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The Read and Play Dinosaur Activity Pack from Miles Kelly has been a huge hit here with 5yr old Mister B. It really is packed full of activities that have fully engaged him and he has returned to the pack time after time.

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The box opens out to reveal a pile of contents including a story book, an activity book, a puzzle and two precut sheets of accessories. What’s really clever about this box is that the flaps and the inside all contain things to do which you’ll see further down the review, but also the box is a great place to store everything at the end of play.

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We started reading the story book ‘Rex gets a Scare’ which is perfect for young children with full colour pages and lots to look at which also keeps my 5yr old entertained as he likes to tell me everything that he sees going on through the pictures. The story follows Rex, a large green dinosaur who shouldn’t be scared of anything but finds he gets scared by flowers and bees. He has lots of dinosaur friends around him though to support along the way.

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The activity book is packed full of puzzles and games that my little boy loved from mazes, dot to dot, spot the difference and even a fun ‘Scramble and Slide’ game that he loves to play.

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The box itself opens up to become a dinosaur play scene. There are some press out sheets to create dinosaur models of Rex and his friends which we sat and made together. My little boy could then play with his model dinosaurs on the play scene which he really enjoyed. miles-kelly-dinosaur-7

The flaps of the box fold over to reveal a couple of board games, ludo and draughts. The counters for these can be popped out of one of the pre cut sheets and my little boy loved the dinosaur discs. Prior to this my little boy wasn’t aware of the rules of draughts but it is now a game he enjoys and happily plays.

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One of his favourite parts of this set was the puzzle. I think because it was round it had extra appeal, but it is also a really good thickness that will last unlike a lot of puzzles in book sets like this.

Overall I think that the Read and Play Dinosaur set is excellent and has been thoroughly enjoyed here along with being packed with good quality pieces that have been well thought out and are perfect for young dinosaur fans.

All reviews are my own and my family’s opinions and we received the product in order to write an honest review.

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Miles Kelly is an independent children’s book publisher that covers everytime of book from fiction, non fiction, activity books and sticker books. They really have a wide umbrella of titles, something for everyone.

We received a selection of books suitable to my children’s ages to try out and I have to say we were impressed by them all. They are are of an excellent quality and my children were eager to get reading when they saw them.

Miss M starting looking through the 100 Facts Solar System and recalled some things she recognised from learning at school last year. Each page of this book is full colour and packed full of annotated pictures and fact files whilst going through 100 interesting facts about the solar system. Going through the book with her, we found some facts that turned into quite fascinating talking points which even my young son enjoyed listening to and making sounds/actions to, demonstrating the points we were discussing, such as meteorites being blasted out of the surface by other rocks smashing into them!

I think it’s great when children can take in snippets of information from books like this as you know it’s something that they will remember. The book is fun to look through and you can read as much or as little as you like at a time. There are short quizzes dotted throughout the book to test your knowledge of the pages you’ve just read which is always fun when you are going through the book together, encouraging children to want to learn so they get the answers right.

The book that really grabbed Miss M’s attention is the mini Encyclopedia of British History, although surprising, I knew she would be interested as she is currently learning British History at school and really does have an interest in seeing things outside of school that are relevant to what she is learning. She immediately sat flicking through this book and seemed quite engrossed, but she had come across the era that all her homework is based on this term, Stone Age, Iron Age and Bronze Age. She found a great labelled picture of a round house from which she used the information for her own drawing of a round house which she had to label. And she was really inspired about the Iron Age hill forts and got lots of ideas for the model she had to make for one of her school assignments.

This book gives a fascinating journey through time in Britain from the era where woolly mammoths existed right up to the 2012 London Olympics. With just short of 400 pages this mini encyclopedia is packed full of infomation in short bursts of paragraphs and facts with lots of colour illustrations to engage the reader.

Reading Together Goldilocks and the Three Bears is a brilliant story and activity book for those just starting to read. Mister B started school this year but his reading is already progressing well and this book has been great for him. Not to mention Goldilocks has been a topic at school this term!

The book follows the story of Goldilocks along illustrated pages but at the bottom of each page are some words for your child to read related to words or sounds in the story. There are 70 stickers to use within the book encouraging children to learn their phonics and find the right ones for each pages activity. This really engaged Mister B and made the learning fun and is different to other phonics based activity books I’ve come across.

Our final book is The Three Little Pigs, a picture book for young children. A lovely size with full colour pages that are beautifully illustrated, this is an excellent rendition of the traditional tale. The pictures are fun and engaging, with plenty for young children to look at, point at and tell you what they think is going on in the story. I know Mister B loves giving his version of the a story’s events before I read a page, showing that he’s engaging to what he’s listened to previously.

Overall I think the Miles Kelly books are of excellent quality and full of engaging content for children. They are beautifully put together and there is such a wide variety of books available to cover each child’s tastes that there really is something for everyone. My children have thoroughly enjoyed these books, and this is definitely a publisher that I’d recommend.

All reviews are my own and my family’s opinions and we received the books in order to write an honest review.