Author Karen Sinclair's New Children's Book "Little Polka Sock"

Author Karen Sinclair has just released her third book and her first children's book called "Little Polka Sock". She came to BRIO to have our company help her publish this book and we are as excited as she is to share it with others. There are lots of cute illustrations with vibrant colors to help engage the child about the story of the polka sock.

The story is about Jellyann who puts on these fun socks and has a great adventure in her new pair of socks. I was excited to find a book to help teach my 2 year old son about matching socks, wearing shoes and the importance of putting them on so he doesn't ruin his feet. I also liked the song at the end of the book to help him learn right and left feet as well as the coloring section.

Karen Sinclair has a winner that I highly recommend for everyone to run out and buy -- or click here to find out more. If anyone else has some recommendations on books that they enjoy reading to their children as well please let me know.

Thank you and Happy Reading!!

Author Paul Grecco's book "My Flying Grandma"

I have to talk about a fabulous children's author, Paula Grecco. She has written two wonderful books titled "My Flying Grandma" and "Zero to Hero". My book review today is about her first children's book which BRIO did the re-design from a previous print on demand company.

I encourage every parent and/or grandparent to buy a copy and read this to their child or grandchild between the ages of 2-6. I have a two year old son who loves planes and his grandma. He instantly like this book and we read it with great delight. When my parents are over they enjoy reading it as well because he likes to say "grandma" and "plane". It is a wonderful time in my life to see my son learning so much.

Paula Grecco is a favorite author of mine as well because she donates much of the proceeds to charity. Her inspiration comes from her sister who is a nurse in the Burn Unit as well as being a cancer survivor herself. She flew to Minneapolis last year to help support my company, BRIOprint, which was featured on Oprah's Oxygen network. I feel very blessed to have met such a wonderful person and will continue to encourage others to buy a copy of her book.

Below is the video of her talking about her experience at BRIO.

Author John Burns & The Many Adventures of Pengey Penguin

Years ago I met author John Burns while he was in the midst of self publishing his book titled "The Many Adventures of Pengey Penguin". He has a colorful way of describing the story of Pengey Penguin and all his travels. I read the book and thought it was a delightful read filled with lots twists and turns to make a wonderful adventure in Pengey Penguin. He starts in the artic cold and travels all over the world before ending up in New York City.

I have a 2 year old son and started to share Pengey's story with him. My son now reacts every time we see penguins. The author wrote the book in a way that you can see the entire movie play out in your mind and your always excited to turn the page and see what Pengey is up to next. It is not too often that you read about a penguin that makes friends, gets kidnapped by the French and wiggles his way out to find his way to New York.

I found a dancing penguin on YouTube that reminded me a little of Pengey Penguin. The book is available at the author's website along with lots of other background information on Pengey himself. Find out what others have said about Pengey Penguin and pick a copy for yourself.