Boo’s been very happy to receive a few books from the Salariya book company, so today I want to share a little about them with you, along with giving one of you the chance to win all three of them…
She has received:
You Wouldn’t Want To Be A Victorian Servant! by Fiona MacDonald
Get ready… as a 12-year-old girl living in Britain in the 1880s, you are about to start work for a wealthy family. You will be busy all day long as a Victorian servant. This title can be used as a background approach to wider issues in Victorian times, such as class divides, daily life and the position of men and women. The humorous illustrations make learning fun, and encourage young readers to engage with the central servant character. Informative captions, a glossary and an index make this title an ideal and fun introduction to the conventions of non-fiction text.
Dragons & Magical Creatures Advanced Colouring Book
The Dragons Colouring Book provides a creative way to relax and unwind, free the mind, and increase focus and creativity that your inner artist will love. The beautiful line illustrations of vivid and fearsome dragons drawn from world mythology have been carefully and intricately drawn so you can colour in and personalise to make them your own.
Make Your Own Science Experiments by Peter Eldin
Fancy yourself a budding scientific genius? Well, this entertaining activity book is packed full of extraordinary experiments that you can use to amaze your friends. Includes over 150 stickers and 4 pages of press-out models.
The Verdict
Boo, aged 6, has absolutely loved every single one of these books. It’s been a pleasure seeing her so completely absorbed in each of them.
You Wouldn’t Want To Be a Victorian Servant! has been a brilliant way in to social history, as it puts her in the mind of a young girl and her life in Victorian times. I love my history and enjoy anything that helps the kids to engage with it, and I’d say of all the history books that I’ve bought Boo, this one has best captured her imagination. She was so keen to read it through, from start to finish, and is now talking about wanting some of the other titles in the series, of which there are several.
The Dragons and Magical Creatures Advanced Colouring book would be great for adults and children alike. Boo has made a start on it and I can see it lasting her for months. She adores colouring and the magical element really appeals to her. It is a beautiful book, hardback and well-presented and I can see it making a great gift. In addition to the colouring, there is also a key hidden on every double page spread that we have had fun finding.
Make Your Own Science Experiments has seen Boo getting very excited to try every single one out. She tells me that the flying sausage experiment is her favourite! They are all simple to do and use things that you are likely to have lying around the house, such as water, paper, paperclips and the like. It’s a fun book for bringing science into your home in an every day and accessible way.
Competition Time
I do have all 3 of these books up for grabs. To be in with a chance of winning the three of them, please enter using the rafflecopter below. The competition is open to UK entrants only and closes at 12am 31st August 2016. Good luck!
What appeals to you about these books?
Disclosure: We received these books FOC for the purposes of this post
They have nice themes and my son would enjoy reading them
The illustrations look really good
The bright and colourful illustrations are lovely they would be perfect for my granddaughter
they are clear,a good balance between text and illustration
Educational and fun at the same time – great illustrations
Fun but educational wow fantastic prize
They are all educational, the pictures are fabulous and they show what to do brilliantly in the Science book.
Love the step by step illustrations in the science book
I think they’d be enjoyable for adults too. I could imagine me and my son learning from them together!
my little girl loves to read and these look like fun!
they look great my daughter would love these x
the illustrations look really good
Educational and fun
I like how these books encourage children to be involved in learning in a fun way.
they do look fascinating and perfect for my son who is always so keen to learn
They look really interesting!
Love how they are aimed to keep them interested in learning
My little bookworms would be thrilled
they look fun with bright colours
There’s a nice balance between text and illustrations.
They look fun, engaging and enjoyable. Learning through play makes things easier to understand and remember.
The illustrations appeal to me. My kids would love them
They look great fum.
Educational books but look really fun for both adults and kids! 😀
LOVE THE DESIGN
i like the colourful illastrations
Looks really informative and would keep my daughter busy in the holidays
love these, bright and colourful, look fab
I like the topics covered
They look great for keeping kids busy and not just one time reads
They look like fun educational books. I think my kids would love them.
the illustrations look great and they seem fab, fun and educational
I love the illustrations, so bright an dcolourful, makes it interesting for little ones.
great giveaway!
Beautiful paintings
I think my nephew would love to get involved with the Make Your Own Science Experiments book.
