ParentsDigest reads the best books, so you don’t have to…

Since we’re a few days into our ParentsDigest Subscription Giveaway we should take a moment to look at the prize, and the services offered by ParentsDigest.

WHAT IT IS:

ParentsDigest is the perfect service for parents who feel totally overwhelmed by the sheer amount of baby and parenting books out there. Their motto is, “We read the books so you don’t have to.” Nice for a busy parent. Like speedy parent Cliff-Notes.

HOW PARENTSDIGEST WORKS:

ParentsDigest is a an online subscription service offering book summaries of popular parenting books. The experts at ParentsDigest “Read the best and most popular books about parenting and family health, summarize them and deliver them over the Internet to subscribers.”

If you’re a subscriber you get to view summaries of the books you choose. Each summary is a professionally written, concise synopsis of all key concepts of each book. ParentsDigest extracts the most important facts and points found in each parenting or family health book and write them up into brief, but comprehensive, abstracts of approximately 3,500 words (about eight letter-size pages). Since this is obviously much smaller than the actually book you can read a summary in about 30 minutes vs. days. You can create a sample account to view free summaries. You’ll need an email address.

The company adds new parenting book summaries frequently, and has books suitable to fit all parent lifestyles and needs. Categories of parenting books range from babies to teens, to organic and green parenting issues, to pregnancy, to child health plus well-being, and more.

WHAT SUBSCRIBERS GET:

As an annual subscriber, you get two summaries delivered to your e-mail monthly. After signing up, you can cancel within 60 days for a full refund – read the Money Back Guarantee.

WHAT THE SERVICE COSTS:

The service is a surprisingly good deal (under $6 a month for the year) – you get two book summaries a month and there’s no way 24 books a year will cost you less than $6 a month. If you’re not sure this is a perfect service for you, I’d check out their special three month subscription option. For under $20, you get an introductory subscription, so that you can make sure this is for you.

A GOOD DEAL FOR TREE HUGGERS:

The nice folks at ParentsDigest gathered up some books they carry, that will be especially interesting to Tree Hugging Family readers…

• Organic Baby – Simple steps for healthy living…guiding parents through the many, sometimes vexing decisions involved in creating a healthy environment for baby. Lots of detailed suggestions on non-toxic furnishings and decorating to navigate the overwhelming and toxic world of baby gear…
• Growing Up Green – In her second installment of the Green This! series, author Imus shares her tips on how to raise healthy kids. She reveals the growing number of toxins and pollutants in our environment and how they may be damaging our children’s health. There is detailed info to help us avoid many toxins
• Healthy Child/Healthy World -This important book reveals the detrimental impact many consumer products > have upon people – especially children – animals, and our environment. This merchandise includes a wide range of items such as shampoo, carpeting, toys, > vegetables, and electronics, among others…
• Last Child In The Woods – It is critically important that we recognize and never forget that nature is > all around us. It can be found in the back yard, the local park, the school yard, as well as in the woods, the desert or on the mountain side. Children need the connection with trees, and we must cultivate a love…

Visit ParentsDigest to learn more. OR enter the ParentsDigest Subscription Giveaway to win free access to this service.

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