Our Bigger Hands Box

Each premium box includes:

- 3 great books
- Creative activities with supplies
- Book inspired food recipes and lunchbox ideas
- Parent guide
- Engagement gift

*Pre-pay for three boxes and save.  This is not a subscription and will not renew.

Each mini box includes:

- 2 great books
- Creative activities with supplies
- Book inspired food recipes and lunchbox ideas
- Parent guide
- Engagement gift

*Pre-pay for three boxes and save.  This is not a subscription and will not renew.

Fairytales help young readers develop critical thinking skills and promote the development of the imagination. As Albert Einstein said, “if you want children to be intelligent read them fairytales”. Fairytales also aid in building emotional resilience in a safe environment (reading with a trusted adult) through exposure and guided conversation. This theme is designed to help develop these skills in a fun and exciting manner.

What is included:

• There are 3 fabulous books in your box 
• The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Book, Lucy Rowland and Ben Mantle - Your reader will enjoy this wonderful take on the classic Three Little Pigs story.
• Don't Pick Your Nose, Pinocchio, Steve Smallman and Neil Price - Your reader will follow Pinocchio as he learns about good hygiene and being a real boy.
• Cinderella's Secret Diary, Faye Hanson - Your reader will delight in following Cinderella's story from her own perspective.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts:
  
• Fairytale crossword
• Carriage dot-to-dot
• Three Little Pigs colouring in
• Three Little Pigs spot the difference
• Fairytale alpha sort
• Fairytale song
• 2 hands on crafts
• Three Little Pigs Hand Puppets
• Make Your Own Diary
• The engagement gifts are a fun fairytale character whistle, perfect for hours of musical play, and a gorgeous wooden Pinocchio, perfect for encouraging imaginative play.
• A fun to make, delicious fairytale pizza recipe your reader will love creating.

Space has been a source of fascination for humans for centuries, and even as we learn more about the world outside our immediate region, there is still even more to explore! From new stars and galaxies to amazing mathematical theories, the exploration of outer space spans many scientific fields.  This theme is designed to introduce some of these in a simple and engaging manner.

What is included:

• There are 3 fabulous books in your box 
• Hello, Mr Moon, Lorna Gutierrez and Laura Watkins - Your reader will love this gorgeous exploration of why our moon changes its shape.
• The First Hippo on the Moon, David Walliams and Tony Ross - Your reader will laugh along with this funny take on the space race.
• Race to the Moon and Back, Hannah Campling and Gareth Williams - Your reader will delight in this adventurous look at competition versus cooperation.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts:
  
• Rocket colour by numbers
• Moon secret word finder
• Solar System picture match
• Outer Space scavenger hunt
• Space size sort
• Space song
• 2 hands on crafts
• Paper Plate Moon Phases Craft
• Cotton Bud Galaxy Painting
• The engagement gifts are a solar system poster, perfect for decorating their room, and a fun solar system bookmark, perfect for keeping track of where you are in your books.
• A fun to make, healthy solar system fruit kebab recipe your reader will love creating.

Each premium box includes:

- 3 great books
- Creative activities with supplies
- Book inspired food recipes and lunchbox ideas
- Parent guide
- Engagement gift

*Pre-pay for six boxes and save.  This is not a subscription and will not renew.

Each mini box includes:

- 2 great books
- Creative activities with supplies
- Book inspired food recipes and lunchbox ideas
- Parent guide
- Engagement gift

*Pre-pay for six boxes and save.  This is not a subscription and will not renew.

From unicorns to fairies, dragons to trolls, mythical creatures abound in stories and our imaginations.  Are these really creatures from a long ago, more magical time?  Or are they just fantastical expressions of the human imagination, stories built up over the centuries to become part of our modern literature. This theme is designed to embrace the magic of these creatures and have some fun imagining what life would be like if they truly existed.

What is included:

• There are 3 fabulous books in your box 
• The Extremely Greedy Dragon, Jessica Barrah and Chris Saunders - Your reader will love following Georgie and Dragon as they search for food in the village.
  
