We love reading books which is why I wanted to tell you about The Book Club. The Book Club team currently reads around 700 books a month and reviews and categorises each one to make selecting books better for parents. They have a great and informative website and I love the fact that books are categorised by age. Little Sis is just entering The Cooing Stage and I look forward to her brother entering The Explosive Stage!
Join The Book Club and you will receive:
- weekly newsletters customised to your child’s learning age
- over 3000 recommended books and the cheapest places to buy them
- book ideas, language tips and games
- build your Dream Bookshelf and save it to your profile
Giveaway:
The Book Club are generously offering one reader of the gingerbread house a TEN book package of children’s books with a retail value of £60. The books will be chosen according to the age of the winners’ child/children and The Book Club will build a package which is perfect for them.
To enter:
Simply visit www.thebookclub.co.uk and find a book which you would love to own. Post the link to the book in the comments section below and tell me why you would love it.
PLUS for additional entries:
Follow The Book Club on twitter and tweet “I want to win children’s books with @thebookclubUK and @gingerbread_mum http://the-gingerbread-house.co.uk/2012/03/12/the-book-club-giveaway/”
and/or
‘Like’ The Book Club on facebook and post the link on their wall to your favourite book with the words ‘Our favourite book – the gingerbread house recommended you’.
The Rules: the competition closes at midnight on March 30th and is open to UK residents only. The winner will be selected at random by The Book Club and contacted using the email address, facebook ID or twitter name supplied. If the winner does not reply within 3 days the competition will be redrawn. Good luck! The winners’ name will be announced on this blog post.
***** The giveaway is now closed and the winner is Olivia Kirby *****
EMMA WALTERS
March 12, 2012 at 4:00 pmwe are hoping to move house this year so this might help with it being such a big change
@emmav6
EMMA WALTERS
March 12, 2012 at 4:02 pmfollow & tweetd
@emmav6
EMMA WALTERS
March 12, 2012 at 4:06 pmlike & posted on fb
emma walters
Laura A
March 12, 2012 at 8:29 pmSix Dinner Sid as Alicia loves cats
Laura A
March 12, 2012 at 8:32 pmLiked on facebook and posted Alicia’s favourite book, this is the bear (who fell in the bin……) She knows it word for word and she’s only 2 🙂
andrew
March 12, 2012 at 8:32 pmas nominated ‘bedtime story’ reader in our house, i’d love to own this book, to share with my two small boys:
i think it would engage them
andrew
March 12, 2012 at 8:33 pmhave followed and tweeted
@andy_uu
Caroline Williams
March 12, 2012 at 8:37 pmMy 3 yr old son adores books, his fave at the moment is ‘Dear Zoo’ which he chooses to read every night!! Would be great for him to have a new favorite 😉
Nicola Biven
March 12, 2012 at 8:38 pmI would love to win’ Peepo’ for my little girl, it will of been read by three generations of my family and every one of us has loved it. Such a lovely illustrated book by a brilliant author. What an amazing prize ! re-tweeted !!
avril alexander
March 12, 2012 at 8:40 pmBoth my kids would love this book!! my daughter is rhyming everything and my son loves anything stinky!!
Elizabeth Lemin
March 12, 2012 at 8:42 pmZog is my boys’ (6 and 4) favourite book of the moment. We have one copy which they both want to read at the same time so a second copy would be great so that “Now that you’ve been shown you can practise on your own…”
Sam Lee-Watson
March 12, 2012 at 8:49 pmI would most like this book, as my son is only 2 but already loving to learn about things and has recently ‘discovered’ dinosaurs. We read a lot together but don’t have many non-fiction books so this would fill a gap in our book collection as well as stimulating his imagination.
Sam Lee-Watson
March 12, 2012 at 8:50 pmAlso liked and commented on Facebook
Zoe G
March 12, 2012 at 8:55 pmI would love to read this and also my son would too, I have heard so many good things about this book, its sounds like a great read
I have tweeted as @tiawanawana
Jamie-Lee Norris
March 12, 2012 at 9:07 pmI would love to win the ‘Happy Baby Book with Bounce Along CD’ . Its so important for children to develop their creative skills and through music and rhymes this can be done. When listening to rhymes and music children are full of smiles while learning so much including communication, language and literacy. This book and CD meets so many developmental needs my daughter is 18 months and she would love it.
