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I have written about Innovative Kids’ books before as I am an admirer of the quality of information their books are able to communicate to children through simple and entertaining stories. Green Start is a series of books aimed to young children to gently introduce them to green living by understanding the importance of the [...]

After a long wait the World Cup finally kicks off today in South Africa. We are all set to watch and with two teams to support it is bound to be exciting! England and Italy are at the top of the list in our household. On top of that we have a question mark over [...]

I have just received the Alternative ABCs board book published by Ammo Books and it rocks. For all those hip kids and cool parents out there who want to break away from the pastel colours and conventional animal or fruit based ABCs this book is the answer. This funky ABCs board book is illustrated with [...]

Cookbooks for children have found a complete new meaning with the Handstand Kids books. They are cookbooks with easy recipes for children between 3 and 12 years of age and so much more. The Handstand Kids’ motto “Travelling the world, one recipe at the time” says it all. The characters are an eclectic group of [...]

I have recently come across a great series of books designed to introduce basic science concepts to kids. Little Pirate, Science Made Simple is a great line of books by Innovative Kids based on inquiry-based learning. Children go on a journey with the book’s characters to answer questions such as “Is a Shark a Fish?” [...]

I have admired Hello Hanna’s products for a while and when I saw the Hello Books I just had to share them with everyone here because they are such a great simple idea to occupy children with an activity that is fun, creative and educational all in one. They are book kits aimed to entertain [...]

The Snail and the Whale is the latest addition to our bookshelf. As usual Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler have come up with the goods and produced yet another great story with fabulous illustrations. The Snail and the Whale is the sweet tale of two very different creatures that use their individual strengths to help each [...]