Thursday, August 22, 2013

Review: Parragon Books: Muddypaws and the Birthday Party and Bunny Loves to Write

*** Product was received for free in exchange for an honest review. ***

PARRAGON BOOKS


It’s time to start thinking about Back-to-School!  Parragon Books eases the summer break transition and gives children a head start on the new school year with a wide variety of children’s books including storybooks, chapter books, educational workbooks, activity books and more! Children can get ready for back-to-school by practicing their reading skills with these select Muddypaws and Bunny Loves titles.


Muddypaws and the Birthday Party: Ben and his puppy Muddypaws do everything together. On Ben's sixth birthday, Muddypaws gets in trouble and can't understand why they put him outside!

This beautifully illustrated and heartwarming tale of a boy and his sidekick is fun for children of all ages. Early readers will love reading along as Ben and Muddypaws learn a few lessons about friendship and understanding.

Click Muddypaws and the Birthday Party to purchase on Amazon.

Bunny Loves to Write: Buster Bunny loves to read. And when hes given a notebook and pencil, he discovers that he loves to write, too! Children are encouraged to use their imagination and creativity in this exciting picture book with a story and doodles by Buster himself.

Click Bunny Loves to Write to purchase on Amazon.


More about Parragon Books: We publish a wide variety of children’s books including board books, storybooks, novelty books, chapter books, reference books, educational workbooks, activity books and picture books. These books are published under a range of brands including Parragon, Goldstars™, Just Josie, Will Solvit™, Bright Sparks ™ and retailers’ own proprietary brands.


We publish books licensed from a number of well-known brands in various markets around the world. Brands we’ve collaborated with include: Disney, Dora the Explorer, Ben 10, Discovery Kids, Power Rangers, Barbie, Sesame Street, Marvel and Squinkies. Titles featured on our website - and many more! - are available at all major book retailers.

Today Parragon operates in over 35 markets around the world, has offices in 10 countries, and 2000 titles are published every year covering 26 languages.

For more titles from Parragon Books, please visit http://www.parragon.com/us/books/category/kids.  You can also keep up with Parragon Books on Facebook and Twitter.



Our Thoughts
My son loves his books, and at age 4 he wants books for his age range.  The Muddypaws and Bunny Loves books are perfect for ages 3 - 8.  While he has always loved books, it used to take him awhile to warm up to any new book.  Not so anymore!  As soon as he saw the books arrive he wanted them read to him.  Since we were leaving on vacation the day the books arrived, I packed them to take with us.  They were both the most-read books on our vacation!  In fact, he loved them SO much I've already had to tape a few pages back together . . .

Bunny Loves to Write is a cute, imaginative book about Buster the Bunny writing his own story.  I loved that Buster's friends were so many different animals, and that they helped him along the way.  The pictures are nice, colorful, and bright - important for keeping any child's attention!

Out of both titles, Muddypaws and the Birthday Party was our favorite!  I have a special love for dogs and the author certainly must have had at least one well loved puppy to capture the thoughts and feelings of Muddypaws so well.  I really appreciated the subtle details that make Muddypaws such an adorable character!  The funny thing is, I think what *really* made the story for me was the ending, that Muddypaws gets his yummy sausage instead of being fed birthday cake.  My dog has a wheat allergy, so that means a bit more to me. ;-)

Big thumbs up from me and my son! :) Especially, I know if I see another Muddypaws title when I'm shopping, I won't hesitate to pick it up!


***Please note that I received no form of monetary compensation for this post. The opinions expressed in the review are my own and were not influenced in any way.***


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