The Parent Bloggers Network invited me to participate in a Printakid Blog campaign. Printakid makes personalized books for children and since we are running low on new books to read at bedtime, I thought this was a great idea.
The book we received is called “A Wacky Christmas Journey.” The story is somewhat strange. It is about Snowbaby and how a reindeer sneezes and accidentally moves her letters to the Naughty pile. The reindeer confesses to Snowbaby and they set out to remedy the situation, which ulitimately leads them to the Sea Elephants who are guardians of the Naughty/Nice list.
(Sea Elephants? Is this some strange tradition I’d never heard of??)
To be completely honest, the story is quite strange and it is certainly not one of the best children’s books I’d ever read.
However, the personalized factors made up for the weird story in the eyes of the kids. I liked how the title pages say that the book is made for Snowbaby and include a personalized message from me. I like how it includes her hair color and eye color, however, there is no way to make the child appear as a toddler, so Snowbaby looks six or seven in the story. You can include names of family members, so Bubba appears as well as Callie and Bug.
I’m all about anything that holds a child’s attention and makes them want to read. And this product does that. They want to hear the story because it is about them, and really, what do little kids like more than things that center around them?
January 2, 2008 at 9:01 am
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