• Moonbeam the Fairy Dragon, Clare Bevan and Cally Johnson-Isaacs - Your reader will enjoy meeting all the amazing animals at the magical zoo.
• Ignore the Trolls, Jordan Gershowitz and Sandhya Prabhat - Your reader will enjoy this mythical look at online bullying.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts:
  
• Mythical Creatures Wordsearch
• Mythical Creatures Alpha Sort
  
• Dragon Colouring In
• Dragon Spot the Difference
• Unicorn Dot to Dot
• Little Dragon Song
• 2 hands on crafts
• Cellophane Dragon
• Clay Unicorn Decoration
• The engagement gifts are a dragon spinning top, perfect for practising fine motor skills and patience, and a fun unicorn notebook, perfect for lots of pre-writing practice.
  
• A delicious mermaid icecream recipe your reader will love creating.

From unicorns to fairies, dragons to trolls, mythical creatures abound in stories and our imaginations.  Are these really creatures from a long ago, more magical time?  Or are they just fantastical expressions of the human imagination, stories built up over the centuries to become part of our modern literature. This theme is designed to embrace the magic of these creatures and have some fun imagining what life would be like if they truly existed.

What is included:

• There are 2 fabulous books in your box 
• The Extremely Greedy Dragon, Jessica Barrah and Chris Saunders - Your reader will love following Georgie and Dragon as they search for food in the village.
  
• Moonbeam the Fairy Dragon, Clare Bevan and Cally Johnson-Isaacs - Your reader will enjoy meeting all the amazing animals at the magical zoo.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts:
  
• Mythical Creatures Wordsearch
• Mythical Creatures Alpha Sort
  
• Dragon Colouring In
• Dragon Spot the Difference
• Unicorn Dot to Dot
• Little Dragon Song
• 1 hands on craft
• Cellophane Dragon
• The engagement gift is a unicorn spinning top, perfect for practising fine motor skills and patience.
  
• A delicious mermaid icecream recipe your reader will love creating.

From nursery rhymes to childhood staples like Dr Seuss, rhymes are a fixture in books for our little readers, and for good reason. Rhymes can be fun and silly, and often create a nice rhythm to a story that engages young readers. Rhyming texts are also a great way to help little readers develop their memory skills through repetition, as they remember the patterns and sounds of the words. This box is designed to explore how rhymes are used in different ways to create fun and meaningful stories for young readers.

What is included:

• There are 2 fabulous books in your box 
• Down by the Cool of the Pool, Tony Mitton and Guy Parker-Rees - Your reader will love dancing around with the animals down by the pool.
  
• The Smallest Girl in Class, Justin Roberts and Christian Robinson - Your reader will enjoy learning about being brave and standing up for others.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts:
  
• Frog Colouring In
• Rhyming Picture Match
  
• Mouse to House Coding Maze
• Rhyming Finger Trace
• Rhyming Number Sort
• It's Time for Bed Song
• 1 hands on crafts
• Animal Hand Puppets
• The engagement gift is a mini tambourine stick, perfect for practising beats and rhythms along with your favourite rhymes.
  
• A delicious and healthy Banana Choc Frog Muffin recipe.

Our wonderful country has so much to offer and explore, along with some of the most unique wildlife and landscapes, and a fascinating history going back tens of thousands of years. For every thing you learn about Australia, there is always something else waiting to be discovered. This theme is designed to introduce your little reader to our country in an easy yet fun way.

What is included:

• There are 2 fabulous books in your box 
• Town Possum, Outback Possum, Yvonne Morrison and Heath McKenzie - Your reader will love this tale of two possums from vastly different areas.
• Exploring Continents: Australia, Alexis Roumanis - Your reader will delight in this wonderful exploration of our amazing, unique country.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts:
  
• Australian Animal Crossword
• Australia Complete the Pattern
  
• Kangaroo Colouring In
• Australian Animal How Many
• Australia Map Shadow Match
• Australian Animal Song
• 1 hands on craft
• Possum Face Mask
• The engagement gifts is a kangaroo photo frame, perfect for displaying a favourite photo.
• A delicious lamington recipe your reader will love creating.

Science surrounds us in every aspect of our lives. This makes it so easy and so exciting to get started learning any STEM topic you’re interested in!  From the physics of colour to the use of natural phenomenon to create clean energy for new technology, even the youngest reader can become a budding scientist!

What is included:

• There are 3 fabulous books in your box 
• Where Does The Sun Go, Harriet Blackford - Your reader will learn about the rotation of the Earth.
  
