Saturday, January 14, 2012

Brave Irene Book and CD Giveaway






Why is Irene of Brave Irene brave? Irene is given a task and she completes it despite bad weather and other challenges. William Steig’s wonderful words and pictures tell the tale of little girl  who is given the job of delivering a dress to a duchess to wear to a ball. 

Simple snow is falling when Irene starts her journey but, as she makes her way to the home the duchess the wind and snow pick up. 

Irene is determined to get the dress to its owner. The winds warns her to turn around and the box the dress is whipped open but, Irene continues.

I love the way Irene focuses on the task at hand and sees her job through. What a wonderful lesson for kids and for parents.

I was recently sent a copy of the book and an audio CD of the story to preview. Guess who is reading the story to you? Meryl Streep! Her  amazing voice narrates this wonderful tale and carries Irene through the bad weather and rough times on her journey. What a treat!

Books and CD’s are such a great resource for children. 



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18 comments:

  1. Hard to pick just one. The Coal Black Horse comes to mind - it's a young adult novel.

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  2. I love books on CDs! My students always loved listening to Mercy Watson!

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  3. I love the idea of hearing Meryl Streep read just about ANY story!

    =)

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  4. We love listening to books on CD in the car. Makes the drive much more pleasant for all of us.

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  5. This book sounds familiar, but I can't quite remember it. I can't think of any books about being brave that we enjoy, but we talk about it often =)

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  6. Oh this sounds awesome. My favorite book about courage-totally not a kids book but the first one that came to my mind is the Hunger Games. Yea, so not a kid book :)

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  7. My favorite books about courage are those set during WWII. So many people at that time had to be courageous.

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  8. I can't think of any books off hand about courage.

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  9. I had to really think about this one. The Miracle Worker comes to mind, though.

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  10. I love the courage of the Little Engine that Could!

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  11. great book love to win it

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  12. Love The Courage of Sarah Noble - my whole family reads it aloud

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  13. "The Little Engine That Could"!

    theyyyguy@yahoo.com

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  14. Sheila Rae, the Brave ,it's a children's book, thanks crystal allen

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  15. The Little Engine That Could !!

    Karen Gonyea
    ktgonyea at gmail.com

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  16. My favorite book about courage is The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Gaines. It's an incredible story about standing up for yourself and others!

    juliabaxter at ihmail dot com

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  17. Sadly I can't think of a book about courage right now except the Little Red Engine That Could.

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  18. Dave and the giant pickle.

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