Learning made fun with Raincoast Board Books #Giveaway
Keira’s day involves a lot of books. One of her favourite things to do is sit down and flip through one of her books. Part of her nighttime routine is sitting together in the nursery rocking chair and reading a book of her choice together. She has always loved books and that is a trait I am more than happy to foster.
While Keira is happy to read pretty much any brightly illustrated book, some books are obviously more engaging than others. Since she is only 2 and can’t read, flaps and other features that keep her a little more occupied really keep her busy.
Raincoast books carry a large variety of board books from great publishers like Chronicle Kids and Petit Collage. We were sent a bundle of books from Raincoast Books by these two publishers including Peek-a-Zoo, Daddy Wrong Legs, A Tree for All Seasons, You are my Baby Garden, You are my Baby Ocean, and You are my Baby Farm.
Peek-A-Zoo! by Nina Laden is a die-cut board book with bright illustrations and simple rhyming text. The idea is to keep the reader guessing as to what is peeking through the window. It is a clever take on the game of peek-a-boo revealing a variety of cheerful animals. The colourful illustrations saturate each page and are sure to keep the attention of most children. The best part of this book though is the surprise reveal at the end that is sure to elicit giggles from both you and your child.
Daddy Wrong Legs by Nina Laden is a split-page board book that allows the reader to mix and match the torso and legs of various daddies. We have a lot of fun with this title and laugh over the mis-matched legs as we go along. The top section features daddy torso’s with their children and the word “daddy” with the bottom section featuring legs and a caption rhyming the preceding page: “Dog Legs / Frog Legs.”
A Tree for All Seasons by Maryse Guittet is a board book in the shape of a tree that allows the reader to see what seasonal changes occur to the tree. It also has lift the flap features which reveal the creatures living within the tree. There is a page for each season with winter being the back cover.
The You Are My Baby series by Lorena Siminiovich includes Garden, Farm, Ocean and Safari (which I was not sent.) These adorable board books feature a little book within a bigger book allowing the reader to match the baby animals with their parents. The illustrations are vibrant and sweet with patterns throughout them, matching on both books when the mom and baby are unified.
“You Crawl on the Sandy Ocean Floor,” the big book says. “You are my baby, little Octopus”, the little book says. The baby octopus makes a “Fizz!” sound. Each pair throughout the books are patterned similarly with the text mentioning an animal trait, it’s name and the sound it makes. Even the spider is cute in these books thanks to the smile on each creatures face. These books are a fun way to introduce animals to baby and since Keira already knows most of her animals she loves to show off by helping to “read”.
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Buy it:
These great books from Twirl can be purchased from Amazon and other fine Canadian retailers.
Win it:
One Canadian Frugal Mom Eh reader will win their own set of Raincoast Board Books including Peek-a-Zoo, Daddy Wrong Legs, A Tree for All Seasons, You are my Baby Garden, You are my Baby Ocean, and You are my Baby Farm. Giveaway ends on May 4th at 11:59 pm EST. See Giveaway Tools form for entry and T&C.
Disclosure: I received the above mentioned books in order to facilitate this review. All thoughts and opinions are honest and my own.
A Tree for all Seasons would be the one!
I think Peek A Zoo would be a favorite at my house
I think she would like the Peek-a-Zoo best. She just loves her animals. Every time we see a lion in her books she starts to roar.
I think my daughter would enjoy a Tree For All Seasons the most.
My colleagues son would enjoy Daddy Wrong Legs by Nina Laden as a gift. Thank you!
I think my baby would love Peek a Zoo!
I think she would enjoy the seasons book since we’re working on the seasons right now. The peek-a-zoo one would be great too, as she loves animals!
I know my grandson would love the Peek-A-Zoo!
Daddy wrong legs, would be the one that is picked
My great-niece would love the Peek-a-Zoo book.
Presto Change-o sounds great for both kids and adults!
Peek a Zoo anything with animals is a must!
