I Love My Mum Because – book review and GIVEAWAY!

Every Father’s Day, my kids get their dad a book about how awesome he is. Sometimes it’s an interactive book, one to which they’ve added photos or drawings. Sometimes it’s a song. Sometimes it’s just a beautiful story, with beautiful illustrations to match.

We have an entire shelf dedicated to such books about dad. And one or two books about mum.

Until now.

I got an early Mother’s Day present from the team at Macmillan. Two, in fact – one for each child to fill in.

Three, in fact – because I’ve got a spare one to give away! Do you want an early Mother’s Day present too? Read on!

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I Love My Mum Because / Petra James and Alissa Dinallo

(Macmillan, 2019)

This book is for you and your mum. Draw, decorate, colour in, count, spot the mum, make a butterfly (or two) and then present the book to your mum for any special occasion: birthday, Xmas, Mother’s Day… or just because.

This book is so sweet. Oh. So. Very. Sweet.

I Love My Mum Because is a book with enough lovelies to stand on its own, but also with enough opportunities for your children to make it their own and feel they’ve created it themselves.

Colouring in. Making wishes. Counting stars. Completing mazes. Decorating cakes.

My kids love their mum because I’m cuddly, kind and respectful. (But don’t take my word for it…)

And I love this book because, however self indulgent it sounds, it’s nice to sit with your kids and read about how much they love you.

And you can do that with your very own copy in time for Mother’s Day. You can purchase I Love My Mum Because from Booktopia here or from Book Depository here, or you can enter for your chance to win below!

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GIVEAWAY! (Now closed)

Thanks to the team at Macmillan, I have a copy of I Love My Mum Because to give away!

One of my favourite pages includes this text: She knows which colour I am on the inside.

For your chance to win, leave a comment below answering the following question in 25 words or less:
What colour is your child on the inside, and why?

Congratulations to Toni, the winner of this giveaway!

(If you’d like some general tips on winning games of skill, head to my post on how to win 25-words-or-less competitions. I’ll help you out with tip four: I’ll be choosing the winner.)

{Here comes a whole lot of fine print stuff. Yawn. This competition is open to Australian entrants only, and delivery must be to an Australian address. This competition is based on skill. My judgement is final, and no correspondence will be entered into. Unless you have read I Love My Mum Because and would like to discuss it in detail. In which case, let’s correspond! The prize is a copy of I Love My Mum Because, RRP $14.99 each (total prize pool $74.97). Three winners will be selected. Competition opens 3.30pm 22 April 2019 and closes 11.59pm 28 April 2019, AEST. Yawn. The winner will be contacted and must respond within three days to claim their prize. The winner will be announced in an update to this post when they have confirmed. The prize is provided by Macmillan and will be sent by Macmillan directly. Yawn. The end. Zzzzz.}

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* This is not a sponsored post. I received a copy of I Love My Mum Because from Macmillan for the purposes of review, and they will provide the giveaway copy. All views are my own. Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. If you click to purchase the item, I may earn a little commission, but you won’t pay any extra.