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Razzle-Dazzle Ruby, Review and Giveaway

November 7, 2011 by Dawn

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Growing up in New England, I have many childhood memories that involve playing outside in the snow. While I may never have been really great at the snowman building, I did have a whole lot of fun trying to make igloos with my plastic snow brick maker. Looking out on my backyard suddenly transformed overnight into one huge snowy canvas always brought a magical feeling. For adults, though, snowfalls often translate into headaches in the form of crazy traffic, power outages, and inconveniences. Too bad that we often miss out on that joyful reaction to the snow that children instantly experience. For parents of young children, perhaps sharing Masha D’yans gorgeous new interactive picture book Razzle-Dazzle Ruby will help the magic come alive again.

Now, it’s not every day that a new book gets an endorsement from Eric Carle on the back cover, but Razzle-Dazzle Ruby receives this incredible honor, and it’s one that is well-deserved. When Ruby awakens to a snow-filled outdoors, her imagination immediately jumps into action. With her scruffy puppy pal Rocket by her side, she’s ready for an adventure that sees her as a snow queen and Rocket as her “knight in barking armor.” Soon enough, she meets up with a friend who shares in her skating, snow angel-making, and sledding fun. By the end of the day, Ruby is ready to head home, but she’s already got plans brewing for the next day’s play!

Ruby definitely lives up to her Razzle-Dazzle name, both in spirit and in appearance, with her stripey tights, fluffy winter coat, and brightly colored scarf and hat. Throughout the book, children can share in the Razzle-Dazzle as well, for each page includes a special pull-tab, rotating wheel or pop-up feature that only heightens the magic. Want to see the book in action for yourself? Check it out:

 

 

Would you like to win a copy of Razzle-Dazzle Ruby and bring the magic of a snowy day’s adventure to a child in your life? Two lucky winners will receive a copy of the book, along with a $25 Visa Cash Card and a pair of red and white striped tights! Please leave a comment here to be entered– we’d love to hear about your own childhood snowy adventures! (US mailing addresses only, please.) Winners will be announced here on 11/21.

The winners of Running Away to Home are #14 Tami M. and #15 Idaho Jill and #31 ibeeeg (#4 from the extra entry at 5M4B).

5 Minutes for Books staff reviewer Dawn splits her time teaching preschool, parenting three wacky kids and occasionally blogging at my thoughts exactly.

 

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When she's not reviewing books, 5 Minutes for Books contributor Dawn (and her online alter ego, morninglight mama) can be found blogging at my thoughts exactly and contributing to The DC Moms.

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59 Comments

  1. bearings interchange says

    December 30, 2011 at 3:44 am

    I’m browsing your site through Google Chrome and not all of the text is displaying right. Were you aware about this?

    Reply
  2. bonsai tree says

    December 16, 2011 at 8:13 am

    Do you know your site is recommended by a number of other blogs? Nice stuff. Thank you very much!

    Reply
  3. Angela E. says

    November 18, 2011 at 12:41 pm

    Sound really good to me, please enter me also……..Thank-you

    Reply
  4. Jaimie K says

    November 17, 2011 at 11:25 pm

    Enter me please! My girls would love this!
    When I was young we used to tie a large piece of this plastic behind the truck and drive around. It was a jumbled, fun mess as we each tried to be “king of the tarp.”

    Reply
  5. Tamara Bennington says

    November 17, 2011 at 9:24 pm

    I couldn’t wait for the first snow then I would run out fall to the ground giggling and move my arms and leggs to make a snow angel.

    Reply
  6. Jan says

    November 17, 2011 at 3:43 pm

    I have a wonderful memory of a Christmas when there was NO snow–and then about a foot fell on Christmas Eve after my brothers and I went to bed. AND there were beautiful sleds under the tree for us…lovely.

    Reply
  7. Megan Earley says

    November 17, 2011 at 3:37 pm

    I remember going sledding with my sister at the beach when the sand dunes were covered in snow! What fun!
    mearley1979 at gmail dot com

    Reply
  8. april yedinak says

    November 17, 2011 at 8:59 am

    My best snowy day memories as a child are about sledding at my grandparent’s house (they had a really long and steep hill) until we were giddy with exhaustion and then running inside to huddle in front of the wood stove, drinking hot cocoa and watching holiday movies.
    ape2016(at)aol(dot)com

    Reply
  9. MayMay says

    November 17, 2011 at 5:39 am

    My sisters love to read and she would love to recieve this present on christmas . Happy Holidays

    Reply
  10. zmansmamma says

    November 16, 2011 at 5:42 pm

    getting together the neighborhood kids and sledding down our neighborhood sidewalk over and over again until it was icy and then sledding some more

    Reply
  11. ACMommy3 says

    November 15, 2011 at 7:45 pm

    I grew up living in many places (father was a Marine), and when we did live in snowy areas, I loved to make snow angels and sledding! And just watching the beautiful snowflakes drifting down. But I hated arriving at school in my snowgear and trying to pull off my snowsuit and boots in the hallway without falling down. 😀 creedamy [at] yahoo[dot] com

    Reply
  12. Kelsie Rae says

    November 13, 2011 at 12:17 pm

    what a cute book! i would love to win!