Both of my kids would enjoy peek a zoo
My daughter would love the You are my Baby book. Thanks!
Daddy Wrong Legs looks great! ps – my daughter has the same Children’s Place house coat!
grand kids would enjoy Daddy Wrong Legs
i think Peek a Zoo would be the favourite book here.
My son would probably like Daddy Wrong Legs lol
Aww, I love the “You Are My Baby” book-within-a-book concept~ how sweet is that?! Thanks for the opportunity!
You are my baby zoo looks adorable!
You are my baby ocean!
a Tree for All Seasons. thanks
Peek-A-Zoo!
I think A Tree for all Seasons would appeal to my son the most.
Peek a zoo
My youngest son would love the Peek-A-Zoo book!
A tree for all seasons
my grandkids would love You Are My Baby
I think my grandson would like A Tree For All Seasons.
Peek A Boo Zoo
Daddy wrong legs
I think mt daughters would like a tree for all seasons.
Daddy Wrong Legs
A Tree for All Seasons … its simply beautiful
a tree for all seasons. 🙂
My guys would like Peek-A-Zoo!
My daughter would love the A Tree for All Seasons
thanks
A Tree for All Seasons
I think they’d get a “kick” out of Daddy wrong legs!
peek a zoo!
My daughter and I would really enjoy A Tree for All Seasons
You are my baby ocean.
I think my granddaughter would like “Daddy Wrong Legs” at first look. But would love them all I am sure.
I think my kids would go nuts for the Wrong Legs book. They love that sort of humour.
Peekazoo – because she gummed half of her original copy off!
PEEK-A-ZOO would be an instant fave.
a tree for all seasons
I think A Tree For All Seasons would be the first choice!
my kids would love peek a zoo!
I think my girls would like a tree for all seasons best 🙂
A tree for all seasons looks interesting. My daughter likes books with different sized pages.
The tree for all seasons looks really great! I think they would like that one!
A Tree For All Seasons sounds like something they would enjoy!
I think my son would really like Peak A Zoo
a tree for all seasons
A Tree For all Seasons,thanks
Sophie would like You Are My Baby.
Daddy Wrong Legs looks like it would illicit a lot of laughs from my little Noah.
Peek-A-Zoo would be the favourite
My daughter loves all of the You Are My Baby books!
A Tree for All Seasons
My daughter I think would love Daddy Wrong Legs!
A Tree for All Seasons by Maryse Guittet is the book a child would love the most.
Daddy Wrong Legs
Peek-A-Zoo! looks like a winner!
Great books, would be perfect fro the grandkids
I think my niece would like Peek-A-Zoo, she is into animals right now.
A Tree For All Seasons looks cute!
A Tree for All Seasons
Peek-A-Zoo
I think my kids would love Peek-A-Zoo! the most.
I think my son would love peek a zoo!
A Tree for All Seasons
My little would love Peek-a-zoo!
Think my daughter would love A Tree for All Seasons
I think my kids would love Peek a Zoo!
daddy wrong legs
You are my baby!
The book Peek A Zoo has good bright pictures and looks cute.
I think my son would love Peek-a-zoo.
I think he would get a hoot out of Daddy Wrong legs.
I think she would like A Tree for All Seasons the best. We recently read Peek-A-Zoo and she loved that one too! What a great collection of books to win!!
I think A tree for all Seasons!
I think my son would like a tree for all seasons the best
I think my daughter would really enjoy Daddy Wrong Legs, and find it quite humourous.
I think that my kids would really get a kick out of Daddy Wrong Legs.
I think my son would like Peek-A-Zoo!
A Tree For all Seasons
I think he would like a tree for All Seasons
A tree for all seasons looks cute. So does Daddy wrong legs.
I think that would be A Tree for All Seasons by Maryse Guittet but there again there’s no way of telling with children 🙂
I think my son would like A Tree for all Seasons. Such a cute book!
Daddy Wrong Legs would make my grand baby giggle!