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Win a Personalized Book from MyMimiSays!

One of our Favorites!!

July 18, 2011

Starting out our amazing book giveaway issue is one of our favorite lines of personalized books.  I was able to meet Donna Hemans, author of the MyMimiSays line.  I was immediately drawn to Donna's table because as you know, I love giving my son unique books.  I truly feel there is no better gift for a child, and want to embrace and encourage his love of "reading" and looking at books as much as possible.  Currently, the MyMimiSays line includes two book options.  One is called If you Take an Animal Home, and the other is The Very Sleepy Firefly.  Both books are beautifully illustrated and include your child's name on many of the pages as well as on the cover.  I received the If you Take an Animal Home to review and the animals in the book were an instant favorite.  The story is fun and playful.  My son absolutely loves this book and feeling like the center of the story.  It is a "must read" before bed almost every night now.

About the Books

MyMimiSays tells the stories caregivers often tell—unique stories that incorporate your child’s name. We personalize and print stories in keepsake, custom picture books for newborns to children through age eight. Our custom books make a unique reading experience for girls and boys and are suitable gifts for any occasion—birthdays, graduations, Christmas and any occasion in between.

About the Author

MyMimiSays was founded in 2009 by Donna Hemans, who also writes fiction for adults. Donna is the author of River Woman, which was a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in 2003 and co-winner of the 2003-2004 Towson University Prize for Literature. She has won numerous writing awards and fellowships for her work. She was the 2007-2008 Black Mountain Institute (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) International Women’s Forum Fellow and twice served as the Lannan Visiting Creative Writer in Residence at Georgetown University. Donna’s short fiction has also appeared in Caribbean Writer, Crab Orchard Review, Witness, and the anthology Stories from Blue Latitudes: Caribbean Women Writers at Home and Abroad.

Win It!

One lucky Macaroni Kid Rockville-Gaithersburg subscriber can win a copy of either If you Take an Animal Home or The Very Sleepy Firefly, personalized with your child's name from MyMimiSays!  To enter, you must be 18 or over.   E-mail Lanim@macaronikid.com with subject "MyMimiSays" and in the body tell me which book you would select if you win.  All entries are due by Sunday, 7/24 by 9pm and the winner will be announced in next week's newsletter.