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Alycat and the Friendship Friday Book Spotlight

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Alycat and the Friendship Friday will teach readers that making new friends isn’t as scary as you might think.

Alycat and the Friendship Friday Book Spotlight

About Alycat and the Friendship Friday

It’s finally Friday, and Alycat is excited to go on a field trip with her friends. But when she doesn’t have anyone to sit with on the bus, Alycat feels left out. Can she use her creativity and imagination to help everyone feel included?

You can purchase a copy of this book on Amazon, Mascot Books and Books a Million.

Alycat and the Friendship Friday Book Spotlight

About the Author

Alysson Foti Bourque earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a Juris Doctor degree from the Southern University Law Center. After practicing law for six years, she traded in writing trial briefs for writing children’s books. She enjoys public speaking opportunities at schools, conferences, and festivals nationwide. She hopes to inspire people of all ages to follow their dreams and believe in themselves. Currently, she resides in Sunset, Louisiana with her husband and two children.

You can connect with her on her website, Twitter and Facebook.

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Joy To You and Me (At Work!) Book Spotlight

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By sharing stories from the author’s 25+ years of making a joyful difference in the workplace and examples from truly kick-ass companies, Joy to You and Me (At Work!) is a life changing, fun read for anyone who wants to improve their work life.

Joy To You and Me (At Work!) Book Spotlight

About Joy To You and Me (At Work!)

Are you one of the 48% of employees worldwide who don’t like their jobs? Do you feel constantly stressed at the office? Or maybe you’re just feeling “blah” about your job and want to bring some life back into your workplace. If you talk to anyone about their careers or jobs these days, most of the time you won’t hear positive stories or excitement. You’ll probably hear words like “busy”, “stressed”, “exhausting”, and “mind-numbing.” And with the good old 40 hour workweek becoming a distant memory for many of us, this reality is just plain sad.

Joy to You and Me (At Work!) helps turn these situations around by giving the reader easy tips they can implement quickly to start making a positive difference in the workplace. Being joyful isn’t just a “fluffy-cutesy-nice” thing to do each day – it actually increases productivity and is good for any company or organization. The book helps anyone learn how to:

  • Be a more joyful person
  • Bring joy to co-workers
  • Bring joy to customers
  • Bring joy to networking

This fun, easy-to-read guide shows people of all ages and personalities how to make a difference immediately to make not only themselves happier, but to spread that happiness throughout the workplace – and beyond!

By sharing stories from the author’s 25+ years of making a joyful difference in the workplace and examples from truly kick-ass companies, Joy to You and Me (At Work!) is a life changing, fun read for anyone who wants to improve their work life.

You can purchase a copy of this book on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Joy To You and Me (At Work) Book Spotlight

About the Author

Amy Thornton Shankland, GPC, has been bringing joy to her workplaces for over 25 years thanks to her innate enthusiasm. She is a former Dale Carnegie instructor, has been a grant professional for 17 years, is a former columnist for the Noblesville Daily Times, and is a current board member of Noblesville Main Street.

You can connect with her on her website, Twitter and Facebook.

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Discover What is Worse with Stuff Happens from Goliath Games

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What would be worse – favourite show is cancelled or seeing your Dad naked? Dropping your phone in the toilet or third degree sunburn?

Discover What is Worse with Stuff Happens

In Stuff Happens, you learn a lot about your friends and family as you discover what is really worse in life events.

Stuff Happens is a box of cards that contains a wide range of scenarios (two hundred to be exact) that you must rate in order to win. The scenarios on the cards are all PG13 – so nothing too extreme but many will make you cringe, give you shivers and some will just make you laugh out loud. Some may bring back horrifying memories that you wish you could just forget about.

Discover What is Worse with Stuff Happens from Goliath Games

This game is great for both small and large groups, you can play with two to twelve players making it perfect for all sizes of gatherings. Make sure you read the instructions first and watch the video below to help you better understand how the game works. Your job in this game is to rank how bad each scenario would be and if you match the rank on the card then you win that card. If you correctly rank ten cards, you are the winner.

