"Just one more game, Mom." - if you have children, you know this mantra inside out. It can be maddening, having to pluck children from behind the screen like a police officer. Reducing stimuli seems impossible with addictive, way-too-fun games and social media dances. How? The answer is: with a book. With a good, imaginative book!
Because, yes, they do exist. Books that appeal to the imagination and that children still want to get lost in without complaining. We have collected three for you that are a guarantee for reading pleasure, also in the back of the car - on the way to your holiday destination. Although these copies are also so beautiful that you can take them with you as a surprise as a bedtime storybook.
Why is reading so important for children?
- Relaxation . Reading is important for everyone of all ages, because reading relaxes.
- Fantasy . Because you create images in your head from words, you develop your own fantasy world and you easily get into a nice flow .
- Vocabulary . A whole new world opens up for you when you can recognize words. As you read more, your vocabulary develops and school (in short) becomes a little easier.
- Social development . Yes, even that! Because by reading books you get insight into different emotions and characters and how you react to each other.
Source: Squla
Book tips
You see, you can't start early enough: books. Here are the three books that have just been released and are selling like hot cakes.
Tip 1 - The NO-Hormon
In the Lovely Heartwood, a little cuddly unicorn is born. Although everyone thinks he is incredibly li-la-sweet and feeds him sugared lucky grass, he doesn't act like a unicorn at all. He constantly says NO to everything, so his family calls him the NOhorn. One day, the NOhorn escapes from the Heartwood and meets a raccoon who won't listen, a dog who really doesn't like anything and a princess who doesn't agree with anything. Together they set out on a journey. Because being grumpy together is much more fun! ORDER HERE
Tip 2 - When caterpillar became a butterfly
Early one morning, when Caterpillar is waiting in his cocoon to become a butterfly, he meets Mayfly. She has just started the first and last day of her life and has no time to wait with him. Once he has crawled out of his cocoon, Butterfly is eager to show Mayfly how beautiful he has become. But where has she gone? Follow Butterfly on his quest through the garden and meet Earwig, who wants a new name. Look at the world with the wonderful gaze of Torretje, go on a creepy adventure with the Oak Processionary Caterpillars. And when Glowworm turns off his light, it is time for you to go to sleep too… ORDER HERE
Tip 3 - Taste Ghosts
Puck is nine years old and lives with her father, chef Maro, above his popular restaurant. After her mother passed away, they now live there together. Puck misses her mother terribly and her father is always busy working. She wants nothing more than to help him, but he thinks she is still too young, because 'you have to learn to taste well'.
When she shares this sorrow with her cat one evening, the first of seven Taste Ghosts comes to visit. These colorful characters – salty, spicy, sour, fatty, umami, bitter and sweet – kidnap Puck to their worlds. There they teach her all about their unique powers. But can they teach Puck to taste so well that she can finally help Maro in his kitchen? ORDER HERE
Author - Mariko Naber
Mariko is the happy brain behind Happlify. Together with her partner Mark she runs Sell your stuff online, branding agency Loaded ink BNO and Atelier Naber . She loves feel good, random acts of kindness, meatballs, chocolate mousse, family time, sea, piña colada, sugar & spice and everything nice 💛
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