Saturday, 28 April 2018

10 Amazing Flap Books by Walker Books plus Giveaway

Who doesn't love flap books?
Flap books have always been one of my favourite types of children's books and something that I have always introduced Lily to since she was a baby. She now has a really good collection of flap books and they are some of her favourite books.

There is something really exciting about flap books and I love the element of surprise about them. They are also a perfect way to get your child involved in interacting with the story. 


So here are 10 brilliant flap books all from Walker Picture Books


1. Caterpillar to Butterfly by Francis Barry £7.99

What an amazing flap book with a difference. This book goes along the story of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly and as it does you unfold a flap. Eventually as it is all unfolded, it has turned into a big flower shape with a beautiful butterfly in the middle. It is such a lovely book with the cutest illustrations and also a lovely rhyming storyline. The book is a hardback and is recommended for ages 2+. 



2. No Nancy No by Alice Tait £7.99

Have an adventure in London, all while lifting up the flaps and causing a little bit of mischief. Nancy is having a day out in London and seeing the sights. But she can't help but cause mischief. Each page has part of the story and then you lift the large flaps to see exactly what mischief she has got up to.
I do love how large the flaps are and its so exciting wondering what she could have possibly done to cause trouble. The illustrations are great and after spending lots of time in London I can say that they are drawn to perfect detail. you almost feel like you are in London! It's recommended for children aged 3+ and available in paperback or hardback. 



3. Are you My Mummy? By Mary Murphy £5.99

This is such a cute little flap book that is perfect as for a child's first flap book collection. A cute little puppy is running along looking for its mummy. It keeps meeting animals and asking "Are you my mummy" the animal replies with "No" and then you have to lift the flap to see who is the baby of that animal. Until the last page, where the Puppy asks "Are you my Mummy?" and the reply is "Yes, your my lovely puppy". This book is recommended for ages 0+ and is a hardboard book. 

4. Peepo Baby By Sebastien Braun £5.99

This is such a good book for babies because which babies don't love playing peepo. The babies are all hiding behind something and the writing asks "Who is hiding behind the?" Then you lift the flap and "Peepo!" There is the baby. It is super colourful and also a hardboard book. Perfect for babies and recommended for 0+.



5. Kiki and Bobo's Birthday Surprise By Yasmeen Ismail £7.99
6. Kiki and Bobo's Sunny Day By Yasmeen Ismail £7.99

Introducing the lovely characters of Kiki the Cat and Bobo the dog who are the best of friends. Both books involve a wonderful story about them spending time toggether and along the way you lift many flaps to find surprises and lovely illustrations to aid the story.
In the story Birthday Surprise. Kiki is planning a lovely surprise for Bobo's Birthday, she plans a party and cake, but in the end the actual surprise is that its actually her Birthday. The story has lots of flaps that are all relating to birthdays.
In the story Sunny Day, Kiki and Bobo both go to the beach and have lots of fun building sandcastles, collecting shells and swimming in the sea. Lots of the flaps are all beach related and its the perfect summer story.
I was really impressed with the amount of flaps in these stories. Sometimes you would open a flap and then there would be another flap underneath to open. I highly recommend these books. They are recommended for children aged 3+.



7. Who is the Biggest? by Petr Horacek £5.99

Although the title suggests that the books are all about things that are big and small, thats not the only thing included with this book. It's all about opposites and so we have things like slow and fast and noisy and quiet and short and tall. It will have one word with a picture of an animal on one page and then under the flap it will have the opposite with a picture of a different animal. As always the illustrations from Petr Horacek are brilliant and really make this book lovely. It is recommended for children aged 2+.

8. Who is sleeping? by Petr Horacek £5.99

Another lovely illustrated book by Horacek. This book asks who is sleeping and you lift the flap to find out who. The animals are all peeping out from the flap so this gives the children the opportunity to guess. This is another hardboard book so perfect for little hands and I think parents and children will both enjoy the pictures. Again this is recommended for children aged 2+. 



9. Surprising Birds by Elo £8.99

There isn't much words inside this book so it is more about the pictures. Each page shows an interesting looking bird. It is interesting because of its shape, pattern and colour. Each flap you lift, will have the word of the colour underneath and somewhere under the flap will be that colour. For example under one birds wing is a chick that is yellow. It is a lovely book to learn all about colours and children will love lifting the flaps to reveal which colour is underneath. This book is a hardboard book and recommended for children aged 3+.

10. Big Dog, Little Dog by Elo £8.99

This book is another book all about opposites and you lift the flaps to see the opposite. For example we have a short dog, and then you pull out the flap to make a long dog. The dogs are all really interesting colours and patterns which make the book really nice to read and will encourage your children to want to take a look inside. It is also a hardboard book and is recommended for children aged 3+.  



Lily and I have really enjoyed all of these books but I think her favourite have been the Kiki and Bobo Books. Lily is 3 and so all the above books are appropriate for her age but the books aged 0+ she has also really enjoyed reading independently. 

From a mums perspective, I really love the No Nancy No Book because of all the lovely illustrations of London. 

This is such a lovely selection of flap books and I hope that you find one that you like. Head to the Walker Picture Books Website now to buy your favourites.

Walker Picture Books would love to give one lucky person the chance to win 2 of the books from above. The choice will be yours to which books you would like. To enter for the chance to win some beautiful books enter on the Gleam App below.

Win 2 Flap Books from Walker Picture Books

55 comments:

  1. I would like to win are you my mummy and peepo baby because I think my 9 month old would really enjoy them :)

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  2. Are you my mummy? and Surprising birds....both for my niece, who loves any kinds of animals.

