{"id":4400,"date":"2013-04-14T21:34:18","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T10:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/?p=4400"},"modified":"2013-04-14T21:34:18","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T10:34:18","slug":"fostering-the-love-of-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/14\/fostering-the-love-of-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Fostering the love of books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Disclaimer \u2013 I received some Me Books books to try for free and I am part of the Me Books review team in Australia. All opinions and wording (unless noted) are my own.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t remember the first book I read but I can remember always having hundreds of books around. One room of our house growing up had a wall of books \u2013 that room ended up being my bedroom, sadly minus the wall of bookshelves. Mum &amp; Dad read to both my brother &amp; I from a young age. Tilly and Tessa was apparently a favourite as was the Miffy books and the Mog books. My brother\u2019s favourite was Grug. I remember reading Shakespeare when I was young \u2013 Midsummer Nights Dream is still a favourite of mine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tilly-and-tessa-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"tilly and tessa\" alt=\"tilly and tessa\" src=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tilly-and-tessa-cover_thumb.jpg\" width=\"145\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/miffy-at-the-seaside.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"miffy at the-seaside\" alt=\"miffy at the seaside\" src=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/miffy-at-the-seaside_thumb.jpg\" width=\"145\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/index.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Mog\" alt=\"mog\" src=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/index_thumb.jpg\" width=\"116\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/grug.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"grug\" alt=\"grug\" src=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/grug_thumb.jpg\" width=\"148\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve tried to install this love of books in Miss K. We\u2019ve read to her since she was really little. Birthdays and Christmas are always a time to give new books. She\u2019s inherited some of my books \u2013 big surprise Tilly &amp; Tessa is one of those books (she loves it as much as I did) and we\u2019ve downloaded some books for her on the iPad, mainly interactive ones but we\u2019ve found she\u2019s not as interested in them after the first or second read. When offered to take a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mebooks.co\" target=\"_blank\">Me Books<\/a> app, I jumped at the chance. Mainly because their library include favourites from my childhood \u2013 Ladybird books! I had a heap of these books when I was young, some which had been handed down from cousins and other family. Well read and well worn.\u00a0 And the Beatrix Potter collection. There\u2019s also more modern reads based on favourite TV shows like Peppa Pig and Charlie &amp; Lola.<\/p>\n<p>Me Books offers children a great range of books that are interactive. Kids can read along; have the story read to them by well known personalities (like Sir David Jason, Rik Mayall and Richard E Grant); touch the pages for interactive sound effects; record the story themselves (or by a parent\/grandparent\/carer etc)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/27865194?autoplay=0&amp;api=1\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When you download the app from the App Store\u00a0 you\u2019ll be given the following screen with your free book, Little Red Riding Hood.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/photo-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Me Books\" alt=\"Me Books\" src=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/photo-2_thumb.png\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To create a Me Books account, to access other books, click on the Shop button then click Account. Click Create Account, enter your email and a password and your done. When you create an account, you will also get the following three Me Books &#8211; Shopping with Mother, Talk about School and Sleeping Beauty.<\/p>\n<p>So far Miss K has devoured them. Peppa Meets the Queen has been read and played numerous times, as has\u00a0 Talkabout starting school.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_8363.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Reading Me Books\" alt=\"Reading Me Books\" src=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_8363_thumb.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_8365.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Reading Me Books\" alt=\"Reading Me Books\" src=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_8365_thumb.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_8369.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Reading Me Books\" alt=\"Reading Me Books\" src=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_8369_thumb.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_8366.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Reading Me Books\" alt=\"Reading Me Books\" src=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_8366_thumb.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Me Books have also dropped the price of their The Land of Me book apps. They are now 99c each. \u201cIn this BAFTA nominated early learning adventure for 2 &#8211; 6 year olds, children encounter an enchanting cast of loveable characters. Join Eric the raccoon, Buddy Boo the bear and Willow the owl on an epic journey through your child&#8217;s imagination.\u201d<br \/>\nI\u2019d never heard of The Land of Me but after checking out their website I\u2019ve decided they are very cute (and I think they should have plushies of the main characters \u2013 I would buy them all.)<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tlom_apps.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"tlom_apps\" alt=\"tlom_apps\" src=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/tlom_apps_thumb.png\" width=\"431\" height=\"201\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The apps included in the super sale are:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/land-me-shape-size-colour\/id592688649?mt=8&amp;ign-mpt=uo%3D2\">The Land of Me &#8211; Shape, Size and Colour<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/the-land-of-me-making-things\/id581912434?ls=1&amp;mt=8\">The Land of Me &#8211; Making Things<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/the-land-of-me-songs-and-rhymes\/id579235532?ls=1&amp;mt=8\">The Land of Me &#8211; Songs and Rhymes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These have quickly become favourites too with The Land of Me \u2013 Songs &amp; Rhymes on high rotation. And the good thing is, they aren\u2019t annoying like some other apps aimed at kids.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_8604.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Playing with The Land of Me\" alt=\"Playing with The Land of Me\" src=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_8604_thumb.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_8605.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Playing with The Land of Me\" alt=\"Playing with The Land of Me\" src=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_8605_thumb.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/me-books\/id534499518?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">Me Books app<\/a> is free to download, you get Little Red Riding Hood for free AND when you join the Me Books store you get another 3 books (Shopping with Mother, Talk about School and Sleeping Beauty) free as well. Books in the Me Books store range from 99c to $2.99 (most are $2.99). Books in the Modern section include Charlie &amp; Lola and Peppa Pig. Classics include Beatrix Potter and lots of Ladybird Books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disclaimer \u2013 I received some Me Books books to try for free and I am part of the Me Books review team in Australia. All opinions and wording (unless noted) are my own. I can\u2019t remember the first book I read but I can remember always having hundreds of books around. One room of our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/14\/fostering-the-love-of-books\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fostering the love of books&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[76,95],"class_list":["post-4400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-learning","tag-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}