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Child's Play (International) Ltd Award-winning indie children's book publisher, inspiring a lifelong love of reading A child’s early years are more important than any other.
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Child’s Play is more than a publishing programme, it is a philosophy. This is when children learn most about the world around them, and when they acquire the language they need to survive and grow. Child’s Play provides children, parents and teachers with opportunities to learn through play, participate in motivational activities and extend interactive communication; developing the whole person th

rough the senses, the intellect and the imagination. Child’s Play books are innovative and inclusive, shining a spotlight on all children and representing our diverse world. Every child should be able to find themselves in the books they read. Books play a vital role in building the foundations for learning, and exposure to quality books from an early age helps to develop an enquiring mind and a lifelong love of reading. Visit our website Parent Zone and Teacher Zone for more information and free resources: http://www.childs-play.com/

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⭐ Cover reveal! ⭐We're in a whirl over our new BABYVISION books by Professor Anna Franklin from the The Sussex Baby Lab ...
25/10/2024

⭐ Cover reveal! ⭐

We're in a whirl over our new BABYVISION books by Professor Anna Franklin from the The Sussex Baby Lab at University of Sussex, illustrated by Andy Passchier coming soon!

🌟It's here! Happy Book Birthday KENDE! KENDE! KENDE!🌟We're so excited to bring this multilingual story of love and learn...
23/10/2024

🌟It's here! Happy Book Birthday KENDE! KENDE! KENDE!🌟

We're so excited to bring this multilingual story of love and learning, joy and journey by Kirsten Cappy and Yaya Gentille, illustrated by Rahana Banana to your bookshelves!

Find out more + downloadable resources available too!
https://www.childs-play.com/products/9781786289612

17/10/2024
Our latest FLIP-UP FAIRY TALES are magical, full of lift-the-flap treats and surprises! 💖Traditional tales are a well-es...
16/10/2024

Our latest FLIP-UP FAIRY TALES are magical, full of lift-the-flap treats and surprises! 💖

Traditional tales are a well-established part of all cultures. These favourite stories have been reimagined for a new generation of children to enjoy, with new illustrations that reflect our diverse society and challenge stereotypes!

These lively stories will captivate readers with ‘flip-up’ flaps encouraging prediction and discussion. Fun flaps transform scenes and add to the action, and will give readers opportunities to interact with the story. Guess what’s under each flap, then lift to move the action forward. They introduce children to simple storytelling techniques and elements!

Great to read together and inspire creative writing projects.

Discover the whole range on our website:
https://www.childs-play.com/collections/flip-up-fairy-tales 📚

⭐️ We're at Frankfurter Buchmesse! Come and see us in Hall 6.1 D68 📚
16/10/2024

⭐️ We're at Frankfurter Buchmesse!
Come and see us in Hall 6.1 D68 📚

We’re conkers about our 'Seed' theme shelfie! 🌱Great books to help nurture a lifelong love of reading, and inspire story...
14/10/2024

We’re conkers about our 'Seed' theme shelfie! 🌱

Great books to help nurture a lifelong love of reading, and inspire story times, class projects and outdoor activities, like looking for seeds!

Check out The Tree Council's tips and talks for more inspiration too!

5 great books to celebrate Sky lives, learns and plays in a travelling circus. CIRCUS GIRL by Jana Novotny Hunter, illu...
11/10/2024

5 great books to celebrate

Sky lives, learns and plays in a travelling circus. CIRCUS GIRL by Jana Novotny Hunter, illustrated by Joaquin camp ilustraciones, is a super book to start a topic on different lifestyles and types of home, and how daily home life can encourage imaginative play!

Stella is determined to achieve her goal of catching the terrifying and legendary fish, THE GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY... but what will she do if she succeeds? Courtney Dicmas Illustration's fun tale encourages discussion about our responsibilities to other creatures and our place in the natural world.

In THE CAN CARAVAN by Richard O'Neill, illustrated by Cindy Kang, Janie loves design and technology, and when she sees an opportunity to help a neighbour, her resourcefulness and confidence grows as she encourages her community to help create a state-of-the-art new home out of recycled cans!

When an unusual visitor scares off their hotel guests, Valentine and daughter Elsie find that making changes to accommodate a new collection of residents means soon there’s a wonderful place for everyone to enjoy a stay at VALENTINE’S GUEST HOUSE by Sam Sharland.

