Pop Love

Guess How Much I Love You: A Pop-Up Edition
$17.99
This book is very cute. The baby hare comes up with all kinds of ways of expressing his love for his mother. He's very creative. And, his mom always has an answer that "one-ups" the baby. That part is also cute. But, I feel like it should end one page early - the baby hare is trying so hard, does mom hare really have to one-up him after he falls asleep?! Sure, no child loves their parent the same way a parent loves their child, but who loves the other one more?? I don't think it's fair to say it's always the parent. I would like this story much better if it ended one page earlier at a draw. That is why I glued the last page to the back cover!

The illustrations are simple and in low contrast colors. I think that's why my 10 month old isn't very interested in it - he loves his high contrast pictures! Perhaps older children would appreciate the drawings better.

All You Need Is Love (5pc)
$99.95
I shall preface this review by writing that I do not have the DVD set (yet) and that I have only seen one of the 17 episodes. Still, I give it five stars just for the episode on The Beatles. Back in the late 1970s when I was in my mid-teens living in New York, The Beatles episode was broadcast on television. My family was fortunate to have one of the first clunky videotape recorders, so I taped it. For years and years I watched that tape, to the point where I had the entire episode memorized, and I could speak the dialogue right along with it. I am sure I still remember it all. I have since misplaced that tape and had been saddened by its loss, up until I discovered that it is now on DVD. True, the cost is high, for me, especially when I am really only buying the set for that one hour-long episode, but hey, I am sure I will like the other 16 episodes...and even if I don't, its purchase will be well worth it, just to relive a moment in time when I was a carefree teenager.

Sabuda Cakes Pop Up Cards, Set of 8 Cards with 2 Different Cake Designs
$21.95
These cards are great and fun--my young daughter thought they were neat, too....can't wait to send them to someone--I sent some pop-up cards for Christmas and they were a hit !!

Carnival Steel Drum Collection: One Love and More Bob Marley, Vol. 9
$14.99
Bob Marley assures one that this is going to be good. It is fun to listen to.