Eric Carle book deal and giveaway

Posted July 7th, 2008 by ArizonaMoms

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My kids used to love reading Eric Carle books: "The Very Hungry Catepillar," "A House for Hermit Crab," "The Tiny Seed," etc. They are cute stories, beautifully illustrated - they make me think of kid paintings.

Now you can get four of Carle's hardcover books for cheap at Kohl's. For $5, to be exact. Typically you'll see these for $8-$17 at book stores. They are:
"Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?"
"Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?"
"Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?"
"Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?"

Just so you know, these were written by Bill Martin Jr. and illustrated by Carle.

The profits of the books go towards children's health and education initiatives nationally.

I received a set of these books, and will give it away to one lucky arizonamoms.com registered user. Just share your favorite childhood book and why you loved it so much.

I'll draw at random from this post.

Arizona Moms Editor Yvette Armendariz shares stories about raising her kids and tips for busy parents in her Time-starved (goddess) Mom blog. She and her husband are raising two children, ages 8 and 11.

There are a couple that I

On July 7th, 2008 jackie_is_a_mom says:

There are a couple that I love. I loved The Rainbow Fish. I remember sitting on the reading carpet in school and having our teacher read it to us. I loved the colors in it. I also loved Corduroy. I remember going to the library and reading it everytime I was there. My other fav's were If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Curious George! That monkey

On July 7th, 2008 GopherGirl says:

Curious George! That monkey was so naughty (and I was so angelic) that I lived vicariously through him!

GopherGirl is a discussion follower. She lives in the West Valley with her husband and two boys, ages 4 and 2.

Thanks for the info about

On July 7th, 2008 azpond says:

Thanks for the info about the books at Kohl's. My son is really enjoying us reading to him and his favorite book is Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you See?

My favorite books as a kid were the Little Bear series by Else Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak. I think I related to Little Bear and loved his many adventures. My mom told me that these were the books I learned to read with. That may be why they were a favorite of mine. Our kids watch Little Bear on Noggin and love it too.

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When I was little I loved

On July 7th, 2008 phxbne says:

When I was little I loved Hop on Pop - and have no idea why! Later my favorites were the Little House books

A favorite in my house is

On July 7th, 2008 azmommyof4 says:

A favorite in my house is Rainbow Fish. I have There's A Wocket In My Pocket memorized. My daughters' love this book. My little one would have me read it several times before bed.

Jennifer is a discussion leader for arizonamoms.com and mommy to four beautiful girls who range from 9 to 4 years of age.

I love Kohls books. I get a

On July 7th, 2008 Kinder-Mommy says:

I love Kohls books. I get a lot of them for my classroom. Eric Carle is always a big hit with kindergarteners!
I too, can read There's a Wocket in My Pocket without looking at the words... it was my son's favorite when he was younger!
When I was younger the Little Bear books were one of my favorites. They are some of the first books I remember reading on my own.

Kinder-Mommy is a kindergarten teacher and a mother of 2!

BTW, I'll pull a name on

On July 7th, 2008 ArizonaMoms says:

BTW, I'll pull a name on Thursday at noon.

As a child, Loved "The Fuzzy

On July 7th, 2008 MarineMom says:

As a child, Loved "The Fuzzy Little Duckling."

As a parent, loved reading "Red Fish, Blue Fish" & "Green Eggs & Ham."

My daughter memorized "Are you My Mother" at 4. Except she said: "Are you my mudder?" So cute. :-)

Little House on the Prairie.

On July 7th, 2008 arizona_mom says:

Little House on the Prairie. I loved to read this book all by myself. Thanks for the drawing!

arizona_mom is a stay-at-home mother of two boys, a kindergartener and a two year old. Just sharing my two cents worth. www.mops.org

Thanks for the heads up - I

On July 7th, 2008 caret says:

Thanks for the heads up - I love those books...I'll have to get the ones we don't have.

My favorite when I was younger was the collection of poems by Shel Silverstein called A light in the Attic.

I also liked Where the Wild Things Are and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

The books that most loved to

On July 7th, 2008 jolynnap says:

The books that most loved to read when I was small were the Dick and Jane books. They were actually my moms old books that she had saved. She would read these books to me everynight and I was so excited when I could finally read them by myself. I now read to my kids everynight and hope they will have the same fond memories as I do.

