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Luna Finds Love Everywhere: A Self-Love Book for Kids Review and Giveaway

Erin Sluka
Luna Finds Love Everywhere: A Self-Love Book for Kids

This is a self-love book from Ulysses Press that is needed so much right now! It is simple, yet effective in that we can become more mindful about what is all around us worth appreciating. Within everyday tasks and encounters, there is love. We get so busy that we forget how easy it is to find love everywhere. Luna will remind you and your child how to find love even when things are not going your way.

Luna Finds Love Everywhere is written by Dr. Shainna Ali. Shainna Ali is a mental health counselor, educator, and advocate. Dr. Ali is passionate about destigmatizing mental health counseling and helping individuals worldwide recognize the importance of fostering mental wellness.

This book includes a little lesson from Luna on Bubble Breathing. It is a technique she uses to calm down when she is upset. You can try it too! You also get reflective questions on each page. Available on Amazon and bookstores near you.

The Giveaway

1 lucky reader will win a copy of Luna Finds Love Everywhere. Open to US and ends on September 10, 2021. Enter below and good luck!

Children's Books

Kids can read along with Author, Carla Crane Osborne at Gonas Reading Ranch

Erin Sluka
Kids can read along with Author, Carla Crane Osborne at Gonas Reading Ranch

A few months back, we brought you a review of a great children’s book, Under the Barnyard Light (see it here). Author, Carla Crane Osborne wants to engage your children in their love of reading by inviting them and the family to her You Tube channel. This read along and listening channel is called, Gonas Reading Ranch.

There are a few videos to get you started and more coming soon!

  • Read The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen with Carla
  • Meet Daisy, a Ranch Calf in an adorable Farm Babies video
  • Carla introduces her grandchildren and some pets as she reads, Under the Barnyard Light
love of books and animals

See then at Gonas Reading Ranch on You Tube! Immerse your children in the love of reading and farm animals! It is a safe, family-friendly site you can subscribe for them to access anytime. For more about the Author, visit her website, Carla Osborne Books. Also visit Amazon to purchase Under the Barnyard Light! Her new series Go Gona Go! and will be released this fall!

Enter to win! 2 readers will win a copy of Under the Barnyard Light book! See below to enter! Ends July 29,2021.

Children's Books

The Grumpy Frumpy Croissant Book Giveaway and Homemade Croissant Recipe

Erin Sluka
The Grumpy Frumpy Croissant Book Tour and a Homemade Croissant Recipe

More than the words, it is the illustrations in The Grumpy Frumpy Croissant that will help give kids the reminder of what to do when emotions begin to get too big. In this book, Croissant is frustrated and taking it out on his friends. He is being mean to them and and he thinks they are being mean to him. A sip of Milk and ten deep breaths help everyone calm down and talk to each other.

Q&A with the Author, Mona K. – What inspired your story?

“The plot forGrumpyFrumpyCroissant stemmed from a tantrum episodefrom myson atour favorite coffee/croissant shop.He lost his temper when some of my coffee spilled onhis croissant by mistake. He squeezed the croissant so hard that the butter oozed out. Iasked him totake a deep breath and leave the croissant alone. The croissant slowlyregaineditsshape. I had an instant flash and theGrumpyCroissant was born.”

A Yummy Croissant recipe

Buy the book on Amazon or Barnes & Noble!

Enter to win!

Enter below to win a copy of The Grumpy Frumpy Croissant! Open to US ages 16+. Giveaway closes on June 30, 2021. Good luck!

Children's Books

Tangled Up Book Teaches Kids to Detangle Their Emotions and Manage Feelings

Erin Sluka
Tangled Up Book Teaches Kids to Detangle Their Emotions and Manage Feelings

Of the books I have most recently reviewed, this one is one of the best I have read. Tangled Up by Jamie Edelbrock is very well written. Whether you have a child that needs to begin counseling and you need help beginning that journey with them or if you have a child who needs some extra help to manage feelings, this book does a great job in those conversations. I donated this to my sister, an elementary school Counselor. What a great gift for a Counselor as well as families who have a child with a mental, behavioral, or developmental disorder.

Tangled Up is intended to lessen the fear of the unknown and shines a positive, peaceful light on mental health and therapy. It colorfully shows how the beautiful threads of us can become tangled, and how therapists and counselors are here to help us twirl bravely through life.

All children handle emotions and feelings differently and no matter their level of tangled up they may be, this book is great for them! Buy now on Amazon.