Over the next three weeks, college students (and their parents) will spend more than $3 billion on the most essential of all winter back-to-school items: textbooks. The average student spends nearly $700 on textbooks for the new semester, but an increasing number are bringing these costs down by renting their textbooks instead. Textbook rentals hardly existed four years ago, but they now account for nearly 48% of all sales.  By renting textbooks students can save 60-80% off the list price.  Rent your textbooks from eCampus.com and see why so many students are excited about saving tons of cash this semester!

We must be thankful to ecampus for sending us the above info-graph chart to compare how much we can save when we rent or buy used textbooks. I never thought about this simple but it’s very innovative concept. I thought that the students get free textbooks or pay very little and they may pay less when they go to college or university. Now I am so happy that college students can find convenient way of purchasing their books each semester from here and save a lot. This ecampus website helps them to figure out to choose their options of buying, selling or purchasing text books. This concept help students to maintain books in good condition as they can earn some money by selling them back.

eCampus.com’s stated mission is to provide the easiest, fastest, and cheapest way for college and university students to rent textbooks, buy textbooks and sell textbooks. eCampus.com believes the Internet buying experience should be fun and that shopping for textbooks should be as fast and convenient as possible. The company makes a personal commitment to every customer that eCampus.com will be the best source for everything they need.

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#Best for ages
9 to 36 Months
#Highlights
From baby steps to big steps the Sit-to-Stand Learning Walker by VTech helps your child develop from a crawler to a walker through adaptive technology.
#Description
With a barnyard of friends to cheer baby on, your little one will love learning to walk using the Sit-to-Stand Learning Walker. Start her out with the easy-to-remove play panel for floor play or fun on-the-run. Then step it up with the fun-to-maneuver walker. This learning toy has a medley of fun: three spinning flowers, five piano keys, colorful rollers, three light-up shape sorters and a telephone handset. The Sit-to-Stand Learning Walker keeps baby on track teaching shapes, colors, animals, music and more!
#Features

* 5 piano keys play music notes
* Removable play panel for tummy time
* Learning toy has 3 colorful spinning rollers
* 3 shape sorters and light-up shape buttons
* Telephone handset, spinning gears and open/close barn door enhance role play fun

You will love to watch YouTube to see how VTech Sit-to-Stand Learning Walker works. Kabil loves to play with it and learns to walk behind it. It’s must-have toy for toddlers to recognize bright colors and animal sound. We love everything comes in one set. It’s so easy for mom to teach toddler shapes, colors, animals, music and more. Kabil finds it interesting to pick his favorite telephone handset. You can watch him playing with it.

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Product Features

• A fun projector that is compact, easy to use and provides hours of entertainment and creativity.
• Teaches how to trace and write the alphabet & numbers (from 3 to 4 years).
• Trace and draw 24 animals and write their names in English/Spanish (Over 4 years).
• Bright LED provides a clear image along with long battery life.
• The size of the image can be adjusted to suit the drawing surface.

NOTE: Requires 3 AA batteries. Crayons not included.

Ingenio Smart Projector™ is a learning educational tool for Kids to trace and draw 24 animals and write their names in English/Spanish. You can watch Jaihari in You Ttube how easy is to set up and turn a knob on and push of a button to change another pattern. There are 4 slides for animals, numbers, and letters. You can put these slides in either side of its slot and ready to take it when you want to use it. No need to put these crayons in another box. Your kids can put them in its crayon slots and come back to do it again after finishing their homework. I love the crayon slots that can remind him to choose the right one instead of mixing it with other colors. So easy to trace it  on the paper by projecting the image through the light after you slide in.

Product Features

• Compact & portable toy – play anywhere!
• 8 fun learning activities in English/Spanish.
• Interactive bilingual toy teaches alphabet, words, numbers, shapes and colors.
• Requires 3 AAA batteries (included).

You don’t need someone to teach your kids basic Spanish. Get Ingenio My First Notebook that teach Spanish and you can find the voice and Spanish pronunciation very clear. Slowly your kids can pick up the Spanish words without anybody’s help. It is very interesting to learn basic Spanish with this laptop that has educational tool.

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You can find more learning toys at SmartPlay.

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Hathi Chiti are the Indian words for elephant and ant. The elephant, Hathi, and the ant, Chiti, come from Indian folklore where their adventures together as “best buds” are of legendary proportion, as told by company co-founders Reshma Sapre (40) and Jayme Robinson (35). Hathi and Chiti now serve as hosts to inquiring little minds, and come with an entourage of globally conscious animal friends, each with their own set of unique cultural nuances and a Facebook profile. Each character has a T-shirt to match, and below Hathi and Chiti provide tips on how you too can have a “best bud” friendship like theirs.

