5 Stars for the Barbie Sisters Life in The Dreamhouse Camper
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What isn't there to LOVE about any and all things Barbie! You can always count on tons of fun and lots of pink when it comes to this much loved doll. The camper itself is all self-contained. So storage isn't much of an issue. The camper itself is decent size, but nothing too cumbersome. The great thing is that all its pieces fold up into the inside of the vehicle itself so clean up is pretty simple.

There's a lot to this camper. Things unfold, extend and open which creates a play area for one, two or three or more dolls. As always, with all Barbie play sets dolls are no included so if you are thinking about purchasing this for someone please be sure they have a doll to go with it.

As a fan of all things Barbie I'm excited and thrilled to be able to share this with my nieces and little cousins of all ages - with the exception of the much younger ones since there are small pieces - here at our house and know that they will all continue to play with this for years to come. This is a highly recommended play set.
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This Barbie dream house is awesome! I bought it for my grandaughter for Christmas and she abesolutely loves it! Everytime my niece comes to visit, she heads straight for it. Great product. Great price.
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Olivia Hales lives in Sunny Pines Trailer Park, but she dreams of life outside the bounds of the trailer park. She wants to turn time back to the days when her family was all together. Her love for her family abounds, demonstrated by the various ways she takes care of her mom and sister. In her mind's eye, money could solve their multitude of problems, so, at twelve, Olivia has found the solution. She just needs to win big; that way she could really turn the life of her family around. Very determined, Olivia enters every sweepstakes she can get hands on. She spends her days filling out entry forms, babysitting her younger sister, Berkeley, and dreaming of the day when their father will come back into their lives. Olivia is a quite prolific day dreamer, spending lazy days laying on the trampoline with Berkeley and their new friend, and super-secret spy, Bart. Always longing for something more, Olivia's adventure may take her far from her front door before she realizes what she already has.

Ann Dee Ellis' You May Already Be a Winner is about finding joy right where you are. It is a story about having eyes to see what is good in your circumstances and recognizing friendship in those who surround you... especially when life doesn't look exactly like you want it to. Because of her family's situation, Olivia is forced to grow up too soon, and like too many of us, she is blind to the blessings that surround her. In my opinion, this book is a great jumping off point for meaningful conversations about life and relationships. The author gives us an open door to see what Olivia is thinking and feeling and entertains topics like feeling abandoned, unfulfilled longings, true friendship, and love. With an engaging and interesting plot line and a few quirky characters, this story should engage most younger readers who like to use their imagination and enjoy seeing life through someone else's eyes. Yet at the same time, it isn't a once and done story. The characters, their struggles, and their triumphs will stick with you... and maybe taking this journey with Olivia will help you open your eyes to the friendships and blessings just outside your front door.

Thank you to Dial Books and NetGalley for an ARC of You May Already Be a Winner; all opinions above are my own.
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The pants are back again to work their magic for a second summer.  It's 12:00 midnight.  The night before the sisterhood will be separated for another summer of adventure, love, and finding their true selves.  What will the magic of the Traveling Pants have in store for each of the girls this summer?

 The four members of the sisterhood, Carmen, Bridget, Lena, and Tibby pick the lock on Gilda's Aerobics Center, (who knows why anyone would even want to get into that old smelly place besides them) where the four of them first united many years ago when they were still in their mother's stomachs.  If you haven't read the first book of this series, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, I highly recommend it.  Last summer, Carmen and the other girls stumbled across the pants in a thrift shop near their town.  They knew the pants contained some sort of indescribable magic when each of them tried the pants on, and they fit each of them perfectly.  Over the summer the pants were sent from one girl to the next, keeping the girls connected even though they were oceans apart.  Now, it's the second summer that the girls have had the pants, and they are about to take them out of their winter storage bag, where they put them last September.  There is sure to be some work for the pants this summer as Bridget seeks out her family in Alabama, Carmen finds love for herself and her mother, Lena gets her heart broken form past loves, and Tibby tries to find ways to cope with her lost loved ones.  Through all these hardships their friendship remains true.  Remember, "Pants=Love, Love your friends, love the pants."

 What I enjoy most about Ann Brashares books is how you can relate yourself to one of the four characters.  Whether you're a Bridget, a Lena, a Tibby, or a Carmen, each of the girls represents a different type of personality that everyone can relate to in some way.

