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November 2, 2017

Why We Love Usborne Books (Holiday Giveaway)

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Foster a lifelong love of reading with Usborne Books and a holiday books bundle giveaway.

A Year of Me Usborne Books Giveaway

I love reading. It’s one of my all time favorite hobbies and things to do whenever I have free time. I consume books however and whenever I can. One of my greatest joys is seeing my kids follow in my footsteps with their own love of books. Now, some of my kids are even old enough that we can read the same books and then talk about them. I absolutely love that!

I’m excited today to share my love of reading and books with you and your kids through Usborne Books. My friend Julie is a Usborne Books consultant and has offered to do a Holiday Book Bundle giveaway for Dine & Dish readers! How cool is that? Keep reading to find out how you can win one of two Holiday Book Bundles from Usborne Books!

Usborne Books Holiday Bundle Giveaway

If you aren’t familiar with Usborne Books, you need to be. When you pick up an Usborne book, your child will instantly be immersed into an interactive experience that involves the child and holds their attention. Beautiful pictures along with stories (that are often times educational) by award winning International authors, Usborne books will grow with your kids and quickly become favorites they reach for time and time again.

Usborne Books Holiday Bundle Giveaway

If you are looking to build a new library for your newborn or want to encourage your tween to read and be creative, you’ll find just the books for them. I must say, if you are looking for an awesome present for your tween, we LOVE this A Year In My Life journal for 365 days of creativity. You can find it on Julie’s Usborne page. It would make a GREAT stocking stuffer!

Now that you know why we love Usborne Books, are you ready to hear about the giveaway? Julie is offering the choice of one of the Holiday Book Bundles to a lucky Dine & Dish reader.

Usborne Books Holiday Book Bundle Giveaway

How to enter the Usborne Holiday Book Bundle Giveaway:

To enter the giveaway and get a head start on your Christmas shopping:

  1. Leave a comment on this blog post telling me who you would give this gift bundle to if you won.
  2. Head over to Julie’s Usborne Facebook page and give it a “like”. Click here to “Like” Julie’s facebook page.  Tell her hi and that you came from Dine & Dish while you’re there.
  3. Both of these items are required for entry into the giveaway! It’s as easy as that.

This giveaway runs from November 2nd to midnight November 9th. Winner will be chosen at random and notified via valid email address. Thanks for entering and good luck!

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Filed Under: Book Review, Life, Previous Tagged With: books, Giveaway, kids books, reading, usborne books

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  1. Beth Brown says

    November 2, 2017 at 9:29 am

    I would give this gift to my granddaughter, Elizabeth who is five and loves books!

    • Kristen says

      November 2, 2017 at 9:37 am

      Awwww! What a fun gift from Grandma!

  2. Athena R says

    November 2, 2017 at 9:42 am

    I would give them to my son. He loves books very much!

    • Kristen says

      November 2, 2017 at 9:50 am

      They are such great books!!

  3. Margaret Brown says

    November 2, 2017 at 9:54 am

    I would give it to our niece, who is pregnant with their first child. For her shower, she requested books in lieu of cards. It would be perfect!

    • Kristen Doyle says

      November 2, 2017 at 10:00 am

      Oh that would be a perfect gift for them!

  4. Crystal says

    November 2, 2017 at 9:56 am

    Think this would be a great gift for my granddaughter.

    • Kristen says

      November 2, 2017 at 10:26 am

      I really hope all the grandparents around enter this giveaway because it truly would be a wonderful gift for grandkids!

  5. Melissa C. says

    November 2, 2017 at 10:28 am

    My nephew Logan. These are great!

  6. Christy D says

    November 2, 2017 at 10:30 am

    Abby – age 5. She has the Not My Reindeer book and absolutely loves it. It’s about worn out, and I didn’t realize there was a series!

  7. Holly Deme says

    November 2, 2017 at 10:30 am

    It would be such a pleasure to give these books to my niece Mirabelle who has an amazing imagination. 💙

  8. Alex says

    November 2, 2017 at 10:40 am

    This is perfect for my sister in law, who will have a 6 month old by the time Christmas rolls around! We are so excited to start building her little boy’s library since books were such a huge part of our childhoods!

  9. Ryan J Richeal says

    November 2, 2017 at 11:09 am

    I would give them to my girls who are following in ny footsteps with a love of reading. I also would share them with my preschool class. They love a good book!

  10. Terri Hendricks says

    November 2, 2017 at 11:18 am

    I love Usborne books and may or may not own That’s Not My Penguin for myself. 🙂 I would split the books among my great nieces & nephews.

  11. Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says

    November 2, 2017 at 11:46 am

    It always makes me so happy to see kids reading. In today’s world full of screens in their faces, I always encourage our kids to grab a book and just read. All three of mine do it happily and now even have a habit to do so before bed. This giveaway is awesome! I have to enter if for my kids. My oldest would love the journal! I also see that Usborne Books has Coding for Beginners. That would be perfect for her too!

  12. Karen Martin says

    November 2, 2017 at 12:32 pm

    My nieces! What a neat giveaway!

