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Books in Pretend and Play series

  • Pretend and Play: Firefighter

    Salina Yoon

    Board book (Silver Dolphin Books, Aug. 27, 2013)
    Pretend and play along with the firefighters! Using the four interactive puzzle pieces that kids match to each scene, play along and help save the day with your own firefighting equipment, and find a pop-up fire truck at the end! Young readers can follow along as the firefighter puts out a kitchen fire, saves pets from a burning home, and removes a fallen tree. With a built-in handle, this kit is handy for grab-and-go fun, and little ones can carry it themselves. Pretend and Play: Firefighter is a wonderful introduction to all the heroic tasks that firefighters perform.
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  • Pretend and Play: Toolbox

    Salina Yoon

    Board book (Silver Dolphin Books, April 16, 2013)
    Birdy wants a new house and she needs help building it--time to get the toolbox out! With a “zee-zaw,” the saw cuts wood and with a “tap, tap” the hammer pounds nails. Children will learn about tools as they play with the shaped foil puzzle pieces all the way to the end where they’ll find a fun pop-up surprise — a beautiful birdhouse! Unleash the builder in your child with this charming board book that is sure to bring down the house.
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  • Pretend and Play: On the Farm

    Salina Yoon

    Board book (Silver Dolphin Books, April 16, 2013)
    Grab your pitchfork and overalls and join Farmer Jack on a tour around the farm. From the smallest field mouse hiding in the hayloft to the tall brown horse peeking over his stall door, every animal has something to say. This interactive adventure includes illustrated puzzle pieces of farm animals that children can fit into each scene or play with as they read along. There is also a counting question in every scene -- can you spot three butterflies flying amongst the cows? The reward at the end of the book is a pop-up barn complete with animals enjoying a sunny day. These endearing illustrations are sure to elicit a hello in every animal language -- Moo! Oink! Neigh! Meow!
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  • Press and Play: Noisy Animals

    DK

    Board book (DK Children, July 16, 2019)
    With six high-quality animal sounds to press and count, easy-to-grip tabbed pages, and lots of cute animals to meet, this interactive counting book will appeal to young children and encourage early learning skills.Give your child a head start before they start school with this fun and educational children's book. Learning to count abstract things such as sounds is part of the early years curriculum, and with this unique book children can count the animal sounds as they press each button. Parents will love the other ways that this noisy book supports preschool learning; the tabbed pages encourage little ones to turn the pages all by themselves and joining in with the rhyme and copying the animal noises helps children get ready for reading. The lively pictures, together with the fun rhyme, will ensure that children will be eager to return to this animal book again and again. Learning to count and name animals has never been so much fun!
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  • Time to Sleep, Little One: A soothing rhyme for bedtime

    DK

    Board book (DK Children, July 14, 2020)
    A captivating bedtime book with a gentle rhyme, snuggly animal pictures, and a lullaby sound button.Open the sumptuous, twinkly foil cover with a cute teddy bear sleeping on the shimmery moon. Inside, the night is falling and the stars and moon are shining. The baby birds are in their nest, the tiny mouse is curled up, the little kitten is sleepy, the happy puppy is dreaming, and the magical teddy bear moon lamp glows softly as children everywhere settle down to sleep to the sound of the pretty lullaby. Time to Sleep, Little One is a wonderful first bedtime story that celebrates this special loving time at the end of the day shared by parents and children. It's filled with starry nighttime silhouette pictures that are sure to enchant. Little ones will love joining in, pressing the sound button to hear the lullaby, making the sleepy animal noises, saying night-night, and cuddling up, all ready for bed.
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