Taste Tests: Ebi-kun Eats and tastes tests - Food Book Review Special

Book Giving Day is here! Yes, this is the day where we trying and get as many books as possible into the hands of kids.

Ebi-kun wanted to do a book giving day special, he couldn't decide which idea to go with so it's in two parts, this is part one... His favourite foodie books reviewed just for you.

If you want to get involved with Book Giving Day, all the info is on the website
http://bookgivingday.com/

And pop over to mommys blog to enter the giveaway (Feb 14th - Feb 21st 2016)
http://www.my-organized-chaos.com/book-giving-day-giveaway/

Here are the links for the books I reviewed! I hope you enjoy them too...

Roald Dahls Revolting Recipes
Strange Foods
Incredible Edibles
Stone Soup
Pretend Soup
Honest Pretzels
Mission explore Food


I also made some of the recipes, you can check them out here...

Button muffins from pretend soup - these were easy and fun to make and they are tasty too!

My favourite recipe - Mac and Cheese from Honest Pretzels and don't believe what my mommy said, I didn't have a strop!!!!!

Zucchini Moons, I was only 5 years old here!

Here is my first ever Ebi-kun Eats - escargot when I was in Paris in the summer, quite tasty, very garlicy.

Book Giving Day is almost here!

What is International Book Giving Day?

The aim of International Book Giving Day is to get more books into the hands of more kids.

Why?

Well, there are many kids out there that don’t get chance to read all the amazing books that our kids have the opportunity to read. Books change lives and it could be your book donation that changes a child’s life for the better.

It could be the book you donated inspired them to try harder at school to become a doctor, a teacher, an astronaut. Or it could be your book was the one they turn to every time life gets tough, keeping them grounded, their little piece of stability.

Or maybe your book is the one that proves to them that they are not alone and there are people out there that care.

Here are 10 ways to get involved...

PIN ME!

Find out more about what is happening this year over on the bookgivingday.com website, and do share what you will be doing for Book Giving day!

Are you getting ready? International Book Giving Day is coming up soon...

If you have been hanging out here for a while, you will know that I have been involved with International Book Giving Day from the start, as a big book lover I'm very much inspired to help get more books into the hands of kids.

Each year bloggers, authors and illustrators from around the world generously share their love of books and come up with great new ideas to help get more books out to those who need them. You can read more over on the official home at Book Giving Day.

I would love for you to get involved somehow, whether it be by donating books to a children's ward, raising money for one of the many charities that work to books to disadvantaged kids or even picking a few books from an Amazon wish list and sending them to someone you know will appreciate them. Each act of book giving is going to be touching a child somewhere.

And please help us get the word out, social media is a powerful tool and we know we can reach a lot more people with your help.

Please print out and/or share this poster, if you use it on social media, add the #bookgivingday

And isn't this years post great? It's by the super talented Ben Newman, check out more his work HERE

I'll be posting more soon with what jojoebi will be doing this year, so keep your eye out! Keep the date in your diary, it's an easy one to remember February 14th!

Great New Book By Kristi Kremers

We have some book related posts this week for International Book Giving Day...

Yes,  I know you think February 14th is all about the romance, the roses and the chocolates but it should be about books too! Hands up if you'd prefer a good book rather than something that is going to add inches to your hips or die in a matter of days - see, not such a daft idea after all!

I have some good stuff lined up for you this week and I want to hear about your book giving escapades too!

So let's get things rolling, today we are reviewing Who Is A Leader by Kristi Kremers.

Who Is A Leader is like a traditional picture book, aimed at elementary aged children and filled with cute illustrations. It talks about 4 world leaders and the qualities that a leader has. Now, the clever part of this book is at the back where there are questions for teachers and parents so that you can expand on the conversation and dig deeper with the kids. I think this is especially useful for parents who, lets face it, most of which haven't done any kind of teacher training, so this kind of thing often doesn't come naturally. 

Who Is A leader will be free to download on Feb 10th & 11th (Amazon.com time, no idea which timezone that is!)

It would be a perfect book as a springboard for so many discussion or projects and I will be using it when we next study about a leader.

I also got to interview Kristi about the book and her fascinating story, pop over to My Organized Chaos to listen in.

PS - did you pop your name in the hat for the giveaway? It's over HERE

International Book Giving Day Giveaway 2015 - CLOSED

It's that time of year again, yep, International Book Giving Day!

There are lots of exciting things going on around the world, so make sure you are following on social media so that you don't miss out on any of the goodies! Bookgivingday.com is the central hub for all this excitement! Or you can use #giveabook on social media.

International Book Giving Day

Just in case you have absolutely NO idea what I'm talking about, International Book Giving Day was set up with the aim of getting more books into the hands of children. Those of us involved believe that chocolate and flowers are all very fine and dandy but books, well books are just magically and last much longer than a box of chocolates. So instead of giving the kids chocolates for valentines day (which will make them fat and their teeth fall out - maybe) why not give a book instead?

Want to do more? Here are some ideas...

+ Sort through your book shelves and donate unwanted books, you could give them to a children's hospital, a shelter, charity shop...

+ Get sneaky and leave a book in a public place like a waiting room, somewhere that kids get stuck and would love something to look through

+ Give a book to a friend or relative

+ Share the IBGD love online and help us get the word out!

+ Run a giveaway - just like this one, on your blog

Which brings me to todays giveaway!

For your chance to win one of the books, just fill in the form below.
There will be 2 winners, one of each to win Kids Around The World Cook and Kids Around The World Celebrate.

T&C

By entering your name in the draw you are also agreeing to be added to the My Organized Chaos Weekly newsletter - if it's not your cup of tea you can unsubscribe at any time.
The competition is open worldwide
The draw will close Sunday, February 16th, 9am JST
The winners will be notified by email, if the winner does not respond in 5 days a new winner will be selected.
Winners will be chosen at random.

International Book Giving Day Freebies

International book giving day is coming soon, over on the official site there are some great book plates and book marks, pop over and download until your hearts content, just click the image...

Book plate Angus Mackinnon

Book Plate Gus Gordon

Bookmark by Anna Walker

Stay tuned, there is more coming up! 

International Book Giving Day Big Reveal

As one of the hosts I was really excited to see the fab artwork for next years International Book Giving Day. It will the 4th year that it has run and people across the globe are encouraged to give books on Valentines day, getting as many books as possible into the hands of kids around the world.

The talented and award winning Chris Haughton has designed the poster, isn't it great ? You can download the poster HERE

I will be organising something fun nearer the day but if you want to get on board right now, Zoe from Playing By The Book is hosting a book swap, sign up over HERE. And for more info about International Book Giving day, click HERE.

There are some great freebies to be had soon, so keep posted...