    Reply
  13. dollimama says

    November 13, 2011 at 8:33 am

    I would love to win this for my girls. We live in South Texas and they have never seen snow!

    Reply
  14. Kelly D says

    November 13, 2011 at 7:39 am

    My brother and I used to love to have snowball fights and build igloos in the snow.

    Reply
  15. natalia says

    November 12, 2011 at 9:27 am

    I didi not grow in the snow, my first time was last year and it was so much fun for me and the kids!

    Reply
  16. Gretchen Gerth says

    November 11, 2011 at 11:17 pm

    I walked 8 miles to school uphill both ways in 10 feet of snow….
    or…we had the biggest backyard in the neighborhood so everyone came to our house and we built forts and had snowball fights.

    Reply
  17. nan says

    November 11, 2011 at 9:33 pm

    i remember getting snowed in at my friends house for an extra day and thinking it was the best
    nannypanpan at gmail.com

    Reply
  18. lisa says

    November 11, 2011 at 8:28 pm

    making snowmen and having snowball fights 🙂

    Reply
  19. Missy says

    November 11, 2011 at 2:12 pm

    I loved making a snowman with my brother.

    Reply
  20. Liz says

    November 11, 2011 at 10:25 am

    My daughter was just talking about all of the snow we had 2 years ago as I drove her (in snow flurries) to school this morning. I would love to win this for her!

    Reply
  21. Melissa N. says

    November 10, 2011 at 4:29 pm

    I’m from east Texas, so we don’t really get snow, but I do remember my senior year of highschool it snowed, adn shut down our one interseciont town – we were without power for 3 days! *lol*

    Reply
  22. Tami M says

    November 10, 2011 at 4:08 pm

    Well, growing up in South Dakota …we had some seriously SNOWY adventures! Ha! My favorite was the huge, undeveloped, perfect-for-sledding hill behind our house. Best times were by moonlight, with large, chunky new flakes drifting slowly down. It transported you … very magical!

    My daughter is finally old enough to enjoy and take good care of such a special pop up book! We’d love this.

    Thanks!

    Reply
  23. LT says

    November 10, 2011 at 12:15 pm

    I remember trying to dig a tunnel in the snow drifts that would form off our back porch!

    Reply
  24. Mona says

    November 9, 2011 at 9:09 pm

    As an Airforce Brat… we were stationed in New Jersey when I was a teen, and then I lived in Chicago after I married for a winter … Oh boy did we have Snow days. I live in Alabama now and and we rarely have a lot of snow. I’m always telling my 4 yr old Grand Daughter about “lots” of snow … I’d love to read her this book … thanks for the Giveaway.

    Reply
  25. HappyMomC says

    November 9, 2011 at 3:55 pm

    We loved playing in the snow and throwing snowballs on each other! Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply
  26. Staci A says

    November 9, 2011 at 12:18 pm

    We would love to read this! When we were little, my parents would take us sledding in the dark. We’d use the truck headlights and flashlights to see. It was so fun and exciting (even if it probably wasn’t the safest)!

    Reply
  27. Nancye Davis says

    November 8, 2011 at 11:15 pm

    My daughter would LOVE this book! She loves playing in the snow just like I did when I was little. My brothers and I would build these really cool igloos out of the snow that was piled up after shoveling the driveaway. We had SOOO much fun! We’d stay out until my mom would make up come inside. That wasn’t so bad becuase she would always have hot chocolate waiting for us. Good times! 🙂

    nancyecdavis AT bellsouth DOT net

    Reply
  28. Honey Mommy says

    November 8, 2011 at 10:08 pm

    This would be great for my baby girl! I bet my boys would enjoy it as well (but not the tights). Thanks!

    Reply
  29. Suzanne (Crunchy Green Mom) says

    November 8, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    I grew up in Texas so snowy adventures NEVER happened. But one Christmas we went to East Aurora, New York to see my Gma and Gpa, that is where I first learned about Yelling and snow on the roof. Well.. I learned because my brother yelled at me and it jarred a large snow pile off the roof onto head. Vengeance was sweet that day!!

    Reply
  30. Tina M says

    November 8, 2011 at 9:07 pm

    I don’t remember my first time seeing snow.

