In continuing with my reviews this week, I thought it would be nice to look at a holiday-minded product. On with the show…
Product: Celebrate Green! Creating Eco-Savvy Holidays, Celebrations and Traditions for the Whole Family by Corey Colwell-Lipson and Lynn Colwell
Basics: Celebrate Green is a mama-daughter book collaboration – the title is fairly self-explanatory – this is a book about all things related to green holiday celebrations.
Cost: Family friendly at only $17.95. Plus for a limited time, you can score an even better deal. “Right now when you order a copy of Celebrate Green! from our website, you can choose …read more

I’ve been meaning to post this book for a while because it’s so darn cute. 10 Things I Can Do to Help My World written and illustrated by Melanie Walsh was released in August and it looks great. There aren’t that many green picture books for small children so it’s nice to see a new one just in time for the holidays.

This book is perfect for kids ages 3 yrs – 6 yrs and is not only a board book (think sturdy for little hands) but is made with 100% recycled materials. The text and images covers ideas such as …read more

The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell is a simple little book that describes the search for a perfect gift. Finally the searcher realizes that all along, it’s really the gift of time spent together, that matters most. A nice easy story for young children about how stuff isn’t as big a deal as our overly commercial society makes it out to be. I’m not sure that was the original sole intent of this story, but that’s message kids will get. Time is better than stuff.

Everyone I know who has read this book adores it. Check it out at your …read more