The Incredible Intergalatic Journey Home Book

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Fiona Martin

The Incredible Intergalatic Journey Home is a personalised children’s book that encaptures children’s imaginations as they see themselves magically travelling through space in a bid to find their way home. The key to these book’s success is the personalisation with your child’s name used as the key character in the story and also the book really does take you right to your own doorstep.

The book is printed on high quality paper and and story covers over thirty full colour pages full of images to get your child talking. My little boy always picks up on everything going on in pictures and loves to tell me what is happening before and after we read the pages. This story follow two friends, you child being one of them and his name can be seen throughout. At one point he see’s his name in stars across a page in the book which is a really nice touch. We found the whole story engaging and my little boy was imersed in what was going on and intrigued as to what was going to happen next.

The Incredible Intergalatic Journey Home follows the journey of the two friends trying to make their way back home, coming across lots of fun intergalatic filled adventures along the way including aliens and other creatures who try to help them get home. The book is clever in that as they approach earth, the pictures incorporate a map of Europe, then as they zoom in on where you live, there is a recognisable icon of a landmark in the region where you live. In our case we had the Eden project as we live in the South West of the UK. The next page then zones in on a map view of your actual street which is really quite cool. Mister B didn’t notice it at first but as soon as I started pointing out the top of Morrisons and our road, he really got excited and couldn’t believe our actual house was in the book!

This book is exciting, engaging, fun, full of colour and most importantly personalised which children just love. You know it’s one of those books they will come back to again and again and will cherish over many years.

My 5yr old Mister B loved his Incredible Intergalatic Journey Home book as I would imagine any child would. Being personalised makes it really special and a long term keepsake and being able to show a child where they live in a book like this is great recognition for the future. I think these books are lovely and so well made but the ultimate thing has to be what the child thinks about them, but fortunately I’m able to say that my little boy just adores this book, loves the personalisation and the story line just keeps him entertained. This is partly due to seeing his name but for him the full colour pictures just captivate and draw him in, he does love books though but I can honestly say this is a hit and would most probably be with any child!

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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Reward charts from Miggins & B – Review

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Fiona Martin

Reward charts are something I’ve used at various times over the last few years with my young children but finding one that works, keeps the child interested and is durable for multiple uses is often hard to find. Miggins & B have come up a set of reward charts that are fun, durable and a little bit different to other ones that I’ve seen and tried.

We received the “Blast Off” themed reward chart to try out with 5yr old Mister B. One of the biggest things I’m trying to tackle with him at the moment is tidying up! He forever leaves a trail of toys across the floor, particularly little bitty ones that he has several boxes for, so I thought I’d start using the chart to encourage him to tidy up.

The chart arrived rolled up, and being made of a lightweight pvc, this unrolled immediately and was flat, ready to hang on the back of one of our doors. Accompanying the chart is a sheet of adhesive backed vinyl stickers that stick well to the chart but are also easily removable, enabling the chart to be used again and again. The chart is A2 in size and easily wipeable making it a durable piece.

Here is Mister B with his first sticker, a little green alien. What I like about this chart is that the child can choose whereabouts they wish to put the stickers and it allows them to make up their own adventure. Here Mister B has put the alien on top of the red planet.

Not only that but there is a grey space at the bottom of the chart where you can stick all the stickers and when the child gets one, they just take it from the bottom and place it higher up. This way the stickers can’t be lost and it keeps everything in one place.

The chart comes with a total of 20 stickers with one being larger than the rest, in this case it is the rocket booster which can be the final sticker that the child earns each time. Mister B loved this concept and has made his own unique story each time he’s gone through the chart and is always eager to make the rocket blast off into space.

Here is his first adventure, apparently all the spaceman and aliens had got stuck on the planets and had to make a chain back down to the rocket!

The ultimate challenge was to get the rocket booster which meant that the chart was complete and Mister B would then get the chocolate coin that awaited him.

Look how proud he is of finally achieving his goal and I can honestly say we have had a much more tidier and helpful little boy around the house this past week – a big success!

Miggins & B have a variety of charts available to suit different children such as football, dinosaurs, flowers, fairies and horses. If you are looking to encourage better behaviours in your child then do pop over and check them out as a better behaved child makes for a happier household!

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

Algy’s Amazing Adventures in Space – Review

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Fiona Martin

Algy’s Amazing Adventures in Space is one of the latest books from the Orion Early Reader series. It is a red Early Reader which means it is perfect for those who are to read by themselves or to a listening adult. Miss M is 6 and a fairly confident reader so this is perfect for her to sit down and enjoy.

This book follows the adventures that a young boy Algy has when he visits the shed at the end of his garden. Behind a loose plank always lies an amazing adventure which he visits with the girl next door and her little brother. In this book they find themselves in space on another planet where they find a little tin dog who leads them to a crater where the dog’s owner GUS, a robot has fallen. Algy and his friend’s adventure follows their journey rescuing GUS from the hole and then learning a bit more about the planet such as the strange plants that are grown. They soon decide to return home through the shed after learning that the masters of the planet are due to return and they are aliens!!

This Orion Early Reader is a fun read, one that all children will enjoy. Miss M found it exciting and eager to read what happened next which is great to motivate her to finish the book. The book is full of colour illustrations on each page too which keep a child’s interest, Miss M always like to stop and look at the pictures before continuing to read.

We love the Early Reader series from Orion and think Algy’s Amazing Adventures in Space fit in really well, definitely something all young readers will enjoy.

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