{"id":34463,"date":"2012-11-29T12:35:40","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T20:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/?p=34463"},"modified":"2017-10-09T13:01:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T20:01:54","slug":"bigsby-interactive-story-buddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/bigsby-interactive-story-buddy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bigsby Interactive Story Buddy &#8211; The Family&#8217;s New Best Buddy (Bwhahaha!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interactive Story Buddy books and toys have been available from Hallmark for a while now. It wasn&#8217;t until I met the two of the authors earlier this year\u00a0(during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/hallmarks-moments-and-milestones-tour-hallmarktour\" target=\"_blank\">Moments and Milestones Tour<\/a>) that I became\u00a0particularly\u00a0intrigued by these innovative toys. At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/blogher-12-recap-craziness-summarized\" target=\"_blank\">BlogHer<\/a>, I was able to preview the new offerings from the Interactive Story Buddy line and that&#8217;s when I met him &#8211; a gruff, yet sweet, big-footed, had-to-have fuzzy friend named Bigsby. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hallmark.com\/interactive-story-buddies\/bigsby\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bigsby Interactive Story Buddy<\/a>\u00a0joined our family just a short while ago has found a permanent home on our counter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34464\" title=\"Bigsby Interactive Story Buddy Book, CD, and Plush by Hallmark\" alt=\"Bigsby Interactive Story Buddy Book, CD, and Plush by Hallmark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bigsby01.jpg\" width=\"760\" height=\"503\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Interactive Story Buddies are plush toys that talk. Each toy comes with a book starring them. As you read the story, you&#8217;ll notice some phrases are highlighted in another color. When you read those phrases, you&#8217;ll Story Buddy will talk back in response to you. It&#8217;s extremely cute and will have both your child and the one one reading to\/with them smiling. An audio CD is also included.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Nrq9rYm4Eyw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"640\" height=\"360\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Nrq9rYm4Eyw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Bigsby has the sweetest story that will appeal to both girls and boys from a variety of ages. He a shy character with big feet who happens to make a really good new friend while hiding in the forest. It cracks my daughter and I up when my husband talks JUST like Bigsby! The other three books about Bigsby which are currently available (<em>Bigsby&#8217;s Borrowed Shoes<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Bigsby&#8217;s Big News<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Bigsby in the Big City<\/em>) are just as cute!<\/p>\n<p>For more Interactive Story Buddy goodness, try getting to know another of these characters and series:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34465\" title=\"Hallmark Interactive Story Buddy Collection\" alt=\"Hallmark Interactive Story Buddy Collection\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/storybuddy01.jpg\" width=\"760\" height=\"115\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Initial sets which include a book, CD, and character cost about $34.95 at your local Hallmark or online. Additional books are $9.95 each. These will be a guaranteed hit with any son, daughter, niece, nephew, granddaughter, grandson, friend, etc. So hurry over and find your new favorite buddy!<\/p>\n<p>Also, from now until 1\/1\/13, you can get\u00a030% off your personalized greetings order\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hallmark.com\/shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hallmark.com<\/a>\u00a0using the code\u00a0<strong>BLOG30\u00a0<\/strong>at checkout. If you&#8217;re REALLY fast, you can even use the code\u00a0<strong>CYBER40<\/strong> until 12\/2\/12 to get 40% off + FREE shipping!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15619\" title=\"level04\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/level04.jpg\" width=\"213\" height=\"50\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interactive Story Buddy books and toys have been available from Hallmark for a while now. 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