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My children love to look at books, but since they aren’t reading yet, unless I sit down with them and take them on a reading adventure, their books are just pages of pictures that they create their own story to. Of course, there is nothing wrong with that. A child’s imagination is a wonderful thing. But sometimes, my daughter would love to just pick up a book, hear a story and learn and explore on her own.
Poingo
Poingo is the answer. Poingo, a product that represents the next generation in interactive books, enables children ages 3 -7 to unlock hidden treasures on every page.

First the child can touch Poingo to the text, to hear the story read to them. Then the excitement begins as they touch Poingo all over the illustrations.

Almost every picture on a page makes noise, teaches an interesting fact, plays a song or begins a fun game.

Poingo has launched with six debut titles. The Poingo starter set includes Poingo and two oversized hard cover books featuring the characters from Disney-Pixar films Cars and Finding Nemo. Poingo also comes equipped with the content necessary for the four other launch books, sold separately: Lion King, Winnie The Pooh, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty.

As more books release, the content for them can easily be downloaded onto the Poingo by connecting it to a home computer.

Poingo is fun straight out of the box. We removed Poingo, turned it on, opened a book and began our journey. And let me just say, I was very impressed by the quality of the books. They are large and sturdy, definitely able to withstand my rough children, that’s for sure.

My two-year-old and five-year-old spent about two hours exploring every page with Poingo. They had so much fun. My two-year-old enjoyed listening to the cars whizzing and tires squealing, while my daughter had fun challenging herself with the fun games and quizzes.
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The vocabulary feature also impressed me. As the story is read, some of the words stand out, as they are a different color than the rest of the text . If you touch these individual words, you are given the definition. It’s a great learning feature and I feel it encourages young readers to look up unfamiliar words in a dictionary as opposed to just skipping over them.

If you have a moment, I strongly suggest that you check out the live demo of Poingo. It’s a great way of seeing for yourself just how much fun is unlocked on each page.

And now for even more excitement, we have one Poingo starter set to give away to one lucky reader, retail value $34.99. We would also like to thank Poingo for providing us with an additional starter set for our Under The Tree Program.

Here’s how to enter:

  1. See our Christmas Giveaway 2008 post to read more about
    participating in our Christmas Giveaway

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  2. Either link back to this post and include a Christmas Giveaway 2008 button in that post or on your sidebar, or link to the individual giveaways you choose to enter. We have a ton of different buttons and styles for you to choose from. Click here to get the button codes. (If you post and include the button, either in your post or on your sidebar, and link back here, you are good for all the giveaways. No more linking required.)
  3. Please leave one comment below to enter this giveaway. You may earn additional entries for the following:
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    If you are already subscribed and are on our newsletter list, you qualify for these two additional entries. Go ahead and leave your additional comments below.
  4. As always, non bloggers are welcome to participate! We understand you can’t link – but please spread the word to your friends via facebook, twitter, etc.
  5. Entries are open from Tuesday, November 18th thru Friday, November 28th at 12pm EST.
  6. Our winner will be drawn randomly and we will announce the winner Monday, December 1st. Please make sure to check our site and your email address to see if you have won a prize. We must receive your reply within 5 business days. (If you want your prize to arrive in time — the sooner we hear from you, the better!)
  7. This contest is open to US and Canadian shipping addresses. Due to legal restrictions, this promotion is not available in Arizona or Quebec.
    Please see our site’s Terms and Conditions of Use for a complete list of our Contest and Giveaway Rules.

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681 Comments

  3. Wow! Another fantastic giveaway! I would love to win this for my sons! Thank you so much.

  9. What a wonderful concept!!! I wish that I had invented this. Thanks for providing the opportunity to win this great prize for my Grandsons.

  10. i hear really great things about these books. too bad they didnt have these when i was younger

  11. I love anything that helps increase the love of reading! Thank you for such a thoughtful giveaway.

  13. I subscribe to your feed with my Google reader and would love this for my son who is in kindergarten and learning how to read!

  23. I have a great nephew that loves Cars and his sister loves Nemo. This would be perfect and they like all the other books available too.

  28. Definitely want this kind of reading instrument for the resident kindergartener learning to read, as well as his younger sister who has a keen interest in reading also. Thanks!

  37. Very fun! Something else that would make that long drive to grandma’s go a little faster this Christmas!

  43. Haley, 3 yrs, would especially enjoy the Sleeping Beauty and Cinderalla books they have at the site. Her brother is more of a Cars and Nemo kind of guy. Great promo information! Thanks!

  71. J LOVES books and I think this would hook her even more. What a fun, fun gift. Thanks for the chance to enter!

  73. I am a newsletter subscriber, thanks for the entries and I’m wishing everyone a blessed holiday!

  78. I had never heard of this before, but it sure sounds like something my daughter would enjoy.

    Julie

  90. I was looking at this for my daughter, so winning it would be awesome!
    hematopoiesis at hotmail dot com

  108. This would be FANTASTIC!! My little boy would love this! I subsribe to your newsletter, I get your feed, I made a blog on the giveaway, and have your button on my sidebar!