Jamie-Lee Norris
March 12, 2012 at 9:11 pmI am following on twitter and have tweeted @Jlnorris2010
Jamie-Lee Norris
March 12, 2012 at 9:11 pmI have liked on facebook and posted on the wall – Jamie-Lee Norris
Melissa
March 12, 2012 at 9:18 pmMy daughter, currently 11mths, adores books! She will crawl past musical toys to get to her bookshelf and pull off her favourites to ‘read’. We love to sing and sign together and The Wheels on the Bus is a great song so would love a book version too 🙂
Ashley Stott
March 12, 2012 at 9:30 pmThis would be very useful to me as my partner is having her first child soon.
Rebecca
March 12, 2012 at 9:34 pmMy daughter loves cats and very much misses our cat who died last year, so I’m intrigued to find out how this one turns out.
Hilda hazel Wright
March 12, 2012 at 9:37 pmThe Gruffalo is the one I’d pick because I’ve heard of him but don’t know the story so it would be a great one to read when I’m babysitting!
Nicole
March 12, 2012 at 9:45 pmThis is the book I would love to own as my grand daughter loves being read stories. At only 2 years of age she already has agreat collection of books.
Paul Martin
March 12, 2012 at 10:17 pmKieran
March 12, 2012 at 10:18 pmWould love to win this for my nephew.
Rebecca Ramage
March 12, 2012 at 10:25 pmOur favourite book ’http://www.thebookclub.co.uk/peepo-3094.html
– the gingerbread house recommended me! We are slowly working our way through my fav books from when I was a child. The last book was the tiger that came to tea and I want my potty! This is next!
Liked on facebook too
josie tate
March 12, 2012 at 10:39 pmhas got to be the gruffalo
Vic chenery
March 12, 2012 at 10:49 pmOur son is picking up words at a rate of knots now so this book would be great to increase his vocabulary and improve his diction.
Laura
March 12, 2012 at 11:02 pmI’d love to own this and give it to my daughter as it is in the series of books that she is asking to read next.
Thanks
Laura
Ruth Tesdale
March 12, 2012 at 11:30 pmWar Horse Michael Morpurgo
I feel that this book would help me introduce my grandson another side to war that would enable us to discuss it in a useful way
Ruth Tesdale
March 12, 2012 at 11:32 pmFollowed and tweeted
Ruth Tesdale
March 12, 2012 at 11:34 pmLiked and posted on Facebook Ruth Mse Tesdale
Sara Turner
March 13, 2012 at 12:11 amThis is my absolute favourite. My children who are 24, 21 and 17 all loved it and now so does my grandaughter!
Bev B
March 13, 2012 at 6:02 amStrangely enough, I didn’t read this book until I was an adult! Thought it was hilarious and touching, so I’d love to read it to my niece and see a child’s reaction to it.
(Did the FB bit!)
Paul Cooper
March 13, 2012 at 6:04 amMy 1 year old son would love this. Comes with an audio CD too so will drown out the sound of my voice when singing to him!!
Alice
March 13, 2012 at 8:53 amThe book I would like would be Bedtme Rhymes:
Bedtime is a relaxed time to share and enjoy rhymes and stories. I like rhymes because they explore language and sounds in a fun and lightharded way and stimulate the imagination to develop their pithy plot further.
ana ramos
March 13, 2012 at 9:28 amSleepytime stories, to help my little boy sooth before bed time.
C Holmes
March 13, 2012 at 10:25 amThe book I would love is:
My daughter loves all her books and we dont own this one yet
Stephanie Tsang
March 13, 2012 at 11:00 amMy little girl would love What The Ladybird Heard as she loves ladybirds and animals, and she loves making animal noises.
