Monday, July 7, 2008

Giveaway/Review: Giving Away the Gift of Joy

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One lucky Goodies for Mom reader will have the opportunity to win a copy of the book, Joy Is The Greatest Gift Storybook from Focus Friends.™

Focus Friends™ products teach children to develop positive attitudes, enhance creativity, and practice important life skills. Their goal is to create books and products that will make a difference in the lives of families. In their debut title, Joy Is The Greatest Gift, they introduce their first Focus Friend™ character, JOYANN™, and share the gift of creating joy.

My boys love "reviewing" books and were excited to get their copy of Joy Is The Greatest Gift in the mail. The beautiful book and its inspirational story will delight young readers and teach them lifelong lessons. This hardcover book is very high quality, and the colors are so vibrant. I think the colorful waif-like character and pastel illustrations may have been lost on my two truck obsessed boys, however, the story itself was something my four year old enjoyed hearing and discussing. The book shares the message that "Joy is seeing beauty everywhere. Joy is enjoying days full of fun. Joy is spending time with the people you love." Also, we found that although it is designed for ages 2-9, I think the concepts were slightly over my 2 year olds head. I think ages 3-9 might be a better age group for it, unless you have a more mature two year old than I do.

For a chance to win a copy of Joy Is The Greatest Gift Storybook, visit the Focus Friends site and come back and leave us a comment with your favorite Children's Framed Art print. Deadline is Monday, July 14 at midnight EST.

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63 comments:

Courtney said...

Family Hug is my favorite.

aimee said...

With my oldest I feel we really have to struggle to remind him that life is about things other than gifts, sweets, and candy. What a lovely book to emphasize this! I think the family hug art is sweet, but we also love splashing in the puddles so days full of fun is in close 2nd place.

Ginny said...

I love the Butterfly Beauty!

windycindy said...

Hi, I have seen and read about these wonderful books. The book covers are fantastic! The print I like is "Family Hug!" Please enter me in your drawing. I really appreciate it! Thanks, Cindi
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Amy said...

Love the Family Hug- very sweet!

louiseb130 said...

Butterfly Beauty is pretty

Miss Spoken said...

Great colors. Very whimsical. My favorite is Seeing Beauty.
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chromiumman said...

butterfly beauty

Anonymous said...

My favorite print is family hug. This would be a great book for my youngest step-daughter.
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Sharon said...

Butterfly Beauty for sure...THANKS!

toughturtles said...

The Gift

vboackle said...

i like the butterfly beauty.

sweetsue said...

My favorite is Puddle Fun.

Stephen Saunders said...

family hug yay!

kygirl said...

Puddle Fun

bfox74 said...

My favorite is Butterfly Beauty.

Sara G said...

The puddle fun and family hug books look like so much fun to read. We love books and these drawings are so colorful and beautiful!

Valerie Taylor Mabrey said...

Butterfly Beauty

Miranda Ward said...

puddle fun

idahomom said...

Puddle fun sounds like so much fun. Thanks for the chance.

Anonymous said...

I like the Butterfly Beauty!

Kari said...

The butterfly beauty is my favorite. Thank you for a chance!!

Unknown said...

Butterfly Beauty

dwarzel said...

Family Hug

mverno said...

love the butterfly beauty

kristilb19 said...

Seeing beauty is simply precious!

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Anonymous said...

Seeing Beauty is so very pretty! These are so dreamlike and magical.

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agordon10 said...

family hug

mtnarky said...

I love this book! What a great concept. Without a doubt family hug is my favorite framed print.

tsmilitano said...

puddle of mud is def. my absolute fav. It reminds me of when i was a kid and my mom let me splash in the mud every once in a while and well now i am too old. I will def. remember to let my child have a little fun here and there and splash in the mud to enjoy childhood every once in a while!

kaylee8 said...

My favorite framed print is Seeing Beauty because it is a beautiful print plus it has a great message!

Princess Golden Hair said...

butterfly beauty is sweet because everyone has a little butterfly in her

Kristyn Martin said...

My favorite is Family Hug. Thanks for the opportunity! - countrygirl1823@aol.com

Tonya said...

Puddle Fun is my favorite print.

Sunnyvale said...

I like Butterfly Beauty

Julie Donahue said...

We all need a Family Hug.

Unknown said...

Really like Seeing Beauty most (I just love the colors and the layout) and

Eryn said...

I've been coveting the Seeing Beauty art work for awhile now. They're all just too much fun.

Sunshine Mama said...

My favorite is Puddle Fun. Thanks, kristie2 (at) comcast.net

NesieBird said...

Family Hug is a favorite of mine.

Kyle Banderman said...

Family Hug is very nice! Thanks for the contest!

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arvard said...

I really like the Butterfly Beauty.

Hetal said...

butterfly beauty is the cutest

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cdrury said...

Would love to win this - thanks!!!

butterfly Beauty!!

Jane Valentine said...

I like family hug the best! Thanks!

2twins said...

I love the Seeing Beauty print.

kananee said...

I like Butterfly Beauty!

carissaad said...

I like Butterfly Beauty.

Thanks!

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Jinxy and Me said...

I like family hug!

Anonymous said...

I love the Puddle Fun Art, because its so colourful and lively. unforgetable_dreamer_always "at" hotmail.com

Renee G said...

I like Puddle Fun the best.

Anonymous said...

Butterfly beauty as I love Butterflies. Thanks

matternu said...

Family Hug sounds like a fun read. Count me in to win

Brooke said...

Seeing Beauty is my favorite!

Unknown said...

Butterfly Beauty is my favorite. garrettsambo@aol.com

NesieBird said...

I like Puddle Fun best, because of its lively detail.

Unknown said...

How beautiful and colorful these are. We just love the Family Hug. How sweet. Thanks for the great giveaway! ecghick@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

Family hug is by far the best!

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Anonymous said...

Family Hug!

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klp1965 said...

butterfly beauty

mrstrooper said...

Family Hug is cute!

masonsgranny59 said...

I love the Butterfly Beauty!

lilyk said...

I love Butterfly Beauty!