My FIVE Year Blog-iversary Adventure (and Giveaway: 5 Years, 5 Gifts, 5 Winners!)

"Would you like an adventure now?
Or would you like to have your tea first?" - Peter Pan
Wendy said "tea first", quickly.

What were you doing five years ago? It's hard to believe that in May 2010, just before Mother's Day, I became "WendyLady@Good Books" and started this blog ADVENTURE!  I'm so happy that 703 posts later - even after a "Bookish" shop endeavor and two grandchildren - I'm still here, blogging away!

And an added piece of fun news - today I was surprised to discover that Good Books For Young Souls is on the OrthodoxWiki "Orthodox Blogs" page under the Children and Education heading. Be sure and visit the page - there are lots of great Orthodox blogs linked there. I was so excited I took a screen shot of the page from my phone! I feel very honored to be included.

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Three important people were the inspiration for this blog: David, Mary, and Jonny - my own children, who are now all grown up! Years of reading aloud and homeschooling gave us quite a large look into the world of literature...we enjoyed discovering stories that were captivating, characters that were endearing, and words that were transporting.

Mother's Day 2015, with my kids.

These days I enjoy sharing and exchanging old favorites with other parents, grandparents, teachers...in person, through my blog, and on Facebook and Pinterest.

And with the help of my daughter, I'm constantly discovering new books for my grandchildren at local libraries and bookstores.

With my grandson and goddaughter at my favorite Orange County
children's bookstore,Once Upon a Storybook.

FIVE YEARS, FIVE GIFTS, FIVE WINNERS
Please join me in celebrating these past five years of books and blogging.  My little "Bookish" shop is gone (read my "farewell" here), but I've been saving some items for my readers for just such an occasion...today I've got 5 gifts for 5 winners!  Leave a comment by Sunday, May 24, 2015 at midnight to enter the giveaway.

But wait! Tea First!  The first twelve (12) commenters will receive a "Tea for Two" greeting card (Cavallini & Co.), along with some tasty tea bags. 

Rules:

• Leave a comment here on this blog post to enter the giveaway.
• Please specify which gift(s) you'd like to enter to win (i.e. Gift #1 and #3).  If you don't specify, you'll be entered for Gifts #1-5 (but you will be randomly picked to win only one of them).
• 5 Gifts/5 Different Winners
• Please comment only once (but remember, you can specify more then one gift when you comment.)
• First 12 commenters will receive a "Tea for Two" greeting card and some tasty tea bags! 
• Comments must be entered by Sunday, May 24, 2015, no later than midnight PST.
• Winners announced on Monday, May 25, 2015.

GIFT #1:  Bookish Pendant

"So many books, so little time" pendant,

bronze, on a 27" chain.  

GIFT #2:  Bookplates

 Cavallini & Co. "My Book" Bookplates (two packs of 18)

GIFT #3:  Vintage ABC rubber stamps from Cavallini & Co.

Lowercase Alphabet mounted rubber stamps.

GIFT #4:  Sticky Memo Pads (2 packs of 3)

1 set of Vintage Office sticky memo pads, 

1 set of Vintage Cats

GIFT #5:  Orthodox Children's Book

A Child's Guide to the Divine Liturgy

New from Ancient Faith publishing - reviewed here.

Rules (one more time):

• Leave a comment here on this blog post to enter the giveaway.
• Please specify which gift(s) you'd like to enter to win (i.e. Gift #1 and #3).  If you don't specify, you'll be entered for Gifts #1-5 (but you will be randomly picked to win only one of them).
• 5 Gifts/5 Different Winners
• Please comment only once (but remember, you can specify more then one gift when you comment.)
• First 12 commenters will receive a "Tea for Two" greeting card and some tasty tea bags! 
• Comments must be entered by Sunday, May 24, 2015, no later than midnight PST.
• Winners announced on Monday, May 25, 2015.