the story with the enclosed prepaid envelope. In a few weeks following receipt of your child’s story the company will mail back a professionally type-set book along with your childs colorful illustrations included! Children also have the opportunity to include an "about the author" section to their book and design the cover! You can even order extra copies of your child’s book to send off as gifts to family and friends! The Illustory kit won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award, Parents’ Choice Classic Award, Family Life’s Best Learning Toy Award and Dr. Toy Best Toy-Classic Award! This kit is recommended for children ages 6yrs+ and makes a great gift!

You can find the Illustory Make Your Own Story Kit over at Amazon.com or you can look for it in your local stores; however, I have not yet found this one in any of my local stores!

attaching letters to fun characters with individual personalities. The Letterland books are focussed around the letters of the alphabet, each one being a character such as "Annie the Apple" "Robber Red" "Clever Cat" etc. Each character makes use of alliteration in their name making them easy to remember as well as making use of the individual letter sounds. Each character is perfectly drawn to create a sweet faced individual that your child is sure to remember. The Letterland ABC book is just the beginning of the Letterland series and if you take a look around you will find many other helpful Letterland products such as workbooks, a nursery frieze and many other books that make use of the individual letters!

I found today’s Letterland book via Amazon.com; however, you may find other books by searching around online at sites such as Ebay or simply other websites that focus on products in the UK, it doesn’t take long nor much extra postage to ship a book overseas.

spotlight the earth but also the children in it which makes this book one that children can relate to and understand. The reading level on this book is baby through preschool so it is one that all children can understand; however it is also a pretty enough book that it can be read with older children and even thumbed through as a coffee table book.

This book is a part of the Amazon.com buy three get the fourth free deal on children’s books so I recommend picking it up from them; however, you may be able to find it in your local store or even order it for free delivery to your local store if you prefer not to order online.

plan and decides to hold in his farts forever but that night the house gets broken in to and it’s Walter to the rescue! Walter the farting dog gasses the burglars and mom and dad find out that Walter saved the day! This cute story has many lessons to take away as well as a really cute character to bond with.

Walter the Farting dog has become a short series of books and after the original "Walter the Farting Dog" book take a look at the sequels including Walter the Farting Dog: Banned From the Beach, Walter the Farting Dog Goes on a Cruise, Walter the Farting Dog: Trouble at the Yard Sale, Walter the Farting Dog Farts Again, and Rough Weather Ahead for Walter the Farting Dog. You can also find a stuffed Walter the Farting Dog!

Hannah goes to bed the night before her birthday and wakes up in the middle of the night to find a package at the end of her bed. Inside the package Hannah finds a toy gorilla, upset, she throws it to the corner of the room where it begins to grow and grow and grow until it comes to life and takes her to the zoo for her birthday to make up for her father’s absence. This is such a perfect story for the child of any busy parent as well as any child who loves to make believe.

"Gorilla" is a pretty difficult to find book now a days; however, Amazon does carry one regularly priced version of the paperback book with an included story CD (read by a British actor who is just amazing with voices.) This book comes more than highly recommended and if your child enjoys it keep an eye out for the other Anthony Browne books, most of which focus on monkeys.