Nat Geo- Time for Summer Learning Fun! #Giveaway #NatGeoKids #SummerReading #KidLit #Bookstagram

 Hola Hola Hola Beautifuls!

BB's back, and so is Summer. Time for the kiddos to kick off the shoes and enjoy some fun facts. Ahora, truth be told, not only children are enjoying these, but when I visited the Crawfordville Cubs, found my 30+ year old daughter reading the ALMANAC. Don't blame her, so many interesante tidbits that Babushka almost kept the book herself!!

So take a little look over and tell BB which ones you fancy. Got a surprise at the end.

National Geographic Kids Almanac 2024 (ages 8-12, Paperback, $15.99)

The New York Times best-selling Almanac is packed with incredible photos, tons of fun facts, National Geographic exclusives, games, activities, and fascinating features about animals, science, nature, technology, and more. 

This new edition features: 

·         EXCLUSIVE National Geographic Explorer interviews and features  

·         EXCLUSIVE Interactive Almanac Challenge 2024, plus the results of the Almanac Challenge 2023 

·         BONUS SECTION of sidesplitting jokes and riddles  

·         NEW fun-tastic things to see and do in 2024 

·         NEW cutest animal superlatives and animal rescue stories 

·         NEW science and dinosaur discoveries 

·         NEW fun games, quizzes, and activities 

·         NEW weird and wacky places around the world 

·         NEW experiments to do, places to explore, and ways to change the world 

·         UPDATED reference material, including fast facts and maps of every country 

 

Take the Almanac Challenge!: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/books/article/almanac-2024

 

 

Little Kids First Nature Guide: Explore the Beach (ages 4-8, Flex-Bound, $9.99)

Make the most out of any trip to the beach wit this take-along nature guide that helps young children find, identify, and learn about the fascinating animals, plants, and other wonders to be found at the seashore.

Young explorers discover a variety of cool creatures, shells, plants, and more at the beach, from crabs skittering across the sand to fish riding the waves to seagulls flying high in the sky. This sturdy take-along guide features:

·         Easy-to-understand profiles of a wide variety of plants and animals commonly spotted at the beach, as well as fan-favorites out in the waves like dolphins, seahorses, and jellyfish

·         Vibrant National Geographic photography that brings the subject matter to life and makes identification easy

·         “Check Me Out!” fact boxes that provide more information about each creature, including its size and color, where it’s found, and what it eats

·         Gallery pages featuring various beach environments, such as tide pools and sand dunes

·         Cool fun facts sprinkled throughout

·         Simple text for reading aloud or for beginning readers

·         Games, activities, and tips for how and where to explore

·         Helpful glossary

·         Flexible binding for durability

 

 

Puzzle Book of the Ocean (ages 8-12, Paperback, $6.99)

Headed to the beach this summer?  Make the trip go by in a flash with this ultimate backseat boredom-buster!

 

Dive into pages and pages of crosswords, sudoku, word searches, mazes, quizzes, word scrambles, and spot the difference puzzles as well as fun facts and vibrant photos of fish, dolphins, sea turtles, and all sorts of ocean animals.  This book will have you swimming for hours through amazing information about the deep blue—just don’t forget to surface!

 

 

National Geographic Kids Personality Quizzes (ages 8-12, $9.99, Paperback)

 

What's your shark superpower? What kind of friend are you?

 

From weird and wacky (What stinky animal are you?) to thought-provoking and informative (What kind of explorer should you be? Which mountain should you climb?), there’s a personality profile for everyone in this totally unique book. Inside you'll find all kinds of quizzes: flow charts, multiple choice, this or that, and more and while you're at it, get to know about amazing animals, places, cultures, and even careers around the world!

 

 

That's Fact-tastic! Mind-Blowing, Eye-Popping, Jaw-Dropping Stuff About Our World   (ages 8-12, Hardcover, $19.99)

 

Did you know that a giraffe’s eye is as big as a Ping-Pong ball? Or that about 19 million hot dogs are sold at major league baseball games every year? Or that there is only one bone in your body that’s not connected to another one?  This book is chock-full of fascinating facts, silly stats, and catchy little knowledge nuggets in all kinds of awesome categories, from amphibians to black holes to the gold rush.

 

Special features include Extreme Weirdness, Strange Places, What's the Difference, and more. Bold, colorful photographs in a supersized format and spectacular information create a winning combination for curious kids who can't wait to learn more about the world.

 

 

Explorer Academy Book 1: The Nebula Secret and Explorer Academy Book 2: The Falcon's Feather (ages 8-12, Hardcover/Paperback, $16.99/$9.99

 

Adventure, danger, and a thrilling global mission await 12-year-old Cruz Coronado as he joins an elite school for explorers.

 

In this fan-favorite fiction series, Cruz leaves his tranquil home in Hawaii to join 23 talented kids from around the globe to train at the Explorer Academy with the world's leading scientists to become the next generation of great explorers. But for Cruz, there's more at stake. No sooner has he arrived at the Academy than he discovers that his family has a mysterious past with the organization that could jeopardize his future. In the midst of codebreaking and cool classes, new friends and augmented-reality expeditions, Cruz must tackle the biggest question of all: Who is out to get him ... and why?  Readers can get in on the excitement with puzzles and codes embedded throughout.

 

For chapter samplers, games, videos, and more info, check out ExplorerAcademy.com.