• Contrary Creatures, James Weinberg - Your reader will love learning about opposites in the animal kingdom.
• Clean Green Machines, Tony Mitton and Ant Parker - Your reader will exploring a variety of clean energy technologies.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• Colour By Numbers
• Opposites Crossword
• Solar System Letter Trace
• STEM Coding Maze
• STEM Size Sort
• Colour Song
• 2 hands on crafts for your bigger reader:
• Day and Night Spinner
• Handprint Animals
• The engagement gifts for your bigger reader are a fun slinky, perfect for exploring gravity and force, and an Earth ball, for testing speed and motion!
  
• A delicious and fun fruit and veggie rainbow recipe.
  

Science surrounds us in every aspect of our lives. This makes it so easy and so exciting to get started learning any STEM topic you’re interested in!  From the physics of colour to the use of natural phenomenon to create clean energy for new technology, even the youngest reader can become a budding scientist!

What is included:

• There are 2 fabulous books in your box 
• Where Does The Sun Go, Harriet Blackford - Your reader will learn about the rotation of the Earth.
  
• Contrary Creatures, James Weinberg - Your reader will love learning about opposites in the animal kingdom.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• Colour By Numbers
• Opposites Crossword
• Solar System Letter Trace
• STEM Coding Maze
• STEM Size Sort
• Colour Song
• 1 hands on craft for your bigger reader:
• Day and Night Spinner
• The engagement gift for your bigger reader is a fun slinky, perfect for exploring gravity and force!
  
• A delicious and fun fruit and veggie rainbow recipe.
  

Getting a good night’s sleep is such an important part of each day. It helps our bodies and minds rest, and helps us feel prepared and full of energy each morning to take on a new day. This theme is designed to explore the impact sleep has on keeping us healthy, as well as the importance of a good bedtime routine.

What is included:

• There are 2 fabulous books in your box 
• Now Go To Sleep, Matt Carr - Your reader will love following the hilarious antics of Mrs Moo's class.
  
• My Friend Sleep, Laura Baker and Hannah Peck - Your reader will delight in learning about the amazing world of dreams.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• Bedtime Colouring In
• Secret Word Finder
• Bedtime Spot the Difference
• Go To Bed Number Sequence
• Bedtime Alpha Sort
• Goodnight Song
• 1 hands on craft for your bigger reader:
  
• Bedtime Routine Clock
• The engagement gift for your bigger reader is a fun clock puzzle, perfect to practice telling time and developing fine-motor skills.
  
• A delicious and fun banana and peanut butter snack ball recipe.
  

The friendships we make throughout our lives are incredibly important to us. Our friendships help shape us as we grow, and we learn so much from being a friend. This theme is all about exploring what helps build a good friendship and what we can learn from our friends.

What is included:

• There are 2 fabulous books in your box 
• Social Butterfly, Beth Bracken and Sofia Cardoso - Your reader will love learning about being a good friend whilst staying true to yourself.
  
• Katie Woo: Best Club, Fran Manushkin and Tammy Lyon - Your reader will delight in following Katie and her friends learn about inclusion and exclusion within friend groups.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• Friendship Colouring In
• Secret Word Finder
• Helping Maze
• Drawing Emotions
• Roll and Match Game
• Manners Song
• 1 hands on craft for your bigger reader:
• Sharing is Caring Butterfly Craft
• The engagement gift for your bigger reader is a set of fun friendship bracelets, perfect to encourage creativity, develop fine-motor skills and for sharing with a friend.
  
• A delicious and fun ANZAC Slice recipe.
  

There are so many amazing animals in the world, waiting to be discovered. Learning about the many unique animals in our world is a favourite for little readers and adults alike, and also provides a fantastic opportunity to explore what makes everyone and everything so special to our world.

What is included:

• There are 2 fabulous books in your box 
• Watch Out, Little Narwhal!, Jane Riordan and Richard Watson - Your reader will love following Narwhal as he learns what makes him special.
  
• Too Tall to Twirl, Lisa Regan and Anna Shuttlewood - Your reader will delight in following Giraffe on her journey to the right hobby for her.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• Sheep Counting
• Animal Which Has More
• Animal Group by Habitat
• Penguin Shape Cut Outs
• Old Macdonald Vet Song
  
• 1 hands on craft for your bigger reader:
  
• Ocean Animal Spinner
• The engagement gift for your bigger reader is a ladybird castanet, perfect for some fun, musical fine-motor skill practice!
  
