Christmas 4000 Sticker Activity Book – Review

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Fiona Martin

Christmas 4000 Sticker Activity Book from Parragon is the perfect way to keep kids occupied over the festive season. With a jam packed book bursting with pages to keep little ones entertained and an exceptional array of stickers in the middle, every child will be keen to dig in and explore what there is to do.

The multitude of pages really does cover every kind of activity, from colouring to dot to dot, mazes, spot the difference, various drawing activities as well as loads of pictures for you to stick your stickers!

If your kids love stickers, then they certainly won’t be disappointed. There are many pages in all different sizes and shapes, but importantly they are brightly filled with festive images to create wonderful pictures with. I love the little gingerbread men skiing as well as a full set of stickers to recreate a nativity scene, including Mary, Joseph, shepherds, kings and of course baby Jesus. My little boy was particularly fond of these as he has recently perfomed his first nativity at school, so was excited to show me the scene on paper with these stickers.

This book is action packed and has hours of activities in it, well worth getting to fill any spare time over the next few weeks!

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

My Big Monster Book of Fun – Review

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Fiona Martin

My Big Monster Book of Fun from Parragon books is a jam packed activity book for little ones with over 190 pages of fun things to read and do. It reall

The book is divided into sections, starting first with a 24 page rhyming story ‘Scaredy Boo!’ accompanied by full colour page illustrations to keep little ones entertained. There are then sections for monster activities, colouring, T-Rex Terror, dinosaur activities, dinosaur colouring and an answer section to the puzzles throughout the book.

The activities are so varied from spotting differences, putting monsters in order, finishing drawing some zombies etc that it will keep children interested and motivated to work through the book. It’s also an easy book to pick up and put down as an when you please. My little boy loves this and often picks it up to do a few pages.

As well as having at home this would be great to take away on holiday to keep children entertained or whilst travelling as it’s self contained with loads of things to do, you just need a few pencils!

We love My Big Monster Book of Fun and it has provided many hours of fun.

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

Busy Busy Things That Go 2000 Stickers Book – Review

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Fiona Martin

Busy Busy Things That Go 2000 Stickers by Parragon Books is an activity book to keep little ones occupied. Filled with eight pages of stickers and lots of background pages, you can create many scenes using the prompts provided or your imagination as my 4 yr old loved to!

This book is packed full of colour pages for to put the stickers on with lots of transport style scenes to get you going. In the centre are eight pages of stickers with all sorts of people, vehicles and accessories on to add to the scene pages.

What I really liked about the scene pages, is that they are full of prompts as to what sort of stickers to add to the page. There are also questions, asking children to find certain things or draw in an additional item and also a few puzzle pages. Mister B really enjoyed looking for the stickers he needed for each page. I sat with him and asked him any questions that were on each page and he enjoyed spotting things as well. He loves the transport theme of the book.

Due to the size and numerous pages in this book, it can be revisited many times to complete it all. It really is a fun sticker book for pre schoolers and ideal for both at home or to take on holiday with you. I always like to have something to hand to occupy the children should we have a rainy day or have some spare time, and this book would be just the thing for my 4 yr old.

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

Gold Stars Dinosaurs by Parragon – Review

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Fiona Martin

Travel Back Through Time to the Land of Dinosaurs is a book by Parragon in their Gold Stars series, meaning it is educational but fun, encouraging young ones to engage in learning, almost without realising it.

With over 100 full colour pages there is so much to learn and do in this action packed book and my 4yr old Mister B was eager to get started. One of his favourite activities in these type of books are mazes, and there were plenty of them in here to keep him occupied.

The pages contain a mixture of facts and activities, plenty to learn and do. What I really like about the facts and information in the book is that it is set out in numerous different ways encouraging interest rather than being paragraphs of information. For example to understand how big dinosaurs were, there are diagrams likening them to the size of buses. There are also things for children to do on the same pages as information, therefore I found that I could read out bits while Mister B enjoyed a bit of colouring or drawing but he also discussed the facts with me. He was rather amused to learn that a Diplodocus made the biggest dinosaur poo, due to the amount that it ate!!

What a fabulous book to use to occupy your child at the weekends or over the summer, knowing that they are having fun but learning at the same time.

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

Red Fish Yellow Fish Little Learners Book – Review

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Fiona Martin

Little Learners is a gorgeous new range of books from Parragon aimed at babies and toddlers. With different styles of books in the range from nursery rhymes, peek a boo books and simple colour/shape recognition books, we were given a colours book to see what they were like and share our thoughts on this new series of books.

Red Fish, Yellow Fish is a board book, with really thick solid pages, perfect for little fingers. What I really like, that I haven’t seen before is the finger holes at the bottom right corner of the book, which makes it much easier for little ones to hold and turn the page.

This is a colour recognition book, which gives the opportunity for little ones to learn and practice their colours. It also focuses on sealife, so the child also gets to learn about animals that live in the sea, thus learning two things at once.

I like the simple, cute drawings that are bright enough to catch little ones eyes and draw them into the objects. With creatures such as crabs, starfish, octopus and many others to look at, all put into pairs of different colours, there is lots to learn, and this makes it a great starter book for little people!

