Eco-Libris special gift offer for the holidays: trees + stickers + holiday greeting card

We wanted to remind you of our holiday gift offer for you:

Plant trees to balance out the books your loved ones read. We will send them a beautiful holiday card and Eco-Libris stickers to display on their books’ sleeves. Just change the shipping address on the PayPal payment page to the address of the gift receiver (or send us a separate email to info@ecolibris.net with the details) and we will take care of the rest! If you're buying books as gifts, you can also add the stickers and the card, making it a great green gift.

The holiday greeting cards we send are made by Doodle Greetings (see picture above). Not only these cards come with a beautiful design, but they are also eco-friendly - printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper and are made chlorine-free and acid free. This is a good fit with Eco-Libris stickers, which are also made of recycled paper!

This is also very affordable gift offer, starting from $6.50 for 5 trees/stickers and a holiday gift card! $25, which is the maximum cost of the gifts on this guide will get you 25 trees and stickers with the beautiful holiday gift card. Interested? go to our holidays gift page and check it out.

Yours,
Raz @ Eco-Libris

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Reminder: You can still win a copy of "The Looking Book"

We're giving away our review copy of The Looking Book by P.K. Hallinan, the green book we recommend as a holiday gift for parents.

How you can win? Please add a comment on the original review post and share with us your experience on what's the best way to get children to play outside. Submissions are accepted until tomorrow, December 18, 12PM EST. The winner will be announced the following day.

Yours,
Raz @ Eco-Libris

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Green book review for the holidays - part 1: The book you should bring to parents

Today we start a new holidays series - in the next two weeks, we will review here green books that not only are interesting and focusing on green issues, but can also be great gifts on for the holidays!

Each book will be dedicated to another group and we start today with a group I'm proud to be part of for the last 18 months - parents. And the green book we're recommending to give to parents is:

The Looking Book

Author: P.K. Hallinan
P. K. Hallinan has been writing and illustrating books for children since his wife first asked him to create one for their boys more than 35 years ago. Today, P. K. writes inspirational stories about holidays, relationships, and life values. His book, Let's Be Kind, was chosen by Focus on the Family as a top 10 family-friendly picture book. P. K. has over 100 titles to his credit, with more than eight million copies sold. In addition to his writing, P. K. is an ordained minister and a well-known school speaker.

Illustrator: Patrice Barton
Patrice Barton's artistic talents were first discovered at age three, when she was found creating a mural on the dining room wall with a pastry brush and a can of Crisco. Her interest and passion in art grew as she did, and she earned a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas. She has been working as an illustrator ever since.

Publisher: Ideals Children's Books

Published on: October 2009

What this book is about? The Looking Book tells the story of Kenny and Mikey, two young boys each given a pair of "lookers" by their mom. "Lookers" are special glasses, she says, to help you see the world like never before. The ordinary transforms into the fantastical, as the boys see with greater clarity the wonders they overlook everyday.

As the boys discover the fun of the outdoors, Hallinan imparts a well-timed message to a generation of "digital natives." Once outside, they are captivated by the trees, grass and even ants, seeing them like never before. Thy find a ladybug and butterfly with their "lookers" and think they are even cooler than the ones in cartoons. Eventually, the boys realize that they don't even need their "lookers" to enjoy the world outside.

Why it's a great holiday gift for parents?
I think there is almost no parent out there who doesn't deal with the problem that kids nowadays prefer to stay at home, usually in front of the computer or the TV, instead of playing outside. Now, research suggests that playtime may be as important to a child's academic experience as spelling tests or problem solving, but I also think there is an important "green" added value for this kind of experience. When nature is no stranger to a kid, then I believe she or he will grow up to be more sensitive and caring about nature and the environment.

When kids learn about it only through the virtual world, there's a good chance they won't be able to recognize all the richness and the beauty we have around us and hence won't be that concerned about protecting and supporting mother earth.

The lively rhyming with the beautiful illustrations making this book both educational and fun and can actually help parents in what some may see as mission (almost) impossible - getting children to open the door, go outside, play and enjoy in the wonders of the world around them.

Price: $12.74

Disclosure: We received a copy of this book from the publicist.