    Reply
    • Dawn says

      November 20, 2011 at 3:19 pm

      You’ve been randomly selected as one of our winners! Please send me your mailing information to morninglightmama (at) gmail (dot) com.

      Thanks!

      Reply
  31. Margaret says

    November 8, 2011 at 7:38 pm

    My daughter would love this book! Thanks for the giveaway!

    Margaret
    [email protected]

    Reply
  32. Kathy Stevenson says

    November 8, 2011 at 1:52 pm

    The only thing I liked about snow was no school! Even as a child I didn’t like to be cold!!

    Reply
  33. mrsshukra says

    November 8, 2011 at 12:32 pm

    My niece would absolutely love this!

    Reply
    • mrsshukra says

      November 8, 2011 at 12:33 pm

      Didn’t grow up with snow!

      Reply
    • Dawn says

      November 20, 2011 at 3:18 pm

      Hi! Your niece will be happy, because you’ve been randomly selected as one of our winners! Please send me your mailing information to morninglightmama (at) gmail (dot) com.

      Thanks!

      Reply
  34. Sonia L. says

    November 8, 2011 at 10:41 am

    I remember being gone for hours and sledding with friends in NJ.

    Reply
  35. Erin says

    November 8, 2011 at 5:10 am

    Whenever it would snow here (in Illinois) everyone I knew would head to this giant sledding hill. We even formed a club! It was so much fun!

    Reply
  36. Ellen C. says

    November 7, 2011 at 11:03 pm

    I used to love going out and making forts. Thanks for the chance.

    Reply
  37. Beth says

    November 7, 2011 at 6:55 pm

    Eric Carle endorsed it? It must be good!

    Reply
  38. Amy {A Faithful Journey} says

    November 7, 2011 at 5:06 pm

    This sounds exactly like something my daughter would love! Thanks for the chance to win!

    Reply
  39. Ruthie B says

    November 7, 2011 at 4:37 pm

    I was born & raised in Pennsylvania so winters & snow always came together! I went to a neighborhood elementary school where we were able to ice-skate on the frozen pond next to the school for our recess every day during winter…very exciting!

    Reply
  40. Linda Kish says

    November 7, 2011 at 4:23 pm

    This looks like a very cute book.

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

    Reply
  41. Liz says

    November 7, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    Plastic snow brick maker–how wonderful.

    My adventures in snowland seem to me to have been few and far between and consisted of tobogganing and other sledding, but I did have ice skating lessons (w/o snow).

    Reply
  42. Cindi says

    November 7, 2011 at 3:49 pm

    What a darling prize package! I am over 50 and remember my childhood fun
    in the snow like it was yesterday! Snow ice cream was a family tradition,
    snow forts, snowball fights, snow angels and walking in sparkly, freshly-fallen
    snow…I would love to win this prize for my great-niece…
    Many thanks to you!
    Cindi

    Reply
  43. Tammy Gordon says

    November 7, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    Loved days off from school when I was little……even out for a blizzard once! 🙂

    Would love to win this!

    Reply
  44. Beth C says

    November 7, 2011 at 2:18 pm

    We have a cat named Ruby. My granddaughter would think book would be great!
    pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

    Reply
  45. Carolyn says

    November 7, 2011 at 2:14 pm

    Oh my daughter would love this! I grew up outside Boston – so we always had snow! I remember sledding down the street after a blizzard and building snow forts with my brother.

    Reply
  46. June says

    November 7, 2011 at 1:10 pm

    I do not not a little snow in moderation, but last February , 1st we had a snowfall here in Illinois that totaled 15 inches of snow in 1 night! Hoping for a milder winter this year. ( I hope )

    Reply
  47. Elisabeth says

    November 7, 2011 at 12:31 pm

    I grew up in Georgia so there wasn’t usually snow. However one Thanksgiving we visited family in New York and it was snowing, our cousins thought me and my brothers were crazy because we were so excited! 🙂

    Reply
  48. rica berg says

    November 7, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    Would love a copy!

    Reply
  49. Jessie C. says

    November 7, 2011 at 9:51 am

    DDs would love this book. First time I experienced snowy days was around eight and thought it was the prettiest day and magical.

    Reply
  50. Mami2jcn says

    November 7, 2011 at 8:24 am

    I grew up in New Jersey and always got so excited about snow days and not having to go to school.

    Reply
  51. Jenn says

    November 7, 2011 at 8:00 am

    I remember going to the big hill behind the elementary school and sledding with my cousins. It was great fun!

    Reply
  52. Katrina says

    November 7, 2011 at 7:41 am

    I grew up in Florida so I always loved visiting snow..it was magical.

    Reply
  53. Kristin says

    November 7, 2011 at 6:53 am

    My girls would love this! With a December birthday, I remember always playing in the snow on my birthday!

    Reply

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