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

Glitterbelle Princess Books – Review

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Fiona Martin

Glitterbelle is a new princess from Parragon books who loves to sparkle. The range of Glitterbelle books includes a story book and various activity books. We received a couple of activity books for Miss M to try out and they didn’t disappoint. Beautifully designs and excellent quality have meant they have been a great hit with us.

The Glitterbelle Dazzling Dress Up book is a really lovely combination of a story along with a sticker book, in which you dress up Glitterbelle and her friends Dazzlina and Angel in different outfits on each page depending on what’s happenning in the story. There are four pages of very pretty, glittery stickers in the centre containing all the outfits they need from dresses, skirts, tops, trousers, shoes and lots of other accessories. This is a really lovely dress up book that I’d highly recommend.

Glitterbelle Me and You is a lovely padded covered book with a purple, glittery elastic strap to keep the book closed. It is in face a diary, a place to write your secrets, answer questions, list your favourite things etc. The diary has full colour pages prompting you with things to write, boxes to tick and documenting facts about you, such as pets, hobbies and best friends.

This diary is perfect for Miss M who is 7 as she loves writing little things down and this keeps her occupied independently. She keeps it by her bed and likes to fill in a few bits at bedtime. She also loved the dress up book with the stickers and again could enjoy it competently on her own, reading the story as she went so she knew which outfit stickers to use on each page.

I think these would make a lovely gift for either a young girl who could do the activity books assisted by a grown up or for a slightly older girl of around 6 or 7 years who can enjoy them independently.

I love the Glitterbelle range of books from Parragon, why not take a look and see what you think?

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

Parragon Life Canvas Stationery Collection – Review

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Fiona Martin

Parragon have a fabulous new range out of Life Canvas stationery and I was lucky to received the Paris notebook and sticky notes in a tin. Also included in the range are note cards, little tin set, journal, magnet set and file folders amongst other bits and pieces. Their are also several designs in the Life Canvas range, including Paris, Wild and Butterflies.

The pocket notebook is a delightful design with pretty pale pink pages and an Eiffel Tower stamp logo in each corner. The page are thick and easy to write on. The cover is sturdy and will withstand being carried in your bag, perfect for carrying round to keep notes in. There is also a pink elastic to pull around the front to keep the notepad closed.

The sticky notes in the tin are so cute! With eleven different shaped sticky pads each with a Parisian inspired background, you can find the perfect shape for every occasion. The rectangular ones are perfect for marking a page in a book, the triangular ones are great for when you just need to write one word reminders and the squares are ideal for writing little notes to yourself.

I love the way they all fit into a tin, keeping them all together and ready to use. I think these would make a lovely gift for someone. I love mine and keep them next to my laptop ready to use as I go about my day. A lovely stationery range from Parragon that any stationery fan will adore!

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

Anthony and the Ants – Book Review

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Fiona Martin

Anthony and the Ants from Parragon books is an amusing little story that made us giggle. It a nice size picture book with full colour pages and and fun illustrations.

The story follows Anthony the anteater who loves his food, but unfortunately a group of ants keep walking away with his food before he’s had time to eat it. Anthony starts to get really fed up that this keeps happening so decides to go somewhere else to eat. I won’t spoil what happens next but it does result in the ants and Anthony being friends and learning to share with each other.

Anthony and the Ants is a fun book with a happy ending. Both my children enjoyed the storyline and thought it was quite amusing. The pictures help to set the scene for them and they giggled at the ants carrying away all the food. This is a fun, quick to read story that we’ll enjoy many times over.

All reviews are my own and my family’s opinions and the book was sent to us in order to write the review.

Bunny Loves To Learn – Book Review

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Fiona Martin

Bunny Loves to Learn is a gorgeously illustrated picture book written by Peter Bently and illustrated by Emma Foster & Deborah Melmon. Published by Parragon, this book is a beautifully presented picture book, with full colour pages.

It follows the story of a little class of bunnies and their teacher Miss Nibbler. She brings in a box of costumes and challenges them them to dress up as people who lived a long time ago and make something from the time when they lived and tell the class about it. After lots of busy making and decisions they finally each do a wonderful show and tell to the the class with a knight, viking, princess and an Egyptian mummy.

Bunny Loves to Learn is a delightful little story with fabulous illustrations that we really enjoyed reading. We found the storyline interesting and it gave us talking points with each of the costumes being made. A great little book that we love reading over and over again and is suitable for both my children aged 3 and 6. They have both enjoyed it

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

Muddypaws’ New Friends – Picture Book Review

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Fiona Martin

Muddypaws is a dog belonging to a young boy called Ben. When Ben attends school he leaves Muddypaws at home, until one day when Ben takes Muddypaws to puppy school for the day. This is a delightful story from Parragon books that teaches about friendship and having fun.

With beautiful lifelike illustrations, the pages are engaging to look at and my children enjoyed looking at was going on as they listened to the story. Muddypaws gets to make new friends at puppy school as well as learning new doggy skills, which with perseverance and encouragement from his friends he finally masters.

This is a cute story of friendship and shows the support and fun of having friends, both new and old. My children both enjoyed listening to this story, Miss M even took a turn of reading it out loud to Mister B. A great story for animal lovers.