    • Karen Martin says

      November 2, 2017 at 12:33 pm

      P.S. Liked and commented at Julie’s page!

  13. Maneesha Pradhan says

    November 2, 2017 at 12:34 pm

    I would give these to my niece. She’s 7 and loves reading.

  14. Lois DeRaadt-Ackerman says

    November 2, 2017 at 12:52 pm

    I would split these books between my grandkids who read and keep some to read to them when we watch them every week.
    I love Usborne books!!

  15. Sandra Reyes says

    November 2, 2017 at 1:30 pm

    Hi! I would give this gift to my daughter Francheska. She is 6 and loves to read. This would be a perfect gift for her 🙂

  16. Debbie Maurer says

    November 2, 2017 at 2:10 pm

    I would give this to my 1st grandchild due Feb. 2nd, 2018, she would love having her mom and dad read to her every night.

  17. Leigh Card says

    November 2, 2017 at 4:53 pm

    Oh my ! How wonderful! I have 4 grandkids from pre-school to grade school and I bet I could find something for each of them!

    They love to read, too!

  18. Annette says

    November 2, 2017 at 7:08 pm

    I’d give them to my cousin’s children. (I left a comment on her Facebook page).

  19. Leslie says

    November 2, 2017 at 8:10 pm

    I have a granddaughter who would enjoy these books.

  20. Linda Montes says

    November 2, 2017 at 9:04 pm

    My grandbabies would love more books for their little library in their room.

  21. Christie says

    November 2, 2017 at 9:41 pm

    I would give them to my students (I’m a literacy teacher for Grades K-3).

  22. Kristin says

    November 2, 2017 at 9:51 pm

    I would give this to my daughter.. she would love it!

  23. Beauty Farashishiko says

    November 3, 2017 at 2:03 am

    Hie! I would give them to my son he loves reading books so much.

  24. Laura S says

    November 3, 2017 at 5:21 pm

    Would love to gift this to my one year old niece!

  25. Dee-Ann says

    November 3, 2017 at 6:57 pm

    I would donate them to the pre-school for children from trauma and at risk environments that I manage. My pet project is our library and creating a space for children to explore and wonder within the pages of books.

  26. Alina says

    November 3, 2017 at 7:27 pm

    My son is an avid reader and this would be the perfect gift for him. Great for underneath the Christmas tree indeed.

  27. Carmen N says

    November 3, 2017 at 7:55 pm

    I would give it to my daughter – she’s not quite 7 but is an avid reader at a couple grades higher.

  28. Carolsue says

    November 4, 2017 at 8:57 pm

    I would give some of these books to my son and a couple of them to my neighbor’s daughter!
    I liked Julie on Facebook and left the comment — in a couple places, since I wasn’t sure where to leave it. My name there is Carolsue Anderson

  29. Jessica D Gipson says

    November 5, 2017 at 8:12 am

    I would gift this to my daughter who LOVES to read.

  30. Erika P. says

    November 5, 2017 at 4:49 pm

    I would give this to my little cousin.

  31. Danielle Bell says

    November 5, 2017 at 7:51 pm

    I would give this to my son

  32. Nicole P says

    November 5, 2017 at 8:32 pm

    Happy Holidays bundle for my 7 mo old daughter!

  33. Ray Becker says

    November 6, 2017 at 9:47 am

    Our grandson

  34. Simone Griffin says

    November 7, 2017 at 12:26 pm

    My 4 year old son would love one of these book bundles x

  35. Debbie Henderson says

    November 7, 2017 at 1:13 pm

    would gift these to my sons

  36. Carly Belsey says

    November 8, 2017 at 11:01 pm

    My son and my stepdaughter would love some books. They love to read. Thank you

  37. Charlie Brunton says

    November 9, 2017 at 1:46 am

    I would give this lovely bundle to my little sisters, Charlotte & Georgia x

  38. claire knott says

    November 9, 2017 at 5:24 am

    i would love to win this for my little girl – and also my nephews – they would love this bundle of inspiring books.

  39. paula cheadle says

    November 9, 2017 at 5:54 am

    I would give this to my granddaughter

  40. Deb Pettit says

    November 9, 2017 at 5:57 am

    It would be for our 4 grand children we are a book loving family.

  41. Miss Tracy Hanson says

    November 9, 2017 at 7:59 am

    My great-nieces and great-nephew will be very spoilt if I won. Thanks for the chance.

  42. Stephanie Whitehurst says

    November 9, 2017 at 11:21 am

    My children

  43. Ann Willers says

    November 9, 2017 at 1:28 pm

    I’d split them between my grandaughter and grandson

  44. Jen Eiserman says

    November 9, 2017 at 2:20 pm

    I would LOVE to gift these to all three of my kids – 3, 1, and 3 weeks old. These would be great new additions to our book advent calendar we like to do every December.

  45. Robyn Clarke says

    November 9, 2017 at 3:19 pm

    My daughters and son would love it!

  46. Lia Burns says

    November 9, 2017 at 5:20 pm

    I would give this bundle to my son Lewis he would love it x

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