On seeing these books, I love to read The Traveller, the Tiger, and the Very Clever Jackal with Jaihari. The story we find is very interesting. Each page is beautifully  hand painted and illustrated. Old  traveler left his wife and comfortable home to spent his days dreaming of his old adventures. He thinks he’s a wise man. He took  pity on a trapped tiger. He foolishly frees an old, hungry tiger from a cage. Kids will learn the moral of this story. I read moral stories in India. It would be great lessons for all mixed with feelings of emotion.

In the Indian Night Sky – your kids will learn why the moon shines so bright in the night. See what happens when Moon, Wind, and Sun are sent off to a grand feast hosted by Thunder and Lightning. This book will sail them through the cosmos with an imaginative style that jumps off of the page.

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I love Wood Name Puzzle Alphabet ABC without pegs. Kabil is too young to play with it. I want him to teach alphabets by hiding and open each piece. It would be easy for him to recognize ABC simply by playing it with him. Without pegs, it is very safe to get one for your  little ones to play it with adult supervision. What do you think of his  name on the puzzle? Isn’t not it cute to see for the letter ‘i’  as ‘dot for star shaped and an ellipse at the bottom’  This wooden puzzle is colorful for them to learn and match the upper and lower-case letters Make up words by colors. They can have a fun  learning experience.

Try to take advantage of selection of Kids Puzzles in these categories Peg Puzzles (10) Puzzles w/o Pegs (17), Name Puzzles-> (37), 3D Multi-Layer-> (11) and Puzzle Stools-> (26) Your kids can explore new forms of expressing our inspirations through the art of puzzle making.

Puzzle Features

7 good reasons to get a puzzle from KidPuzzles.com:    All of our puzzles are made with the highest quality, non-toxic, lead and cadmium free materials. We use only a premium grade, maple-faced laminate. It is strong and made to last for generations. All pegs used in our “Peg Puzzles” are solid hardwood. They are drilled into each piece and glued with an industrial strength, non-toxic glue… No peg will come out under normal use. Our designs are original and unique….and they are all copyrighted. Our prices are reasonable. You are supporting a small family business…and we are supporting caring families like yours. Replaceable pieces. Each puzzle comes with care and piece-replacement instructions… Fully Guaranteed. If you are not satisfied with the quality of your puzzle, please return unused puzzle to us within two weeks, for either a replacement or refund (less initial shipping charges)

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Celebrate with Shaun the Sheep™ as he revels in his first holiday-themed DVD in Shaun the Sheep: We Wish Ewe A Merry Christmas arriving on DVD October 18, 2011 from Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment.  The sheep make sure The Farmer isn’t alone on Christmas, help to free him from his snowed-in house, take care of Bitzer, find him the perfect new hat and make merry in these seven hilarious episodes — the perfect way to join Shaun and his barnyard buddies in ringing in some holiday “shear”!

Five minute shorts of the series currently air in the U.S. on the Disney Channel and the series ranks in the top five animated shorts on the network!

DVD SYNOPSIS
‘Tis the season to be woolly, with Shaun the Sheep and his farmyard friends. Frolic with the flock as they decorate the farmhouse for The Farmer, watch Bitzer and Pidsley battle for a spot by the fire, join a massive snowball fight and much more in these seven hilarious episodes from the Oscar®-winning creators of Wallace and Gromit™.

Episodes include:

• We Wish Ewe A Merry Christmas: Shaun discovers that The Farmer will be spending Christmas Day alone. The animals work through the night festooning the farmhouse with decorations so that The Farmer wakes up to the most magical Christmas that he has ever experienced.

• Snowed In: Shaun and his buddies awaken to find the farm covered in snow. But while the sheep enjoy themselves in a massive snowball fight, they are all unaware that The Farmer is snowed inside the farmhouse and trying desperately to escape.

• Fireside Favorite: Bitzer has caught a cold and The Farmer decides to tuck him up in the house to recover. In doing so, Pidsley the cat is ousted from his favorite spot next to the fire. The mean cat attempts various ways to remove the snotty dog while the sheep do their best to keep Bitzer where he needs to be.

• An Ill Wind: The Farmer receives a huge electricity bill and decides to build his own wind turbine to power the farmhouse. As soon as The Farmer’s back is turned, Shaun and the flock adapt the noisy new contraption into something much more fun – a ferris wheel. It’s not long before The Farmer blows his fuse.

