Friday, July 4, 2008

StoryBox, AdventureBox & DiscoveryBox...`

A SmartyCat fan named "Book" (thank you!) sent a link to Story Box Books... http://www.storyboxbooks.com/ Smarty Cat took a look and seems very interesting and good.

A read-aloud magazine to share with young children

Each StoryBox (ages 3-6) issue contains 52 pages with:
  • An engaging and exciting 25-page story that young children will enjoy listening to, with rich, full-page illustrations
  • Animal and Science pages to encourage children's curiosity and introduce them to scientific thinking
  • Comic: A picture-story about everyday life at the Lovett's, with characters children will look forward to meeting each month
  • Number and letter skills practised through play
  • Poems from Judith Nicholls
Each AdventureBox (ages 6-9) issue contains 68 pages with:
  • An exciting 44-page chapter-story illustrated in full colour on every page with clearly-presented text and simple vocabulary to help beginner readers find their own reading pace
  • Fascinating topics and interactive activities about the natural world
  • Word searches and games to stimulate children's reasoning
  • A comic strip story for a lot of fun with mischievous heroes and wacky scenarios
Each DiscoveryBox (ages 9-12) issue contains 60 pages with:
  • Animal section with stunning photos and concise, informative texts to introduce children to animals
  • History section with historical events retold through a picture story, facts and photos to stimulate reader's appetite for learning about the past
  • Science pages with scientific topics through pictures and with instructions for simple and exciting experiments
  • Stories, quizzes, funfacts, games, recipes, things to make and do, jokes, puzzles, cartoons and more.
Who are they?
http://www.bayard-magazines.co.uk/gammebox/index.jsp
Managing Publisher: Christine Auberger
Sales and Promotion Manager: Andrea Chhan
Editorial Coordinator: Elena Iribarren
Editor in chief: Simona Sideri
Art Director: Pat Carter
Text and Research: Liz Sheperd

Bayard
1st floor
2 King street
Peterborough PE1 1LT
or send an email at contact@bayard-magazines.co.uk
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StoryBox
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