• A delicious and fun jellyfish pancake recipe.
  

Everyone moves at their own speed, whether that is super fast or super slow. This is part of what makes us unique, but it’s also important to learn to move at someone else’s speed too so you can spend time together. This theme is all about exploring moving at different speeds and and how this affects us and our relationships.

What is included:

• There are 2 fabulous books in your box 
• Rabbit Races Ahead, Lydia Monks - Your reader will learn that it's not always about winning.
  
• Watch Out, Little Narwhal!, Jane Riordan and Richard Watson - Your reader will love following Narwhal as he learns what makes him special.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• Match the Name to Picture
• Colour by Number
• Shell Maze
• Coding Maze
• Find the Biggest
• Number Sort
• 1 hands on craft for your bigger reader:
  
• Animal Thaumatropes
• The engagement gift for your bigger reader is a spinning top, perfect for some fun, speedy fine-motor skill practice!
  
• A delicious and healthy peanut butter and banana smoothie recipe.
  

There are so many amazing things in this world that we are continuously learning. From the world under the sea to the world beyond our own in space, there are always new things to discover. This theme is designed to introduce some of the amazing things there are to learn about the sea and sky.

What is included:

• There are 2 fabulous books in your box 
• Commotion in the Ocean, Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz - Your reader will love these beautiful short poems about a fabulous collection of sea animals.
  
• Hello, Mr Moon, Lorna Gutierrez and Laura Watkins - Your reader will love this gorgeous exploration of why our moon changes its shape.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• Secret Word Finder
• Ocean Match the Picture
• Sleep Cat Maze
• Ocean Animal Complete the Pattern
• Underwater World Map
• Goodnight Song
  
• 1 hands on craft for your bigger reader:
  
• Ocean Animal Spinner
• The engagement gift for your bigger reader is a space poster, perfect decorating your reader's room.
  
• A delicious mayonnaise recipe.
  

Children are always learning and exploring, and as they discover the world around them everything they do can feel like an adventure. Adventures come in all shapes and sizes, from grand quests to exploring something just beyond your own backyard. Many adventures can teach us something new about the world or ourselves, but sometimes it’s fun just to have an adventure for adventure’s sake. This theme is designed to explore all the fun you can have by taking that first step towards adventure and being open to new experiences.

What is included:

• There are 2 fabulous books in your box 
• Rory: Quest for the Northern Lights, Sarah Cullen and Carmen Ellis - Your reader will love following Rory the Orca as he sets out to prove the Northern Lights are real.
  
• Aliens in Underpants Save the World, Claire Freedman and Ben Cort - Your reader will be in stitches as they follow the aliens who step in to save protect their underpants supply.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• Under the Sea Colouring In
• Secret Word Finder
• Alien to Spaceship Code Maze
• Match the Name to Picture
• Sea Animals Complete the Pattern
• Five Little Friends Song
  
• 1 hands on craft for your bigger reader:
• Flying Spaceship
• The engagement gift for your bigger reader is a fun enjoy the ride sign, perfect for decorating your reader's bedroom!
  
• A delicious and healthy rainbow fruit platter recipe.
  

Children love fantasy (make believe) and research has shown that kids who read fantasy books on a regular basis are much more likely to express and explore their imagination. This theme is designed to explore stories with both factual  and fantasy elements and have fun beginning to distinguish between what is real and what is fantasy while still encouraging  the make-believe component of a child’s thinking.

What is included:

• There are 2 fabulous books in your box 
• How to Catch the Tooth Fairy, Adam Wallace and Andy Elkerton - Your reader will love following the tooth fairy as she evades numerous traps throughout a night of work.
  
• Aliens in Underpants Save the World, Claire Freedman and Ben Cort - Your reader will be in stitches as they follow the aliens who step in to save protect their underpants supply.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• Tooth Fairy Colouring In
• Secret Word Finder
• Real or Fantasy Maths
• Alien to Spaceship Code Maze
• Match the Name to Picture
• Real or Fantasy Complete the Pattern
• 1 hands on craft for your bigger reader:
  
• Flying Spaceship
• The engagement gifts for your bigger reader is a set of space pegs, perfect to displaying your real and fantasy artwork!
  
