The Secret Mountain Books
November 13, 2008 by Kailani
Filed under books, kids, reviews & giveaways
One of our nightly routines is to read a book before going to bed. We feel it fosters a love of books and it’s also a great way to bond with the girls and wind down from a hectic day. That’s why we’re always thrilled for the opportunity to review new children’s books.
From the site: “The Secret Mountain is dedicated to the creation of children’s books, videos and audio recordings of the highest quality. Our main focus is to produce and publish stories and music that encompass the talents of songwriters, storytellers, singers, illustrators and animation artists alike.”
We received 3 books to review: A Duck in New York City, Dream Songs Night Songs from Belgium to Brazil, & Down at the Sea Hotel. Each book is accompanied by a music CD featuring original songs that are sure to become new family hits. The best part is that the book also includes lyrics to these songs so that everyone can sing-along. We especially liked the illustrations because they were colorful and very abstract. It really helped to keep the girls attention.
Our favorite out of these three books was A Duck in New York City. It’s about a little duck with big dreams of performing his ducky dance on Broadway. He encounters skeptics, bad weather, & traffic along the way but his heart keeps telling him, “Yes, I can!” What a great message to teach our children!
Win it!
I have a copy of Down at the Sea Hotel to give away to one lucky winner! The accompanying music CD features amazing artists such as Neil Young, Billy Joel, Carole King, Don Henley, Tom Waits, & Nanci Griffith. To enter:
Stop by The Secret Mountain before midnight, Nov 22nd and view all their great books.- Then come back and mention in comments which one is your favorite. That’s it!
- A random winner will be selected and notified on Nov 23rd.
- The winner will then have 3 days to claim their prize.
To earn extra entries, you may do one or all of the following. Each one counts as an extra ticket but you must leave a separate comment for each one.
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This giveaway is open to everyone world-wide. Good luck!
I have to say “Un cadeau pour Sophie” because my daughter is called Sophie and she’s bilingual French-English !!!
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A treasure in my garden looks cute
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A Treasure in My Garden - it is a song book which my kids would love
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I think “A Poodle in Paris” looks cute, but all the illustrations are BEAUTIFUL!
The Fabulous Song sounds cute and has a lesson to the story!
A Duck in New York looks like a fun book!
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‘The Fabulous Song’ book and CD looks like something my children would enjoy.
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I like A Poodle in Paris!
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A Poodle in Paris looks cute!
Dream Songs Night Songs from Mali to Louisiana.
Lullabies from around the world.
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I think the Poodle in Paris book sounds cute!
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I think Lullaby Berceuse, A warm prairie night would be my first pick, though all of them look fantastic and the illustrations are awesome.
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A Duck in New York City sounds so cute.
The duck in new york is really cute!!
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This one is my favorite! Down at the Sea Hotel. I love all those artists! How great that they contributed to the wonderful childs book and CD. Thanks for the chance to share some of my favorites with my grandbabies!
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A Duck in New York City looks like it would be a cute book.
I think I like Aduck in New York city.
I will go with a duck in new york
I like down at the sea hotel
poodle in paris looks interesting- these look great
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A Duck In New York City looks so cute. Thank you!
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A poodle in Paris might be cute, but the Duck in NYC looks like my favorite!
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A Duck in New York.I am a subscriber.
A Duck in New York is a book I really like
the poodle in paris book
I love The Secret Mountain, thanks for turning me on to their site! My pick would be “Down at the Sea Hotel” in the storybook-Music CD version. But they have some great other books and bilingual! How cool is that?
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The “Lullaby - Berceuse (A Warm Prairie Night” looks great! The picture on the front is adorable
a duck in new york city
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my daughter likes the fabulous song the best. She loves the site, she wanted to ‘do it again’ for all the songs. She’s three.
My favourite is “Dream Songs Night Songs from China to Senegal” What could be better than lullabys?!
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A Duck In New York City looks good.
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a duck in ny
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Dream Songs Night Songs from China to Senegal
A Poodle in Paris looks adorable! Thanks for the chance to win
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A Poodle in Paris sounds really cute. Thanks!
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The duck in NYC Looks great
The Duck in New York is my choice,thanks for the sweeps.
Who could say no to ‘a poodle in paris’?
A Duck in New York City is my favorite. My little granddaughter loves ducks and geese!
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Poodle in Paris
A Poodle in Paris
the treasure in my garden looks interesting…
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day and night songs
never heard of them before, but they sound great.
a Duck in New York sounds adorable. Thanks for a chance to win a good book for my granddaughter!
My little ones would love “A Treasure in my Garden”!
A Treasure in My Garden looks really great. If it has melodies and catchy nursery rhymes– I’m sure my son would love it.
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The The Fabulous Song sounds jazzy fabulous! Thanks.
A Poodle in Paris looks great!!!!!
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A Duck in New York
A Duck in New York City
A poodle in paris! They all look good, that was a tough choice from a kids book lover!! TY for giving your readers this opportunity!
A Treasure In My Garden
A Poodle in Paris is my favorite.
A Duck in New York
Poodle in Paris book would be fun
Poodle in Paris looks cute
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Dream Songs Night Songs from China to Senegal
Haven’t heard it, but I am intrigued.
Of the ones we were sent to sample, the Duck in NYC was my favorite. Another I’d like to read is Poodle in Paris.
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My favorite is A Treasure in My Garden!
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i like a poodle in paris.
A Treasure in My Garden looks cute!
I like ‘A Duck in New York City’!
My daughter would like The Fabulous Song! These are super cute and I like all the music, we are a big music family.
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I like A Poodle in Paris.
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“A Poodle in Paris” looks cute!
The Fabulous Song book is my favorite. Thanks for the contest!
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A Duck in New York City looks great since that is where I grew up
A duck in NYC
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A Duck in NY would be perfect for us!
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A treasure in my garden for me
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My grandson would love that book. Another favorite book of mine from their website is A Duck in New York City
Story, so cute.
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Deam Songs and Night songs
I’d like to read “A Duck in New York” to my grandson. “A Poodle in Paris” looks interesting too. Nice artwork. I have bookmarked Secret Mountain.
A Treasure in my Garden looks sweet
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Dream night songs from China to Senegal. This would be great for the little girl I am adopting from China.
a duck in new york city
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I like Dream Songs Night Songs from China to Senegal since my son has lived in Asia
I picked the Poodle in Paris
A Duck in New York City looks cute! justicecw@hotmail.com
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“A Duck in New York City”
My favorite is A Duck in New York.
My favorite is “A Treasure in My Garden.”
Thank you for the nice giveaway.
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My favorite book is A Treasure in My Garden
A Poodle in Paris is my favorite.
A Duck in New York.
I like A Duck in New York City the best!
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I heart A Treasure in My Garden
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A Poodle in Paris looks nice. Thanks.
i like a duck in ny city
A Poodle in Paris
I love A Poodle in Paris!
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