• Bitzer’s New Hat: The Farmer gives Bitzer a horrible new hat. Bitzer is very upset, as he treasured his old hat. The flock rally round to try and cheer him up with a selection of dashing alternative head-gear. Meanwhile, Shaun heads off on an adventure to find out what The Farmer did with the old one.

• Chip Off The Old Block: The Farmer has taken up sculpting, but unintentionally drops a huge slab of stone on top of Timmy’s teddy. Shaun and the flock must struggle and strain to lift the heavy block and retrieve the precious toy.

• Shirley Whirley: In a bid to help move Shirley around the farm, Shaun has the idea of fitting up Shirley with wheels. Using a remote control, Shaun can now maneuver his large friend around easily – until The Farmer’s TV remote interferes with the signal, causing Shirley to run amuck.

DVD BONUS FEATURES
• Sheep Shearing Game
• Timmy Time™ Sneak Peek -Timmy’s Tune #1

We love to see the antics of farm animals in latest Shaun the Sheep series. The farmer dressed as Santa distributing gifts to his farm animals. We are curious to know whether the farm animals satisfy their gifts. I thought it would be something extra special. I laughed when I came to know it that the gifts are just fruit and veggie beautifully wrapped.I don’t want to show this series to my husband as I feel he may gift me the same as their farmer, LOL for Christmas.It has a sense of humor and the story has happy endings.

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BARNEY™: HOLIDAY FAVORITES 3-DVD GIFT SET Includes
Barney’s Night Before Christmas Movie
Barney and his friends spend the most wonderful time of the year on a magical journey to the North Pole as very special guests of Santa’s workshop. With music in the air, and laughter everywhere, it’s a dream come true as Santa unveils a holiday treat – his secret toys for Christmas!
Bonus Features:
2 Holiday Read-Alongs – “Barney’s Christmas Surprise” & “Barney’s Wonderful Winter Day”
10 Sing-Alongs Songs
5 Christmas Songs
8 Interactive Games
“Behind the Scenes” – kids in the cast, the dinosaurs, producers and educational guide

Barney: Christmas Star
‘Tis the season to be jolly with Barney and his friends! The festive fun begins with a joyful journey to find a shiny gold star for the Christmas tree and includes loads of magical, musical merriment along the way. From little drummer boys to “The Night Before Christmas,” it is a holiday adventure that features ten festive songs that the whole family will enjoy!

HIT Favorites: Frosty Friends
Bundle up with your favorite preschool pals in these playful, wintertime tales. Learn the true meaning of Christmas with Barney, build a snowman with Bob, go sledding with Kipper, whistle down the snowy tracks with Thomas and laugh along as Pingu plays hilarious tricks on his winter wonderland friends.

Angelina Ballerina Holiday Gift Set Includes
Angelina Ballerina: Nutcracker Sweet
Waltz into the land of sugar and spice with Angelina as she excitedly prepares to perform the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in the holiday showcase. But when too many candy canes and fruitcakes give her a tummy ache, she learns that sharing with friends is a lot more rewarding.
Bonus Features:
• “Prima Ballerina” Puzzle Game
• ”Front Row Seats” Karaoke Song

Angelina Ballerina: Love to Dance
Take center stage with Angelina Ballerina on her first day at Camembert Academy as she learns about new forms of music and dance like jazz, tap and hip-hop. Angelina also discovers that becoming a prima ballerina requires collaboration, compromise and commitment.
Bonus Features:
• “Angelina Says” Game
• “Get Up and Dance” Karaoke Video

Angelina Ballerina: Ballet Dreams
Join Camembert Academy’s shining star, Angelina Ballerina, as she finds her way in a new school, puts together her own show and tries to land a leading role in the Mouskinov Ballet. Angelina blossoms as she adjusts to her new teacher’s style and learns the importance of being a patient big sister.
Bonus Features:
• “Create Your Own Dream Routine” Game

Thomas and Friends Holiday Favorites Includes
Thomas & Friends: Merry Winter Wish
Thomas has a special delivery for the holidays – the festive and magical Star of Knapford! From building snowmen and preparing holiday surprises to attending the Misty Island Christmas party join the fun and celebrate the season when wishes really do come true!
Bonus Features:
• Sir Topham Hatt’s Frosty Friend Game
Thomas & Friends: Ultimate Christmas
This wonder-filled collection of seasonal favorites is a chance to experience the joy and magic that the holiday season brings to Sodor. Whether it’s the engines thinking they’ve seen Jack Frost or Thomas and the gang extending Christmas kindness to stranded villagers, all the fun arrives just in time.
Bonus Features:
• 2 Sing-Along Songs
• 4 DVD Games
• Read-Along Story