 

Buenisimo aren't they? Now for the surprise- one of BB's Beautifuls will win their choice of 3- THREE of these books. Here's how to do it-  You get one entry for each individual answer. Entries are:

1. Comment who you'd give the books to.

2. Which books would you choose?

3. Follow @BBabushka on Tweety. Come back here to tell BB your handle.

4. Follow @BBabushka on Instagrammy. IG   Here to tell BB your handle.

5. Comment on the Feibu Post.  FB  Here to tell BB the name you commented with.

5 chances to be the winner. You have until 7/22 to enter, so CORREN!!!!

BB2U

Cuidensen.

• National Geographic Kids Books twitter - @NGKidsBks

• National Geographic Kids Facebook - @nationalgeographickids

• National Geographic Kids website: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

• #SummerReading, #KidLit, #Bookstagram

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! 👍

Entry-Form

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

Buena Suerte Beautifuls!

BB2U

Fantasy is Fantastic! The Worlds of #Disney & #Tolkien

Babushka was sent the following libros to read and share. Opinions por supuesto are BB's and fma.

HolaHolaHola Beautifuls!

Babushka is sure you’ve done your holiday shopping. Past are the Black Friday specials; Cyber Monday craziness ya se fue and you’ve gotten all the latest “in” toys and doodads. Te felicito. Ahora now es el tiempo to get the regalos that will last a lifetime, the ones they’ll want to revisit over the years, again and again. Cuentos y libros, books and stories, with characters and worlds of fantasy that will live forever in their minds and corazones. For this, you can’t beat the worlds of Disney and Tolkien, y aqui you have dos excelente examples.

“From Peter Pan to 101 Dalmatians, three-year-olds will be introduced to wonderful Disney adventures in Disney Stories for 3-Year-Olds (Studio Fun International; ISBN: 978-0794444358; Hardcover $12.99; 192 pages)! This treasury includes fourteen classic Disney stories retold and simplified for a younger audience. With the same spirit as the extended versions and paired with colorful illustrations, this book is perfect for parents introducing their children to classic Disney adventures. With fourteen stories to choose from, youngsters can treat themselves to a favorite Disney classic story anytime!”

Now that's the intro del publisher, pero what did BB's 3 year old nieto, Laughing Buddha think?

He couldn't get enough!! 

His favorito Disney characters in stories he enjoyed and could follow. Feliz.

Y ahora, algo a little more "adulto".  

“An Encyclopedia of Tolkien: The History of Mythology That Inspired Tolkien's World (Leather-bound Classics) by David Day (Canterbury Classics; ISBN: 978-1645170099; Leather Bound Hardcover $24.99; 544 pages) is a comprehensive, illustrated guide to the history, lands, and inhabitants of Middle-earth.

The fantasy world of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth contains a rich assortment of people, cities, and creatures—as well as a deep, intertwined history that spans thousands of years. In this beautifully illustrated, leather-bound volume, best-selling author and Tolkien scholar David Day presents four decades of research and writing on the lands and inhabitants Middle-earth. Sections of this A-to-Z dictionary are devoted to discussion of the battles, history, beasts, and heroes of Tolkien’s stories, and are accompanied by black-and-white illustrations. This comprehensive volume on Tolkien’s world also includes an appendix of three primary legends that served as sources for Tolkien’s creations—the Volsunga saga, the Nibelungenlied, and Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle—and more than 200 black-and-white illustrations.”

Babushka wrote "adulto", pero en realidad, when My Little One (27 yr old daughter) saw this book she squealed with delight. Apparently her novio LOVES anything written by or about Tolkien and his mundos, and with each pagina she looked at, the louder the squeals. So, many a millenial will enjoy this as will lovers of this mundo. A very easy and endearing gift to be sure.

So there you have it Beautifuls.

Gifts that will thrill and have them thinking.

Dos libros to make them happy and reach their heart.

And NO BATERIAS NEEDED.

😉

BB2U

Star Wars:Forces of Destiny Sisterhood of Star Wars has to represent during Women’s History Month. #StarWars

Babushka was sent this book for review; all opinions are BB's. 

HolaHolaHola Beautifuls!

Quee?? Star Wars isn’t historia? JU SO FONII!!!  Not only is it historia (pop culture, box office records,etc.) but it made girls believe they could be part of history tambien. When BB was offered the chance to review this book she knew she was passing on more than pop culture to The Grands, she was sharing the power of womanhood to their consciousness.

“Timed to the 40th anniversary of Star Wars and the latest installment in the franchise — The Last Jedi, which premiered in December — read along in this first person narrative to see how Star Wars: Forces of Destiny characters' choices shaped their destinies.

Debuted on the Disney Channel in July 2017, Star Wars Forces of Destiny follows the female characters of the Star Wars universe in a series of eight animated shorts, voiced by the actors who play them in the live-action films, including Daisy Ridley (Rey), Felicity Jones (Jyn Erso), and Lupita Nyong'o (Maz). Rey, Ahsoka Tano, Jyn Erso, Princess Leia, Sabine Wren, and other icons of a galaxy far, far away take center stage in Star Wars Forces of Destiny: Tales of Hope & Courage (SFI; ISBN: 978-0794440367; Hardcover $11.99; Ages 6-8). Explore all-new adventures of the fan-favorites in this first person narrative.

Rebel leader Princess Leia, rogue fighter Jyn Erso, Jedi apprentice Ahsoka Tano, heroic Rey, warrior artist Sabine Wren, and Senator Padme Amidala...these are the names of six heroes that would change the galaxy. Read along in Maz Kanata’s journal as she describes how each of these heroes found their hope, their courage, and their destinies. With fun musings and tangents from Maz, beautiful sketches, and 8 large gatefolds, this journal shares six of the exciting adventures that helped shape these heroes from the epic Star Wars saga. “ 

A leer y creer.  

Women in history,past and future, 

always luchando for what they believe in.

BB2U