When Sarah and Andrew Spear contacted me about reviewing their children's book "My Little Geek" I was intrigued. I loved the concept of a "smarter" ABC book, and that it would be different from what is already being offered. There are so many different Alphabet books out there, and I've seen a lot of them while looking at books for our son. To be honest we only owned one other ABC book, before I received " My Little Geek" to review. I just didn't see the point in buying more books with the same pictures for every letter. I mean how many different pictures of an apple do you really need? I believe you should always give your children a variety of books to see what sparks their interest.
There just wasn't much variety in the market of ABC books until now.
When the book arrived in the mail, I told our son he had a prize in the mail. He was laughing and jumping up and down. He squealed with glee as I pulled his new book out of the package. I was hoping he wouldn't look depleted when he saw his new prize was a book, but he grabbed it out of my hands and ran to sit down and "read" it. I love that he is so excited about books!
As you may know we were preparing for a family vacation, so I packed his new book in his bag with other toys and items for the car. As you can see from the pictures, he loves looking at the cute illustrations of the "little geek" character in the book. The colorful and fun illustrations were a very nice surprise. I had to smile seeing the cat made with a soda can for a head, and the part that says, "C is for Caffeine". When you first open this book you will notice how different it is from other ABC books. Instead of listing plain everyday items, this book will require your child to learn something other than just the ABC's. I think a few of the words were over his head(since a few were over mine!) which is nice since this book is going to grow with him as he gets closer to pre-school level.
How could you not want an ABC book that tells your child G is for Genius?
If you would like to learn more about Andrew and Sarah Spear
the authors of "My Little Geek" just go here.
To purchase their book or play their family friendly game Chicken Monkey Duck visit http://www.mylittlegeek.com/
See the latest on My Little Geek in the News:
Looking for My Little Geek on facebook?Click here to visit their facebook page. Want to find out if you have an inner Geek? They have a fun little game to play to test your Geekdom.
(I think I failed it since it took me 68 seconds to get them all)
I believe the only thing left to say is, "Z is for Zombie" ~Beck
This review was written by Me all views and opinions are my own(with some help from my son).
I was given a free copy of this book for review, with no monetary compensation.
I don't have a favorite "young" children's book. But, one thing I wanted to be sure to include in my children's library are the Shel Silverstein books. I remember loving them as a child. They are just quirky and fun.
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I would love for my grandson to have this book, he doesn't seem to care much for the "ABC" books we have for him. I think he would really like this one. Thank you for your review!
ReplyDeleteP.S. My name on any rafflecopter is Joni Mason, Thanks again!
(My Little Geek~ book review) From the sounds of this review, these books would be really nice for this grandma to read some of them to her grandson.
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ReplyDeleteHolly W
Sounds like a very fun ABC book! We like to keep things a bit more quirky at our house. =)
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ReplyDeleteI like that this is different than the typical ABC book & will grow with the reader.
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ReplyDeleteC is Caffeine, how precious! This sounds like my kind of book. Thanks for posting!
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ReplyDeletei like that it is different than the usual abc book
ReplyDeleteVariety in presenting concepts is good. However, I am not sure I would like to buy a book entitled "My little geek". I can guarantee you that has very negative memories associated with that word in my family.
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I think my little one would love this book. We are having a reading session right now.
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