the Dragon ~ Children’s Book Review and Giveaway! http://shar.es/m0eMJ via @sharethis less than 5 seconds ago from web
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    20. I'm a FB fan. PS: I think my google id is messed up. But I am at quinnschilling@gmail.com Thanks!
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    21. My favorite book as a child? Yikes. I'd have to say it was whatever book I was reading at the time, and I was pretty much always reading. I went through the Little House series probably twice a year for all of elementary school.
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    22. I follow you on Friend Connect
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    23. Hi Jodi,
      Thanks for writing about our blog. We wrote about you too.
      http://pedrantionline.blogspot.com/2010/02/we-were-featured-on-homeschool-desk.html

      Alex and Paola
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    24. My favorite book to read to my children was "Good Night Moon." My own favorite as a child was "Petunia."
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    25. I follow on Google Friend Connect.
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    26. i love cinderella story a lot :)

      perhaps you'd like to win some fancy accessories? we have a contest going :)

      http://creativefashion-glee.blogspot.com/2010/02/go-wild-and-free-get-your-accessory.html

      have a great weekend!
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    27. Thank you for letting me know about this! Gosh, I had so many favorite books at a child, but I loved Dr. Seuss's B Book and also Hand, Hand, Fingers Thumb.
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    28. I just became a fan of you on Facebook.
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    29. I am a follower of this blog as well.
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    30. This sounds like such a cute book! Need to find a little one who I can give this book too!
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    31. I loved Ferdinand the Bull. I even had the little record of it and would play it over and over while poring over the pictures and imagining this gentle beast.
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    32. I just bc a fan on facebook
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    33. Thanks for sponsoring this! I watch a little girl in my home and she LOVES books! My favorite book as a child was The Five Chinese Brothers. My kids loved the Napping House - "Faster Mommy" they would urge as I read it over and over... Great book
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    34. I am also a follower of your blog!
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