My First Giveaway- Sweet Baby Moon

I’m so excited to do my first ever giveaway! As you know, I’ve posted a lot lately about my love of reading and how I hope that Kate will enjoy it as much as I do.  Well, this week I’d like to give away a GREAT children’s book!!

A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Karen Henry Clark, author of Sweet Moon Baby.  She and her husband adopted their daughter from China a number of years ago.  As a result of her experiences, she wrote Sweet Moon Baby.  She stumbled across my blog and wanted to send me a copy of her book.  This is such a cute book, and is a great resource for adoptive families, whether you adopted internationally or domestically.  Further, I think it is a great children’s book for ALL families.   

Here are a few words from Karen as to why she wrote this book.

When the nanny handed our baby to us on a summer day in China, I thought the journey was finished.  We could take our daughter home.  I smiled brightly until I read the orphanage report: “Baby found forsaking on steps of leather factory.”  I wanted to cry.  I realized this tiny girl would always live with a mystery about her early life.  While I’d known this, I’d never felt its truth until that moment.  She would carry unreachable memories locked forever in her mind, her bones, her heart.
     So I began to dream of a history for her–something beyond the confines of that basket balanced on a step.  Then one night in our yard she looked up at the night sky and said her first English word: “Moon!” Her certainty and joy made me believe they had been dear friends from the very beginning of her life.  What else could she have seen in China that still inspired her games of make-believe?  Who’s to say a turtle, peacock, monkey, panda, and fish weren’t part of her life?  That basket on a step in China became the basket carrying a baby down a river from claw to paw to wing.     What began as an answer for her ended up being an answer for others.  After I read my book at a school, I received my best review of all when an adopted Chinese kindergarten girl whispered to my husband, “I’m the real Sweet Moon Baby.”  I suddenly understood how well the tale worked.  It held powerful possibilities for young children other than mine.  Many of the truest things in our lives begin with our imaginations. 

Would you LOVE to have this book… for free? Would you like to enter? It’s easy!  Here are the rules:

I’m leaving this post open for entries from now until Monday, March 5th at 7pm.  You simply enter by leaving a comment…

1. For ONE entry- Follow my blog and leave me a comment that says “I’m following”!  If you already follow my blog, leave a comment that says “I’m already following!”  I don’t care if you use blogger, or another reader, but please be honest!
2. For ONE additional entry per day- Leave me a separate comment with the title of one of your favorite children’s books (because I’m always looking for new books).

So, you can get a total of 9 entries- 1 for following my blog and 8 more for listing your favorite children’s books (one per day Monday night Feb 27 – Monday night March 5).

Again, you have until next Monday night at 7 pm to enter.  I’ll pick the winner using a random number generator so it’s totally fair!  I’ll post the winner in ONE week (on Monday, March 5th) so be sure to check back to see if you won!  The winner will have ONE week to  get in touch with me via email (kelleyandkevin@yahoo.com) or I will re-pick and choose a new winner.