And don't forget that if you're buying a green book, you can even make your gift greener by adding our holidays special offer to it - trees/stickers and a beautiful holidays gift card made of recycled paper. For further information, please go to www.ecolibris.net/holidays.asp

GIVEAWAY ALERT!!

We're giving away our review copy of the book, courtesy of the publicist, and of course a tree will be planted for the copy!

How you can win? Please add a comment below and share with us your experience on what's the best way to get children to play outside. Submissions are accepted until Friday, December 18, 12PM EST. The winner will be announced the following day.

Yours,
Raz @ Eco-Libris

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Special Eco-Libris offer for the holidays!

Looking for a unique and affordable green gift for the holidays? You're in the right place!

Eco-Libris has a special offer for an holiday gift for you: Plant trees to balance out the books your loved ones read. We will send them a beautiful holiday card and Eco-Libris stickers to display on their books’ sleeves. Just change the shipping address on the PayPal payment page to the address of the gift receiver (or send us a separate email to info@ecolibris.net with the details) and we will take care of the rest!

If you're buying books as gifts, you can also add the stickers and the card, making it a great green gift (And if you're looking for an idea for a "green" book that can be a great holiday gift, you can find plenty of ideas on our green books campaign).

The holiday greeting cards we send are made by Doodle Greetings (see picture). Not only these cards come with a beautiful design, but they are also eco-friendly - printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper and are made chlorine-free and acid free. Sounds like a good fit with Eco-Libris stickers, which are also made of recycled paper!

This is also very affordable gift offer, starting from $6.50 for 5 trees/stickers and a holiday card!

Interested? go to our holidays page and check it out - http://www.ecolibris.net/Holidays.asp

Happy and Green Holidays!
Raz @ Eco-Libris

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A special offer from Strand Book Store!

You think the holiday season is over? not at Strand Book Store, where you can get a free holiday tote bag with the purchase of two books.

We are very proud in our collaboration with Strand Book Store, New York's independent landmark book store. Strand are taking part in our bookstore program and customers at the store can plant a tree for every book they buy there and receive our sticker at the counter!

We have just received from Strand greetings for the New Year and information on this great (and green) offer:

The Strand Book Store wishes all Eco-Libris partners & readers a Happy 2009!

Our gift to you… a free holiday tote bag.

With purchase of two books, receive a FREE holiday tote bag, just click HERE to redeem your gift online or print the page and bring it to our 828 Broadway @ 12^th Street NYC store to redeem your gift in person.

Hurry! Offer expires January 15, 2009. Limit one tote bag per customer, please.

Thank you Strand for this great offer! You're welcome to check out their website at http://www.strandbooks.com to learn more about the books offered at their website. Also don't forget to take a look at their events list - http://www.strandbooks.com/app/www/p/calendar.

Yours,
Raz @ Eco-Libris
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Special Eco-Libris offer for the holidays!

Looking for a unique and affordable green gift for the holidays? You're in the right place!

Eco-Libris has a special offer for an holiday gift for you: Plant trees to balance out the books your loved ones read. We will send them a beautiful holiday card and Eco-Libris stickers to display on their books’ sleeves. Just change the shipping address on the PayPal payment page to the address of the gift receiver and we will take care of the rest!

The holiday greeting cards we send are made by Doodle Greetings (see picture). Not only these cards come with a beautiful design, but they are also eco-friendly - printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper and are made chlorine-free and acid free. Sounds like a good fit with Eco-Libris stickers, which are also made of recycled paper!

This is also very affordable gift offer, starting from $6.50 for 5 trees/stickers and a holiday card!

Interested? go to our holidays page and check it out - http://www.ecolibris.net/Holidays.asp

Happy and Green Holidays!
Raz @ Eco-Libris
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Special offer on Aaspirations Publishing's website

Earlier this month we announced on our collaboration with Aaspriations Publishing of Toronto, Canada, where a tree is planted with Eco-Libris for every copy of their new titles. Now they also have a special holidays offer for our stickers on their website.

You can order our stickers from Aaspirations Publications' website, or simply add it on to your order of books. For every sticker bought, one tree will be planted with our planting partners. And that's not all! You will receive a $2 cash coupon on every purchase of more than 2 stickers.

Offer ends November 30th, so you've got 9 more days to check it out.

Happy green holidays!
Raz @ Eco-Libris

Plant a tree for every book you read!