• A delicious and fun alien bliss balls recipe.
  

Quite often, our instinct can be to try things on our own and not ask for help. When we open ourselves up to the idea of working with others, to asking for help, we find, however, that two minds (or more!) are frequently better than one.

What is included:

• There are 2 fabulous books in your box 
• Aliens in Underpants Save the World, Claire Freedman and Ben Cort - Your reader will be in stitches as they follow the aliens who step in to save protect their underpants supply.
  
• Too Tall To Twirl, Lisa Regan and Anna Shuttlewood - Your reader will love following Giraffe as she tries to find the right hobby for her with the help of all her friends.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• Animal How Many
  
• Safari Colouring In
  
• Secret Word Finder
  
• Space Match the Name to Picture
  
• Alien Code Maze
  
• Animal Size Sort
• 1 hands on craft for your bigger reader:
• Flying Spaceship
• The engagement gift for your bigger reader is a set of space pegs, perfect to display your alien artwork or for use in imaginative play to help set up your outerspace scene!
  
• A delicious and healthy alien bliss balls recipe.
  

Words are all around us, and learning to interpret and understand them is an important skill. Parts of speech are an important aspect of language. Not only do the parts of speech help in formulating correct sentences, they also help the reader to understand what is taking place. It can be hard and often confusing to learn all the different parts of speech when you first start out.

What is included:

• There are 4 incredible books in your box: Pronouns Say You and Me, Prepositions Say Under Where, Conjunctions Say Come and Join Us and Interjections Say Hooray, by Michael Dahl, Lauren Lowen and Maira Chiadi. These 4 books form part of a larger 12 book series on the parts of language. 

• The book guide included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• Colour By Numbers
  
• Wordsearch
  
• Sentence Builders
  
• Secret Word Finder
  
• Friendship Maths
  
• Camping Code Maze
  
• Fairytale Match the Name to Picture
  
• Animal How Many
  
• Letter Trace S
  
• Complete the Pattern
  
• Aussie Animal song
• 2 hands on crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• I Am Brave Activity
• A Caring Friend Butterfly
• The engagement gifts for your bigger reader are a fun colouring book and crayons, perfect to encourage creativity and pre-writing skills, and a cute, pocket-sized notebook and pencil, to help your little writer practice their writing skills!
  
• A delicious and healthy blueberry muffin recipe.
  

We are surrounded by creativity, everywhere we go, from the artists who create amazing images for us to see, to the chefs who design delicious food for us to eat, to the scientists who are constantly evolving the tools and equipment we use. This theme is designed to introduce your little reader to the concept that creativity is an important part of all of us, no matter what we end up doing.

What is included:

• There are 2 fabulous books in your box 
• How to Make a Book, Heath McKenzie - Your reader will love creating their very own book in this fabulous, hands-on learning book.
  
• The Gross Slime Book, Lake Press Books - Your reader will enjoy creating their own slime creations with this jam-packed slime recipe book.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• Patch Up Elmer
  
• Design Your Own Lollipop
  
• 1-20 Dot-to-Dot
  
• Design Your Own Pyjamas
  
• Underwater World Map
  
• Story Board
  
• 1 hands on craft for your bigger reader:
• Fantasy Animal Flip Book
• The engagement gift for your bigger reader is a pocket sized notebook and pencil, perfect helping your little reader record all their creative ideas, wherever they are!
  
• There's also a bonus engagement gift, a fun craft and colouring book, the perfect travel size so your little reader can get creative on the road. 
• A delicious damper recipe.
  

Opening a book is opening the door to possibilities. Your books can take you to anywhere in the world or beyond, at any time in the past or future, and to meet anybody or see anything. Without leaving your home you could head off on a pirate adventure one day, only to be traipsing through the urban jungle the next!  This theme is designed to expose your reader to a variety of places, characters and story lines, to broaden their reading journey even further than before. 

