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** Article first published as Book Review: The Wonders of Mother's Milk by Mishawn Purnell-O'Neal on Blogcritics.

I received an email pitch last month from the author of this book asking whether I am interested in reviewing her book which has recently been made available in digital formats (iBookstore and Kindle). I checked out her book in Amazon website for more info and decided I have to review it, simply because this book is about breastfeeding, the wonders of it!

In case you are new to my blog, I just want to let you know that I am very very passionate about anything related to breastfeeding. As a mother of 2 kids, I am still breastfeeding my 41 months old boy and 11 months old girl. So, yes, anything related to breastfeeding, I am in! So here goes my review for the "The Wonders of Mother's Milk" e-book:

Title: The Wonders of Mother's Milk
Author: Mishawn Purnell-O'Neal
Publisher: Mishawn Purnell-O'Neal (October 3, 2005)
ISBN-13/-10:  978-0971219922 / 0971219923
Paperback:  16 pages
Dimension: 9.6 x 9.6 x 0.4 inches

Description from the product page:
"The Wonders of Mother's Milk is a multicultural children's book that will engage, educate and entertain its readers. With its rhythmic poetic text and colorfully diverse illustrations, early readers will be given the keys to unlock the doors of discovery into the many wonders of mother's milk."

I love this book! The illustrations are easy to the eye, this book is not too long winded nor too short to make a statement!

I love that the paragraphs rhymes and is easy to read while still being able to deliver the points in breastfeeding, how it benefits our little ones, how different mothers breastfeed and nourish their child and how children from different ages can still enjoys the benefits of breastfeeding.

I just love the last page on this book where it says

"So when you see a mother giving her baby her milk,
don’t stare, instead give her a smile. And know that
she’s is giving the best gift that she can give to her
growing child."

This book deserves more publicity and need to be made aware of its existence! As a person who is passionate about breastfeeding matters, I hope that one day, breastfeeding will be seen as a normal thing and I hope this book will be able to impact and affect the lives of whomever lucky enough to read it! Simply love love love this book!

You can get this book from Amazon, iBookstore, Amazon Kindle and many more.

I am so excited to be able to hold this giveaway for my lucky blog followers and readers! ONE of you lucky people are going to win a copy of this awesome book! Now, let's read below for the giveaway terms and conditions OK?

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I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with a PDF copy of the book by the author in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine. And if you'd like to read my previous book reviews, you can do so by reading this post of mine called "My Book Reviews"

I came across this cute range of "Love Your Breed" products and was happy to be given the opportunity to review some of the gorgeous looking items! I love cute and cuddly animals, when I was in my teenage years, I used to have up to 24 guinea pigs! After I got married in 2007, we have a Labrador but due to personal reasons, we have to give the dog away few years later. Being able to review these items brings back sweet memories and make me feels good as I am still able to at least have some items which reminds me of our doggy.

Description from the product page:
"Pet Lovers get to enjoy the fun and exciting collection from FouFou Dog with a new brand called “LOVE YOUR BREED”! This full line of breed specific products will feature your favorite characters: including My Pet Pocket collectables, Luggage Tags, Rhinestone Stickers, Plush Toys, Acrylic Key Chains, Key Covers and Pens. Already creating a buzz in both the pet and gifting industries, this collection is a must-have for all pet owners, pet lovers, and other pet friendly people.

Pets may come in many shapes and sizes, but each has a personality all its own. Nothing shows you care more than giving your fellow pet lovers a thoughtful gift to remind them of their pride and joy."

First item of my review is the Acrylic Key chain of a cute little brown and white bulldog. I love that the size is not too big and it is not heavy at all! I also love that there are 2 key rings provided (one is the round ring and the other is the clasp hook) I can assure you this acrylic keychain is durable and scratch-free as my 10 months old girl happily munch and drop it on the floor few times (she is in the investigate and drop stuff onto floor phase right now...), so yeah, I am happy that the keychain is not scratched or damaged in any way!

Second item of my review is the Luggage Tag with another cute little French bulldog neatly sewn on the leather-like tag! I love the design and its cool shade of grey and this luggage tag comes with a cute little buckle strap, perfect to hook onto your luggage! There is also a small little note at the back of the tag which you can write down your name, address and phone number. Love love love this!

Next up is the Rhinestone Sticker, sorry I can only show you how it looks from the front, back, peeled off just a tiny wee bit as I decided not to use it... yet... It looks so cute and gorgeous and I don't want to just simply stick it to something for the sake of this review, so I am going to keep it a wee bit longer until I decided where I should place this rhinestone sticker on. What I can feedback on this item is the lovely design and choice of colors used, it is not too flashy and the pastel color is really pleasing to the eyes and I also love that the stickers is not thick at all (I hate stickers which are few millimeters thick!)