For babies, nothing beats

On July 7th, 2008 Optimist says:

For babies, nothing beats Sandra Boyton books. My whole family still says, "oh my oh my oh dinosaurs" as an expression of surpise or frustration! I get teary eyed just thinking about "Moo Ba La La La"! ..."The Going To Bed Book"..."Birthday Monsters"..."Blue Hat, Green Hat"(boy, did that make my toddlers giggle!)...ahh the memories! My younger sister was reading "A to Z" to my 18 month old son, the night before she went back to college and when she got to "L...Lion Leaving", and she burst into tears! Some of my best memories with my babies are rocking them to sleep, reading or reciting those books. Since they were so easy to memorize, I could calm my fussy babies while driving by launching into...."A cow says, Moo...A sheep says Baa....Three singing pigs say La La La!". In fact, to this day I get the worst baby pangs and feel the most sorry for myself over my miscarriage, when I see those books in the store! But, those fun rhymes also make me and my whole family laugh!

"Only a life lived for others, is the life worthwhile" - Albert Einstein

I loved the Amelia Bedelia

On July 7th, 2008 jesshod says:

I loved the Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish. She was funny and so did some really funny things, like cutting up dates from the calendar to make a date cake:)

jesshod is a mommy to 2 girls (ages 6 and 1) and is an arizonamoms.com discussion leader living in Surprise.

When I was little my mom

On July 7th, 2008 juststartingout says:

When I was little my mom started reading "I'll love you forever" to me. I got to pick a story for her to read me every night before bed and that's the one I always picked. I haven't read the book in probably 15 years but I still have it memorized. Now that I'm getting married and my fiance's four year old is living with us 90% of the time I recite that book to her sometimes. I should go out and buy the book so she can look at the pictures but she loves hearing it so much, I'm not sure it will be the same if she has the book. . .

My all time favorites are

On July 7th, 2008 Hollyanneu2 says:

My all time favorites are Velveteen Rabbit and Paddington Bear...

Just cuz....

And Kelly LOVES Mr.Seahorse

H~
Mom of 2 Daughters - Kelly (3 yrs) and Skylar (21 mos old)
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I love The Very Hungry

On July 9th, 2008 Lavender_Sea says:

I love The Very Hungry Caterpillar. In fact my daughter has me read it to her almost everyday. She likes sticking her fingers in the holes of the foods when I'm reading it to her, and at the end where the butterfly is I make the book fly as if it were a butterfly, and she loves that.

I think my all time favorite books were by Shel Silverstein. My dad used to read me either a couple of poems out of Where the Sidewalk Ends, or The Giving Tree. Where the Sidewalk Ends had a lot of good poems, and gave my dad and I a laugh when he used to read it to me before bed. The Giving Tree I think really taught me about being giving, and compassionate towards others when I was younger.

I think it's amazing how influencial books can be to children.

Lisa - Mom to her spunky little Scarlette

I think we know Greens Eggs

On July 9th, 2008 prekmom says:

I think we know Greens Eggs and Ham by heart in our household. Right now my son and daughter love reading Curious George books. My husband reads each child a classic fairy tale each night. We read a lot before bedtime!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar!

On July 9th, 2008 zoomom says:

The Very Hungry Caterpillar! All four of my kids loved this book and I have wonderful memories of reading it to them every night before they went to sleep. There was a time I knew every word in that book!

Paz

Mine are sort of unusual -

On July 9th, 2008 phxgrocerydeals says:

Mine are sort of unusual - there was a book called "The Story of Holly and Ivy", I can't remember the author. It was a Christmas book about a little girl who looked at a doll in a toy store and wished it was hers - I think she was an orphan (haven't read the book in years - sorry!). The doll also wished that she had a little girl to love her. I think a lonely couple ended up adopting the girl and getting the doll. I just remember pulling this book out every Christmas, and I'm going to start reading it to my baby girl this Christmas.

I also enjoyed "Babar the Elephant" books immensely. I didn't really have a favorite one, I loved all of them!

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Goodnight Moon has been a

On July 9th, 2008 Beth says:

Goodnight Moon has been a favorite for as long as I can remember. We know it so well we can say it w/o having the book even open. Same with The Going to Bed Book. Love those.

Beth

I used order so many books

On July 9th, 2008 aprodz25 says:

I used order so many books from Scholastic when I was a kid, I can't pick just one favorite. When I was a little older, I love "Little House on the Prarie" and "Are you there God? It's Me, Margaret."

Patricia is a discussion leader for arizonamoms.com. She and her husband live in Phoenix and are raising a 4-year-old son they adopted as an infant.