CLOSED:Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories Review and Giveaway

Want to hear more great stuff General Mills is doing through their Cheerios cereals?...

In just the last 8 years alone, Cheerios has placed over 40 million children's books upon the breakfast table....How? By placing the little books inside your little one's favorite cereal box- Cheerios! On top of this great venture, they have also donated 3.2 million dollars to First Book, their non profit partner that places books in the hands of little kids from low income families. (Way to go Cheerios...and Hats off to you General Mills!!!)

This month, the 'parents read with your child' campaign 'Spoonfuls of Stories' kicks off again. The goal this year is to put 6 million books in the homes of little kids. This year's set includes 5 books published by Simon & Schuster's Children's Publishing, printed both in English and Spanish.

Here's a brief on each of the titles, as provided by My Blog Spark:

• Junkyard Fort, written by Jon Scieszka, and illustrated by David Shannon, Loren Long and Dave Gordon: Join Gabriella, Jack, Melvin, Ted, Lucy and the other Trucktown characters as they make their own fort, using things found in the junkyard. Ages 4-8.
• Tea for Ruby, written by The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser: Wherever Ruby goes, a bit of disaster seems to follow. But one sunny morning, things change when the postman brings Ruby an amazing invitation: would she like to have tea with the Queen? Ruby needs to polish her manners, and quickly. Ages 4-8.
• Sleepyhead, written by Karma Wilson and illustrated by John Segal: In this rhythmic bedtime story, a cat is the parent and a teddy bear is the child who doesn't want to go to bed. All ready for bed with teeth brushed and story read, Sleepyhead teddy tries anything to prolong his bedtime; books and his quilt provide ample fodder for his imagination. Ages 3-7.
• Ballyhoo Bay, written by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Derek Anderson: Mira Bella, an artist who teaches painting and sculpture, loves Ballyhoo Bay and what it offers: sun, sea, sand, and sky. But one gray day a billboard arrives, announcing an impending development that would take all the fun out of the place. Read along to see if Mira Bella and her art can save the day and Ballyhoo Bay! Ages 4-8.
• What´s Under the Bed?, written and illustrated by Joe Fenton: Young Fred cannot stop worrying about the scary creature that might be hiding beneath his bed. Finally summoning the courage to peer under his bed, Fred, with his cumbersome glasses, sees that the only thing there is Ted, his friendly Teddy Bear! Ages 3-7.

If you visit the Spoonfuls of Stories site, you will see that voting to choose the book for 2010 has begun. I'm planning to put in my vote, though it will be hard. All 13 contenders look like great reads for Bunny girl. It will be fun to see if my choice comes in our Cheerios box next year. (Remember, you can vote once every day)

In collaboration with this campaign, My Blog Spark and Cheerios sent me an exciting Spoonfuls of Stories gift pack. For a Cheerios and book lover, this gift pack is SWEEEEET!!!

Here's what the pack includes:

• A big box of Cheerios
• A set each of the 5 Spoonfuls of Stories books and a
• 25$ Barnes and Noble Gift card. (Think Christmas gifts!)

And as always, they have generously offered to gift one of you with an identical gift pack.


Here's how you can win it:

1. Mandatory entry (without this, all other entries will be disqualified)-

Tell me one of your child's favorite storybooks. (Bunny girl has tons but I think one of her favorites by far is 'Ballet girl goes shopping')

Additional entries:

- 2. Subscribe to my blog (remember you need to activate the subscription if you subscribe via email) or Follow my blog & leave a comment stating that you subscribe or follow.

- 3. Blog about this giveaway (leave a comment with a link to your blog post)

- 4. Tweet about this giveaway and add the hashtag #ebmr at the end.

- 5. Add the link to this giveaway on a Mr Linky on a blog giveaway site, forum, carnival. (leave a comment with the link)

-6. Snag my Blog button and leave a comment with the link


This giveaway is open to US residents, 18 years and above.

1 winner will be chosen with the random.org generator on November 7 2009 at 10 pm Central time, so enter before that. The winner's name will be posted thereafter. Please note if any winner does not get back to me 48 hours after his/her name has been posted, I will pick a new winner.


** EBMR Disclaimer: I have received a free gift pack for review purposes only. This review has not been monetarily compensated and is based on the views and opinions of my family and/or self. Please note that the opinions reflected in this post have not been influenced by the sponsor in any way.**