Green Options - Eco-Conscious Holidays: Green Gift Giving

As part of Eco-Libris' ongoing content partnership with Green Options Media, we feature a post that was originally published by Becky Striepe on November 5 on EcoLocalizer. Today's post brings you some great ideas how to green your holidays.


[Image credit: Lizerati at Flickr used with permission]

It's that time of year! There are parties and big meals to plan, gifts to get together, and travel plans to finalize. How is a person supposed to live green during such a busy time of year? This week, we're going to take a look at ways to have a fabulous holiday season without giving up those Earth-friendly ideals. It doesn't have to feel like a sacrifice!

Special offers from Eco-Libris for the holidays

Everyone is getting ready for the holidays and so is Eco-Libris.

Starting today you can find two special offers for the holidays on our website. So if you are looking for a unique green gift in an affordable price, you are welcome to check out these offers:

1. Special Eco-Libris gift for the holidays - Plant trees to balance out the books your loved ones read. We will send them a beautiful holiday card and Eco-Libris stickers to display on their books’ sleeves. Just change the shipping address on the payment page to the address of the gift receiver and we will take care of the rest!

The holiday greeting cards we send are made by Doodle Greetings (a Co-op America member) from Kensington, MD. Not only these cards come with a beautiful design, but they are also eco-friendly - printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper and are made chlorine-free and acid free. Furthermore, according to Doodel Greeting's website, the paper is made entirely with renewable energy (primarily wind power). Sounds like a good fit with Eco-Libris stickers!

2. Special Eco-Libris gift certificate - give an Eco-Libris gift certificate to the people you care about, with which they will be able to plant trees for the books they read. For every tree planted, we will send them an Eco-Libris sticker to display on their book’s sleeve.

All you have to do is to choose the gift certificate you would like to give (we have certificates starting from $5), press the 'buy' button and fill in the details on PayPal page. You can later decide if you want to send the certificate online or print it and send it by mail.

Please note that you don't need to have a paypal account to purchase the gift certificate (PayPal accepts credit and debit cards), but the gift receiver will need to open a PayPal account (free of cost) to use your gift certificate.

As we told you last week, Eco-Libris is featured in TreeHugger's 2007 gift guide and we're very proud of it. We truly hope to see many eco-conscious readers go green this holiday season with Eco-Libris.

And of course, if you want to give a green book as a gift don't forget to check out our weekly green guide for book lovers.

Happy Holidays!

Raz @ Eco-Libris

Eco-Libris: a great green gift for the holidays!

The Man Who Planted Trees - Holiday green gift guide for book lovers: part 1

The holiday season is just around the corner, and if you already start thinking about gifts, we hope you would think about books. A good book is always a great present!

To help you find out which books are best for giving this holiday season, Eco-Libris blog begins a new series: Holiday green gift guide for book lovers. Yes, every Sunday you will find here an interesting book to be considered for your gift list.

Of course, our recommendations will be green, and I'm not just talkin' about balancing out your book gift, but about the subject of the books. Just wait and see..

Our first recommendation for this holiday's gift is:

The Man Who Planted Trees

Author: Jean Giono

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing

Originally published in: 1953

The story: it is a touching story of Elzéard Bouffier, a shepherd, who after being widowed, has decided to restore the ruined ecosystem of the isolated and largely abandoned valley in the south of France by single-handedly cultivating a forest, tree by tree. He planted 100 acorns each day before, through, and after two world wars, and transformed a sorrowful place into one full of life and joy.

Why it's a great gift: This is an inspirational story about what one person can do to restore the earth. Jean Giono's story offer a tribute to how much good one person can accomplish in a lifetime and advise on how to live life with deep meaning.

If you're not sure yet, you can watch the animated version of the story, produced by Frédéric Back in 1987. Also, if you look for a special edition of the book, Chelsea Green Publishing released a special twentieth anniversary edition on National Arbor Day 2005 with a new foreword by Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the African Green Belt Movement.

And if you give your friends or family this book as a present on the holidays, you are more than welcome to balance it out with Eco-Libris, add its sticker to the book and make it the perfect green gift for the holidays.

Yours,
Raz @ Eco-Libris

Eco-Libris: a great green gift for the holidays!