to enter to win one of two
Hallmark Recordable Storybooks.
Hallmark Recordable Storybooks feature simple to use voice-capture technology. All you have to do is lay the book flat, press the record button and speak your message. Once you press the stop button, you will immediately hear a playback of what you have recorded and can simply re-record it if you wish to get it just right. Or, if you are happy with your recording, simply do nothing and move on to the next page.
Once you have finished making your recording, there is a switch inside the battery compartment that can be set to LOCK to protect what have done or switched back to UNLOCK to re-record a page or to erase all of the audio in the book. It’s a simple but effective safety measure to protect your recording from little fingers!
Review
For the review, I received a copy of the book All the Ways I Love You. I was instantly delighted by the adorable illustrations and touching verses. I immediately thought of a recent conversation with my brother, who is expecting his first child in March. He really wants his child to become familiar with his voice even before he is born, but my brother has to travel quite a bit for work right now.
This book would be a great tool for him to use by recording himself reading it so that his wife could play it for the baby when he is out of town. I thoroughly enjoyed trying out this book and was able to easily remove my voice so that it would be ready for my brother to use. Hopefully, he will find it as enchanting as I did!
Giveaway
I am hosting a giveaway for two Recordable Storybooks from Hallmark. Each winner will receive their choice of one of these precious keepsakes.
You can enter up to three times (one via each method listed below):
For your first entry, simply leave a comment on this post telling me how you would use the book if you won it.
One additional entry may be obtained by Tweeting about this giveaway and leaving me a comment with a link to your Tweet.
Another additional entry can also be obtained by sharing this giveaway on Facebook and leaving me a comment with a link to your Facebook post.
All entries must be received by Midnight EST on Tuesday, December 7th. The two winners will be chosen randomly and contacted via the email provided in the email field of the comment form for their address and book selection. I will announce the winners on my blog by Friday, December 10th.
For more information about the recordable storybooks, including browsing through the collection or hearing stories from other families of how they have used these keepsakes, visit Hallmark.com.
I'm a mom with Asperger's raising an amazing son with autism, which means I'm basically the case manager/advocate/cheerleader/chauffeur. The rest of the time, you can usually find me with my nose in a book!
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I have a 5yr old granddaughter that i raised till she was 4, and a 15 month old grandson that I have only seen 2 times,his grandpa and other family members have only seen him through pictures. My daughter moved out of state 2 yrs ago,we all miss them growing up and experiencing life. We are able to talk with our grandaughter often over the phone she says talking to me helps her when she is sad or upset, she says she looks at my picture and talks to me when she is sad and it makes her feel better. I have 5 children and their mommy is the oldest, she is expecting in the spring again, and we have another grand daughter that is 7 months old that they only see through pictures. We would love to give this to our grandchildren, the entire family could help tell the story so they could hear our voices and be a part of their memories. It would help us all feel closer to them.
This is a great giveaway, but don’t include me. After reading Cindy’s comment, she deserves to win the books. Bless this family.
I think a recordable-book would be a great way to help my daughter (age 6) associate words with the printed page — and help keep her interest long enough to keep the book open to that particular page. Books have been a particular challenge for her, with her various developmental issues. Her librarian-mother is sometimes driven near distraction by this! But she does love to hear voice play-backs, and if this could help her stop on each page long enough to put together that each page does have meaning attached… well, it would be a tool well worth having.
Excellent give-away idea — might have to put it on a Christmas list if we don’t win!
I would love this for my son! He is so interested in reading, even though that is a long way off, and we have been working on reading while pointing (I used to teach Kindergarten). If I could record me reading then he could start pointing and following on his own. I think he would absolutely LOVE that!
Thanks Trish!!!
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I would love to win one of these books for my granddaughter. She lives in NC and I live in NY. We are not able to travel anymore due to my husband being sick so will not be able to see her for the holidays. Do miss seeing her grow up and change. This way she can hear my voice and know I still love her.
I would love to get one of these books to give to our grandchildren. They lived close enough to us that we saw them many times a week, and now have moved away. We miss them so much & would love to let them hear our voices each night.