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  3. Big Dog, Little Dog by Elo because my daughter loves dogs and Caterpillar to Butterfly by Francis Barry because she loves butterflies and would love to learn how they develop from a caterpillar!

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  4. I would pick No Nancy No by Alice Tait and Kiki and Bobo's Sunny Day for my little Grandson

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  5. You can't beat the flap books, not only are the stories good, but the children get so excited when the flap goes up, they all go giddy and overwhelmed!

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  6. Big Dog, Little Dog and Surprising Birds as we love birds and dogs.

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  7. A wonderful selection. I would like the Caterpillar to Butterfly book because I am teaching the children about insects at the moment and the No, Nancy, No book just because it sounds so familiar.

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  8. I would pick Caterpillar to Butterfly as I think it is good to learn about nature when young and peepbo Baby as it is her favourite game of the moment

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  9. No Nancy No as I think it would be fun for my child to look at and I love the illustrations in that book.I also like Are you My Mummy? as I think it would appeal to my youngest and is perfect for her age.

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  10. Margaret Clarkson
    Caterpillar to Butterfly and No Nancy No as I think my niece would like these two the best, although all the books in the selection sound great.

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  11. I would pick Big Dog, Little Dog and Caterpillar to Butterfly because I love books about animals.

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  12. I love the look of surprising birds and big dog, little dog - my son would love these!

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  13. no, nancy no and big dog little dog because they are the right age for my youngest and he loves dogs too x

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  14. Big Dog, Little Dog and no nancy

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  15. Big dog little dog and Kiki and Bobo look great because my kiddo loves animals.

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  16. I'd like to win Are You My Mummy? and No Nancy No.

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  17. Are You My Mummy? and Peepo Baby for my one year old granddaughter. They are the best for her age wise

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  18. No Nancy No by Alice Tait and Surprising Birds by Elo would be perfect for my son. We go bus and bird watching regularly!

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  19. Who is sleeping and who is the biggest my granddaughter would love them

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  20. big dog little dog and kiki and bobo

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  21. My niece would love Caterpillar to Butterfly x

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  22. No, Nancy, No! and Are you My Mummy? My 3 year old would love these!

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  23. Big dog little dog and surprising birds because we love stories about animals!

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  24. Who is sleeping and who is biggest

    All look fun - we are loving flap / touchy feely books

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  25. I would choose No Nancy No as ours think that they are the only people on earth to be told "no" and Big Dog, Little Dog as we love discussing dogs at the moment

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  26. No Nancy No and surprising birds as they look like the sort of books my daughters would be interest in.

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  27. id like surprising birds and who is sleeping

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  28. Caterpillar to butterfly and no nancy no as love any books about London

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  29. No Nancy no and who is sleeping these are the books my daughter would enjoy the most

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  30. Kiki and Bobo's Birthday Surprise because my son loves anything to do with birthdays and he would also love Big dog, little dog because he loves flap books

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  31. I would love to receive Are You My Mummy and Surprising Birds for my little granddaughter, please

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  32. No Nancy No by Alice Tait for my great nephew in Australia, he is obsessed with London buses.Caterpillar to Butterfly by Francis Barry would be perfect for Olivia, my grand-daughter, she is just beginning to explore nature in the garden

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  33. Are you my Mummy? and Who is sleeping?

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  34. Caterpillar to Butterfly and Big Dog Little Dog because they would both really appeal to my daughter!

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  35. my youngest grandson is almost 6 months old and i am sure he would love all these fantastic books

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  36. Caterpillar to Butterfly, as I do think butterflies are beautiful and fascinating that they evolve from caterpillar. No, Nancy No. As I have friends in London and have visited many times. A very interesting city for all ages, etc.

    Rachel Craig

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  37. Kiki and Bobo's Birthday Surprise By Yasmeen Ismail and Kiki and Bobo's Sunny Day By Yasmeen Ismail

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  38. Michelle Ferguson22 May 2018 at 02:48

    I would like big dog little dog as my nephew is mad about dogs

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  39. Big Dog Little Dog and surprising birds because we love flap books! All the books look lovely 😊

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  40. 3. Are you My Mummy? and 4. Peepo Baby ready for our new grandson who is due in a few weeks so I can read him stories

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  41. Will pick Who is sleeping? by Petr Horacek as my daughter get excited when. reading a book with flaps and also . No Nancy No by Alice Tait as I love an adventure myself in London.

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  42. Big Dog Little Dog and Surprising Birds as they are both animal related and have striking illustrations :)

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  43. Surprising Birds and Big Dog Little Bird look great fun

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  44. I love introducing books to my grandson and would love to win "Are you my Mummy" and "Peepo Baby" as they book look good fun

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  45. Peepo Baby and Who is sleeping books would be perfect for my grand daughter to read and enjoy looking at the pictures

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  46. I fancy the 'NO NANCY NO' Book, it sounds like a lot of fun

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  47. Big dog little dog and surprising birds for my grandson! He loves animals.

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  48. Big Dog Little Dog and Surprising Birds for my daughter x

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  49. Who is sleeping and big dog little dog I think my baby Charlie would like best because he loves to sleep and loves dogs 😍

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  50. I would like to win Big Dog, Little Dog and Surprising Birds for my nephew who would love them.

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  51. Big Dog Little Dog and Who is Sleeping because they are lovely easy words and pictures

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  52. Love to win caterpillar to butterfly and who is the biggest for my daughter please. She's obsessed with all animals. Great selection of books!!

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  53. We would pick Big Dog, Little Dog and Caterpillar to Butterfly because of our love of animals xx

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  54. I would pick the 2 Kiki and Bobo books as they sound interesting for my little granddaughter who is too old for baby books but not old enough for many story books. She loves animals and these sound as if there is enough of a story, but short enough for her attention span.

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