C is for Cancer

"C" is for Cancer is written from Kai's perspective. Kai is 4 years old and is currently undergoing Leukemia treatment. He was diagnosed on December 25th, 2007 and he is currently in a maintenance phase of treatment that will continue through 2011. Raspberry Kids is currently selling C is for Cancer and  donating all of the proceeds directly back to Denise ( the author) and her family to manage whether it be for new toys for the facility that is for Kai and other immune compromised children or to help fund the printing and distribution of future copies of her book.

When I am Scard

I wanted to share a really great book that I found at Chapters the other day for my son. My five year old, has extreme anxiety. His anxiety gets to the point where we can barely leave the house at times and he has a hard time coping with day to day activities. So I am always looking for books, games and other fun things that help him deal with his stress, and here is a great one. It is a book called " When I am Feeling Scared" by Trace Moroney.It is a hard cover, 18 page, touch and feel book about a bunny who is scared. I like it because it starts off explaining what happens to you when you are scared ( heart beats, get shy etc) then it goes on to talk about some things that make a person scared, explains that not everyone is afraid of the same things, it's OK to be scared, some times it's even a good thing to be scared and often the things we were scared of turn out not to be scary at all.  Great book for kids PreK-K. I would highly recommend it and believe me I have read alot of children's anxiety books.

Reading Is Important!

Did you know The average student learns about 3,000 words per year in the early school years (8 words per day). 

Is your child a hands on kinda kid? Well Usborne Books has a Huge and I mean Huge selection of how to and educational books for children NB- Teen. I spent 30 min on the site and only covered a couple categories. All Usborne Books are brightly colored and have beautiful illustrations. You can check out Monika from Usborne Books website at http://www.monika.yellowducksonline.com/

Make sure to stop in the Moms On The GO trade show on June 14th and check out her selection of books.