The ABCs of Australian Animals: An Interactive Kids Yoga Book {Review & Giveaway}

It's no secret that we love the ABCs at our house.  And books?  Well, we absolutely love those too!  The amount of ABC books that we own is somewhat overwhelming, but they are the type of books that are read the most in our house.

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So when I was offered a chance to review a new ABC book for kids, I couldn't pass it up.  But this book is more than just an ABC book.  It's an interactive kids yoga book about Australian animals.  Yes, an ABC book about Australian animals that also encourages kids to get active by doing yoga poses inspired by the animals in the book.  Does it sound like your kind of book?  Well, then The ABCs of Australian Animals: An Interactive Kids Yoga Book by Giselle Shardlow with illustrations by Emily Gedzyk is for you.  And you just might have a chance to win a copy of your own below...wink, wink.

Please note that the book was provided to me, free of charge, but all opinions expressed below are mine and were not influenced by the free product.

When I first received The ABCs of Australian Animals, I was a little unsure of how the boys would respond to the yoga aspect as we have never done any type of yoga in our house before.  I knew they would like the book simply because it was an ABC book, but I was curious to see what their reaction would be.  Well, I was thrilled to learn that they LOVED doing the yoga part.  I mean they seriously loved it.  J will now randomly shout a name of a pose, such as the horse stance, and do the pose.

Here are the boys doing some of the poses...

Overall, this book was an absolute hit.  You can read more information about the book here, but here's what we loved about the book:

• It has bright colorful illustrations with easy to follow pictures of the corresponding yoga poses.
• The letters on each page are partially hidden and the boys had fun trying to find the entire letter.
• We learned about animals that even I had never heard of, such as an echidna.
• The yoga poses range in difficulty.  J still struggles trying to be a koala hugging an eucalyptus tree and K's poses all look the same.
• It encouraged the boys to read AND get active.
• There's a great list of additional ways to expand the learning for the book.  I just wish that I had read this part first so that my husband could have been playing the didgeridoo for us while we did the poses for the first time.  Ha!
• Big, easy to read font.
• It also gave us an opportunity to explore geography by pointing out where Australia is in relation to where we live.

I cannot say enough positive things about this book.  The boys reach for this book on an almost daily basis.  Balance activities have recently become a very important part of J's day, so we have been incorporating yoga poses from the book into our daily routine.

You can enter the giveaway below, but if you don't win, you can always purchase your own copy here. The author of the book has written numerous other interactive yoga books, which you can read about on her website. Be sure to follow Kids Yoga Stories on Facebook, Pinterest, or Twitter.

So, how about that giveaway?

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Up for grabs is ONE COPY of The ABCs of Australian Animals: An Interactive Kids Yoga Book by Giselle Shardlow.  Be sure to read the guidelines before entering:

1. This giveaway is open WORLDWIDE to anyone over the age of 18.  
2. The giveaway will close on November 7, 2013 at 11:59 PM.
3. The winner will be announced on November 8, 2013 on the blog and on our Facebook page.
4. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook.

Enter below and good luck!

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