Peter Rabbit childrens books

The lovely people at Puffin books have released a short series in time for Christmas based on the Peter Rabbit CBeebies series.  

The books see Peter Rabbit and his friends Lilly and Benjamin go on a quest to deliver all their Christmas presents to their friends.  

There's 3 books in the series, the first being the little red book called Happy Christmas! (where the pages are made of thick card, so suitable for older babies).  This is the book where Peter and his friends go on an adventure to deliver Christmas presents.  This would make a great stocking filler for very young children.

Next up is the purple book 'The Peter Rabbit Club' where Peter and his friends want to start a club but they need to escape the clutches of Mr Tod who wants to eat rabbit stew for dinner.  At the beginning of the book they've included a lovely map of the woods that Peter lives in with little notes on the people who live there.  In the back there's a cute couple of pages on 'building your own secret clubhouse' using chairs, cushions and a sheet :)

Finally is Peter Rabbit's sticker book called 'Secret Treehouse'.  Inside the middle of the book is a range of different stickers, some are little character stickers (pictured below) with flowers and veg and some tie in with the story for you to build on and interact with, a really lovely touch.

Inside the 'Happy Christmas' book

Inside 'The Peter Rabbit Club'

Stickers from inside the 'Secret Treehouse sticker book'

The back of the sticker book

These are a lovely collection of books that are beautifully illustrated and well thought out.  As much as they're all lovely, my favourite has to be the sticker book.  I love that you don't just randomly place stickers, but they play a part in the story, and as you go you get to put stickers like 'friendship badges' in place as little rewards, a really nice touch to help immerse the child in the story.

I can't wait until Squidge is old enough for these, especially the sticker book, I'll have to keep this one back for him :)

The two books retail for £4.99 each, with the sticker book £1 cheaper at £3.99 - so perfect stocking fillers, or inexpensive little treats.  If you think your children might enjoy the Peter Rabbit series, you can visit his club here for activities, games and challenges, and sign up for his newsletter here.

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The First Hippo on the Moon & Giveaway

A few weeks ago on a Friday night, the hubby and I were watching Graham Norton, and as a guest on there they had David Walliams and he was talking about his new childrens book launch, The First Hippo on the Moon.  At this point I had no idea he wrote childrens books, but he's actually quite a prolific author, and has even had some of his books illustrated by none other than Quentin Blake (think Roald Dahl).

The book is a hardback with a colourful dust jacket over the top (the book is silver underneath) and in my opinion, perfectly lends itself to a bedtime story.  The illustrations are fantastic too, all by Tony Ross (esteemed illustrator), they're colourful and imaginative.

The Story

The book is about two hippopotamus, Sheila who lives in the jungle, and the rich Hercules Waldorf-Franklin III, both share the same dream of being the first hippopotamus on the moon.  It's an enchanting story where silliness, friendship and teamwork ultimately win, and the jungle hippo has the last laugh, and bottom burp :)

I don't want to say too much about it as it's a joy to read and I'll save that for you to read to your children, or them to read and enjoy themselves.  I can't wait until Squidge is old enough for me to read this to him at bedtime, I know he'll love it :)

Some of his other titles you might want to look at are The Slightly Annoying Elephant, Awful Auntie and Gangsta Granny - love the titles of these :)  

Now, the lovely publishers have given me a copy to give away to one lucky person too, so just enter using the Rafflecopter widget below, good luck!!

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