Win Free Baby Books to
Begin a Lifetime Love of Reading

There are several reasons why reading to your baby is universally encouraged by early childhood educators. Not only will your baby be in heaven, listening to your voice and cuddling on your lap, the whole reading process gets those little synapses firing...which encourages healthy development. Giving your baby a brain-boost through reading is one of the most loving things you can do.

In order to encourage this early reading, the EiR has teemed up with several book distributors to offer various collections of books. This article will lay out what you need to do to be entered to win free baby books for three months.

Month One:

• A Dr. Seuss Tote Bag (perfect for library trips)
• Green Eggs and Ham
• The Cat in the Hat
• Go Dog Go

Month Two:

• And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street
• Are You My Mother? (This books in on the review list as a baby book favorite!)

Month Three:

• One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
• Mr. Brown Can Moo...Can You? (Another classic on the review list!)

If you already have one or two of these, don't sweat. Christmas is coming and they make excellent gifts!

All you have to do is offer your thoughts about one of these books. For every book review you submit, you'll receive one entry into the contest. Click on the links here to add your review for a particular book.

Contest MUSTS:

• You MUST make your review helpful. Not helpful? No entry. The best way to do this is to copy the questions listed in the entry form and answer them one at a time. Here's a great example of a helpful review (add a photo for a bonus entry!).
• You MUST include your email address in your entry. Otherwise, how can I contact you when you win?

Book Review Guidelines

• What do you really like (or dislike) about this book?
• Share a memory you have of this book (either from your childhood, or with your baby) that makes it special to you.
• What do you think of the illustrations?
• What is your baby's favorite part?
• If you had only 5 books on your baby's book shelf, would this be one of them? What would be the other 4?

How to Get Bonus Entries into the Contest

• Uploading a picture of your baby and the book you're reviewing.
• Signing up for email notification on my blog.
• Subscribing to The Merry Mother monthly newsletter.
• Simply above-and-beyond awesome reviews will be granted a bonus entry (my discretion). So be as thorough and helpful as possible!
• Promoting the contest on your Facebook page, Twitter, or blog. (Here are some banners.) You get one bonus entry every week per website!

The more books you review, the more entries into the contest you can receive! (And if you include a photo with each one, and post about the contest on Facebook, sign up for my blog, etc...you could receive more than 20 bonus entries!)

The winner will be randomly chosen using the website www.random.org. The more entries you have, the better your chances of winning! He/she will be notified via email and will have 7 days to claim their prize. An email is essential to your entry. (You are asked to provide it after you submit your book review.)

However, it will only be used to contact you if you win, and will be deleted after the contest is over. (Unless you use it to subscribe to my blog or newsletter.) See my privacy policy.

Contest Deadlines

• Dr. Seuss Book Giveaway Contest Begins: October 27th, 2009
• Dr. Seuss Book Giveaway Contest Ends: November 22nd, 2009 at 11:59pm
• The winner will be announced and notified on: November 23rd, 2009