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It’s a big world with big words.

My children are hearing complicated “grown up” words and beginning to use them….words like “delicious” and “outstanding” and “hilarious.” It’s cute to watch them try to use them in a sentence….as well as pronounce them correctly!

I have the perfect book for kids who want to learn how to “talk big.” Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell, the bestselling duo, have done it again — created a super useful and fun-to-look-at book for kids that’s more than entertaining: Big Words for Little People.

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The concept is refreshing….and the super-detailed illustrations are entrancing….I found myself staring endlessly at the pages after I’d finished reading the text. So much to look at!

I love that virtuous words are also included in this cute book…such as “cooperate,” “persevere,” and “patience.” Anyone with preschoolers at home knows that these words come out of a mother’s mouth quite often.

Helpful games and puzzles are also available at HarperCollins Children’s website (click here for printable PDF fun), and an online spelling game will also stretch the fun and the learning!

This hardcover book retails for $16.99 and can be found wherever books are sold. Click here for a helpful list of online sources.

Win it! One of you will win a copy of this book courtesy of HarperCollins Children’s. Just leave me a comment to tell me a “big” word your child has recently learned, and why he or she would love this book! (One comment only please; duplicate commenters will be disqualified.) US entries only. I’ll close the contest next Tuesday, December 23rd at 11pm EST. Good luck!

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My niece started saying Indianapolis. Big word for such a small girl. Thanks!

Josiah’s newest big word is “awesome!” He would love this book probably for the illustrations – we have another book done by this duo and the pictures leave lots of little nuggets to find which he loves!

My little guy told me this morning that his sister was “ridinculous”. Gotta love it!!

my niece can say absolutely. too cute.

does machine gun, missile and rocket count as big words?

I recently took a trip to Germany and shortly before I left, my 2 year old daughter started saying ‘Germany’-it was really cute!
My daughter loves to be read to and would love this book!

My son is 4. Yesterday he told me “You are so frustrating, mom!” Cute book! Thanks for a nice giveaway.

my daughter learned “caffeine” when she asks why she can’t drink our tea or soda:)

what an awesome book – love the bright illustrations! Walker’s newest “big” word is pistachio, though he often shortens it to ’stashio’ – so cute! I think he would love the great illustrations!

Today my 2 1/2 year old told me that his toy cars are very “important”. He’s building quite a vocabulary of big words.

My almost-three-year-old has been trying to say ‘tortilla’, but she combines it with ’soup’, since we have tortilla soup a lot, and it comes out something like ‘toopeetoop’. It’s hilarious. She loves books, and seems to like this style of book in particular.

Our newest big word is astronaut. We love Jamie Lee Curtis and would love to win this!

Wow, I’m drawing a complete blank when it comes to big words!! And I shouldn’t be, cause my kids never quit talking!
We’d love this book because we LOVE the Jaime Lee Curtis/Laura Cornell books, especially “Today I feel silly” and “Human Race”!

my daughter just started using the word “perfectly”, which I think it odd…don’t you think?

Just today, we were trying to teach my 4 year old niece to say “supercalifragilisticexpalidoeshis” I’m sure I spelled that wrong.

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This is an amazing book. I’d love to have a copy for my son.

My son is just learning to talk – so his “big” words are still pretty small, like dada! Thanks for the chance!

My daughter loves BIG words and can use them “appropriately “. She frequently enjoys telling me I’m being ridiculous
Thanks for the entry
tonyamcrain [at] aol [dot] com

extrodonary or that is what it sounded like, both my girls love learning big words and would love this book

My son is 17 months old and bilingual. Thanks to Mr. Potato Head, he has recently started saying espejuelos or glasses in Spanish. Thanks.

My 18 month old’s recent big word was window.

My 4 year old was funny when he said ” I amused them” when everyone giggled when he did something crazy in the school play!

Here it’s obstinate! Guess I’ve used it alot!!!

Mistletoe is the latest holiday word that my daughter has added to her vocabulary. And Nativity.

Thanks for the giveaway.

My daughter recent big word is Compassion. She just recently learned the meaning and that she actually has some. hehe Thanks alot!

My 3 year old talks up a storm. She has started saying the word awesome alot lately. LOL Merry Christmas. Thanks for the giveaway.

My daughter learned to say Trick-or-Treat this year.

What a fun book…and such an excellent concept! I’m always amazed by the “big” words that our 2-year-old picks up. Lately, she’s been saying “actually” at the end of a lot of her sentences…as in “I think that was Grandma at the door actually.” It’s so cute!

aggravated; my daughter loves using new words
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This would be a wonderful book for a childs library that I would like to start for my grandddaughter to be

My 5 year old has been using some big words lately, but the only one that comes to mind is when he says something is ‘hilarious’! It is such a big word to come out of his little mouth!

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