Timeless Gift of Books- Miss Olive Winter Wonderland & NatGeoKids Top Secrets y Life Hacks

 

HolaHolaHola Beautifuls!

'Tis the season for gifts, and what better gift than the power and entertainment of libros? For this years choice of lifelong learning and love, Babushka shares some books from storytellers she's had the pleasure of writing about before. BB's sure you'll enjoy these.

La Princesa & Dr.J enjoying Miss Olive's adventure.

The first is Miss Olive Finds Winter Wonderland. 

BB wrote about the first 2 libros, and is so happy the tale continues!!

"Miss Olive Finds Her Furever Winter Wonderland continues the story of a little Italian Greyhound with three legs who is adopted by a loving family in the first book in the series, Miss Olive Finds Her Furever Home. Her adventures continue in Miss Olive Finds Her Furever Friends, where Miss Olive encounters bullying and learns that her superpower is kindness and finds true friendships. In the third book in the trilogy Miss Olive Finds Her Furever Winter Wonderland, Miss Olive wonders about the true meaning of the holidays, discovering the greatest gift of all is the joy of being with her “furever” family and friends and sharing the joy of the holidays with others. Miss Olive is delighted to discover that she not only has a “furever” home with “furever” friends, she also learns the true meaning of joy during the holidays."

"Recently recognized by the National Parenting Product Awards with a 2021 NAPPA Award, Miss Olive Finds Her Furever Winter Wonderland also won an award from Creative Child Magazine for 2021 Book of the Year Award in Kid’s Holiday Themed Books category.

 Recommended for ages four through nine, Miss Olive Finds Her Furever Winter Wonderland with its message of kindness and love, shows children that the true meaning of the holidays is the joy of giving to others."

Next, algo for the children a little older who enjoy fun facts.

"I'm into making life easier." El Dr. enjoying Life Hacks.

Because of prior posts, Babushka knows her Beautifuls enjoy NatGeoKids publications, 

and these two are perfecto for the preteens/teens/ya in your lives!

For the Secret Agent in Training:

 "A visually stunning book bursting with riddles, intrigue, and history..." (starred review).  -- School LIbrary Journal

From mastering escape and evasion techniques, to crafting the perfect disguise, building a gadget on the fly or decoding secret intel, Top Secret: Spies, Codes, Capers, Gadgets and Classified Cases Revealed (ages 8-12, Hardcover, 192 pages) takes recruits beyond the page and into the shadow world of espionage and all things clandestine, where “all is not what it seems,” including:

• The ins and outs of international espionage
• Spy agencies across the globe
  
• Clandestine Dos and Don'ts (DO: Use Dead Drops, Think on Your Feet, Remember Everything! DONT: Break Cover, Trust Anyone, Admit to Anything!) 
• Fascinating profiles of history-making spies, like, "The Limping Lady" -- World War II's most dangerous spy -- and an interview with Lindsay Moram, a real-life agent of espionage for the CIA
• Hands-on how-to's, including: a step-by-step guide to setting up your own spy network and detailed info on how to make your own disguises, create fingerprint kits, engineer a deck of cards with a secret compartment, design rearview spy glasses, and mix up some invisible ink for writing secret messages
  
• Bold secret missions -- like how the CIA stole a Soviet spacecraft -- and gave it right back!
• Gadgets, tools of the tradecraft and surveillance equipment  
  
• Tips for uncovering secrets and hidden messages that are all around you -- in advertising, at amusement parks, in video games, on cash -- they are everywhere!
  
• Code-cracking of secret messages hidden throughout the book
  
• Cold cases and hidden places, cool disguises and wicked surprises, menacing mysteries, undiscovered histories, and so much more!

Suggested age to 12, pero Babushka KNOWS her son MAC and 15 yr old PicaPica will read this one over and over again.

101 Life Hacks: Genius Ways to Simplify Your World (ages 8-12, paperback) - Try these cool hacks! Turn ordinary into awesome with this fun book, jam-packed with science-inspired ideas kids can use to simplify, prettify, and eco-fy their lives at home, school, and on the go. Get tips and tricks for upcycling and reusing old stuff, as well as hands-on activities, fun facts, and insights from professional-grade life hackers who use their problem-solving skills to change the world.  Make cool lantern lights for your room, discover a tried-and-true brain freeze cure, learn how to boost your memory power, and more. By the end, you'll be able to hack your way through all kinds of problems, from a messy backpack to stage fright, a drippy ice pop to smelly shoes! 

