The Sneezy Wheezy Day Blog Tour: Review, Giveaway & Free Offer!

As we are having an unusually warm winter here in Texas, the cold and flu season is already in full swing. We are not quite ready to stand up to its challenges, one of which is to comfort a sick child. Just in time for this special new season comes The Sneezy Wheezy Day, the third in the award-winning children’s series--Cougar Cub Tales, which follows the adventures of a brother and sister cougar cub and which covers everyday kid issues from sibling rivalry to tolerance.

Written and illustrated by Sharon Cramer, a nurse and mom of three, The Sneezy Wheezy Day tells an interesting and heartwarming story with rhyming verses, colorful pictures, and vibrant characters. After knowing that brother cougar feels sick, sister cougar anxiously takes him to their well-intentioned friends in hopes of finding the best remedy. While the recommendations from their friends range from wild to wired, the boy cub comes to the realization that it is his sister's love that provides the ultimate relief for his ailment.

As a host for the blog tour, I was provided with a copy of The Sneezy Wheezy Day for review. My son was instantly drawn to the book by its fun-looking cover and couldn't wait to read it with me. As he closely followed the brother and sister's search for a cold remedy, my son learned about the symptoms of a bad cold and how to describe them, the names of quite a few wild animals, and some really funny approaches to curing the illness. More importantly, he learned about the power of sibling love, which he is about to witness in a few weeks. The book will not only provide a great way to comfort a sick child, but also encourage kids to take care of their sick brothers or sisters.

The hardcover copy of The Sneezy Wheezy Day regularly retails for $14.95, but is now on sale for only $10.95. Better yet, from 1/24/12 to 1/29/12, you can get the Kindle version of The Sneezy Wheezy Day for FREE! You don't have to own a Kindle device to read the e-book. Simply install the Kindle app on your computer, mobile phone, or iPad and you'll be able to enjoy the book in full color. Don't miss this limited time offer!

To learn more about the author and her other publications, please visit www.talkingbirdbooks.com

The Giveaway

Talking Bird Books, publisher of the book, has generously offered to give one of my lucky readers a hardcover copy of The Sneezy Wheezy Day. It has 38 pages on high quality, durable paper. Measures 10.7" x 9.6" x 0.4"

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Walgreens Prescription Savings Club: Big Savings at Small Costs

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walgreens. All opinions are 100% mine.

Have you been using Walgreens as your primary pharmacy? Are you under a prescription insurance plan managed by Express Script for year 2012? If your answer is "yes" to both, then you're very likely to be affected by the recent breakup between Walgreens and Express Script, which could result in a huge hassle and possible financial losses for Express Scripts clients who are used to having their prescriptions filled at the nation's largest drugstore chain.

Now that Walgreens is excluded from the Express Scripts pharmacy network, you will feel greatly inconvenienced if you're forced to drive farther to a pharmacy within the network and if that pharmacy has less convenient hours than Walgreens, who offers the largest number of 24-hour and drive-thru pharmacies in the country. You will feel even worse if you have already established a personal relationship with your Walgreens pharmacist over the past years.

As an effort to minimize the trouble caused by the transition, Walgreens is offering a special discount on annual membership for its Prescription Savings Club this January. During the promotion, an individual can join the Walgreens Prescription Savings Club for only $5 (regular $20), or $10 (regular $35) for a family membership, which covers spouse, dependents 22 and younger and even pets!  Club members may enjoy savings on over 8,000 brand-name and all generic medications (400+ generics are available with a 90-day supply for under $1 a week.), discounts on flu shots, pet prescriptions, nebulizers and diabetic supplies, as well as bonuses on purchases of Walgreens brand products and photofinishing services.

If you've been looking to join the Walgreens Prescription Savings Club, now would be the best time to do so. The promotional offer will help you make the most out of your membership and take advantage all the extra savings and conveniences (locations, store hours, refill options, etc.) that Walgreens has to offer!

Love Walgreens? Then show your support by liking Walgreens on Facebook and following Walgreens on Twitter. By doing so, you'll also stay updated about Walgreens' latest changes and special promotions.

Organizher Menu Organizer Review & Giveaway

Busy women, especially moms, often have to juggle between work and family, manage multiple schedules and keep track of a zillion things at the same time. It's therefore extremely important for us to stay organized so that our life can be more efficient and less stressful. To get better organized is my top-listed New Year's resolution. I'm so glad to find out that Organizher offers a full line of organizational tools to help me achieve my goal.

