Holiday gifts: Great books for grand kids

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Holiday gifts: Great books for grand kids

What kid doesn’t love receiving books? And what grandma doesn’t love giving books?

Not many, I dare say, on either count.

Here for gift-giving consideration are great books for grandkids of various ages and interests, books Benjamin and I recently received free for review and wholeheartedly recommend.

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New 2nd Edition of All Fish Faces includes new photos, facts, and tips for saving our oceans (guest post)

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New 2nd Edition of All Fish Faces includes new photos, facts, and tips for saving our oceans (guest post)

I am excited to announce the release of the 2nd Edition of my children’s picture book, All Fish Faces! The first edition was reviewed on Grandma’s Briefs in 2017, and I wanted to introduce the 2nd Edition to Lisa’s wonderful blog community. The 2nd Editon includes a lot of new information, new photos, and has a brand new look guaranteed to interest kids of all ages.

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Brief book review: Benji and the Giant Kite

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New from best-selling author Alan C. Fox and illustrator Eefje Kuijl:

Benji and the Giant Kite

Benji and the Giant Kite is available on Amazon.com (affiliate link) and other retailers. For more information on the book and author, visit alancfox.com.

Disclosure: I received this book free for review; opinions are my own.

Brief book review: Unconditional Love by Jane Isay

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Brief book review: Unconditional Love by Jane Isay

I recently noticed a new "guide to grandparenting" book making the review rounds on several of my favorite grandma blogger sites. Soon after perusing their thoughts, I was offered the opportunity to check out the book myself.

The book, Unconditional Love by Jane Isay, features the intriguing subtitle, "A guide to navigating the joys and challenges of being a grandparent today."

Upon reading Isay's thoughts and interviews with numerous grandmothers, it seems Unconditional Love can be wholly…

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Positive, powerful pick-me-up: My thoughts on 'I've Been Thinking...' by Maria Shriver

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Positive, powerful pick-me-up: My thoughts on 'I've Been Thinking...' by Maria Shriver

I've long been a fan of—and subscriber to—Maria Shriver's The Sunday Paper. In her weekly e-newsletter, Shriver shares empowering, encouraging, inspirational thoughts and information on people making a positive difference in our culture, our world.

Shriver opens each newsletter with an engaging personal message  titled "I've been thinking...," on a range of topics relevant to world events and concerns. She follows up with powerful articles and tidbits by and about various "Architects of Change," as she calls the passionate "changemakers moving humanity forward." 

The Sunday Paper never fails to open my eyes and heart to the positive possibilities in our world today despite the doom, gloom, negativity, and nastiness proliferating online and off.

So when I was offered the opportunity to review I've Been Thinking... Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life, Shriver's most recent book, inspired by the messages she writes and shares in The Sunday Paper, I naturally responded, "Heck, yeah!"

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Brief book review: All Fish Faces by Tam Warner Minton

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Fish fans of all ages will surely be delighted to find this colorful collection under their Christmas tree this holiday season. Or in their hands during any season.

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You'll find ALL FISH FACES by Tam Warner Minton (affiliate link) on Amazon plus other places great books are sold.

Disclosure: I received this book free for review; opinions are my own.

100 Classic Gluten-Free Comfort Food Recipes by Donna Washburn & Heather Butt (review)

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100 Classic Gluten-Free Comfort Food Recipes by Donna Washburn & Heather Butt (review)

I've always been one to express my love to friends and family with food (among other things). Homemade cookies regularly in the cookie jar. Special treats for special folks on special days. Enjoying food crafts and activities with kids. Festive family occasions focus primarily on food.

Enter a grandchild with food allergies. Gluten issues, in particular. James, my bonus grandson courtesy his dad Patrick marrying my daughter Brianna, can't eat the majority of my long-time specialty goodies and holiday favorites. Figuring out how to express food-love to that kiddo has been a challenge. For the most part, food isn't what James and I share.

That's all about to change, courtesy 100 Classic Gluten-Free Comfort Food Recipes by Donna Washburn and Heather Butt, which I recently received from publisher Robert Rose free for review. The 224-page cookbook takes the mystery out of making savory and sweet dishes without gluten! A lifesaver for this grandma and her gluten-free grandson.

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