Thomas & Friends: Holiday Express
All aboard for an unforgettable holiday! When you ride the rails with your jolliest friends, you can expect exciting adventures filled with lucky trucks, surprise parties, adorable snowmen and much, much more. Join Thomas, Henry, Emily and Percy for trainloads of fun and festivities!
Bonus Features:
• Sodor Sounds Game
• Cargo Challenge Game

Now you can preview these HOLIDAY FAVORITES 3-DVD GIFT SET Collections From Preschool Friends Barney, Angelina Ballerina, and Thomas & Friends for your little kids to have a blast with their friends and spend the night before Christmas. They will take your little kids to tour the magical stories as very special guests to have a festive fun. Its retail price of each DVD is $19.98 each. You may find less price in your retail store or online store.

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Young Citizens Welcome You To Philippines and Germany In All-New
Families of Philippines’ & ‘Families of Germany

In Families of Philippines, meet 13-year old Khim, a boy who lives on the rural island of Cebu with his grandparents, aunt and her two children. Living close to the coast, see the dozens of outrigger boats Khim points out as he explains how the fisherman collect the fish that he and his family eat nearly every night. Awaking early in the morning from his sleeping mat, Khim bathes, eats, and then makes the 10-minute walk to his public school, which boasts over 10,000 students. On the way home from school, he stops in the local video arcade to play games with his friends. Later at home, he completes his chores, which include feeding their goats, collecting firewood and cooking the rice for dinner.

Shahani, 7, lives in the capital city of Manila, a thriving city boasting many modern skyscrapers. Living with her mom, dad and older sister, the early riser (5 a.m.!), gets help from mom getting started in the morning before she’s off to school, where she wears a name tag to help the teachers with the over 5,000 students. During the 10 months she attends school, she studies English among other subjects. Mom shops for fresh fish and vegetables every day while Dad works as a children’s costumed birthday party entertainer and also teaches dance, which Shahani also studies (and excels – she won a local competition and was featured on television). Enjoying adobo stew for dinner and mango for desert, she and her sister welcome friends over in the evening for games and fun, then it’s off to bed for rest before her big test the next day!

In Families of Germany, meet seven-year-old Sophia from the village of Reimershausen, who lives with her parents, sister Johanna and brother Simon. After a breakfast of bread, cheese and jam made from the fruit in their garden, she is off to school where she and her 19 classmates study English and biology among other subjects. Sophia studies guitar after school when she’s not helping out at a neighbor’s farm where twice a week she feeds cows and collects eggs from the chickens. Following dinner, she heads back to school for crafts and skits. During the weekend her family eats breakfast together, then enjoys activities – this particular weekend they are celebrating St. Martin’s Day, visiting Marburg Castle and attending her sister’s choral concert. A bedtime story from mom and dad and it’s off to sleep!

Ole is ten years old and lives in the capital city of Berlin with his parents, two brothers and two tortoises. It’s Halloween, so we get to tag along as Ole carves pumpkins, prepares treats for his neighbors before taking two trains to spend the day uptown, where we see conversation bikes, Segues and tour boats on the river. Upon their return, they head out for some trick-or-treating. The next day it’s back to school where Ole studies English and math while his dad, an engineer, works at a jet plane factory and mom teaches at an animal museum. After school it’s time for homework and dinner before heading off to handball practice. It’s been a long day, so bedtime is a welcome event!

These two DVDS from Families of the World is excellent to watch for any kids in their recommended age group of 5-11. They will learn to bring more exposure to the rural and urban living areas understanding their background and culture.

Where to Buy

You can purchase Families of Philippines for $29.95 at Amazon.com and Families of German for $29.95 at Amazon.com
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A Kooky Spooky Halloween has some good lessons to watch the WordFriends get their share of scares the night before Halloween, when Pig sleep walks and everyone thinks he’s a ghost! Then Sheep is making herself a super special fairy costume to wear for the big Halloween party. But what will she do when her WordFriends need pieces of her costume for their own use?

It’s not scary for little kids to watch this show. They will enjoy lot with colorful graphics, music and learn their words.  I want Kabil to have fun with their episodes.  He can learn to spell the letters from each character.