They have things to do on wet days in.
All 3 grandchildren would love these and we can all learn something from them
Children will learn from these books whilst enjoying them.
these books would be great for my nieces and nephews, they would love the information and the illustrations.
They are educational and I we can learn things together
Gorgeous illustrations and lots of experiments that children can try out
they are educational, my grandson would love them
Exciting , educational and gets children involved
Fun and educational
I love dragons and colouring 🙂
I can sometimes struggle to get my eldest to read. But I think he would love these and so would his sister too
Colourful, educational fun, my grandson would love them
It looks fun for the little ones to learn with.
They look interesting for children.
my grandaughter would love them x
the illustrations look cool
There is so much going on in them, activities, facts, lots of pictures – they’re really engaging!
Informative and fun too, I like the look of the Victorian Servant one particularly. And when tired of learning, that looks a gorgeous colouring book. I love dragons.
My granddaughter would love reading these
Extremely interesting and fun to read.
They look bright and cheerful – very enticing x
I love a fun and educational book! One that pleases the kids and also keeps them busy.
I am loving the illustrations
These look good in our aim to teach the kids to read faster xx
They look very entertaining for the kids.My daughter would love them. Great gift ideas.
They look interesting and colourful, not dry and dull like some non-fiction books.
i love how they are educational but in a way that kids wouldnt notice and just enjoy
The bright and colourful illustrations are lovely my niece would love these xx
I love the subjects
Perfect for adding to Nan’s library which mainly cotton fiction books. Non-fiction would make change 🙂
I really like the cartoon artwork in the Victorian servant book
They make learning fun
these books appeal to me as the cartoon illustrations make the book visually attractive whilst giving lots of information in text.my daughter would like them.x
Really bright and colourful, love the illustrations
Makes reading and learning fun for kids – not a chore but a pleasure!
colourful my two boys would love <3 thankyou for the chance
Looks like they have lots of good pictures
The kids and I would find the books really intriguing. I love that they are fun and educational.
Colourful which always captivates a child’s mind but full of great fact too
Interesting graphics. Lots to look at on a page. Very engaging
I love the diversity, and the colourful illustrations (except in the colouring book, obviously!) and they look really good fun and engaging 🙂
they look educational
They look fun and educational
My son loves books about experiments at the moment so that’s what appeals to me about these books 🙂
The illustrations are exceptionally good but I also like the educational focus.
I love the subjects
Gorgeous books with fantastic illustrations. These would keep the kids entertained for ages and lovely to pass to younger cousins too. ???
They look fun and educational for my kids.
I love the step by step illustrations in the science book.
They look interesting but yet great for children so they are learning but in a great way
They look fun but educational at same time
The way that it is also very educational
They look interesting
The illustrations look beautiful and I think the topics are interesting.
They look fun, but educational and they are brilliantly illustrated.
Love the bright and colourful illustrations. Even children who are too young to understand will love looking at them. Thanks for the chance.
The intricate illustrations, we love books that have detailed pictures we can talk about and discover together.
they look very illustrated which will keep a child occupied while allowing them to conduct experiments
Very cool and bright illustrations
There lovely books
Great balance of text & pictures
I think my daughter would love these. They look like they would make learning so much more fun.
Fun Learning 🙂
Theyre brilliant books and will keep the little ones happy for many hours
My kids love reading non-fiction and it’s great for supporting school work too
Interesting and informative books, or so it seems from information above.r
so creative and imaginative
great themes and layout
WOULD LOVE TO WIN PLZ
I like that they’re educational but also they look like they are written in a child friendly format so they wont feel like they are learning
They all look really well designed and engaging. I’m sure they’d be a hit in our house!
That they teach children in an interesting way and grab their attention with their colourful illustrations.
I love these books because i know they would appeal to my grandson,He loves Dragons & i feel this is more of a boys Colouring book so he would love this.The Science book he would love too,He likes reading about the World & doing magic & experiments i supervised him while he did a Volcano erupting last week which he found great fun.And the Victorian book is good to learn them about history & how people lived.
I’m a science teacher and my wife daughter loves learning about science and has her own experiments book! She’s also learnt all about Victorians this year and loved all the things they made children do!