conception and contraception calendar

(24 pages)

Make Your Own Calendar 2009 publisher: Children's released: 2008-08-01 ISBN: 0316830461 $8.99

Make Your Own Calendar is back for 2009! Each month features a space for kids to create their own pictures, as well as clever border designs to color in. There are also over 200 colorful stickers included to mark special dates. Whimsical artwork from Steve Haskamp gives this calendar a fresh look, and invites kids to personalize it and make it their own.

For teachers, parents and day-care staff, there is a way to keep those children occupied! Make Your Own Calendar 2009 is an engaging and interesting craft book that will hold their interest. Filled with colorable pictures and empty areas that can be used to draw, this calendar will encourage their creativity. As an added bonus, about 200 stickers are packaged with the book.

The calendar can also be used for educational purposes. Teaching children the date/calendar system can be a daunting task. But with this handy tool, it will be much easier to explain and show them since they will have a keen interest in something they have worked on. Each page comes with month-appropriate pictures surrounding it, which in itself can be used as an educational tool to explain the major holidays and significance of each month. Children will also be exposed to the diversity present in different cultures as important festivals and holidays of many different cultures are noted.

Not only is Make Your Own Calendar 2009 something that can be used to keep your children busy, but it can also be used to expand their knowledge. And the most important thing is that it can be a very fun activity! I am definitely looking forward to 2009 so that I can use my self-made calendar!

Armchair Interviews says: This would be a perfect gift.

Our kids (ages 5 and 8) are in love with this item. This is our 3rd or 4th year of buying the calendars. I pre-order them, and the kids anticipate the calendars' August arrival date the way they would anticipate Christmas or their birthdays. They spend a lot of time discussing what they will draw for each month, and they enjoy the coloring parts and putting on the special occasion stickers. It is a long-term project. They will spend weeks or even months on their calendars. This is a perfect gift for kids with a long attention span who like art projects. If you give this gift in December, though, it probably won't be finished by January 1, so give it earlier in the fall.

(640 pages)

Baby Blues: 2009 Day-to-Day Calendar by: Rick Kirkman, Jerry Scott publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing released: 2008-07-01 ISBN: 0740774549 $10.39

Homework, highchairs, and plenty of hand sanitizer are just a part of daily life in the MacPherson household, as portrayed in the hilarious comic strip Baby Blues.

Each page of this calendar features a full-color comic and follows the parenting adventures of Darryl and Wanda and the hysterical childrearing challenges they face with Zoe, Hammie, and baby Wren. Whether they're contemplating getting a family pet or just what to have for dinner (not that chickenish-hamburgery-noodley-casserole-thingy again!), this is family fun at its best.

(12 pages)

Sibley: The Birder's Year 2009 Wall Calendar (Calendar) by: David Allen Sibley publisher: Animal released: 2008-08-01 ISBN: 1416280537 $11.19

Hailed as a modern-day John James Audubon, David Allen Sibley has quickly become one of North America's most famous bird illustrators. Each month features reproductions of his finely detailed species portraits along with a range map and text pointing out key identification marks, behavior, and habitat information.

(24 pages)

Just Horses 2009 Calendar (Just) by: David Allen Sibley publisher: Pets released: 2008-06-30 ISBN: 1595436677 $11.19

The Just Horses calendar will delight all that are enthralled by equine beauty, majesty, history and romanticism. This calendar features 12 full color beautiful photos of horses.

Littlest Pet Shop 2009 Calendar by: BrownTrout Publishers Inc publisher: Children's released: 2008-08-30 ISBN: 1599578026 $11.19

Meet the coolest, cutest, quirkiest, and most enjoyable little pets in the world in this 2009 calendar licensed by Hasboro.

Disney/Pixar WALL-E 2009 Calendar by: Walt Disney Company publisher: Daydream released: 2008-06-30 ISBN: 076888733X $11.19

Wall-E Wall Calendar: Pixar fans have taken the endearing robot WALL-E into their hearts and imaginations. The last robot on Earth is tasked with cleaning up and Disney's team of Pixar animators have created an adventure with all the visually captiva

(24 pages)

Moose 2009 Square Wall Calendar by: BrownTrout Publishers Inc publisher: Animal released: 2008-03-18 ISBN: 1421634597 $11.19

I like 2009 more than previous issues because there are a lot of cow mooses.