One of the greatest gifts you can give children is the love of reading. Reading is the single most important skill there is in determining their future success.

Once children learn that reading is fun and interesting, there is almost no limit to what they can do with their lives. Reading becomes fun and exciting when a child finds that the story is about them. At About You! Books, we feel that we have a unique opportunity to give the "love of reading" to your young one. We also feel we have the chance to help improve your child's self-image through postitive reinforcement and better reading skills. Recent educational studies indicate that if you improve a child's self image, you improve his or her overall ability to learn, which is the key to a child's future.

At About You! Books, we take the development of our books seriously. Our books are written with the help of professional educators and child psychologists. Our editor holds a B.A., M.Ed., Ph.D and is a psychologist, educator, lecturer and educational consultant. These professionals ensure that our books are "developmentally appropriate" in accordance with the principles of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the primary children's educational research organization in the United States. About You! Books is an active member of this association.

Our primary goal is to create books that are fun and that children will enjoy reading. A personalized book is read more often than a traditional children's book because the story actively involves the child and his or her friends. So when you give an About You! book, you're giving a child a book that not only builds self image but encourages the child to experience the love of reading.

Some of our titles are also available on CD-ROM in English and Spanish for IBM-compatible computers. Parents (or children) can easily customize the stories, selecting the child's name, hometown, age, and other options by clicking the mouse. The story is then either read aloud by the program or displayed silently. The personalized stories are vibrantly animated in 256 colors and delight children with accompanying sound affects. Children can select to hear a story in English or Spanish, making these CD's excellent bilingual educational tools! Great for households with several children!

Your child and his or her friends are the main characters in every About You! Book, with hard covers, full color illustrations and exciting stories. You may also receive the text of any book by email. Please see our order form for more details. Choose from the titles below:

Children's Books
• If I Could Be... - An entertaining book for the child that doesn't like to clean his/her room! Your child's picture shows through on every page.

• Imagine That! - Chuggy the toy train helps your child use his/her imagination to experience exciting adventures. Your child's picture shows through on every page.

• The Circus Star - Your child becomes the hero/heroine of the circus by saving the life of Chuckles the Clown. The reward is a gold medal and a starring role in the evening's performance.

• The Lost Dinosaur - Your child visits a museum exhibit and helps a real baby dinosaur go home - 150,000,000 years in time.

• The Balloon Ride - Everyone loves hot-air balloons. Your child wins a contest and the special prize is a real hot-air ride!

• The Ballerina Princess - A dream comes true: to dance in a ballet. Your child saves the day when the original star of the ballet can't perform and your child takes her place.

• My Book of Zoo Rhymes - Your child learns that words can be fun with this humorous book of rhymes. Filled with wonderful illustrations of zoo animals.

• God's Promise - Your child delights in the story of Noah's ark when making his/her very own picture book about this favorite Bible story.

• A Birthday Mystery - Your child cleverly solves a mystery involving his/her very own birthday party.

• Sports-A-Thon - The community needs a new playground. Your child participates in a six event sports day to help raise money.

• My Aladdin Adventure - Your child and Aladdin go on a great adventure to find the magic lamp and help Aladdin win the heart of the beautiful princess.

• Time Travelers - Your child takes a trip back in time to see important people and events in history. Your child's picture shows through on every page. Also available on CD-ROM in English and Spanish

• Mission Accomplished! - Your child leads a team of astronauts on a scientific space mission to the destination of his or her choice. Created in partnership with the Challenger Center for Space Science Education.

• God Loves Me - A beautiful story where your child shares with the flowers and the trees, and the birds and the bees that God loves him or her. Also available on CD-ROM in English and Spanish

• The First Christmas - Your child participates in the first Christmas and learns the true meaning of why we give gifts at Christmas.

• Santa's Secret Helper - Santa and the reindeer get a late start on Christmas Eve. Your child comes to the rescue and gets to drive Santa's sleigh! Also available on CD-ROM in English and Spanish

• My First Book - A record of baby's first year! It's a baby book personalized with baby's name, birthday, and birthplace throughout.

• The Hanukkah Rescue - Your child finds a lost boy and makes it a very special Hanukkah for everyone.

• My ABC's Crayon Book - Scrappy the Squirrel helps your child color through an alphabet of animals. Soft cover.
  Grown-Up Books

• Nadine Says: "You're Over the Hill, Honey" - The hilarious character Nadine pokes unmerciful fun at the aging friend of your choice. Full-color.

• Nadine's Guild to Love - A humorous look at things to consider when thinking about love

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