The following item for my review is the key cover which I have saved the best for last... I have been dreaming on putting my car key in this cute looking blue cover... until I tried doing so... and found out my car key is too big for it! Arghhhh!! Try and try as I may, I just can't force my car key into this cover... sigh... I am going to wait until my hubby duplicate another set of our house key (he lost his and took mine!) and then I will try again with this cover on our house key. Nevertheless, I love the soft elastic feel of the cover and it also came with a round key ring that you can hook it to the cover once you slot in your key. Awesome!

You can find out more at http://www.loveyourbreed.com/  and http://www.foufoudog.com/

I am so excited to be able to hold this giveaway for my lucky blog followers and readers! ONE of you lucky people are going to win not one, not two, but THREE cute items from "Love Your Breed"!

Giveaway prizes are: Rhinestone sticker, key cover and the luggage tag (designs depend on your availability) Yay!!! Now, let's read below for the giveaway terms and conditions OK?

To enter the giveaway, kindly read and follow the instructions as stated in the Rafflecopter form below.

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 I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Almost a month ago, I received a pitch from Justin, the CEO of Fake Food Japan asking whether I would be interested in reviewing his products, the sort that makes awesome gifts that certainly no one has. His products are made in Japan, in fact, handmade fake food with themed items such as business card cases, cell phone accessories, keychains, magnets, and more. I received 2 items from him for my review. So here goes my review for the "Shrimp Tempura (small) Keychain" and "Taiyaki (small) USB Flash Drive (4GB)":

About the sponsor:
"Fake Food Japan prides itself in bringing you true works of art. Our handmade fake food are carefully designed and crafted from the most skilled in the industry right here in Osaka, Japan, where the fake food industry got its start in 1932. Starting our operations in 2012, our mission is to give people spanning the globe the opportunity to own and enjoy for themselves this Japanese time-honored craft of producing the most authentic looking fake food known to man.

So by all means, take a look through our web site to see all that is possible. And if you can't find what you are looking for, please let us know. We can take customized orders to create for you specialized one-of-a-kind items that you won't find anywhere else! And for our Japan-based customers, you can visit our sister Japanese site from this link: http://www.fakefoodjapan.net/ "

OK, need to interrupt you guys with some cute pictures of my 10 months old girl checking out the products that I got for my review.

Alright back to my review now, as mentioned earlier, I received 2 items for my review which are the "Shrimp Tempura (small) Keychain" and "Taiyaki (small) USB Flash Drive (4GB)". I like that the items are packaged neatly and they came with warning note at the bottom which says "This fake food is not consumable!"

Now the reason I requested the "Taiyaki (small) USB Flash Drive (4GB)" as one of the items to review is because my hubby lost his USB drive a while ago and I am so happy I get to give this to him! Hahaha! He chose the design himself (he loves fish!).

His feedback on the USB drive is that it is life-like and easy to notice because of its size (meaning not so easy for him to lose it!) although he did mentioned that there might be a problem when using it on notebooks or media players due to its size. Luckily our media player is high enough and the USB drive is shorter than our media players' height so that is not a problem for us. So far, the USB drive works perfectly for him!

Next item, the "Shrimp Tempura (small) Keychain"! My girl was so quick, she grabbed the keychain before I could snap some close-up shots of it! I do notice a strong plastic-ky smell from the keychain but after a few days of airing it, there's no more trace of the smell anymore.

I was surprised at its size, almost the size of my palm actually! And yes, it does look life-like! I chose it because I love eating tempura! Every time we eat out at some sushi restaurants, without fail I would be ordering tempura dishes! So yes, getting this keychain for my review is awesome as I am reminded of one of my favorite food! Hahahah!

Check out the pictures below for more details. I also love the key ring, it is so easy to hook into my keys!

You can check out the many designs at http://fakefoodjapan.com/

I am so excited to be able to hold this giveaway for my lucky blog followers and readers! ONE of you lucky people are going to win this awesome product! Winner get to choose any one item valued at less than US$55! Now, let's read below for the giveaway terms and conditions OK?

To enter the giveaway, kindly read and follow the instructions as stated in the Rafflecopter form below.

• You can enter either via login through your Facebook account or just key in your name and your valid email address.
  
• Please also leave your valid email address in the post comment so that I can contact you if you win this giveaway.

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I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the products by Fake Food Japan in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.