Sponsored Review

Many of you know that Joey is an avid reader. I am very thankful for that because it's been something I've always hoped for in my kids. Somehow, if they love books, they will face less struggles when it comes to studying. So, some books got delivered to my house recently for both my girls and it made them super happy. I'm pleasantly surprised that the happiness level seemed to be able to match up to having toys arrive in the house. =P

You may have heard of the best-selling series, 'The Diary of Amos Lee', but did you know that there is also another series with Amos' sister, Whoopie Lee, as the star of the stories? Whoopie - Almost Famous was the book sent to Joey - She started on it immediately and finished it in 3 days flat. Pretty much tells you how engaging the story is.

I asked Joey what she thought of the story, and she said it was very funny and interesting. A quick glance through the book and I could understand why she said that. The book is written very much like 'The Diary of Amos Lee', where Whoopie tells of events happening in her life on a daily basis. It is written in a very casual manner that makes for easy reading, and the way she accounts for the things happening in her life is really quite funny. In fact, because it is a very local-based story, I could totally identify with some of the things she talked about in the book. This book is more suitable for the lower Primary kids and would interest the serious readers. But for kids who love to see colourful illustrations while reading, this book does not have that. The inside pages have plenty of illustrations but everything is in black and white. The focus is more on the storyline anyway.

She loves the book  (And now bugs me to go get her the 'The Diary of Amos Lee' series).

The folks from Ethos Books also sent over two picture books for Jayne so that she, too, would get to read some books. These books have pretty and colourful illustrations, and in particular, the boo 'Bleagh!' teaches about values through the life of a blue furry monster! The storylines' pretty interesting and would make good bedtime stories for the pre-schoolers.

Giveaway!

I have two copies of (A) 'The Diary of Whoopie Lee' and (B) one set of the picture books to be given away! To join the giveaway, please follow these simple steps:

Mandatory:

1. Leave me a comment on this post or drop me an email at , indicating whether you would want (A) or (B) in the giveaway.

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2. Like The J Babies facebook page
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Deadline for giveaway: Friday, 14 June 2013, 10pm.