🌟 Out very soon… KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy and Yaya Gentille, illustrated by Rahana Banana is a multilingual story of love and learning, joy and journey, celebrating the resilience of refugees.

Ooooh! Looky at our spooky kooky booky shelfie! 🎃🧙🏿‍♂️🐸👻🧙🦇No tricks, just a story-time bucket full of fun tales and join...
09/10/2024

Ooooh! Looky at our spooky kooky booky shelfie! 🎃🧙🏿‍♂️🐸👻🧙🦇

No tricks, just a story-time bucket full of fun tales and join-in treats! Super stories and favourite rhymes, do the actions, sing along, lift up flaps! Help calm fears, read together, get to know amazing, often misunderstood creatures with fascinating facts! Lots of costume ideas and party inspiration!

More: https://www.childs-play.com

“Water for life! That’s what we need!”Celebrating with a beautiful cover reveal ⭐️ 3, 2, 1… 💦Flowing with poems, WATER...
03/10/2024

“Water for life! That’s what we need!”

Celebrating with a beautiful cover reveal ⭐️ 3, 2, 1… 💦

Flowing with poems, WATER SONGS by Mandy Ross (Tree Whispers) illustrated by is out November and available to preorder now!
Link via our bio 🌊📘🌟

Fresh skies and conversations...friendly faces and an orchard of booky views!Another of our favourite places to chat and...
02/10/2024

Fresh skies and conversations...
friendly faces and an orchard of booky views!

Another of our favourite places to chat and share our news: https://bsky.app/profile/childsplaybooks.bsky.social
TREE WHISPERS by Mandy Ross, illustrated by Juliana Oakley
is tomorrow!

"These kids, who don’t usually feel like experts in anything, get to help the teacher. And they feel seen and proud of t...
19/09/2024

"These kids, who don’t usually feel like experts in anything, get to help the teacher. And they feel seen and proud of their language"

Thanks Kids Read the World for this awesome post sharing Child's Play USA's bilingual editions of our FIRST FEELINGS series, illustrated by Paula Bowles illustration!

"Young children will love to learn about feelings in English and in Spanish thanks to these adorable and colorful monste...
19/09/2024

"Young children will love to learn about feelings in English and in Spanish thanks to these adorable and colorful monsters" Fab A Blue Box Full of Books review of Child's Play USA's bilingual editions of FIRST FEELINGS illustrated by Paula Bowles illustration https://childsplaybooks.myshopify.com

As autumn nears and summer fades, we've gathered a collection of books to welcome a glorious new season!Pop a book in a ...
17/09/2024

As autumn nears and summer fades, we've gathered a collection of books to welcome a glorious new season!

Pop a book in a bag to take out or make a cosy reading snug and discover lots of fun and inspiration for autumn activities and story times.

FREE activities + resources https://childs-play.com/collections/books-with-activity-sheets

12/09/2024

✨ One month to go! ✨

We’re excited to invite you to celebrate on Saturday 12 October.

Find your local bookshop: https://booksaremybag.com/bookshopsearch

Spread the message and 🧡

🎨: Sophy Henn

12/09/2024

📣 Our 2024 festival programme is out now!

Experience the magic of storytelling from 18-31 October with our ‘Bridges Between’ programme, featuring extraordinary storytellers from Scotland and across the world.

Check it out here 👇

https://www.sisf.org.uk/

What can you hear when you're really quiet? Is it the fridge humming, cat chomping, toothbrush scrubbing, floor creakin...
11/09/2024

What can you hear when you're really quiet?

Is it the fridge humming, cat chomping, toothbrush scrubbing, floor creaking or swish of bedtime story pages?

In QUIET! by Kip Alizadeh a child enjoys a range of sounds as their busy day ends.
More + FREE activities: https://www.childs-play.com/products/9781846438882

10/09/2024
10/09/2024

Professor Franklin presents the science of infant visual development, and busts several myths about what babies can and can’t see and what they like to look at. She outlines her new research and makes suggestions for how to choose a baby book that is just right for babies’ visual abilities.

