Empty the washing machine, hang out the clothes, then decide where to put them away while learning concepts, from colors, patterns, and shapes, to numbers and opposites. Develop fine motor skills using the ten fuzzy felt pieces that tuck away securely in an attached envelope for storage.
Ages: 3 years and up Size: 7 x 10 Pages: 12 Series: Little Helpers Author: Susie Brooks Price: $13.99 (Board)
Create beautiful, layered paper dioramas with this clever art activity book! Combining drawing, coloring and scissor skills, children are taken page by page through creating four lovely landscape scenes. The front of the pages contain line illustrations created by the talented illustrator Anouck Boisrobert, which the children can color in and add details. On turning the page to view the reverse side, they will see cut lines, instructing them on areas of the page to cut away. As they finish each page in turn, a layered landscape is slowly created. Flipping back to the first page will reveal the completed scene it all its glory!
Ages: 6-10 Size: 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 Pages: 96 Author: Anouck Boisrobert, il Price: $12.99 (Flexi-binding)
Jack is not expecting to bump into Baby Bear in the Giant’s castle. When Mommy Bear and Daddy Bear arrive, they are just as confused, and the Giant’s footsteps are getting closer…
Ages: 3 years and up Size: 9 1/2 x 11 Pages: 32 Series: The Wrong Fairy Tale Author: Tracey Turner Price: $12.99 (Hardback)
Tall hats, long hats, stripy hats, sparkly hats … they’re all here! A laugh-out-loud story with rhyming text and vibrant artwork that begs to be read again and again.
Supremely silly, fabulously funny, and wholly heartwarming – a book to celebrate the power of books and imagination, a book to be read again and again!
Ages: 2-6 years Size: 10 x 11 1/2 Pages: 32 Author: Rashmi Sirdeshpande Price: $12.99 (Hardback)
Giraffe hurt his neck and Elephant hit her knee … but a cast makes it better. Young readers will eagerly use the reusable stickers to help make the animal friends “feel better too.”
Ages: 3-5 years Size: 9 1/4 x 8 1/4 Pages: 16 Series: All Better Author: Bernd Penners Price: $12.99 (Board)
Dog hurt his foot, Sheep scratched her tummy and Bear sat on a splinter! What will make everything all better? Clean it, kiss it and put a bandage on it! Young readers will delight in the five animal friends’ misadventures and be eager to help make things “all better” with the five reusable and repositionable stickers.
Age: 3-5 Size: 9 1/4 x 8 1/4 Pages: 16 Series: Picture Books KM Author: Henning Löhlein Price: $12.99
The supportive activities in this book are designed to tackle child anxiety and stress, help the child to work out how and why they feel worried, encourage them to talk to others about their worries (if they want to), and feel calmer.
Series: Mindful Kids Series The age-appropriate exercises and activities are designed to tackle the complex emotions a child faces and help the child to work out how and why they feel that way.
From firefighter to aid worker, from police officer to mountain rescue worker, mommies and daddies do all kinds of jobs in all kinds of places, but there’s one thing every child knows for sure – they’re heroes!
Ages: 3-7 years Size: 10 x 10 Pages: 32 Series: Family Heroes Author: Harriet Evans, Ill. by Fontini Tikkou Price: $12.99 (Hardback)