What is included:

• There are 4 fabulous books in your box, each with 10 short stories inside: 
• 10 Totally Brilliant Ballet Stories
• 10 Simply Perfect Pony Stories
• 10 Truly Fabulous Fairy Stories
• 10 Incredibly Awesome Adventure Stories

• The individual book guide included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• Adventure Sightseeing Colouring In
  
• Fairytale Maths
  
• Sentence Builders
  
• Secret Word Finder
  
• Girl Code Maze
  
• Mythical Creatures Alpha Sort
  
• Outdoors Song
  
• 2 hands on crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• I Am Brave Activity
• Handprint Fairy
• The engagement gifts for your bigger reader are a pocket sized notebook and pencil, perfect for taking notes for your own super stories, and a fun colouring in book and pencils, perfect for practicing pre-writing skills and engaging the imagination!
• There’s also a bonus walking wind-up lion toy, to engage the imagination.
  
• A delicious and fun funny family pizza recipe.
  

There are so many wonderful and different types of animals in the world. Some of them we see often in our day to day routine, others we might only ever see in books or on the screen. But these amazing animals are great friends to us, as well as to each other, and our world just wouldn’t be the same without them. This theme is designed to help your reader learn more about the animals they already know and introduce them to some they may not have seen before. 

What is included:

• There are 4 fabulous books in your box about Kaita, her family and all the wonderful animals they foster: 
• Buttons the Kitten
• Truman the Dog
• Apple and Annie the Hamster Duo
• Betty the Bearded Dragon

• The individual book guide included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• Underwater Friends Colouring In
  
• Animal Crossword
  
• Cat Coding Maze
  
• Secret Word Finder
  
• Sea Animal Complete the Pattern
  
• Furry Friends How Many
  
• Animal Letter Match
  
• Animal Size Sort
  
• Old Macdonald Had An Ocean Song
• 2 hands on crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• Dog Hand Puppets
• Handprint Animals
• The engagement gifts for your bigger reader are an animal paint by numbers, perfect for helping your little reader practice their reading and fine motor skills, and a fun colouring in book and pencils, perfect for practicing pre-writing skills and engaging the imagination.
• A delicious and fun animal face toast recipe.
  

Everyone single person and animal on our planet are different and unique. No two little children are the same, just as no two little ducks or rabbits are. But being different isn’t a bad thing, it is in fact something to be celebrated and embraced. What makes each of us different is exactly what makes each of us so special. This theme is all about finding what makes you and everyone around you different and learning to celebrate, and love, those differences.

What is included:

• There are 2 fabulous books in your box 
• Too Tall to Twirl, Lisa Regan and Anna Shuttlewood- Your reader will be in stitches as they follow Giraffe on her quest to find the perfect hobby.
  
• Katie Woo: The Best Club, Fran Manushkin and Tammie Lyon - Your reader will love following Katie and her friends as they learn you don't have to be the best to be good.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader. 
• Book inspired play activities and crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• Safari Animals Colouring In
• Secret Word Finder
• Animal How Many
• Wordsearch
• Friendship Maze
• Everyone Belongs Song
• 1 hands on craft for your bigger reader:
• Random Acts of Kindness Cards
• The engagement gift for your bigger reader is a delightful colouring book Gllamorous, perfect for using during mindfulness or quiet reflection time!
  
• A delicious and colourful friendship cookies recipe.
  

Learning to share is one of the important life skills we learn as small children, but it is also a skill we all continue to develop as we grow older. With learning to share comes the ability to compromise, take turns, face and manage disappointment and understand concepts of fairness and equality. This theme is designed to delve into the idea that sharing not only helps others, but ultimately helps us as well.

What is included:

• There are 2 fabulous books in your box 
• The Extremely Greedy Dragon, Jessica Barrah and Chris Saunders- Your reader will love following Georgie and Dragon as they search for food to share.
  
• It's My Sausage, Alex Willmore - Your reader will not know who to cheer on in a fight for the last sausage.

• The individual book guides included in the parent booklet will provide an overview of these wonderful books, suggestions on how to enhance the reading experience and educational tips to extend your reader.
• Book inspired play activities and crafts for your bigger reader:
  
• Dragon Colouring In
• Cat and Sausage Dot to Dot
• Dragon Spot the Difference
• Roll and Match Game
• Sharing Alpha Sort
• Little Dragon Song
• 1 hands on craft for your bigger reader:
• Feed the Cat
• The engagement gift for your bigger reader is a dragon spinning top, perfect for practising fine motor skills!
  
• A delicious and healthy blueberry muffin recipe.