Amanda (age 10) enjoys the perks of having a mom who is a reviewer. Whenever I get a package or padded envelope in the mail, she asks, “Is it something I would like? Can I open it?” Most often it’s not something that she would have any interest in (although she sometimes still likes to open the package). 
When I got this particular book in the mail, I was able to tell her, “Yeah — take a look and tell me what you think.” Well, she started thumbing through the hefty 9 x 11 inch 300 page book at the kitchen table, and she didn’t move for about an hour! “So you like it?” I asked her.
“Yeah, it’s really cool. I love it!”
Take Me Back offers a “trip through history from the stone age to the digital age.” Each page is bright and colorful and offers facts in bite-sized amounts. I think that any child — from avid reader to reluctant reader — would be able to spend time leafing through this colorful book reading and learning. If you click on the “Look Inside” link you can see some of these pages and the index as well.
From the publisher: History may repeat itself, but there is no need to make the same old history book over and over. From the creators of the award-winning, New York Times Bestsellers Pick Me Up and Do Not Open comes Take Me Back–a journey throughout history like never before! Rock out at a gory Aztec festival, read the blog of Louis XVI’s closest confidant, take a pinball tour of Celtic Europe, and check out Alexander the Great’s fan site. With content that’s comprehensive, irreverent and witty, Take Me Back is bound to become a classic.
We have four copies of Take Me Back to give away, and one Grand Prize winner will receive Take Me Back plus seven other titles from DK Publishing (pictured below) — a $200 value.
Leave a comment here if you’d like to win. We’ll announce the winners on November 12.
Managing Editor Jennifer Donovan is a contributing editor at 5 Minutes for Mom. She has been blogging at Snapshot for over two years.
Looks great! I have a son who could really get interested once his attention is captured with all the pix 🙂
Thanks for the contest.
I would LOVE this for my kids. great selection!
Those look like books I’d like to read.
This would make a wonderful present for my niece.
Thank you for the giveaway.
Great Giveaway! I’d love to win this!!
My son just loves reading books like these. He is a sponge when it comes to learning. They would make a wonderful present under the tree this year for him. Thank-you so much for the giveaway.
This is my son’s favorite type of books. Thanks for the contest!
What a great giveaway! My whole family would enjoy these wonderful books!
Love to read, would love to win this.
Wonderful giveaway. 🙂
No publisher can compare to DK. Would love to win this!
I would love to win this! Please enter me, thanks!
Take Me Back is a breath of fresh air! Our kids deserve to have interesting, fun reading material! Thanks for introducing me to this particular book.
My 10 year old god-daughter is blessed with an insatiable intellectual curiosity and she would be on cloud 9 devouring such stimulating and informative reading materials.
What a fantastic giveaway!
my kids would love this book
I would love to win this, thanks.
This would be an awesome gift for my hubby!!
I’d love to read this 🙂 *Thanks* for the giveaway!
My boys love to read and this would be great for them.
Good selection!
My kids would love this!
I would love to win this!
would love this for my brother’s family
My kids would love them!
I homeschool our four boys and this would be a great addition to our home library!
These books look fabulous! Thanks for a great giveaway.
My eleven year old is a budding History Buff! She enjoys reading about things in the past and is now reading about Ancient Egypt. I’d love to give her this for Christmas!
Take me back looks like a really fun book. It sounds interesting. Thanks for the chance.
What a great prize!
My nephew would be thrilled if this was under the tree!
Please count me in! Thank you!!
What a great giveaway!
Please enter me–thanks!
Great giveaway, thanks
My daughter Kelsy would love this – History is her favorite subject!
Great giveaway! Please enter me.
Give it a shot! We’d definitely read through it. Thanks!
Wow, nice selection… You find good stuff! “FUN” reading definitely reinforces learning to read, thanks!
Great prize, enter me please.
My kids would love this.
Great giveaway. My grandsons would love the books.
These books sound so awesome. I’d love to be entered. Thanks!
We love books and would love this giveaway!
Please enter me!
please enter me into the giveaway
this would be great for the grandkids
What a great giveaway. Count me in.
Cool giveaway!