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We had the best visit from our friends @weesing123 at Frankfurt @buchmesse They publish our FIRST FEELINGS books in Taiwanese 😍 – and just look at what they brought! 🌟 Find us and #allthefeels in Hall 6.1 D68 #fbm24 🌟 FIRST FEELINGS books illustrated by @paulabowles_illustrator More + FREE activities on our website, link via our bio #Feelinggreat #buchmesse #FirstFeelingsbooks #FirstFeelings #eyfs #booksaboutfeelings #emotions #boardbooks #emotionalintelligence #boardbooks #booksfortoddlers #nurserybookshelf #raisingreaders #neurodivergent #neurotypical #NationalLearningandDevelopmentMonth #NationalBookMonth #EmotionalIntelligenceAwarenessMonth

We’ve picked some of our favourite Classic Books with Holes rhymes to celebrate #NationalPoetryDay This year’s theme is ‘counting’, can you count how many books! Count ants, dinosaurs, horses, elephants and more! Stomp, roar and sing along to favourite rhymes together! Our Classic Books with Holes are lots of fun and great for introducing counting and help develop number skills! See the whole series on our website, link via bio Board book, SC, BIG book, CD formats! #readingtogether #singingtogether #countingbooks #eyfs #bookswithholes #poems #counting #nurseryrhymes

How does a wasteful, extravagant king discover the rewards of reusing and fixing things in his kingsize pile of 'trash'? KING LEONARD'S TEDDY by Phoebe Swan Illustration + FREE activities: https://www.childs-play.com/products/9781786281838 #BackToSchool #ZeroWasteWeek #ReduceReuseRecycle

🌟NEW BOOKS🌟 When we put our unique skills together what can we achieve? Unlikely friends CAT AND BIRD find out! New SO CAN WE! board book series by Jo Empson Illustrator (Rabbityness, Little Home Bird, Never Ever), with a gatefold flap surprise at the end, available now! https://childs-play.com/collections/so-can-we #BacktoSchool #teamwork

🌟NEW BOOKS 📚🌟 Unlikely friends FOX AND GOOSE discover the rewards of cooperation through their unique skills. SO CAN WE! by Jo Empson Illustrator (Rabbityness, Little Home Bird, Never Ever) board book series, with a gatefold flap surprise at the end! https://www.childs-play.com/collections/so-can-we #BacktoSchool #friendship

Starting nursery is an exciting time! It’s also a time of change, challenges and lots of expectations and questions! Reading together can encourage discussion, helping ease any worries and help little ones start the adventure and enjoy new and fun experiences. Perfect for read-along and singalong story times! FIRST TIME: NURSERY illustrated by Jess Stockham MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB illustrated by Marina Aizen #ClassicBookswithHoles WHEELS AT WORK: CITY illustrated by Cocoretto ROSA’S BIG BOAT EXPERIMENT by Jessica Spanyol #RosasWorkshop CURIOUS CATS: NUMBERS by Airlie Anderson WHAT’S UP, CROCODILE? SPORT illustrated by Cocoretto WHEN I FEEL ANGRY illustrated by Paula Bowles #FirstFeelings CLIVE IS A TEACHER by Jessica Spanyol AMAZING ME! MUSIC! by Carol Thompson #nursery #nurseryschool #newexperiences #startingnursery #backtoschool #eyfs #earlyreaders #learningthroughplay #smashingstereotypes #school #startingschool #movingschool #homeschool #teachers #caregivers #diversechildrensbooks #childrensbooks #bookswithusallin #raisingreaders #storytime #readaloud #friendship #emotionallearning #neurodivergent #neurotypical #teamwork #STEM

Starting school, back to school, moving to a new school... there are lots of expectations and it can be exciting. It can also be a challenging and stressful time. Reading together can encourage discussion and questions, helping ease worries and fears so they can start to enjoy new and fun experiences. NEW SHOES, RED SHOES by Susan Rollings, illustrated by Becky Baur BEST FRIENDS, BUSY FRIENDS bySusan Rollings, illustrated by Nichola Cowdery A NEW SCHOOL FOR CHARLIE by Courtney Dicmas ICE IN THE JUNGLE by Ariane Hofmann-Maniyar THE LOST HOMEWORK by Richard O’Neill, illustrated by Kirsti Beautyman THE CLOUD by Hannah Cumming THE CAN CARAVAN by Richard O’Neill, illustrated by Cindy Kang THE BIG RED ROCK by Jess Stockham FIRST TIME: SCHOOL illustrated by Jan Lewis #backtoschool #school #startingschool #movingschool #homeschool #teachers #caregivers #diversechildrensbooks #childrensbooks #bookswithusallin #raisingreaders #storytime #readaloud #friendship #emotionallearning #teamwork

