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Sep

WIN A Sparkup Magical Book Reader!

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Books and words open up a world of imagination that is like nothing else. To be able to read and indulge in that world which is just you and a story is one of the most pleasurable things in life and I’m pleased to say that both of my children are just as interested in stories as I am.

I love that they love reading and I also love to read to them which is our bed time routine and one we all enjoy. When one of my best friends was pregnant recently and we were on the phone I said ‘I will call you in a bit because it’s bed time story now’. I remember her saying that she couldn’t wait to be able to do the bed time story. It is such a huge part of being a parent isn’t it? That last thing in the day before they slip off into hopefully happy dreams and I think that although it is important to learn to read yourself, it is important to be read to as well! I actually miss having stories read to me if I’m honest. When I was first with Jonny I used to ask him to read me a chapter of my book as I went to sleep because the act of just lying there and listening to the words makes me sleepy. I can’t remember the last time he agreed to read to me though, a very long time ago, I think he thinks I’m odd but seriously, it’s just a nice thing to do isn’t it?!

The children enjoy being read to by all of their grown ups, not just me (although I think I’d be their first choice because i do lots of voices that THEY think are brilliant even if in reality they are a bit pap). When my Mum comes they love nothing more than making Gram do the bed time story and we’ve just found a little product which means that even when she’s not here she can still read to them. The Sparkup Magical Book Reader records your voice reading up to 50 story books and recognises the pages from its camera so that when the page is turned it moves on with the story. It’s pretty blooming weird that it works but it does. In fact, it’s absolutely brilliant! It also can record up to 250 minutes of downloaded audio stories and you can even save all of the ones you record yourself on your computer. I am giving one away at the bottom of this post so do enter but first have a read about the prize!

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The Sparkup Magical Book Reader records your voice and reads back out loud!

I got it out of the box and thought I was going to have to spend ages setting it up and reading the instructions which is something I hate but then I realised it came complete with the 3 x AAA batteries it requires and when you turn it on it literally talks you through the process step by step. I recorded ‘Stick Man’, one of our favourites, in as long as it takes to read the book (Voices un all! Our Stick man is Scottish because when we first saw the live show the actor playing him was so it stuck and we have lots of voices for the other characters too – did you know the little girl DEFINITELY has a lisp? And can you tell I’m a frustrated out of work actress)?

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It comes with the batteries included and a special book which tells a child like story of how to use the reader!

It is, honestly, absolutely brilliant and it means my Mum can record stories and if we ever go away without the children then we can still be reading them a story at bed time. And it works. It sounds like one of those things that will but in reality doesn’t but not so, I promise! There are a few teething things which you work out pretty quickly; the children when listening back to the story, find it easier to have the reader on it’s back rather than sitting upright and occasionally the book gets a bit out of place but at 4 Florence understands what has gone wrong and knows how to put it back in place so that it continues reading. It’s easy for them to know when to turn the page as the green light on the main button flashes when it’s time and they think it’s awesome! Take a look!

Easy to use and even if you do struggle there is a tutorial on www.sparkupreader.com. This could, I suppose and like any other gadget, be used for a touch of lazy parenting now and again but it’s main benefit is that family members you don’t live with can record stories for the little ones and then they have them forever. It’s a pretty great piece of kit and the current Tesco price of £34.48 is a pretty great price too!

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Both children think it’s pretty awesome and can’t wait to get more books recorded!

If you’d like to WIN yourself a Sparkup Magical Book Reader then look no further and enter the Rafflecopter competition below!

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Tesco are offering one Sparkup Magical Book reader as a prize for this competition and they supplied us with one for the purpose of an honest review.

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168 thoughts on “WIN A Sparkup Magical Book Reader!”

  11. My kids love Julia Donaldson, current favourite s are the princess and the wizard, tiddler the storytelling fish and the gruffalo.

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  19. My daughters love books about fairies, princesses, mermaids etc and my boys love books abou dinosaurs, monstors, robots or space aliens! My girls love the Gruffalo at the mo!

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  44. My children love books in general, at the moment we are reading The Noisy Farm and Sparkley Stanley, we go to the library every two weeks, they love it.

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  50. My 8 year old loves the Roald Dahl collection, my 5 year old enjoys Biff Chip and Kipper books, my 3 year old loves Thomas the tank engine.

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  63. the gruffalo, the very hungry caterpillar and brown bear brown bear what do you see? are three of our favourites.

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  67. They love anything that they can interact with, pop up books, fabric books and sing along type books x

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  77. My 4 year old son loves Winnie the witch at the moment i now know it of by heart ive read it so many times x x

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  84. Mine used to love Little Bean, had to read it every night! My grandson loves anything with a car in at the moment or Thomas books <3

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  91. It would be great to win this a my boy is just started getting in to books. He likes spagghtii and the yeti. Xx

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  94. several but ones that come to mind are ‘The Velveteen Rabbit’ by Margery Williams.,’ I’LL Always Love You’ by P Lewis and ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle

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  105. We love books we can all join in with like ‘we’re going on a bear hunt” the children like to get involved and makes us all smile. Anything to do with bottoms like ”no-bot” and ”whose poo” always makes them laugh a lot!

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  109. If its to look at the pictures he likes Xmas books, but if I read to him he actually loves Charlie and the chocolate factory and Matilda

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  115. lots of different books ie disney , kipper and chip, julia donaldson . this week shes found santa needs a wee a bit early but never mind shes enjoying it

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  118. my girls love all books, weve just moved the bedroom around and now the books have been moved they are being pulled out even more! they especially like books with animals which they can name 🙂

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  138. Tonight I have read my son the “stickman” and my daughter “monkey puzzle” my children love Julia Donaldson books and I enjoy reading them as well.xx

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  146. My little girl loves Elmer books at the moment and also the Gruffalo. She still also loves the “That’s not my” collection and loves memorising the texture words!

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  149. Books with a selection of stories and rhymes in.
    My nan bought one for Millie last week that she currently loves.

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  155. My daughter absolutely loves Room On The Broom and Guess How Much I Love You… Although I think I love them just as much as she does 🙂

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