Discover What is Worse with Stuff Happens from Goliath Games

I am sure you can just begin to imagine the variations of this game my boys (husband included here) came up with. Whether you play this game following the rules or making up your own, I promise you your night will never be the same again. We laughed at our own rankings and were shocked at how some were ranked. It may even bring back some memories of when some of this has actually happened to you! This started some pretty bizarre and crazy conversations throughout our evening but was a lot of fun.

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Looking to add some giggling, cringe worthy fun to your party? Pick up Stuff Happens before your next event, the game can be purchased at Walmart.

Make sure to follow Goliath Games on Twitter and Facebook to keep up to date with the newest games and more.

Disclosure: I received the above mentioned product in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.

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Explore the World of Amazing Giant Dinosaurs with DK Canada

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Showcasing dinosaurs at their biggest and best, Amazing Giant Dinosaurs, will be the best introduction into the world of dinosaurs for your child.

Explore the World of Amazing Giant Dinosaurs with DK Canada

About Amazing Giant Dinosaurs

Featuring new colorful artwork and special gatefold pages to show dinosaurs at their biggest and best, Amazing Giant Dinosaurs will delight budding archeologists of all ages. From the tallest plant-eater Brachiosaurus to the sea monster Elasmosaurus and its air-bound flying friend Quetzalcoatlus, this dinosaur book has the largest animals of the Triassic through the Cretaceous periods covered. It also includes remarkable dinosaur records and a comprehensive glossary.

Our Thoughts

This is a beautiful, fifteen page hard cover book that features seven of the top best and biggest dinosaurs that roamed our planet.

Geared towards a younger child (anywhere from three to twelve), the book features bold images that seem to jump off the page. This interactive book features pop up pages that your child will love to pull open and discover even more facts and images of these creatures. Children will learn where and when they lived, what it liked to eat, size, what their name means and key facts about this specific dinosaur. The pages are perfect for little hands that get excited and tend to turn pages too fast as they are also hard and easy to turn and unfold (no ripped pages here).

This is a fantastic introduction to the world of dinosaurs for young children. It will get them excited and ready to learn more about these beautiful, yet dangerous, creatures that walked our planet.

You can purchase a copy of this book on Amazon and Chapters.

Rating: 5/5

Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.

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The Prehistoric Comes to Life in Ultimate Dinosaurs from DK Canada

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A visual and informative exploration of the monsters who once ruled the Earth, Ultimate Dinosaurs explores the prehistoric world.

The Prehistoric Comes to Life in Ultimate Dinosaurs from DK Canada

About Ultimate Dinosaurs

A visual exploration of the monsters who once ruled the Earth, this book explores the prehistoric world through photographic galleries complemented by lively, informative text, making it a delightful reference tool for children and adults alike.

Travel along a conveyor belt to see a prehistoric timeline, piece together the parts of a missing dinosaur at an archaeological dig, or discover the secrets of the Stegosaurus by looking at a close-up of its skeleton. In Ultimate Dinosaurs readers will learn more about the beasts of the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Eras — including what dinosaurs ate, how they defended themselves, and what might have made them extinct.

My Thoughts

This large, hard covered book will make the perfect gift for your child who loves everything dinosaurs.

Unlike other books, this book gives you an in-depth look at all aspects of dinosaurs, not only their history and names but also an examination of their bodies and senses. Want to learn more about their skeleton, soft tissues, communication, defensive and offensive weapons and even their hunting as a pack? Then this book is for you!

The book has beautiful images that either fill the page or become part of the story (puzzle pieces of the dinosaurs images in the ‘piecing it together’ section) but the images do not distract from the important written aspect of this book, which I think is so important. This book is covering new and incredible information that you don’t tend to find in a child’s dinosaur book so you don’t want the images to be too distracting.

We loved this book from start to finish, as a family we all learned something new which is so important –  every time you open a book it should capture, teach and inspire a passion. This book does that for children (and adults!), inspiring them to learn more and perhaps take an adventure to your local museum to help them put the whole picture together.

You can purchase a copy of this book on Amazon.

Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.

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