A glorious sunny day, perfect for unboxing new books! Yes, two beautiful new titles by Jo Empson (Rabbityness, Little Home Bird, Never Ever) the first in a new board book series called SO CAN WE! Gorgeous, fun, meaningful, we can’t wait for publication day very soon! #newbooks #unboxing #ChildsPlayHQ #boardbooks #comingsoon #booksforbabies #booksfortoddlers #eyfs #stem #interactivereading #funnybooksforkids #bookswithasurprise #readaloud #readingtogether #raisingreaders

JUST LIKE ME! books illustrated by Ailie Busby encourage interaction and discussion and littles love to lift the flaps! NEW BABY books illustrated by Rachel Fuller deal with the anticipation and excitement of new arrivals and special relationships, including those that develop between siblings. More via our bio 📚❤️ #WorldBreastfeedingWeek #boardbooks #eyfs #booksforbabies #booksfortoddlers #raisingreaders #family #siblings #babies #lifttheflapbooks #flapbooks #bookswithusallin

Celebrate all kinds of friendship with this awesome read-aloud story book! #InternationalDayofFriendship BEST FRIENDS, BUSY FRIENDS by Susan Rollings, illustrated by Nichola Cowdery Illustrations More: https://www.childs-play.com/products/9781786284655 #bookswithusallin

So excited to announce publication of Emma Shoard’s glorious LIFE ON THE THAMES soft cover edition! To celebrate we’re giving you the opportunity to WIN your own copy! For a chance to win follow @ChildsPlayBooks and @EmmaShoard, Like and leave us a favourite nature emoji in Comments. Tag a wildlife fan friend! Usual T&Cs, UK only, ends Sunday 28th July 2024, 11:59pm GMT #LifeontheThames #competition #WIN #winabook #newbook #naturenbook #wildlifebook #riverthames #thamespath #raisingreaders #youngenvironmentalists #childrensbooks #booksforeveryone #conservation #environment #water #nature #restorenature #lovenature #rivers #saveourrivers #restoreourrivers #togetherforrivers #wildlife #riverhealth #waterpollution #climatechange More via our bio!

We are so proud of our Travellers Tales series – storytelling mastery, tales to inspire and entertain, and an insight into lifestyles and culture filled with creativity, innovation, resilience, loyalty, independence, hard work, skills, family, community, initiative, courage and hope. These amazing books have inspired a world of activities… We love seeing your posts, teachers! Keep sharing! Yes, all that and more! See the range + enjoy FREE activities, crafts, songs and ideas for home and classroom via our bio! THE LOST HOMEWORK by Richard O’Neill, illustrated by Kirsti Beautyman THE CAN CARAVAN by Richard O’Neill, illustrated by Cindy Kang POLONIUS THE PIT PONY by Richard O’Neill, illustrated by Feronia Parker Thomas YOKKI AND THE PARNO GRY by Richard O’Neill, Katharine Quarmby, illustrated by Marieke Nelisson OSSIRI AND THE BALA MENGRO Richard O’Neill, Katharine Quarmby, illustrated by Hannah Tolson #TravellersTales #GRTHM24 #GRTHM #picturebooks #bookswithusallin #diversechildrensbooks #raisingreaders #grt #grthm2024

From source to sea… an incredible journey we can make and discover LIFE ON THE THAMES with Emma Shoard More via our bio 🌊📗 #motheroceanday #river #sea #ocean #nature #wildlife #conservation #lifeonthethames #childrensbook #readingtogether

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Happy #NationalLibrarianDay Clive and his friends love playing libraries, especially after visiting their local library where they see the many wonderful things the librarians do! 📚 CLIVE IS A LIBRARIAN by Jessica Spanyol https://www.childs-play.com/products/9781846439896 #raisingreaders #readmorebooks

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Child’s Play is more than a publishing programme, it is a philosophy. A child’s early years are more important than any other: this is when children learn most about the world around them, and when they acquire the language they need to survive and grow. Child’s Play provides children, parents and teachers with opportunities to learn through play, participate in motivational activities and extend interactive communication; developing the whole person through the senses, the intellect and the imagination. Child’s Play books are innovative and inclusive, shining a spotlight on all children and representing our diverse world. Every child should be able to find themselves in the books they read. Books play a vital role in building the foundations for learning, and exposure to quality books from an early age helps to develop an enquiring mind and a lifelong love of reading.

Visit our website Parent Zone and Teacher Zone for more information and free resources: http://www.childs-play.com/