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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

My Touch-and-Learn Board Books







My Touch-and-Learn Board Books Set (5 books)
Retail: RM75
My Price: RM65

This collection of books is designed to introduce basic concepts, such as numbers and letters to children age 0 to 5. Textures are used to give children the opportunity to touch and feel the shapes of numbers and letters which will make learning more effective.

164mm x 164mm, full color, 16pp board books. Suitable for age 0 to 5

Smart Step Cards


Smart Step Cards (8 boxes)
Retail: RM115
My Price: RM99

Smart Step Cards are a great way to learn! The big, eye-catching words and pictures will definitely capture children's attention and help them learn faster. With these cards, children can expand their vocabulary and gain an awareness of the things around them. Suitable for use at home or in school, these cards make an excellent teaching and learning tool.

Titles of the 8 series:
- Alphabet
- Number 0-10
- Number 11-20
- Colours and Shapes
- Opposites
- About Me
- Fruits and Vegetables
- Animals and Their Babies


210mm x 148mm, full color, 32 pieces for each box set, age 0 to 6 (56 pieces for Alphabet set)

Happy Teddy Board Books Set









Happy Teddy Board Books Set (8 board books) 
Retail: RM63.20
My price: RM56

Here's a wonderful series of board books with rounded corners for young children to learn early concepts. The creative association between words and graphics makes learning a great pleasure. Children will love this series because it is colourful, simple and captivating.

Suitable for children age 0-3.
120mm x 120mm, full colour, 16pp board book.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Fish Wish by Bob Barner

Fish Wish (32 pages)
by Bob Barner

RM40
RM25

From School Library Journal

A trip to an aquarium leads a young boy to wonder, "If I were a fish-" and his imagination takes over. Barner's clever use of perspective shows the bright orange clownfish (the boy's alter ego) changing in size depending on which sea creatures are nearby. Readers can follow it through its colorful underwater world on a coral reef, swimming past dolphins, sea turtles, octopus, squid, jellyfish, sea horses, shrimps, crabs, sea anemone, and starfish. 
The rhythmic text expresses the action. Double-page spreads can easily be viewed from a distance. The clever, textured collage illustrations, made with commercial and handmade papers, foil, beads, ribbon, antique buttons, fabric, cork, and pastels, warrant a closer look. A diorama with a numbered key identifies the creatures of the reef, and a spread that includes brief facts about them and information about coral reefs is appended. This engaging picture book with its simple text and bright illustrations offers a creative introduction to the natural world of the sea.

From Kirkus Reviews

A dazzling introduction to the creatures living in the increasingly threatened environment of a coral reef. "If I were a fish,'' thinks a child who watches an orange clownfish and imagines himself becoming the fish, taking readers through the author's bright collages of handcrafted papers, buttons, foils, fabric, beads, and ribbons. Oversized type undulates through the ocean, describing dolphins above, sea turtles gliding by, an octopus flanked by a squid squirting ink, sea horses, shrimps, crabs, and a cloud of jellyfish. All leap out of the pages in startling colors. Night finds the clownfish tucked into the tentacles of a sea anemone and making a ``fish wish'' to welcome the scuba-geared child of the opening to its environment.
The symbiotic relationship of clownfish to sea anemone is explained in notes in the back, along with interesting facts about the rest of these saltwater creatures. Other back matter includes a diorama with a key to its inhabitants and just enough information about coral reefs to whet young appetites. A fresh and appealing look at a fascinating environment.

The children can learn many sea creatures through this wonderful picture books, such as sea turtle, squid, dolphin, trumpet fish, angelfish, grouper, moray eel, stingray, shrimps, barracuda, clownfish, sea horse, hermit crab, sea cucumber, giant blue clam, octopus, flounder and sea snake. 

Little Quack's ABC's by Lauren Thompson



Little Quack's ABC's (26 pages)
by Lauren Thompson
Illustrated by Derek Anderson 

RM20
RM15 

Little Quack may be familiar to some kids and he is a typical "boy." In this "Super Chubby" board book, kids learn the alphabet while also exploring Little Quack's world. His habitat includes creatures that are around him like and ants and those that are noticed by others like the butterfly which his brother Widdle spies. The letters of the alphabet are printed in a different color to make them stand out on the page. 

The text is not just a hodgepodge of things; it has a story line as we spend a day with Quack. Everything appears to be the sorts of things Little Quack and his siblings would see—a caterpillar, flower, grass, ladybug, mama, nest and closing with a big yawn and "five sleepy ducklings ...zzzzzz!" Thompson provides an easy way to review the alphabet in a book that will surely be read many times with kids and parents pointing to the letters. 

Counting Sheep by Dr. Julie Glass

Counting Sheep (32 pages)
by Dr.Julie Glass
Illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka

RM25
RM20

What do you do if you can't sleep? Count sheep! That's what the restless hero of this rollicking tale does. And when sheep don't work, he counts kangaroos by twos and monkeys by threes. But when he gets to bees by fours, the animals run amok! Then it's a countdown to dream time. With energetic, bright illustrations and rhythmic text, this is a great introduction to the idea of counting by sets, a precursor to multiplication.

Wonderful Mathematics story book for young readers! 

I Love Bugs! by Emma Dodd

 
I Love Bugs! (26 pages)
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Dodd’s latest installment is sure to make bug lovers of us all. Follow the fearless young, curly haired young boy as he explores all types of bugs like “springy jumpy leapy bugs” or “whiny-buzzy-sound bugs” found in the grass, under logs, in the sky and even at a picnic. 
 
Simple strings of choice adjectives move the story along at a great read-a-loud pace and the bouncy rhythm never misses a beat. Dodd’s language is as explosive and colorful as her full spread illustrations. Using bright, bold colors and thick black outlines amidst a variety of textures truly captures the details of the book’s creepy, crawly subjects without the scare factor. 
 
Dodd is careful to use large, almost inquisitive eyes for all the bugs, reassuring younger readers who may feel apprehensive around the real things. Even the “stripy swipey sting bugs” appear friendly enough to picnic with. Young children will love spotting their favorite bugs like butterflies and lightning bugs, which are easily recognizable, and will squeal along with the narrator at the final hairy encounter.