FionaLynne Edwards
March 13, 2012 at 1:18 pmMy daughter’s a huge Jacqueline Wilson fan and would love to read this one (we are on the library’s waiting list!). It sounds a bit more light-hearted than some of her work.
Claire
March 13, 2012 at 2:59 pmThe perfect story to send my little pirate off to dream about his own treasure hunts.
Valerie Hartley
March 13, 2012 at 3:35 pmStory of Peppa Pig.
We have booked to take my grandaughter to see Peppa Pig at West Yorkshire Playhouse in June & would love to win this for my husband & I to read to her.
Kirsty Norton
March 13, 2012 at 3:38 pmThis would be the perfect book for my Son who is fascinated by any information to do with WWI/WWII!
Liked and posted on Facebook
Followed and retweeted – @norty1309
christine burton
March 13, 2012 at 4:46 pmgreat prize
Joan Furlong
March 13, 2012 at 6:11 pmWould be ideal for my 4 Granchildren 3 of whom are avid readers, the 4th one is too young but loves being read to.
Fiona Marshall
March 13, 2012 at 6:57 pmFor my eldest niece as she is just starting to get into history and is insatiably curious
Rachael G
March 13, 2012 at 7:40 pmHave heard great things about this book and Julia Donaldson is a fav in our house already, so am sure that this would be a great addition to our bookshelf!
Rachael G
March 13, 2012 at 7:43 pmHave followed and tweeted. @rachiegr
Rachael G
March 13, 2012 at 7:44 pmHave also liked and posted (Rachie Littleme)
Andy D
March 13, 2012 at 8:32 pmwould be perfect for my boy as that is his level at school
Jo Jones
March 13, 2012 at 10:25 pmA lovely prize & it would be ideal for my little granddaughter to have read to her every night
Solange
March 14, 2012 at 6:34 pmMy daughter would love this
Carolina J.
March 14, 2012 at 8:33 pmI’d love a “Happy Baby Book with CD”
It’s perfect for us and our 10 months old daughter who enjoys clapping, waving and listening to the songs very much!
Carolina J.
March 14, 2012 at 8:41 pmI follow The Book Club on twitter and tweeted. @pandcands
Carolina J.
March 14, 2012 at 8:42 pmI ‘Liked’ The Book Club on facebook and posted the link on their wall to my favourite book.
mnrno@hotmail.co.uk
March 14, 2012 at 11:25 pmSpend all day reading The Gruffolo – its my 1 year olds favourite book so I know he’d love this too!
Joanna Coleshill
March 15, 2012 at 9:24 amThis is a beautiful book that would be perfect for my newborn
Red Rose Mummy
March 16, 2012 at 2:01 pmBud borrowed this book from the library recently – – and really loved the story so I think we will be adding it to our collection soon.
Red Rose Mummy
March 16, 2012 at 2:03 pmI have tweeted @RedRoseMummy
Red Rose Mummy
March 16, 2012 at 2:04 pmPosted on FB (as Pippa Ainsworth)
vicky morton
March 17, 2012 at 3:16 pmDangerous Animals we have lots of questions in our house on this topic some that I can’t always answer so this would come in handy!!!
Sara
March 17, 2012 at 3:22 pmMy daughter is rushing through books at the rate of two or three a week.
@livvyssmile
Make do mum
March 17, 2012 at 3:23 pmThe illustrations look lovely in this book and I haven’t heard of this one before
amy
March 17, 2012 at 4:12 pmThe Gruffalo as it seems very popular with my daughters friends but we’ve not read it yet.
Emma Morison
March 17, 2012 at 4:14 pmWe would love to own this garden detectives handbook! My sons would love it, and it may also be able to answer their questions better than I can!
Galina V
March 17, 2012 at 5:33 pmTime for bed, Max and Millie would be a topical choice for my little man, who would rather play than go to bed.
Many thanks for a fab giveaway! We love books.
Galina V
March 17, 2012 at 5:36 pmHave tweeted as @maximka25 and already follow The Book Club.
Thank you!