 The most important key to understanding this book would be seeing how great the friendship is between the four girls.  You need to be able to understand the changes the girls are going through as they grow up together, but also how one thing stays constant and true between them, their friendship.

 The reason why I recommend this book to you is because I think the message of the story it tells on something everyone should learn.  This book, along with the three others in its series, has been the only book I have read that shows exactly what true friendship is.  Any teen girls who want to read a happy, uplifting story would be missing out if you passed this book up.
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OF ALL THE GIFTS MY MADDIE OPENDED...THE DREAM TOWNHOUSE CAPTIVATED HER MOST!!!!ONLY PROBLEM, WE HAVE TOO MANY BARBIES LIVING THERE.LOL
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This is a captivating story for little girls who love dolls and pretend.  One night a year the little dolls in the doll house come to life--at Christmas!  On this particular Christmas the normally neat and tidy doll house is topsy-turvy.  This story is funny, charming, and delightful.  It has 82 pages and is a good story to read to younger children.
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Our daughter, Olive, was suprised by her Elf On The Shelf, Gloria, who delivered this present a few weeks ago! She LOVES IT! It was very easy to put together and comes with many accessories! Everything pretty much snaps together and there are a few stickers you have to add. It took my son and I approximately one hour to complete. My daughter especially loves the elevator and garage! No barbies included but that's okay because she already had some to add to the fun. This Barbie dream house will give your child many hours of enjoyment and imaginative playtime.
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This is honestly the first review I have written for a product. We have had this dollhouse for almost 2 years and my girls (now ages 9 and 3) play with it everyday. Here are a few things we love about it:
1 - My two daughters and their friends have plenty of room for their Barbies. Each girl playing tends to make their own "bedroom" by using the sunroom, living room, bedroom, attic, etc.
2 - The furniture is still in great condition. They use the bed, couch and sunroom chair as beds everyday. The wood furniture is definitely better than plastic sets.
3 - The garage is fun to park Barbie scooters, snowboards, etc.

The only con is the elevator. It is difficult to move up and down; however, my girls just move their Barbies up and down each level without it.

Every adult that sees this Barbie house says it is amazing and all my girls' friends love playing with it as well. I guess the biggest reasons we love it so much is because it is sturdy, large enough for 4+ kids to play with it, and the furniture is well-made. Definitely worth the money!
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Alexis might not be perfectly well-adjusted to high school life, but she finds her niche as an outspoken pink-haired smart-aleck quite satisfying, thank you very much.

Her four-person family is far from perfect, but they have always managed to get by, in their spooky architectural jumble of a house. Alexis' mother spends more time at work than at home, but so do millions of other moms across America. Kasey, her doll-obsessed little sister, is sometimes too passive for her own good, but hopefully the doll-collecting is something she will grow out of. As for her father, they aren't exactly close, but he could be worse.

One night, after a family argument leaves Kasey in tears, Alexis comes to the rescue in the role of comforting big sister. Kasey requests a story, so Alexis soothes her with a made-up story off the top of her head. Since it is for her baby sister, the story revolves around a little girl and her doll, Kasey's favorite topic. Naturally, Alexis doesn't think much of the story, though come to think of it, it is a bit strange at how smoothly the spontaneous story rolls off her tongue.

However, shortly after Alexis' tale, Kasey starts behaving weirdly. More strangely than normal anyhow. It starts small, with her eyes sometimes changing color from blue to green and using old-fashioned language, like "oughtn't." At first, Alexis tries to brush away her foreboding feelings, deeming the odd vibes she is getting from Kasey as a figment of her imagination, nothing serious.

When mysterious lights appear in the middle of the night, doors close themselves, and the air conditioner goes haywire to the point where Alexis can see her breath in the house, she knows it is no overactive imagination. She has no idea what exactly is going on, but something weird is happening in their house, and much as she hates to admit it, Kasey has something to do with it.

Events spiral rapidly out of control, as midnight wanderings progress to thievery and even attempted murder. Alexis has no idea who to turn to - does anyone even believe in the supernatural anymore? People might just lock Kasey up as schizophrenic, but Alexis knows better. Her little sister is not crazy. Kasey is possessed.

Katie Alender's BAD GIRLS DON'T DIE is a haunting tale of one town's murderous history and a ghost that wants revenge.

