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Poppy the Pirate Dog

Poppy the Pirate Dog is a book written by Liz Kessler and illustrated by Mike Phillips. The book is suitable for ‘Early Readers’. Blue Early Readers are perfect for sharing and reading together. This is a red Early Reader which is the next step on your reading journey. It was released on 30 August 2012 and published by Orion Publishing. The book is paperback containing about 80 pages with six chapters. The font is a good reading size, simple words and easy to read by school children. Each page is beautifully illustrated with a lot of action.

Poppy the Pirate Dog

Star Paws: Animal Dress-Up Sticker Books

Sticker books are always popular in this house as my children love to stick stickers anywhere. It always keeps them entertained on car/train journeys or when they want to do arts and crafts. Pan Macmillan has launched four stickers books featuring Star Paws: Knights, Amazing Jobs, Shopping and Christmas. They are perfect for ages 3 and above and all animal lovers! All the feature animals are very adorable and cute! I love them too. It makes me want to get my own pet – hope Mr C doesn’t read this!

Star Paws Animal Dress-Up Sticker Books

Spaghetti with the Yeti

Spaghetti with the Yeti is a book written by Adam & Charlotte Guillain and illustrated by Lee Wildish. The book is suitable for ages 3+. It was released on 28th August 2013 and published by Egmont UK Ltd. It is paperback containing about 32 pages. The font is in various sizes, simple and easy to read by young school children. Each page is beautifully illustrated and very colourful!

Spaghetti with the Yeti book review

Angry Birds book

Angry Birds! They are forever so popular among children and even adults!  Mr C used to spend hours playing Angry Birds on his smartphone and I had to download Star Wars Angry Birds for my son, Mr K to play on it. Last year, Top That Publishing become an official Angry Birds Publisher and has published a range of new Angry Birds creative play and book products. We were sent the Magnetic Mix-Up and Playground Ca-Cool Masks to review.

angry birds Magnetic Mix-Up and Playground Ca-Cool Masks

Three Little Dinosaurs

Three Little Dinosaurs is a book written and illustrated by Charles Fuge. The book is suitable for ages 2 to 5. It is published by Parragon. It is a paperback containing about 24 pages. The fonts are various sizes and bold. They are quite easy to read by young reader. It is beautifully illustrated and the dinos are very cute too.

Three Little Dinosaurs

The Anagranimals and The Wishing Tree

The Anagranimals and The Wishing Tree is a book written by Leith Moghli and illustrated by Ian King. The book is suitable for ages 5 to 9. It was released on 1st September 2013 and published by Anagranimals Limited.  It is a paperback containing about 32 pages. The fonts are various sizes and easy to read.  Each page is cheekily illustrated,cute, detailed, and traditional in style.

The Anagranimals and The Wishing Tree

Press Out & Play Treasure Island

Treasure Island is a book written by Karen King and illustrated by Ben Mantle. It is suitable for ages 5 and above. It was released on 1 June 2013 and is published by Top That Publishing. Just a little information about the book. It is a hardback containing about 16 pages. The font is a good size, simple and easy to read by young school children. Each page is beautifully illustrated with pirate scenery. The pages are made from thick glossy cardboard pages which should make the book more durable.

Press Out & Play Treasure Island

Who’s For Dinner?

Who’s For Dinner? is a book written by Claire Freedman and illustrated by Nick East. The book is suitable for ages 3 to 5. It is published by Little Tiger Press. A little information about the book. It is paperback containing about 32 pages. The font is a good size, simple and easy to read by young school children. Each page is beautifully illustrated with a lot of action scenes.

who's for dinner book review

My Little Big Town Books

Recently, I launched a competition to win 3 sets of My Little Big Town Books.  Now, the books have landed for me to review. The Monster Book of Numbers and The Monster Book of Colours are both from a series of early learning books  designed for the most reluctant readers to encourage learning. Both books are written and beautifully illustrated by Calvin Innes. The books are suitable for preschool.  They were released on April 2013 and published by My Little Big Town Ltd.

My Little Big Town Books monster number

Elephant’s Birthday Bells

Elephant’s Birthday Bells is a book written by Carrie and David Grant who are from the creators of hit CBeebies series Pop Shop. It is part of a brand new range of six energetic picture books, all about making music! It is illustrated by Ailie Busby and the book is suitable for ages 3 to 7. It was released on 3rd June 2013 and published by Egmont Books Ltd.

Elephant's Birthday Bells

Lion’s Speedy Sauce

Lion’s Speedy Sauce is a book written by Carrie and David Grant who are from the creators of hit CBeebies series Pop Shop. It is part of a brand new range of six energetic picture books, all about making music! It is illustrated by Ailie Busby and the book is suitable for ages 3 to 7. It was released on 3rd June 2013 and published by Egmont Books Ltd.

Lion's Speedy Sauce

Smellessence the Splotz Scented Book

Don’t you just love the smell of a new book? Now Autumn Children’s book publisher has a new range of scented books for children which takes it to a whole new level! It is a new and exciting technology which involves children in the story and allows them to interact with the books on a multi-sensory level. We were sent four books of the scented books: Bluze, Honey, Coco and Mucky for review.  They are four new characters from the second range of Smellessence the Splotz books. I was very excited to read these with my children!

Smellessence the Splotz Scented Book

Itsyourstory – Zoo Adventure

Itsyourstory was the first company in the UK to sell photo personalised books for children and they are still the best!  Their range has expanded to 26 books as well as cards, party invites, e-books, e-cards and our latest product – a photo-personalised Father Christmas letter.

We were given this opportunity to review Itsyourstory Father’s Day Book: Zoo Adventure. It is very simple with clear instruction to order online. You can either choose to register an account or a guest account. Select a book and choose the size of the book. Add them in the basket and click checkout.  It will ask you if you would like to submit a photo and add any personalise words. Once the payment is cleared, you will received an email and you have 24 hours to make any amendment to it.

Itsyourstory - Zoo Adventure

Cheeky Harry Loves

Cheeky Harry Loves is a board book written by Laura Payne and illustrated by Ian King.  The book is suitable for the under fives. It is a thick board book containing 10 pages and is hard wearing and should survive being chewed by babies. The illustrations are detailed, cute and traditional in style. It is published by Cheeky Harry and Friends Ltd.

Cheeky Harry is the star of a new series of books for the under-fives. A delightful, friendly and adventurous little lion cub, he lives, learns, plays and has adventures with his friends Li, the tiger, Poppy the rabbit and Alfie the monkey.

Cheeky Harry Loves

Dr Duck

Dr Duck is a book written by Steve Smallman and illustrated by Hannah George.  The book is suitable for ages 3 to 7. It was released on 1st April 2013 and published by Little Tiger Press. Just a little information about the book. It is hardback containing about 32 pages. The font is a good size, simple and easy to read by young school children. Each page is beautifully illustrated with a lot of action.

dr duck book review

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I'm Eileen, a proud mum of two teenagers (aged 18 and 16), my daughter is living with visual impairment. Since launching this blog in May 2012, we’ve continued to grow and evolve, sharing our family’s journey and passions.

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