This weekend marked the 1st birthday of The Only Girl.  Well, not the THE girl (she’s clearly had significantly more birthdays) but rather the blog.  I started it last August because;

• I loved reading other people’s, so I thought I might also love writing one of my own
• I didn’t have any other hobbies
• it’s was inexpensive
• I could do it from the comfort of my own home (and in my pjs if I was so inclined)
• it didn’t take up too much time
• I have a REALLY bad memory and wanted to have a journal of stuff that happens in my life and knew I would never write in a journal

So when I signed up to self-host my own WordPress site, I chose the 6 month subscription.  I figured I’d try it for that long and then re-evaluate.  Except that my hosting company threw in another 6 months at no charge.  Which brought me to 1 year.  Which brings me to today.  So today “Happy Birthday!” to my little blog.  It’s brought me much pleasure and many new friends.  I appreciate all of you that have stopped by to read the drivel I choose to write.  And since my subscription automatically renewed for another year while I was recently away on vacation, I guess you’re stuck with me for 12 more months.  Sorry about that.

So in order to celebrate, today I have a giveaway.  Some of you may remember this post.  Well, somehow, the publisher of the third book found it.  And they have been nice enough to provide me with 3 of their books to giveaway! (FYI – stay tuned for my future posts on BMW’s, large screen plasma TVs and vacation resorts . . . just in case any of those companies find me)

All three hardcover books are perfect for kids (the boy ones will find them particularly appealing).  They are written with a science slant to them in the vain of learning, while being really easy to understand, fun to read & entertaining.

Bug Butts is my favourite.  Because what better boy humour is there than the mere word “butt”.  It’s also beautifully illustrated with large colour pictures and talks about all the various kinds of bug butts (spraying, exploding, spinning, shooting . . . who knew?!) and it contains lots of interesting bug butt trivia.  For example – did you know that caterpillars can shoot their poop up to 40 times farther than the length of their bodies???  Talk about a party trick!

Animal Tongues describes different types of, well, animal tongues and what they can do with them.  It also has gorgeous full colour photos, contains trivia and some fun little “experiments” you can try.  Did you know that snakes don’t stick their tongue out through their mouth?  No, no.  It goes through a hole on the top of their mouth.  Like snakes weren’t already gross enough.  AND when it sheds the skin on its body it also sheds the skin ON ITS TONGUE.  Ugh.

Animal Baths is a beautifully illustrated book that details how different animals bathe.  My boys were particularly delighted to learn that turkey vultures clean their legs by squirting poop all over them.  I preferred to focus on the much cuter cat & bird bath processes.

If you have a young boy in your house, intend to eventually have one, or just know a young boy, these books are gold.  All 3 are currently available on Amazon for about $12 each, but today you can win them all right here – for free! 

Simply leave me a comment on this post and you’re entered!  There will be 1 winner for all 3 books.  Contest closes Tuesday August 24/10 at 9pm EST.  I’ll use www.random.org to select a winner.  Contest is open to everyone.  Good luck!

(I did receive 1 copy of each book for myself, but all the opinions are my own)

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