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5 Minutes for Books – Part 1 – A Book for Little Ones…

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5M4Bsidebar.jpgThank you for all the encouraging comments regarding the launch of the new column. We are really excited about it as well.

And congratulations to Lu at Hyperactive Lu, the winner of last week’s contest for Ordinary Mom, Extraordinary God. If you didn’t win, you can click through to buy it on amazon, or head to your local bookstore and ask for it. Read on for even more giveaways today!

Today is a double feature here at 5 Minutes for Books – with a book for children and a book for you. We will separate the reviews into two posts however, so that you can enter your comments separately. The children’s book review, written by Janice, is included here and it is a contest with 3 copies available to win. To enter, make sure you leave a comment on this post. The second review (the book for you!) is written by Jennifer and includes 5 copies to giveaway. Make sure you scroll down or click here to read it as well.


Sweet Arts Design presents a delightful, bilingual Alphabet Book


alph-blue-cover.jpgWith delicate artwork and gorgeous colors, this beautiful, personalized alphabet book will delight your little one, while introducing them to a second language.

Amy Hallali, a stay-at-home mom with twin girls, created this bilingual children’s alphabet book as a way for her French husband to introduce their girls to the French language.

She has now expanded the line to include Spanish and English versions as well. In fact, you can choose between French only, French/English, English only, Spanish/English or Spanish only.

And that is not all – you can make this book perfect for your child, personalizing it with their name and even choosing the cover color!

alph-book-julia.jpgJackson and Julia will both be going to French Immersion when they start school, so we were thrilled to get this book for Julia. (Julia is learning Italian as well, but since there are no Italian Immersion schools in this part of the world, she will be following Jackson into French Immersion.) With each page written in both English and French – it is perfect for Susan and me as we work to refresh our French while teaching Jackson and Julia.

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Amy has created a wonderful little masterpiece — a perfect gift or keepsake for any young child. The books are available in hard or soft covers. We have the soft cover and it is sturdy and durable, with top quality card and paper stock. It truly is a gorgeous little book!

And thanks to the author Amy Hallali, we are giving away THREE soft cover personalized books! The winners get to choose which book they’d like (French only, French/English, English only, Spanish/English or Spanish only,) pick the cover color and personalize it with their child’s name.

This is a beautiful book ladies – I am sure your young ones will love it! (Amy is offering our readers a 10% discount. The discount will be applied as a refund because Amy doesn’t have that shopping cart feature. Please use code 5M4M in comment box.)

To enter to win, just leave your comment at this post and we will announce the winners next Monday. (This contest is open to Canadians.) After you have left your comment – don’t forget to read Jennifer’s review and enter that contest as well…

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88 Comments

  1. The book looks precious! I am teaching my little ones spanish and they really liked this book I read them and I was looking for other resources to further it…so thank you so much for the review!!

    FYI, the book I used that my kids loved (they are in pre-school and primary grades) was this book called “Tim & Kim” by Kay Linda Nord. It is interesting – Nord teaches mexican spanish instead the traditional form of castilian…anyway I thought it was great…http://kaylindanord.com/

    Thanks again for this review of the book! Exactly what I am looking for.

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  3. I think I would use my daughter’s first name (Veronica) and not her middle (Roo) because it would be too short…

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  7. This would be great to add to our children’s collection. I like buying them books as treats for good behavior. My children and nieces and nephews love to recieve books.

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  11. I would love, love, love this! I speak French and would love to have an extra resource for my children!

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  13. LOVE this whole concept!! What a Great teaching tool~ and they look Adorable as well!!
    I hope I win!! 🙂
    Thanks,
    Amy

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  20. I LOVE this book – and if I don’t win – I’ll just have to buy one!! Thanks for a great post!

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  22. Neat way to introduce french. We’d love it here, my daughter (3yr) has been learning french on a tape in the car. I think it would be great if she had a book that had words written in french. Count me in.

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  33. That is so cute, I’d love it! I sucked at spanish but made friends with my spanish teacher (she loves me and hubby from school) and so we feel the baby should learn spanish early!

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  39. My little one loves books so I get more for her whenever I can. This would be fabulous so count me in 🙂

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  47. How awesome! I was a French major in college and am always looking for great ways to introduce French to my kids!

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  49. As a bilingual US/Mexican family this would be perfect. Count me in! This is also a great gift idea, so glad to learn of it.

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  51. How beautiful! I would love this for my daughter as we are working on raising her to know both Spanish & English! Count me in for the contest, please!

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  55. This is the cutest thing ever! I would love to hear my kids speak the French language. I think it sounds so beautiful! Wish me luck!

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  62. Great idea! We adopted my boys from Russia and my elder son was old enought to speak Russian pretty well at the time. It’s a shame he’s totally lost his first language now. I think that it’s wonderful for kids to speak, or at least be able to understand, multiple languages! I was fortunate to grow up with a Yiddish-speaking Bubbe! A book like this is a great idea!

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  65. Very cool – as a diplomat family, we’re all about the multi-lingual stuff! If only she offered Arabic… oh well, maybe we can team up on that later. I’m gunning for a French version. Thanks so much!

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  71. Sounds like a good book to teach children lanugages in an early way. In their young years children pick up languages very well.

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  72. What a beautiful book and a wonderful idea for teaching another language.

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  76. We love reading! What a beautiful book! We would love one here, too.. Please may we sign up as well? Thanks and God bless! 🙂

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  87. What a wonderful book idea. As a military family, we live in Belgium in a town that only speaks French (a smidge of English) and as we struggle with not knowing French (as parents) this would be a great tool for my daughter. My son is attending school here and at 5 is learning quickly but when we get back home I don’t want them to forget the language.

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  88. BEAUTIFUL!!! This would be a GREAT tool – Lexi began French lessons in preschool this year. – Did I mention that it is BEAUTIFUL!? 🙂 Sign me up!

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