Madhouse Family Reviews: Priddy Books Treasure Hunt Counting Colours review

Monday, 14 May 2012

Priddy Books Treasure Hunt Counting Colours review

There is always much excitement here at The Madhouse when we receive a delivery from Priddy Books. As Roger's Bloggers, we've received lots of books to review from Priddy Books in the past, as well as from other publishers, but the Madhouse Mini-testers always seem to get particularly excited when the books come from them. I've been trying to work out why and I think it's because they're brightly coloured but also interactive. We've had activity books, a read-along book and CD set, picture books that throw questions at you to make sure you'll being observant and understanding what you're looking at …

This month's books got the usual warm reception ! Pierre was totally taken with the Treasure Hunt Counting Colours book, which is utterly compelling reading for a 2-year-old, judging by his reaction.

It's a huge chunky board book with ten double pages each focusing on a specific colour. Pierre loves looking at the collections of objects to see what he can spot, even if he avoids the “Black” page because he is scared of the spider !

When his big sisters are on the scene, they can read the different phrases – for example “3 farm tractors”, “2 roses”, “10 rubber ducks”, “2 big dinosaurs”, “6 sparkly shoes”, etc… - that are written around the edges of the pictures and they can all have fun trying to spot the different objects. This is a great way to practice basic counting skills as well as learning new words and honing observation skills.

It's a book that you can look at over and over again and still spot new things each time. It's turned into Pierre's potty-time book of choice and he loves pointing things out to me and naming them or asking me for words he doesn't know.

star rating : 5/5

RRP : £7.99