We are big book fans in this house and although sadly I don’t get the time to read any myself at the moment, I love reading stories to the boys, and they have had them included as part of their daily lives since they were very small. Daddy reads to Burton ever night before he goes to sleep and then Burton always goes off to sleep surrounded by books, which I have to remove later when I go to bed myself!
We we recently sent some new titles by LittleTiger Press to read and look at together
Monty & Milli The Totally Amazing Magic Trick
(Written by Tracey Corderoy , illustrated by Tim Warnes)
When I read this to the boys, it made me smile and I said to Burton that just as he sometimes gets fed up with Jenson copying everything he does and wrecking things like his train track when he has built it, Monty gets frustrated when his little sister Milli wants to be involved with everything he does too! Burton then proceeded to tell me about some things Jenson does!!
This is a really sweet story about a typical sibling relationship where the younger one annoys the older done by ‘spoiling’ their fun and generally getting in the way! It has a lovely ending showing that in fact as much as Milli frustrates him, Monty loves her very much.
We have been adopting the magic words kazaam kazim kazoom! at meal times in a bit to get Burton to finish meals he doesn’t want to, and yay to magic because it has helped a couple of times now!
Bright Stanley Double Trouble
(written by Matt Buckingham)
A fish called Stanley is looking after his cousin Dennis and needs to find ways of occupying him and to keep him out of trouble. Except that little Dennis is a bit of a dare devil fish and wants some adventures and not play boring games like hide and seek!
This is a fun book with some great illustrations! Burton now likes saying ‘double trouble’ a lot too, and I reply “yes, just like you and Jenson!”
Duck Says Don’t!
(written by Alison Ritchie, illustrated by Hannah George)
This is all about a duck who is left in charge of a busy pond while his friend Goose goes away on holiday. The trouble is, Duck takes his new role a little too seriously and started telling the ponds residents that they are not allowed to do things like jumping, splashing or fishing in the pond! To enforce his new rules Duck makes signs for them until soon the pond is full of wooden signs and nothing else! Duck is sad because he misses all his friends and he needs to apologise to them.
We really enjoyed this book and found it amusing and colourful to look at, and we enjoyed naming all the creatures featured in it.
For more information about these books please visit www.littletigerpress.com
I was sent copies of these three books for the purpose of this post. All thoughts, comments and opinion made are my own.
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Little Tiger Press books are pretty popular here! We love Bright Stanley, there are another 2 books out and our favourite is about Little Tiger and his little sister, who loves to follow him everywhere and tries to be just like him much to his annoyance!
Ooh they look like great books and I love the photos, the boys obviously enjoy their books!
My gosh, J looks so grown up there. Aren’t the books just so lovely and beautifully illustrated? We’re very fond of ‘Duck Says No’ in this house!
Kazaam kazoom! Your boys look so much alike.
These books look like the local ones we have. There are lots with different stories to tell, all colorful and fun. My son’s library is packed with them!
Regards,
Les
from LPN Programs
Bright Stanley has been a big hit in our house. In fact, we got it as a present when Ferne was 2 from a friend who had kids who loved it. I must say it’s a great book for that age as the pages are lovely and sparkly. I also used to like really hamming it up at the end when you think something scary is going to happen but it’s actually just his fishy friends coming to find him. Enjoy the books.
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