Erica Price
March 17, 2012 at 6:04 pmMy son has a big castle in his bedroom and loves playing with his knights, so I think he would enjoy this book.
Erica Price
March 17, 2012 at 6:06 pmFollowing and tweeted @ericahughes
Chloe Brewer
March 17, 2012 at 6:10 pmWe love reading these books!
lucy Robinson
March 17, 2012 at 7:26 pmWe would love to own
It is one of the few we don’t have from Julia Donaldson.
lucy Robinson
March 17, 2012 at 7:29 pmFollowing and have tweeted @lucyrobinson3
emma cella
March 17, 2012 at 7:50 pmThe illustrations look lovely in this book
emma cella
March 17, 2012 at 7:51 pmFollowing and have tweeted @handbag2000
emma cella
March 17, 2012 at 7:52 pmPosted on FB
Inside the Wendy House
March 17, 2012 at 10:57 pmZog…we love The Gruffalo books and would love to read this one by Julia Donaldson too. @wendymcd83
Inside the Wendy House
March 17, 2012 at 10:59 pmFollow and tweeted @wendymcd83
Inside the Wendy House
March 17, 2012 at 11:01 pmLiked and posted on Facebook. @wendymcd83
Louise
March 18, 2012 at 2:01 pmZog because the pictures are such fun
Denise Hibbert
March 18, 2012 at 4:22 pmI still have all my Enid Blyton books from when I was a child and have passed these on to my child who is expecting her own baby now and when they are old enough I will enjoy reading the Famous Five Go Down to The Sea, one of my favourites
Nancy Townsend
March 18, 2012 at 4:34 pmThese look like great fun for teens.
Lisa
March 18, 2012 at 8:15 pmI would love the Princess Polly’s Potty My 18 month old daughter is a big fan of reading and I would love this book to get her prepared for potty training in the summer.
Emma Gallagher
March 18, 2012 at 8:37 pmI think my 3 year old son would love this book he loves trying to find something on every page in this case the ladybird.
Emma Gallagher
March 18, 2012 at 8:41 pmFollowing on twitter and tweeted @emstargally
victoriab
March 18, 2012 at 8:50 pmI like the look of this one: .
My son is just getting the hang of reading now and I think he would like this.
siobhan
March 19, 2012 at 4:29 pmi would love the gruffalos child, my daughter loved the gruffalo so i think this would be perfect. shes very clever for a two year old and loves books so i wouldnt want to waste such a talent. i think we would have lots of fun reading this together and looking at the lovely bright pictures x
Anna
March 19, 2012 at 10:32 pmMy daughter would love . We like books about animals x
Anna
March 19, 2012 at 10:33 pmFollowed and tweeted @anna8301
Mummy Fever
March 19, 2012 at 11:23 pm– have heard good things about this book @MummyFever
ruprect2003@sky.com
March 20, 2012 at 8:19 amI would love this as we really enjoyed the christmas special and it would be wonderful to see it in print and read it to my children
ruprect2003@sky.com
March 20, 2012 at 8:20 amtweeted @esthermate
ruprect2003@sky.com
March 20, 2012 at 8:21 amalso followed the book club on twitter
ruprect2003@sky.com
March 20, 2012 at 8:24 amliked on facebook and posted the message esther james
Caroljs
March 20, 2012 at 9:59 pmIt would have to be my daughter loves Pirates at the moment Already following and have tweeted as caroljs
emmamichael@ntlworld.com
March 21, 2012 at 12:27 ami would love to sit down with my daughter and look through this book, shes loving learning about the world and its different cultures at the moment, this book would help her alot.
emmamichael@ntlworld.com
March 21, 2012 at 12:33 amliked and posted on facebook (Emma j Lowe)
emmamichael@ntlworld.com
March 21, 2012 at 12:33 amhave tweeted @emmajlowe
hayley f
March 21, 2012 at 11:58 amI would love to introduce my nephew to the spot the dog books.
hayley f
March 21, 2012 at 12:01 pmtweeted @magical2727
Marina Frow
March 21, 2012 at 2:36 pmwould love to win this for my daughter, she is 3 months so would be good to make bath times more fun!
