today's giveaway is a treasure from mrs. eliot book shop.
creative, bright and whimsical artwork all the way from london.
giving :: one little wooden book :: the red balloon
a unique gift for the young or young at heart
please comment today to enter to win
tell me a favorite book of all time
thank you, francesca
{don't miss her fabulous flickr}
oooh, i love all the book options. i saw a few of them at the library today. thank you for the suggestions. i cannot believe this is the second to last holiday giveaway. time flies when you're having fun giving prizes, i suppose. congratulations to Alisha Stamper who commented, favorite of all time, the little prince. enjoy your new little wooden book!
oh, I LOVE it! I have so many 'favorite' books, but the one that first came to mind was A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Have you read it??
ReplyDeleteSo adorable... perfect for my little boys room! Favorite Book is tough... I'll go with children's book. Dr. Seuss's ABC Book. My mom claims that she read it to me so much that when I was 16 months I had it memorized and could recite it with her. Crazy.
ReplyDeletePicking a favorite book is like picking a favorite flower, color, or chocolate...I love SO many. One of my all-time favorites, though, that I read as a pre-teen, was The Giver. I still love this book & read it from time to time.
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting all these giveaways & featuring such sweet products. I've enjoyed looking at these shops...
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is it cliche' to say pride and prejudice? love.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorites is Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter!
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ReplyDeletetraveling mercies by anne lamott is one of my favorite books*
cheers,
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ReplyDeleteTo Kill a Mockingbird, of course!
ReplyDeletelove frog and toad!
ReplyDeletewell, i feel like a copycat, but i really was goingn to say "to kill a mockingbird." so many good themes in that book. my favorite children's book is "but not billy." it was my favorite book as a child and the longer i am a mother, the more i love it.
ReplyDeletethis is really cute. a fave of mine has always been i like you by sandol stoddard warburg.
ReplyDeleteOh! This book looks so cute! One of my favorite books is The Corner of the Universe.
ReplyDeleteWhat an adorable book!
ReplyDeleteA favorite book is hard but the first that comes to mind is The Gift of the Magi. Its appropriate for the season.
ReplyDeleteThat is SOOOO cute! My favorite book ever (oh this is impossible!) is Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful giveaway! Favorite book of all time? Gosh! So hard to pick! I'm going with Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. Lyrical writing at its best.
ReplyDeleteSo many cook books to check out listed here. I love all Little House on the Prairie books, but especially On the Banks of Plum Creek.
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I love the polar express. perhaps because its this time of season!
ReplyDeleteLife of Pi is a great book. As for kid's books, I really like "Do you love me Mama?"
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway!
love "go dog, go"- i thought i could read it when i was 4....it made me feel so big!
ReplyDeletewhat a cool giveaway!!!
I love the children's book "Annie Bananie". It's about a little redheaded girl and friendship.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite, favorite book is Peace Like a River by Leif Enger - a beautifully written and delightfully wonderful book.
ReplyDeleteLots of fave books on my list, but right now, at Christmas, I've documented in my December Daily that the story "The Three Trees" is my favorite. I truly cannot read it for bedtime stories to my kiddos without crying. It is so beautiful, hopeful and affirming. I gave it to my now 18-yr old when he was 9, so we've had it a while, and I've shed some tears...but it's all good.
ReplyDeleteI loved those old story books from Disney which came with a small vinyl disc. My siblings and I would play that on our player, listened to the story with its sound effects, and when "Tinkerbell rings her little bell, like this , turn the page". The best book has to be The Fox and the Hound - the story of true friendship. So heart-warming and heart-wrenching. And recently I saw the film again on TV, and the story pained me. Such is life.
ReplyDeleteThe Little Prince. I get something new from it each time I read it.
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A Room With a View changed my life.
ReplyDelete"The Secret Garden" is one of my all-time favorites!
ReplyDeleteI was Christmas shopping for books the other day, and came across "Chicken Soup With Rice"--NOT "For The Soul" :) -- one of my favs, great rhyming!
ReplyDeleteoooo...I need this! My favorite of all time? The Sneeches by Dr. Suess. Now my daughter loves it too. Although, I also love all things Jane Austen.
ReplyDeleteanything by my cousin kit - swimsuit, sweater, longjohns, galoshes, or slide already!
ReplyDeleteOh favourite book - so hard! Maybe The Jolly Postman by The Ahlbergs xx
ReplyDeletefavorite of all time= the little prince.
ReplyDeletei am loving her books!
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L'Engle
ReplyDeletedefinitely '100 years of solitude'
ReplyDeleteit's silly, but i love the book Ella Enchanted. i read it in the third grade, fell in love with Prince Char, and never looked back. i've read a lot of the greats, Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, The Kite Runner, but I also go to Ella Enchanted when I need some comfort, magic and love. :)
ReplyDeleteFavorite book of all time HAS to be. Sideways Stories From Wayside School. When my mom would read it to me I would giggle, and we would bond.