 El Dr. literally took this book from BB's hands as soon as he read the title. He's 15 and "all about making life easier".

And there are some suggestions para literature for loved ones. From the sweet and sentimental to the secretive and stimulating, great gifts for lifelong learning. The wonderful publishers are feliz to be featured and are giving 2 of Babushka's Beautifuls their choice of libro to win. ESO! 👍

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Naturalmente, if you prefer the seguro, you can purchase the books online. 

Buena Suerte Beautifuls!

BB2U

Adding to the Madness & A Very Meri Crisma 2 U!!

HolaHolaHola My Beautifuls!

Ok,time to come clean, BB's bushed. And it isn't from the holidays. 2013 was a good year, all things considered, pero me dejo con la lengua afuera. My tongue's hanging out and we still have a week to go! Do you remember Babushka's post stating she was going to go slower on the blog? Did that happen? JU SO FONII!!! I ended up writing double my usual! And the SMCSF Blog Challenge post where I said I was going to use the 30 day straight postings to catch up? A Great Big JU SO FONII!!! on that one too. I still plan to write the posts promised, however I will try to do a weekly recap and maybe that way it won't be so overwhelming. For overwhelming I've still got my house to clean. 

BB recap 1

http://bohemianbabushka.blogspot.com/2013/12/fa-la-la-pa-la-princesa-singing-with.html


Two days after writing/ordering this arrived.

Queee?? 2 days later it was at La Tata's.  She was so very happy!

I hope what BB & Sweetie got her will make her happy too.

Do you remember this post?

http://bohemianbabushka.blogspot.com/2013/11/personal-lifelong-memories.html

BB received this from the UK on Wednesday.

Looking at the pics, I KNOW La Tata will always have this by her side.

Bebe Lanugo and Instajuction thank you.

Not only have you made this week's recap easy and pleasurable,

but you've helped Babushka give presents that share the memories and love.

And you can't do better than that.

To you My Beautifuls, may your Christmas and celebrations do the same.

Babushka Besos a todos.  Cuidensen.

Personal Lifelong Memories- Instajunction Makes them Easy and Fun!

*This is a sponsored post between FuelMyBlog and Instajunction. The opinions and item ordered are all BB's.

HolaHolaHola My Beautifuls!!!

It's the day before Thanksgiving and Babushka was looking over family pictures, thinking how blessed life has been.  It then hit me, the power of pictures and the loving memories they share. Right there and then BB started doing her gift list. Quee?? Just give out generic last minute gifts? JU SO FONII!!!  Babushka may be spontaneous and extreme, but my gifts are always heartfelt and thought out, personalized in some way for that special person. And who more special than La Tata , my 92 year old abuelita?

When one asks her what she wants she says "Un abrazo y un beso."  A hug and a kiss.  Very nice, but not very lasting. She also says the only thing that keeps her alive is her family- especially the children.  If it were up to her she'd always have them around and on hand.  Y sabes que? You know what BB found? A company that'll help me do just that.

Instajunction is a company that's modern and innovative, using the style of Instagram and Feibu to share pictures on the most original products!  Ok si, soy Cubana, but BB exagerates not.  Lookey aqui-

Viste? Did you see the different items? 

Coasters, Polaroid Style Cards, Minibook, Posters, Magnets, Greeting Cards, Framed Prints, Wall Calendar, Vinyls, Luxury Aluminum Plates, Key Rings, Cufflinks, Wrapping Paper

The last two items had BB just smiling at the originality, but for La Tata, what better way to have her greatgreatgrandchildren, greatgranchildren, and grandchildren always on hand, than, a charm bracelet?!

Easy to do and fun playing with so many possiblilities! But you know the real fun?  Not only will La Tata LOVE this gift, but I get to gift something to you too. For you My Beautifuls, a 25% discount on any orders placed before December 8- use the code FRIEND25DG. 

Have a good time making your gifts and reliving memories. Instajunction makes it Easy and Fun!

As soon as Babushka receives the bracelet I'll share a pic; hope y'all do the same.

BB2U