Marina Frow
March 21, 2012 at 2:38 pmalso posted on the book clubs facebook page
ashleigh
March 21, 2012 at 9:38 pmthis would be great for my daughter as she is just getting to the point of learning letters and putting sounds together to make words –
ashleigh
March 21, 2012 at 9:38 pmi have tweeted and followed as @ashlallan
Elizabeth Williams
March 22, 2012 at 12:18 amlove the gruffalo bumps2babies@btinternet.com
Elizabeth Williams
March 22, 2012 at 12:23 amfollowed and tweeted @bumps_2_babies
https://twitter.com/#!/bumps_2_babies/status/182623224335572992
Elizabeth Williams
March 22, 2012 at 12:24 amliked on facebook and left message
bumps2babies@btinternet.com
Jo Young
March 22, 2012 at 1:20 pmMy children are older so I would love this Michael Morpurgo book as he writes so beautifully –
@BoostieBoo
Jo Young
March 22, 2012 at 1:21 pmI have tweeted and I already followed – @BoostieBoo
Jo Young
March 22, 2012 at 1:23 pmSo sorry just realised my email address is showing instead of my name in my previous 2 posts, if you could change it to Jo Young or delete them I’d be very grateful 🙂
jenny
March 22, 2012 at 1:57 pmDone! Thanks for entering 🙂
Jo Young
March 22, 2012 at 5:38 pmThank you 🙂
Jo Young
March 22, 2012 at 1:26 pmI have posted on Facebook
@BoostieBoo
kath v
March 22, 2012 at 2:48 pmi love What The Ladybird Heard
@kathvbtn
Christine Bray
March 22, 2012 at 7:07 pmYes great book great to sing along to and I had a similar book for my kids so I know the grand children will love it!
Christine Bray
March 22, 2012 at 7:11 pmliked & followed http://www.thebookclub.co.uk/gruffalo-s-child.html Our favourite book – the gingerbread house recommended you
on FB
Christine Bray
March 22, 2012 at 7:12 pmFollowed on twitter @chrriss88
kathleen hooper
March 23, 2012 at 7:00 pmI have never read The Gruffalo, but I have heard such god things about it I feel I am really missing out!
Anna Aird
March 23, 2012 at 9:37 pmI would love to own this book about the solar system
then I might be able to answer some of my son’s many questions about outer space!
hayley pemberton
March 24, 2012 at 3:46 pmit is a beautiful book. the pages are all glittery and touchy feely which my daughter loves at the moment,
Sarah Spencer
March 24, 2012 at 9:51 pmCaroline French
March 27, 2012 at 4:03 pmThe Monkey Puzzle because my little girl loves it but her baby brother ripped it up so we really miss reading it (even though we know the words off by heart now!)
Caroline French
March 27, 2012 at 4:06 pmI am following The Book Club on twitter and tweeted @french_caroline https://twitter.com/#!/french_caroline/status/184657283513450496
Alison
March 28, 2012 at 5:48 amthis looks exactly the sort of book my son would love to read, he can be a reluctant reader and the title will tempt him
olivia kirby
March 28, 2012 at 10:09 pmwe would love this as they read it at library wriggly readers and melly loved it
olivia kirby
March 28, 2012 at 10:11 pmfollowing and tweeting as @olivia280177
Antonia Rookley
March 28, 2012 at 10:13 pmI would love to own What The Ladybird Heard.
olivia kirby
March 28, 2012 at 10:13 pmliked and commented on FB
Farhana Haque
March 28, 2012 at 10:23 pmMy lil girl loves all things animals at the moment
Catherine Miller
March 29, 2012 at 11:06 amIt would have to be Monkeys as my LO loves them!
Charlotte Jones
March 29, 2012 at 11:57 amI’d love to own What the Ladybird Heard, looks like a great fun book that my 2 year old daughter would really enjoy 🙂
Gill B
March 29, 2012 at 1:40 pmEach Peach Pear Plum is a favourite in our house!
