Check out our top picks to keep the kids busy

It's time for some...ACTIVITY BOOK FUN!

Who said books are just for telling stories? There's so much more to reading, and you can actually PLAY with so many books! Activity books make for fantastic boredom busters on a rainy day, play-mate on nights out or on holidays, or learning tools to develop language, cognitive function and logic. But let's move on to the fun part...

Whether you want to solve puzzles, play dress-up, or simply find some fun way to pass the time on holiday, you're sure to find your perfect match among the list of fantastic titles for all ages below. Choose from sticker books, books about feelings or nature guides and activity books to encourage the children to get outdoors and start exploring.

Georgina Atwell

Toppsta

2024-07-11

2022-08-01

Activity Books for Kids

Sticker Dolly Dressing Magical Kingdom

Dressing up is one of the most powerful tools of imaginative play, engaging children, encouraging them to problem solve and explore their creativity. This is why we've recommended Usborne's Sticker Dolly Dressing series time and time again. This book (and the one below) are the newest releases.

Enter the magical kingdom where fairies fly with dragons through a rainbow sky, mermaids and seals explore an underwater palace, pixies dance in a towering toadstool town and elves creep through a forgotten forest. Children can use the stickers to dress the dolls and decorate the fantastic scenes.

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Sticker Dolly Dressing Movie Stars

Children love to play dress up – whether it is on their dolls, their teddies or with their friends – but how fantastic is playing dress-up when you're a movie star?

Best friends Mia, Summer and Jenna are three actors who love performing in front of a movie camera. Use the stickers to dress the dolls for a photo shoot, an audition, an action movie, a glamorous awards ceremony and much more. As well as the dolls' outfits and their accessories, there are props and other stickers to add to the pages.

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Pip and Posy: Outdoor Explorers

Now a hit TV series, the Pip and Posy series is all about the ups and downs and first experiences as a toddler. With this new activity book, readers get to interact more with their favourite characters and go on adventures outdoors.

Join in the fun with Pip and Posy and their friends as they have outdoor adventures, look and find out and about and have lots of fun playing and exploring in the fresh air. Have fun completing the puzzles, drawing, colouring and using lots of stickers. This busy activity book will keep children entertained for hours.

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Unicorn Academy: Sticker Activity Book (A Netflix series): An official Netflix TV tie-in sticker activity book

We finally have the official sticker book of the smash hit Netflix Unicorn Academy series, available now to stream globally!

This sticker activity book is packed with puzzles, games, colouring, drawing and sticker scenes using images from the show. With over 100 stickers and lots activities, this official sticker book will keep fans busy for hours!

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The Lorax Activity Book

An activity book extravaganza based on Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, complete with puzzles, mazes and LOTS of stickers. Join the Lorax in a brilliant activity book adventure through the land of the Brown Bar-ba-loots and Truffula Trees!

Based on Dr. Seuss’s classic story, The Lorax, puzzle your way from beginning to end with all the characters and memorable moments from the original book! Filled with mazes, dot-to-dot, counting, colouring and clue-solving, discover a world of amazing activities and splendid sticker scenes in this companion activity book to Dr. Seuss’s best-loved eco-tale.

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My First Draw With Rob: Unicorns

A magical unicorn activity book from Rob Biddulph’s amazingly popular Draw With Rob art activity series – now for little readers!

Gallop away to a land of clouds, rainbows and unicorns in this magical activity book from bestselling and award-winning creator, Rob Biddulph. Featuring fairy-tale castles, starry skies and enchanted lands, these pages are full of mazes, puzzles and colouring along with Rob’s simple drawing instructions for creating your own incredible unicorns!

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RSPB Bird’s Eye Spy

Follow a flock of swallows and see what they see in this nature book of things to spot and talk about. Fly with the birds through the cities, coasts and countryside and over mountains and markets, farms, towns, open sea, rainforests, deserts and more. Each location features ten "I-spy" animals and plants to find, with prompts and questions to give children lots to talk about. Also includes a map of the swallows’ migration route and additional fascinating information about bird flight.

This book is perfect for young nature enthusiasts and for parents looking for a book that will keep kids busy while encouraging them to engage with the wonder of the natural world.

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What Makes You Do That?: A Let’s Talk picture book to help children understand their behaviour and emotions

Addressing common situations sympathetically and humorously, What Makes You Do That? answers key behavioural concerns and encourages children to self-reflect, consider how their actions affect others and manage their emotions. This book is ideal for sharing with young children, or to give to older children to read independently.

Written in child-friendly language, this great dip-in book explores 12 typical behaviours that children engage in, such as temper tantrums, telling lies or cheating, and offers 12 constructive behaviours to consider instead, like how to stay calm, be honest or play fairly. There are fun, colourful illustrations by Sarah Jennings throughout and helpful notes for parents and carers at the back of the book, with tips for supporting positive behaviour early on.

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activity books for 3 year olds

Georgina Atwell

Toppsta

2024-07-11

2022-08-01

Activity Books for Kids