Five On The Door: Little Learners

In the chaos of moving last week - more of that in another post - I was delighted to receive a lovely parcel (to our new address) from Parragon Books. It contained a sample of their 'Little Learners' range of books for Dexter to have a look at.

According to the marketing spiel:

"Designed in partnership with educational consultants and tested by mums and babies, each book in the range focuses on a different level of child development during children’s most crucial learning stages. From young baby through to toddler, the bright, bold and colourful books encourage education and interactive play between parent and baby, and can be used anytime and anywhere.Education and engagement remain at the heart of every book in the Little Learners series, stimulating a child’s curiosity about life and language – always with a primary focus on fun."

And our verdict? They're lovely! Dexter and I shared 'Incy Wincy Spider', 'This Little Piggy' and 'Hickory Dickory'. The books are a lovely size: perfect for little hands and pleasingly portable for car journeys and taking out and about in cafes and restaurants. I was super-impressed by the quality of the books, especially given the very reasonable retail price of £2.99 - £6.99 - which of course, also makes them ideal as birthday gifts or stocking fillers. Visually, they have a certain Lauren Child-esque charm in the collage effect of the pictures.

Dexter loved the little finger puppet which is attached to the centre of the book and was particularly fond of 'kissing' the piggy and the spider! The books draw on well-known nursery rhyme and fairy story favourites, so the boy also loved the familiarity of the contents.

The slightly larger 'Peek-a-Boo friends' features all of Dexter's favourite animals and a cleverly shaped 'handle', allowing him to carry it to his brand new 'big boy bed' for a bedtime story.

They also look beautiful on the shelf in Dexter's new bedroom; I shall certainly be buying more to add to the collection.