The Natural Living Expo is this weekend. Here’s a really good reason to go: an enormous prize package from KangarooBoo valued at $465! You could win the Dream Kitchen for your little budding chef!

The entire Plan Toys kitchen collection is made of natural, chemical free, recycled rubberwood, and non-toxic water based dye!

Prize Package:

* A Plan Toys Kitchen Set
* Complete with Baking Utensils
* Cooking Utensils
* and Assorted Fruits and Vegetables.
* Also included is a Plan Toys Dishwasher to clean up the mess after a delicious meal!

All you have to do is stop by the survey table at the Expo and enter the drawing to win!

After you enter the drawing, do stop by our booth for more surprises.

The Expo is at the Polk County Convention Complex (501 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA) on Saturday, March 27 from 10–6 and Sunday, March 28 from 11–4. Parking and admission are FREE!

When we first heard about PlainTales we were intrigued. PlainTales is an independent publisher of kid audio books based right here, locally in Des Moines, Iowa!

Audio books for kids is something that’s new to us. It’s also a category that we hadn’t plan on adding to our store. But after meeting with Brian Keairns, the owner of PlainTales, we decided to give it a try.

Our kids loved it! When we played Selected Just So Stories on our drive home from the mall one day, they listened intently. The whining and the crankiness went away immediately. When we got home, they insisted on finishing the story. So we sat in the van parked in the driveway and waited for the story to finish.

On a recent trip to the Omaha Zoo we played the Gingerbread Boy & Other First Tales. It’s a 2 hour drive. To entertain the kids we typically sing, play “I spy” or the “animal guessing game,” but that can only last so long. So, we were glad to be able to play an audio book for them when they got bored.

Our oldest just turned 6 and our little girl will be turning 4 soon. Their favorite titles:

• Selected Just So Stories – Both like The Elephant’s Child
• The Gingerbread Boy & Other First Tales – These are classic children’s tales. Stories they’ve read and heard before and are familiar with.
• Animal Tales – In the words of our 6 year old: “When I listen to this, I think about the animals, the baby raccoon that’s looking for ants and fish to eat.”

We decided to add PlainTales. Not only did we add PlainTales audio books to our selection at KangarooBoo, we also added features to our website to offer MP3 versions of these audio books.

Try it out. Download Animal Tales for FREE. And get 40% OFF PlainTales audio book CDs with the code TALES during checkout. This offer expires on September 6, 2009.

Plus, for a limited time all MP3 versions of the audio books are 41% off! It doesn’t get any better than this.

Shop PlainTales now!

The winner of our gift registry giveaway contest is Denise C. of Florida.

Congratulations! You will be contacted via email.

A big Thank You to everyone who participated!

1. Create a gift Registry

Create a gift registry. It’s easy.

2. Add items to your Gift Registry

Browse and add items to your gift registry. The “Add to Registry” link is on every product detail page.

3. Tell your families/friends

Click on the “tell a friend” button. Tell everyone you know about your registry via email, twitter, facebook, blog, or any of the tools available through “tell a friend.”

4. Automatically entered to win when up to 8 people have viewed your registry!

Once 8 or more people have viewed your registry you will automatically be entered to win!

Contest ends at 11pm CST Nov 29th, 2008. A winner will be randomly picked and announced on Nov 30th, 2008 on this blog post. Winner will also be notified via email. The winner will receive up to $100 worth of products that is in his/her gift registry.

Giveaway is only valid if your ship to address is in the 48 states of the Continental US.