Reviewed by:  Amber Gibson
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Me and my granddaughter loved this movie. We had an indoor camping weekend while her mother was gone. Made a tent in the living room and ordered movies on my laptop. The girls (her & her dolls) laughed a lot watching this.
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Sometimes, a book fails to live up to the hype.  I'm happy to say that's not the case here!  Sandi Holder's book is fun, informative, fabulous to look at and is a great read - something that can't be said of every Barbie book out there on the market today.  The pictures are crisp and sharp, the information accurate and the content well-organized.  The novice collector won't be lost and the seasoned collector can find plenty to look at, including some never before seen items.  The book also doubles as a mini-history of modern Barbie collection, an area long ignored in favor of the vintage era.  A must have for any Barbie collector or fan!
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Jeannette Walls really details her childhood  to the point its amazing she remembers so much but you are glad she did. She had such a adventurous and fun childhood you forgot that at times they were homeless times or that  they were amongst the poorest of the poor. Jeannette really was the head in house hold she took control when her lousy immature parents refused too. And was the inspiration for her other siblings to ,make something of their selves. However Rex and Rosemary took them on crazy, rough ride, and fun childhood. The Glass Castle is a dream home that her father told them that he was going build for her and her siblings but never delivered.
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I had been feeling all along that the Barbies they make sure don't resemble what we had in the past.
Some of them are cool for the girls of today, I suppose, but they just aren't the same. I remember all of the talk from some not too long ago who would say that the vintage Barbies are not good for their daughters as they were not anatomically "realistic"; no girl could live up to how she is built, etc. (She's a doll, for crying out loud, I would think!)
To me, the vintage Barbie reminds me of the many happy hours I spent playing, the memories I had with my friends and a great time in my life. I was so excited and surprised when my husband presented it to me as a Christmas gift!  It is excellent quality and reminded me of the one I had so many years ago!
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This Barbie Dream House was a big hit at my house, the girls loved it! Fits nicely in their room and works very well
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Oh, my goodness this book is so good. Bette never let's me down. It is about death, surviving the death, sad for Brooke. Revitalization of a family. Then a trip to a wonderful home that is magic. Of course Memory House brings every thing together. But the trip is magical getting there. I hope there is a number six!!
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I've been waiting for this one. Barbie is back getting her crazy on here in Nickerson Barbie 2. I liked that this book showed even more of the inner struggle Barbie goes through to try to remain sane, and also showed more of the relationship between Barbie and Nephew. My favorite part of this was actually the ending, because there's a twist there that I actually did not expect. I read a lot of urban fiction and fiction in general, so it's unusual for me to come across a storyline I haven't seen before, but that's exactly what happened here. It leaves enough of a set-up for a part 3 without causing a total cliffhanger where the reader feels cheated by the ending. I know I'm waiting for part 3 though, because I want to know:  what did Barbie do?!? I have my suspicions, but interested in seeing where it goes. Great read!
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I was born in the early 80s (I'm only a few months younger than the Bush twins) so I grew up during both of the Bush presidencies. I remember hearing about the families when they were in office and I became more interested in them when I was reminded that Barbara and Jenna are twins. I have boy/girl twins so I often become more interested when I hear about twins! When I heard that they wrote a book together about being sisters (I have a younger sister), I decided that I absolutely had to read this book. I ended up borrowing it from my local library but I would've been perfectly content if I had purchased it, which I may have to do since I enjoyed it so much!

Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Bush Hager are the twin daughters of former president George W. Bush and granddaughters of former president George H.W. Bush. They grew up in West Texas and both currently live in New York City, where they lead lives that are both separate yet entwined at the same time.

Sisters First is written from both of their perspectives. Some chapters are written by one sister while others are written by both. They share stories of them growing up that show how different they are yet how much they love each other and depend on each other because there are some things that only sisters can understand. I enjoyed their stories about growing up under the hot West Texas sun and the wonderful memories they have of their family trips. They also talk about what it was like to have a father run for president and then to live in the White House. I loved how the entire Bush family seems so real and they all have such wonderful bonds.

I LOVED this book! It's hilarious, heartwarming, and emotional and the beautiful combination made this a quick and very enjoyable read. I enjoyed the pictures in the middle and Barbara and Jenna just seem like such real, down-to-earth people, ones you could meet anywhere. Since I have a sister, I was able to relate to some of their stories and it also opened my eyes to the unbreakable bond between my twins (they are only four but I can see some of what was written in this book in them). If you are looking for a good book about sisterhood, I highly recommend this one! I loved it so much I'm considering purchasing my own copy!