ReplyDeleteLove this unique give-a-way!
My favorite children's book of all time: "Stand back", said the Elephant, "I'm going to sneeze!"
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun book!
the little engine that could!
ReplyDeleteThis is too good to pass up! For me? "To Kill a Mockingbird," definitely.
ReplyDeleteI can see on the shelves on rhys' room! So I will enter him. His favorite book is one from Justin's childhood. It has about 15 Japanese folk tales. Like "why the jellyfish has no bones"
ReplyDeleteis it too easy to say the scriptures? cause they truly are my favorite.
ReplyDeletei adore reading, so whatever book i am reading at the moment is usually a favorite. one i remember recently that i LOVED was Wild Swans. definitely worth the long-read!
Rebecca....I can read that book again and again!
ReplyDeletei love it!!! and i know my little one would toO!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Little House by Virginia Lee Burton is my favorite children's book...so classic!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this. The Red Balloon is my favorite movie ever. But as for books, I have far too many. Lately, "A History of Love" has captured my heart and I read it over and over again whenever I can!
ReplyDeleteHmm... As an English teacher and lover of the written word, this is a very tough question for me to narrow it down to just ONE book. I guess right now one of my favorite book is Peony in Love by Lisa See, although an all-time favorite book is Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand or else Attitudes of Gratitude.
ReplyDeletepicking a favorite book is like picking which of my kids I love more...but for today I'll say Jane Eyre.
ReplyDeleteThe Giving Tree - hands down :) Thank you for the chance! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, I'm kind of like Hannah in that whatever I'm reading is my new favorite (even if is a completely cheesy romance novel). There was one book that really stayed with me, although I don't remember the title - it was something like Stones from the River, I think and it was about a dwarf lady in Germany. Premise sounded so strange but I loved that book. Thanks, Maureen (jnomaxx at hotmail dot com)
ReplyDeleteThe Count of Monte Cristo - the best ever.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book of all time is Richard Scary's The Gingerbread Man. My mother read it to me for the first time when I was 2. I was so concerned for the Little Old Woman who had "sat down to rest" after chasing the little devious cookie, that I wouldnt let my mom turn the page. Unable to explain why, I just sat there sobbing uncontrollably. Somehow my mother must have figured out why, because she had my dad distract me while she drew a happier expression on the Little Old Woman's face. When she brought the book back to me, I stared at the old woman for a bit, wiped my tears, then allowed my mother to finish reading the book. There is something about that exact book with the added illustrative touches from my mother that makes it priceless to me.
ReplyDeletethere are many favorites. at the moment, i like "the mysterious benedict society" by some author i just can't remember because i'm a ditz.
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my favorite book of all-time is The Giving Tree. my father gave it to me before he passed & i read it whenever i miss him.
ReplyDeletefavorite book of all time:
ReplyDeletebetsy, tacy + tib by maude hart lovelace.
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thanks for this. this reb balloon book looks fantastic. love, lindsay
Favorite Book of All Time... Would most definitely be James and the Giant Peach. Growing up each night before bed my mother would read a few pages to my brother and I. I cannot wait to do the same with my children.
ReplyDeleteNot sure if I'm too late, but my favorite book of all time is "Mouse and the Motorcycle" by Beverly Cleary. My big brother read it with me...one of my fondest memories.
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this is it!
ReplyDeletemy fav of all time is the Bible
that's the book for me!
not sure if i'm too late, but these books are incredible.
ReplyDeletewow.
pure delight!
Oh this is the one, I really want to win this baby! Fav book of time, don't have one... I'm not a big reader :)
ReplyDelete"I'll Love you Forever"
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The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt. Oh, how I love that book.
ReplyDeletethe screwtape letters, harry potter IV, the giver -- all favorites!
ReplyDeletethese books are beautiful. will most definitely check out her site for future gifts of happiness!
I always loved "Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass" I used to take it out of the library so much that the librarians finally told my mom she should buy it for me! I still have that copy today!
ReplyDeleteI love Tuck Everlasting...such a lovely story. I remember my mom reading it to all us kids on long road trips.
ReplyDeleteWalk Two Moons by Susan Creech
ReplyDeleteI love Mrs Eliot Book shop. I have her fall print that stays up year round in my house.
My favorite book would be the one I've read maybe a dozen times and still never tire of it? Then that would be "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince".
ReplyDeletemy favorite book.... the little prince. such a classic!
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sarah
number the stars :)
ReplyDeleteI've had several books that I've considered to be my favorite, just depending on the phase of life I was in. I can't think of what my current favorite is, so I will go with the classic that I will always and forever love: the Outsiders.
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