Tricks and Treats is a new spooky adventure this DVD brings, with The Cat, Nick and Sally, Fish and the Things. Meet the eeriest critters you have ever seen, arrived just in time for this Halloween! There’ll be lots of tricks and, of course lots of treats, to share with the animal friends you will meet!
There’s a coconut crab, spider monkeys and bats, and plenty more fun with The Cat in the Hat!

It would be fun to collect Halloween-themed episodes for little kids to have blast at home in this Fall season. We love both these episodes with rhyming words that can entertain little kids.

Where to Buy?

Kooky Spooky Halloween and Tricks and Treats can be purchased at your local retailer or  www.NcircleEntertainment.com.

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“a breathtaking window on the Earth’s vastness and most secret corners” – Time

PLANET EARTH SPECIAL EDITION
PLANET EARTH LIMITED COLLECTOR’S EDITION
Street Date: 10/4/11

Special Edition DVD SRP: $59.98 ($79.98 in Canada)
Special Edition BD SRP: $79.98 ($99.90 in Canada)
Limited Collector’s Edition (DVD) SRP: $79.98 ($99.90 in Canada)
Limited Collector’s Edition (BD) SRP: $99.98 ($124.98 in Canada)

New Advances in HD Technology Boosts the Quality of the Emmy-Winning Series

Over Three Hours of All-New Bonus Materials Including a Sneak Peak at Alastair Fothergill’s Next Groundreaking Project “Frozen Planet” and More

Planet Earth is the #1 non-theatrical Blu-ray release and #1 selling documentary DVD of all-time

This fall, experience the ultimate portrait of our world like never before as BBC Earth releases Planet Earth Special Edition and Planet Earth Limited Collector’s Edition to Blu-ray and DVD. Arriving in stores on October 4, the blockbuster series looks more beautiful than ever, taking advantage of new advances in high definition technology since the original release. Both the 6-disc Blu-ray and DVD box sets showcase over three hours of fresh bonus materials including a sneak peak at Alastair Fothergill’s next project Frozen Planet, the all-new specially made program Greatest Planet Earth Moments and several other new features.

From the makers of The Blue Planet: Seas of Life, Planet Earth premiered on Discovery Channel in 2007 and became a global phenomenon. Featuring the original BBC series presented by Sir David Attenborough, Planet Earth is the #1 selling documentary DVD and #1 selling non-theatrical Blu-ray release of all-time – with over 5 million units in print. The recipient of four Emmy Awards including Outstanding Nonfiction Series, the groundbreaking series garnered media acclaim including the New York Times hailing it as a “a tour de force…a masterpiece” and the Chicago Tribune lauding it as “an absolutely extraordinary achievement.”

Fuelled by a production budget of over $25 million, Planet Earth is the most expensive factual series ever created by the BBC. Five years in the making, the first-ever nature series to be filmed entirely in high definition required over 2000 days in the field and used 40 cameramen who filmed across 200 locations around the globe. Utilizing state-of-the-art filming techniques and technologies – ranging from revolutionary aerial lens stabilization and flash strobe-systems to ultra high-speed cameras – Planet Earth lovingly captures rare action, impossible locations and intimate moments with our planet’s best-loved, wildest and most elusive creatures. From the highest mountains to the deepest rivers, this awe-inspiring series takes viewers on an unforgettable journey through the daily struggle for survival in Earth’s most extreme habitats.

Available only while supplies last, the Planet Earth Limited Collector’s Edition (picture shown below) comes in an exquisite, numbered, collectible globe package with an exclusive set of four art cards.

NEW BLU-RAY AND DVD BONUS FEATURES
• Special Sneak Peek at Executive Producer Alastair Fothergill’s next blockbuster project: Frozen Planet
• Commentary on select episodes
• Greatest Planet Earth Moments – Relive the greatest moments of this revolutionary series and discover how these scenes were captured on film.
• Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth – The BBC Natural History Unit explores a secret cave deep in the mountains of Pakistan where generations of snow leopards return each year to raise their young.
• Secrets of the Maya Underworld – The freshwater pools that dot Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula were believed by the Mayans to be portals to the underworld.  For the first time ever, the BBC Natural History Unit explores this incredible, labyrinthine system of underground rivers.
• Elephant Nomads of the Namib Desert – Follow the struggle for survival of two female elephants trying to raise their young in one of the harshest climates on Earth.
• Music only viewing option

Planet Earth Special Edition Blu-ray (picture shown above)contains the eleven production video diaries and the bonus series Planet Earth: the Future, which were not included on the original Blu-ray release.

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