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Bart King’s Books for Tweens – The Big Book of Girl Stuff and The Big Book of Boy Stuff

the big book of girl stuff If you’re looking to get an excellent book for those tween boys and girls on your holiday shopping list but still want it to be something fun that you’re sure won’t end up just collecting dust on a shelf, you should definitely check out Bart King’s books, The Big Book of Girl Stuff ~ The Hip Handbook for Girls and The Big Book of Boy Stuff ~The Original Book for Boys.

the big book of boy stuff The Big Book of Girl Stuff contains fun facts and helpful hints about growing up girl, from the dish about boys, etiquette tips, hair care info, and much, much more.  It touches upon such a wide variety of topics that girls care about that The Big Book of Girl Stuff was dubbed “a must have for preteen girls…” by Parenting magazine.

The Big Book of Boy Stuff features an entire section on making weird sounds with your armpits with descriptions of the various levels of fart noise that you can make.  There’s a section on making kick-butt paper airplanes, and recipes for yummy treats that your tween boy will be able to cook on his own.  The Big Book of Boy Stuff was the winner in the Teenage category during the 2007 New York Book Festival, so there’s just another reason why you already know Bart King rocks.

Both of the Big Books are full of funny illustrations to fully complement all the fun ideas, delicious recipes, and super interesting facts and figures presented.  That boy or girl on your holiday shopping list will be fully engrossed once this book is unwrapped on Christmas morning.  I bet you’ll even be able to see those light bulbs go off as they plan to do all the great things they learn about in The Big Book of Girl Stuff and The Big Book of Boy Stuff.

Guess whatYou have a chance of winning your very own copies of these books during the Countdown to Christmas giveaway week.  Subscribe to the RSS feed or newsletter for updates.

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PARENTise – A New Site for Parents to Find Real Reviews About Great Local Services

parentisebannerlogo Just like any other parent, Andrea Howard wanted to find real, honest feedback about local music program for her daughter.  While she was finally able to glean some helpful info from discussions with local moms, the difficulty she had finding any candid information about local programs and services through the web inspired her to create PARENTise.

PARENTise is Andrea’s fresh, new brainchild: a free site dedicated to helping parents help themselves and each other find programs and services and honest testimonials from other local parents.  You can just browse through the site, or ratings and reviews can be created and searched for via zip code.  The website is currently in beta, so if you’d like to be a part of the new PARENTise community to share your opinions on local things to do with your kids, schools, classes and even OB’s, hop on over to PARENTise!

Extrait de Caviar eye cream - Om Aroma To help celebrate the beta launch of PARENTise, you can win a container of super-luxe Extrait de Caviar eye cream ($72.00 value) courtesy of Om Aroma over at the PARENTise Blog!  There are plenty of other goodies that you can win on PARENTise, from now until November 30, 2008, just check out the PARENTise Blog for more info.

I know I’ve run into the same issues, and just searching for a decent preschool for littleQ is a wearying task.  After all, Google results for local preschools can only tell you so much about an establishment, and actual reviews and ratings are often rare and hard to come by.  PARENTise definitely has the potential to be the ultimate solution to such a dilemma for parents all over.

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