Cheryll H
March 29, 2012 at 2:50 pmI’d love for my little girls 🙂 @pipersky1
Cheryll H
March 29, 2012 at 2:52 pmMeant to say – I remember it from when I was little so would love to share with my girls 🙂
Cheryll H
March 29, 2012 at 2:51 pmFollowed and tweeted 🙂 @pipersky1
Lesley Bain
March 29, 2012 at 3:52 pmI would love this book for my 8 year old daughter. She is an avid reader (which I am very proud of :)) who is currently enjoying the first book in this series.
Rhoda K
March 29, 2012 at 3:52 pmIt would have to be the Tiger Who Came To Tea – – why? I simply ADORE this book. It reminds me of my childhood.
Rhoda K
March 29, 2012 at 3:53 pmFollowing and have tweeted too @rhodak09
zoe hargreaves
March 29, 2012 at 3:56 pmmy little boy would love this as he loves the grufflo would love some new books for him as are old ones are getting a bit borning now x
Gary Humphrey
March 29, 2012 at 5:38 pmlooks good fun
Jane
March 29, 2012 at 9:01 pmGoldilocks…..for my 7 month old grandson….this is a book that doesn’t date…a story that has been read and read over the years and will continue to be read for many years to come.
Leigh Larkin
March 29, 2012 at 9:17 pmMy baby has just learnt that pushing a button on one of her books makes the book sing Old McDonald. (Proud mummy moment! :)) This would be a great addition to her new skill.
Leigh Larkin
March 29, 2012 at 9:19 pmALready follow on Twitter and have tweeted @fairyprincess31
Alison Lucas
March 29, 2012 at 9:39 pmwould love to win any Louis Sachar book – if they are as good as Holes, then they must be read!
Emma Bradshaw
March 29, 2012 at 9:44 pmI would love this phonics book for my 3.5 year old as she has just become interested in reading and I think this would help!
Paula Smith
March 29, 2012 at 10:02 pmThis book looks really sweet and anything that helps with getting my Little Miss to sleep has got to be good 🙂
Vivienne Wilkes
March 30, 2012 at 1:07 amGreat book for reinforcing the phonics my son’s doing at school!
kevinseandooley@gmail.com
March 30, 2012 at 1:50 amI’m sure my niece would be engaged by Rowling’s work, heopfully get her off her phone for a minute!
ceril roberts
March 30, 2012 at 8:22 amThis book sounds great. My son is always going on about smelly socks!
Carrie Brimmell
March 30, 2012 at 9:18 amMy little boy loves the film the Gruffalo’s child. We have the first Gruffalo book but don’t have this one and I’d love to be able to read it to him.
Karen Barrett
March 30, 2012 at 10:30 amThe Noisy Farm is a lovely interactive book for very young children, this would be brilliant for my Grand -Daughter.
Karen Barrett
March 30, 2012 at 11:21 amFollowing and tweeted
@chocolateonemse
Karen Barrett
March 30, 2012 at 11:21 amLiked and commented on FB
Karen Barrett
Christine Bray
March 30, 2012 at 1:59 pmI would love to win’ Peepo’ for my GRANDCHILDREN, we love it. Such a lovely illustrated book by a brilliant author.
Helen
March 30, 2012 at 3:07 pmMy little boy loves animals…. and he loves making animal noises…. and making noise in general really… so I think he’d love this Noisy Jungle book!
@leila_jo_mummy
Helen
March 30, 2012 at 3:10 pmAlso follow & tweeted.
@leila_jo_mummy
catherine @mummylion
March 30, 2012 at 3:25 pmmaybe zog cos its third on the list so it must be good!
mary
March 30, 2012 at 4:06 pmthis is a lovely book!
Beccy
March 30, 2012 at 8:34 pmMy little girl will love this book all about the dinosuars. We thought watching jurassic park would frighten her but she thought it was great and has been hooked ever since
dawn
March 30, 2012 at 8:45 pmWould love to win this book, because my little man loves animals and loves musical books
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