Children's Books

Advantages: Beautiful collection
Disadvantages: None

...an attractive book filled with 100 of the best loved nursery rhyme. It is a lovely book to share with your child or would make a lovely birthday or christening present for someone else. For rhymes that can be moved to, there is a description at the bottom of the page explaining how to do the movements-very helpful, especially if its a rhyme you've not heard before. The illustrations are beautiful and make this book a pleasure to read. CONTENT ...
...Play Together Rhymes This section includes favourites such as 'Incy Wincy Spider', 'The Mulberry Bush', 'Pat-a-Cake' and 'Oranges and Lemons'. My son loves 'I'm a little teapot' as he knows the movements and loves perfoming them- as you will see in the picture below, my daughter loves pretending to be a teapot too! My son and daughter also love holding hands and dancing round and round to 'The Mulberry Bush'. Animal Rhymes Animal rhymes are always ... Read review

Advantages: Bright photography, simple text, sliding squares
Disadvantages: Nothing at all

Not a teletubbies book review at last! Lol, well this (and another Miriam Stoppard book I shall review shortly) is the latest addition to my son's bookshelf, but I decided to go for something a little more educational this time, so when I saw these advertised at a cut-down price on the Red House website, I put in an order quick sharpish. The title of this book kind of explains its content, "Amazing Colours", the book takes you through lots of colours ...
...known Dr. Miriam Stoppard. *The Author* Dr Miriam Stoppard writes for the health column in the newspaper The Mirror, and has been a doctor for over 40 years, and has written many books on parenting, women's health and now educational books for children. She also writes for the magazine Top Santé and in the Tesco magazine too. *The Book* Well, I must say that this book really stands out on bookshelves! It is a large sized book, I will mention ... Read review

Advantages: great pictures, added cd
Disadvantages: none

...8” square. With 32 pages. Animal Boogie is a story about taking you on a journey through the jungle, finding different animals and learning what they do, i.e. elephant stomping, monkey swinging and snakes slithering. You start off by having to guess which animal is moving in a particular way, whilst seeing a part of it hiding behind the leaves or trees, then on the next page you find the animal and as part of the story you can then act out what the ...
...to play it. Animal Boogie is available to buy online through a company called “Barefoot Books” for £5.99, I bought mine through a friend who was hosting a “Barefoot Book” party at her house. You may be able to find it elsewhere cheaper. This book has also been awarded a platinum award from the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio. BAREFOOT BOOKS Celebrating art and story “At Barefoot Books, we celebrate art and story with books that open the hearts and minds ... Read review

Advantages: Good format and interesting for children.
Disadvantages: Too short.

...books in this series: ~ At home ~ On the building site ~ In the park ~ In the countryside ~ At the pond ~ On the farm ~ In the jungle ~ On the pond ~ In the sea ♦♦♦ Price and Availability ♦♦♦ ISBN: 0-7513-4364-3 costs £4.99 although I got a good deal as I bought a few in the series. I've looked on the DK website, www.dk.com but they don't show, however it is available from www.amazon.co.uk ♦♦♦ ...
...to …….'Follow the friendly monkey….. At the zoo'. The book begins with the monkey arriving at the zoo, wanting to meet the other animals …… "I'll ask them to tell me about themselves." And so begins monkey's meetings with some of his new neighbours, each of them informing both the monkey and the reader something about themselves: - the parrot whose beak is sharp - the zebra, each of which has a unique pattern of stripes - the polar bear who ... Read review

Advantages: Flaps to lift
Disadvantages: None

OVERVIEW This is a super book for babies and toddlers from Dorling Kindersley. Children will love the brightly coloured pictures and lift up flaps. They will associate with the pictures of young children and their day to day activities. It is a hard board book- this makes it easy for little hands to turn the pages and also makes it more durable. It is one of a few lift the flaps books ive had where the flaps havent been damaged- there are nice finger ...
...very useful. The language is very basic, with most pages just having keywords on. DETAILS The first two pages are about 'My Body'. There are pictures of three children with their body parts clearly labelled, great for older children who are starting to read. There is a part all about movement, with flaps that lift up to change the movement, for example from running to stretching. Children reading the book can try copying the movements themselves. ... Read review