How are Hairy Maclary, Scarface Claw, Zachary Quack and all their friends feeling? Lynley Dodd is back with a delightful board book designed to help little ones identify and express their emotions - Hairy Maclary and Friends How Do I Feel?
From breakfast through to dessert and all the meals and snacks in between, "Edmonds My First Cookbook" includes more than 90 recipes to instil a life-long love of baking and cooking. We gave mum of two, Katie, the chance to review the book and try out a couple of the recipes with her kids.
Edmonds Cookery Books have been in almost all New Zealand homes for over 100 years. With my youngest being in Year 13 and planning to leave home next year, it was the ideal time to give the new "Edmonds More Food For Flatters" cookery book a test run.
Ahh, pizza ... how we love you! Easy, tasty, and popular with kids, pizza is an absolute lifesaver when you just can't face making dinner for your household's horde. And if food intolerances, allergies, and other diet requirements tend to make things more complicated, HELL Pizza are your dinner hero.
Poet Ben Brown and illustrator Helen Taylor have created a beautiful bilingual counting board book for toddlers featuring the birds of Aotearoa. With durable card leaves at a suitable size for little hands, and gorgeous page designs that assist developing minds with nature, number and word recognition, this New Zealand-themed board book is a perfect bedtime story and a very special gift.
Witi Ihimaera is one of New Zealand’s most prolific and accomplished writers and he now brings us "The Astromancer - The Rising of Matariki - a lively story revealing the tradition of Matariki. Find out more about this special story along with what Ella (8 years) thought.
We asked Claudia and her 8-year-old son Jaxon to give us an update on how they were going with SquareOne – a free app that helps kids connect the dots between earnings, spending, and saving money. Claudia and Jaxon started using SquareOne a month or so ago so join us as we catch up on how things have been going.
Quorn Roarsomes are savoury, dinosaur-shaped alternatives to a chicken nugget that make mealtime fun! Plus, they’re an easy way to introduce kids to meat-free meals. We asked some families to try Quorn Roarsomes and give us their thoughts.
Join the Little Lambs as they go on an Easter egg hunt in this colourfully illustrated picture book that takes the celebration of Easter and uses it to highlight the beauty of New Zealand's flora and fauna.
Crane Guy is a rhyming picture book by acclaimed author Sally Sutton and illustrator Sarah Wilkins that utilises the classic I Spy concept to make a fun game of learning letters and their sounds. Aria (just turned 5) gave it a test run.
In recent years there has been a massive increase in people and whānau wanting to learn and use te reo. The Māori Picture Dictionary / Te Papakupu Whakaahua, is designed to help you and the tamariki easily look up over 1400 words and phrases commonly used in daily life. Claudia and her children, Aria and Jaxon, reviewed this beautiful new book.
The Arnotts range of teeVee Snacks come in a great variety of shapes and flavours and are a really fun treat to have in the cupboard for something a bit different. We were lucky enough to try five flavours (Birthday Cake, Malt Sticks, Original, Honeycomb Chocolate, and Chocolate Brownie). Find out what we thought!
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Finding appealing food for kids with allergies can be challenging so when I discovered that Howler Hotdogs have a gluten-free range I was overjoyed – finally something “fun” that my boys can eat without any worries! Find out what we thought!
Now that spring has arrived, get the kids outside for gun and games with these crafts, gardening activities, and games.
If you’ve got an under 5 no doubt you’ve heard of the super hero kids who save the world in their pyjamas; Owlette, Cat Boy and Gecko escapade in the night dealing with the troublesome villains Night Ninja and Romeo the crazy scientist.
So Buzz Lightyear himself, THE Buzz Lightyear, turned up in his box at the end of a 5 year olds bed. I cannot begin to describe the EXCITEMENT that unleashed from his wonder filled soul upon this discovery! My heart burst.
If you’re a parent to a 4+ year old it’s time to get twice as excited, because not only are we going to be basking in nostalgia and perhaps a few tears when Toy Story 4 is released in cinemas, but we're also being introduced to the LEGO Toy Story 4+ playsets!
Introduce your kids to the thrill of these active outdoor games and they'll never want to play Minecraft or Fortnite again (or at least not for a whole afternoon).
