I don’t know about you, but our house is full of book worms and avid book readers. We love books and they provide our children with the perfect end of the day ‘wind down’ routine, the chance to develop their imaginations, the opportunity to grow their sense and understanding of the world and of course the inspiration to many, many games and ideas!
Kids Book Buzz is a new seasonal kids books review series that aims to showcase some of our best finds. It may include good old favourites but will certainly also showcase some of the latest books hot off the press.
Baby – Toddler: 1-3 years
My Favourite Kitten
ISBN 9781529002812
Publisher: Campbell Books, Pan Macmillan Books
These delightfully sturdy board books provide the perfect introduction to each animal in the series. We love the leading questions that help parental interaction and the large lift the flap pieces are perfect for little hands to enjoy. They are simply illustrated with lovely endearing characters and each page also provides an array of everyday items that are familiar to babies which will assist building their vocab and you point out and name each one. These books are suitable to read to younger babies and will provide much delight to toddlers too as they become more familiar with the text and can begin to answer the questions that are posed.
Options in the series: monkey, owl, puppy and kitten.
Baby Touch: Colours
ISBN 9780241379103
Publisher: Ladybird
Filled with sensory fun and bright bold colours and shapes these interactive books are great for the little people to enjoy. Add some rainbow coloured fun to bedtime with this book that focuses on the different colours in the most delightful way.
Pre-schooler: 4-6 years
Brilliant Body
ISBN 9781529002799
Publisher: Campbell Books, Pan MacMillan Books
This book comes packed with fun facts and interactive turn and learn and fold out pieces. Our preschooler could not get enough of this delightful book. The center has a large fold out skeleton and this proved an excellent talking piece about our bodies and how we care for them! Filled with facts and fun illustrations this book gently introduces the basics of caring for one’s bodies to kids in an easy to understand format which allows children to dip into this book over and over always coming away with a new discovery.
Options in this series: Giant Dinosaurs, Amazing Animals, Super Space
Angry Owl Finds a Hobby
Author: Kerry Ponter
ISBN: 9781432309152
Publisher: Penguin
This funny story introduces children to the concepts of emotions, hobbies and perseverance through the lovable character, angry owl! The illustrations are humorous and delightful in this fun picture book. The perfect combination for a great bedtime storybook which brings up a few great topics to chat through with your young listener.
Younger Child: 7-9 years
The Shelter Puppy
Author: Holly Webb
ISBN 9781847159236
Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
This delightful heat warming story of a puppy in a shelter provides the perfect chance for emerging readers to get into reading book on their own. Written for furry friends fans, we know these stories will delight any young reader’s heart with their values and emphasis on the beauty and warmness of relationships.
Bear Grylls Adventures, The Sailing Challenge
Author: Bear Grylls
ISBN 978-1-78696-081-8
Publisher: Bear Grylls
The latest in this series from a real-life modern day adventurer Bear Grylls, provides children with a series of daring adventure stories. The challenge follows Bear and a child called Mila on an outdoor adventure camp. Here they meet a real inspiring outdoor adventurer and together they participate in a daring adventure together. We love how this story encourages adventure, the outdoors and equips children with skis along the way!
Older Child: 10-12 years
Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid
Author: Jeff Kinney
ISBN 9780241405604
Publisher: Amulet Books
Following on from the ever-popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, comes this fun version told from Rowley’s perspective. Full of fun and the iconic stick figure characters, this is a must read for any Jeff Kinney fan!
Julius Zebra, Entangled with the Egyptians
Author: Gary Northfield
ISBN 9781406378900
Publisher: Walker Books
This has to be one of the funniest history novels around. Julius is ship-wrecked on the shores of Egypt and he strikes it lucky as he is mistaken for a horse-god! Enjoy as this humorous story unfolds and the Egyptians begin to realize he is not all that they thought he was.
We hope you have enjoyed this first edition of our Kids Book Buzz Series.
Catch our next installment in our Kids Book Buzz – Festive Reads coming soon!