From everyday shopping to family activities, and from menu planning to budget control, Organizher provides almost everything you need to stay on track, including planners, memo books, calendars, notepads, expense trackers and so much more! Organizher products are not only functional, versatile, but also look fabulous.

Here's the Organizher Menu Organizer with pagemarker paper clips I received for review. It's sturdy but lightweight. I expect it to be easily used and reused for years to come. The TechLock rings make the organizer expandable, and its capacity highly flexible.

The menu organizer includes a handy "Take My Order" notepad and 20 pages of sectioned notetaking sheets to jot down food preferences or restaurant favorites of everyone in the family. Additional planning pages are available for free download at www.mead.com. The organizer also comes with a zipped clear-view pouch to fill in anything you like.

My favorite part of the organizer is the elegantly designed pockets, which can be used to store recipes, coupons, and even take-out menus. Having my recipe cards and money-saving coupons all in one place makes menu planning and shopping so much easier! You may sort the contents in your pockets with adhesive labels or the Organizher pagemaker paper clips with matching design.

The Menu Organizer retails for only $12.99. Dimension: 9.25”w x 11.5”h.

To find out more about Organizher products, please "like" Organizher on Facebook. You may also want to read product reviews written by other moms while you're on that page. It's also the best place to find out new giveaways like the one I'm hosting here.

The Giveaway

Mead has generously offered to give one of my lucky readers an Organizher Menu Organizer, same as the one I reviewed above! The winner will have fun exploring all the possible ways to take advantage of this multifunctional product. It does more than menu-planning!

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Crayola Story Studio Review and High-Tech Prize Pack Giveaway (Ends 1/15)

Crayola has been known for their dazzling assortment of art supplies, craft kits and toys for kids. The latest addition to the family, Crayola Story Studio, brings together traditional art media and cool technology to offer kids an exciting new experience, which sparks their imagination and gives them wonder and adventure as they colorfully bring their original ideas and dreams to life!

For the child who craves action and adventure, Crayola Story Studio: Spider-Man lets kids upload a photo and transform themselves into a superhero that stars with Spider-Man in personalized comic book they create and color. A free access code inside the kit unlocks the Story Studio application at Crayola.com/storystudio. Kids can choose a super power, story-line, and one of six villains to battle alongside Spider-Man in their own web-slinging adventure. When they finish their story, they can save it, share it or print and color it. The kit includes paper, glossy cover sheets for printing comic book-style covers, binding strips and 15 Twistables® colored pencils to create three complete books.

For the child who loves fairytales and wonderment, Story Studio: Disney Princesses lets kids star in a fairytale with a Disney Princess. Crayola Story Studio™: Disney Princess lets kids create fairytales starring them and a Disney Princess! Kids upload a photo to transform themselves into a character, then create a story with their character and a Disney Princess! Story Studio includes everything kids need to create personalized storybooks and unlimited coloring pages – just print, color and bind the pages. They can choose storylines from Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, the Little Mermaid, Tangled, Sleeping Beauty, and Princess and the Frog. With the free on-line access code that comes inside, Pip-Squeaks® markers and glitter glue, blank sheets and binding strips, kids create three complete story books!

For the child who likes creative adventures, the Story Studio Adventure Maker: Cars 2 lets kids join the pages of a story with Lightning McQueen, Mator and the Cars 2 characters form Disney Pixar. The set includes 10 Pip-Squeak Skinnies markers, 3 Pip Squeak broad line markers, 2 Pip-Squeak glitter glue tubes, 30 story sheets, 6 glossy cover sheets and 3 comic binding strips to make three complete story books. This kit is, not surprisingly, my son's favorite.

At $9.99 for each kit, Crayola Story Studio proves that high-tech doesn’t have to mean high cost.

The Crayola ColorStudio HD app and iMarker can turn your iPad into an interactive coloring book filled with animated images, music, sound effects and hidden surprises. The app is free on iTunes App Store with the purchase of the battery-powered iMarker for $29.99 at retails like Toys R Us, Best Buy, and Griffin Technology On-line Store.

The Giveaway

Crayola has generously offered to give one of my lucky readers an awesome Crayola Story Studio High-Tech Prize Pack valued at $60! It includes:

*Crayola Story Studio Comic Maker: Spider-Man
*Crayola Story Studio Fairy Tale Maker: Disney Princesses
*Crayola Story Studio Adventure Maker: Disney/Pixar Cars
*Crayola iMarker to use with the ColorStudio HD app for iPad
*Free download of the ColorStudio HD app

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