  125. This looks like so much fun.
    I don’t know who’d have more fun with it,
    the kids or me, hee hee!

  139. MY SON WAS LOOKING AT THIS, HE IS 4 AND JUST LEARNING TO READ, HE THOUGHT IT WAS VERY COOL!

  152. I’ve never heard of this before, it sounds like a GREAT idea for my girls who can’t read themselves yet… Thanks so much for the chance.

  155. Ahhhhhh a few moments of piece is what this would bring for some lucky mother or grandmother.
    tamben7996(at)aol(dot)com

  157. My boys would love this.. we were looking at getting a leapfrog tag, never even heard of this one before. Thanks for the demo link!!!

  163. My granddaughter would be thrilled to find this under the tree at Christmas! Great giveaway!

    dlcwin AT gmail DOT com

  179. I just love these things!! They are great for kids who are just beginning to read, or who haven’t quite gotten there!! I would love to give this to my niece/nephew!! I don’t have a blog, but I told all my friends!

  189. This is perfect for my 3yr old son and 5yr old daughter who is learning to reading in school. Thanks !

  192. I saw these at Walmart last week and wondered if it was worth the money. Thanks for the review and chance to win!

  205. twin daughters would love this, please enter us, would help teach the value of sharing and the love of reading

  254. Id love to give this to my goddaughter. She is a bit on the precocious side and ready to read any day now…so this would really help her!

  274. This is our second entry for this contest since we are newsletter subscribers. Thanks for the contest.

  275. This would be a good gift for our little one since he has learning difficulties because of a traumatic birth and this would help him with processing words. Thanks for the contest.

  279. This sounds like a great product for us. I love to read to my daughter but don’t always have as much time to do it as she would like me to.

  284. I think the Poingo is so cool! I love how it’s just a book and a pen. Much as I love the boy’s LeapPad…it’s really not very convenient to carry around. Even if I don’t win this, the Poingo is on my list!

  292. This would be a great gift for my daughter. As she is almost 3 and she is always on the go wanting to learn. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to enter a contest, as i am a subscriber1 Merry Christmas!

  348. Would love to win this for my son. He’s having such a hard time trying to read. What a great help this would be. Thanks for this giveaway.

  351. My son is just now starting to really enjoy books. He’ll point out the pictures of things he knows, flipping to these pages over and over again while quickly skipping the pages of things he doesn’t know yet.

  411. How neat – my 2 year old would love this!! Button is on my sidebar on my blog and I am a subscriber!! Hugs!! 🙂

  425. I just saw this for the first time a couple of weeks ago. My daughter (almost 4) really seemed to like it. Would make a great gift.

  444. My son is already reading at 5, but my 3 year old daughter would love this! It would be like she is reading too.

  453. Poingo is a wonderful, fun way for kids to learn to read today. I wish this was around when I was growing up. My granddaughter will learn at an early age how to read with this innovative toy

  458. What a lifesaver! I feel so guilty sometimes when I cannot get away from other things to sit down and read to my youngest. She is so jealous of her older brother and sister who are reading and tries soooo hard!!!

  476. This would make riding in the car with the boys a little less noisy! This would be an awesome gift for my sons for Christmas!!

  497. Wow! This would be great for my kiddos at home as well as my students at school!! I’d love to win this!

  499. I was considering purchasing this for a Christmas gift for my 4year old. Thanks for a fantastic giveaway.

  514. This is great as we were looking at buying the leap frog version of this but decided it was too expensive. Thanks for the give away and i really hope i get this one!

  518. My 3 yo would love this. She tries to read, and she can get some words, but this would allow her to read so much more right now. Thanks!

  557. Oh, my nephew would LOVE this. What a great gift idea! Count me in! I’m adding this to my Giveaway wish list on my blog now 😉

  564. My daughter loves for me to read to her and it is never to early for her to start learning herself.

  575. My kiddos would LOVE this!! It would be a great addition to our Christmas list!!

    Thanks so much for the great giveaway!!

  582. This is so cool! I’ve never heard of this! I put your button on my post at the beginning of these giveaways.

  585. My 2 and 4 y/o would love this. And so would my 10 y/o, because she gets tired of reading to them. LOL

  586. Sounds like this toy would give my lap a break! I love reading to my kiddos, but this would be a big hit. thanks

  614. Wow my daughter would just love this….she is constantly asking us to read to her and maybe this would give us a bit of a break. She just loves books!

  618. This looks like a neat idea! It would be great kids who need reading help! I’d love to win!
    Toni

  633. and finally – I would love to win this for my little girl who absolutely LOVES books but isn’t reading yet!

  636. I would love this for my boyfriends 4.5 year old son. I think it would help him a lot before kindergarten.

  655. What a neat concept! Both of my girls love to read. This would be great for when we go to visit their Nana, who lives 12 hrs away.

  662. What a fabulous idea! I’d love to win this for my Izabel, whom loves to read books and listen to stories. Thanks so much for give away!

    I’ll try leaving two extra comments for feed/news subscriptions, but in case I am considered spam mail again, I am leaving notice of my extra entries here. THanks!