When Suziew asked me if I would like to review a second of her children’s books I immediately said that I would, as I was impressed by the previous one she sent me, Things Evie eats.
This time the book she sent is titled Better buckle up. It is a brightly coloured paperback suitable for toddlers and preschool aged children.
The book tells the story of Ollie, who doesn’t want to sit in his car seat or wear his seat belt, the tale is told in a way which young children can relate to. The illustrations by plainsightVFX are brightly coloured which will enable parents and carers to assist their children in learning the names of different colours.
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After a little persuasion Ollie’s mum convinces him that sitting in his car seat and wearing a seat belt is the right thing to do.
I wish that this book had been around when my youngest son was small, as when he was around a year or so, he learned how to undo the straps on his car seat and would climb out of it. This alarmed me and I remember going into a baby shop and asking if they stocked a device which would prevent him from doing this, the assistant implied that it was down to parent supervision and made me feel that I was a failure as a mother. I think that reading this together would really have helped.
Better buckle up is written by Suziew, it is published by Beresford Publishing House and retails at £6.50.
I would defiantly recommend this book to parents, grandparents and carers, as it can be read and enjoyed time after time. The text is also printed in a way which will encourage early readers to have a try at reading it themselves.
Disclosure: I was gifted this book for the purpose of the review, but all opinions are my own.
As always questions/comments are welcome.
Karen
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How terrible that the shop assistant made you feel bad.
Thanks for the review 🙂
What a great concept for a story and so brightly illustrated too! What an awful shop assistant though, we have anti escape on our car seats for exactly this reason! #PointShoot
Fab review, looks like a really fun read X #pointshoot
What a lovely way to get such an important message over. The illustrations look bright, colourful and eye catching too. Thank you for linking up to #PointShoot 📸
Looks like a fun read for toddlers …Thanks for joining us on #HappySunday
this looks like a great read for toddlers I might get mine to have a look #fortheloveofblog
Oh getting kids into car seats when they don’t want to can be a real nightmare. I am sure many a parent would find this very useful. It looks like a fab book, thanks for sharing your thoughts on it at #familyfun
This sounds like a great book for helping to install the importance of car safety. I still have a battle trying to wrestle my littlest little into his car seat some days! Thanks for linking to #DreamTeam x
I love this book! It can be a nightmare getting kids into car seats or getting them to wear the belts so I love the fact that this book addresses that very real struggle! Thanks for linking up to #coolmumclub xoxo
Mine was a little escape artist too. There were a few times that I considered duck taping her in. #dreamteam
This sounds like a great book! Ben has started trying to get out of his seat already, I know he’s gonna be a handful already haha!
Thank you for sharing this with us at #TriumphantTales. I hope to see you back next week.
All of my kids have tried to escape from their car seats! It is great when they are old enough for a book like this to teach them the reason for car safety in an appropriate way #bloggerclubuk
Car seats in fact are not compulsory in India which I am not in support however. Nice way of teaching car safety. Thanks for joining #HS
My goodness, I love stories that help with parenting. My boy seems to listen to the characters in books more than me!
Sounds a great book great review Thank you for linking to #ThatFridayLinky Please come back next week
I still love picture books and have refused to throw them out! I like the look of this one too! I once had a go at writing one and it is a lot harder than you think! Thanks so much for joining us at #TweensTeensBeyond
We did actually have something that stopped seatbelt escapees so it definitely wasn’t anything to do with your parenting! #TweensTeensBeyond
#thesatsesh sounds like a sound concept. I love a book with a learning curve, but i can’t help but think the books with morals always have better endings.
This sounds fab – my daughter also tries to come out of the straps especially when she’s agitated or tired in the car. Can’t believe the assistant implied it was down to parental supervision! Thanks for linking up to #dreamteam x
Fab review – it’s so important to get that message across to buckle up, arguing about it at nursery pick up isn’t the best! Thanks for linking up to #fortheloveofblog
great review – looks good!
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This sounds like a great book for little ones. #coolmumclub
sounds like a fab book. will definitely look into it #kltr
My oldest used to be such an escape artist when it came to his car seat, I wish this book around then as books are such a great way to communicate important messages to children #KLTR
My bairns have never tried to undo their belts but still think this is great for sharing the importance of seatbelt safety! This looks sweet for really little ones – perfect combination of numbers and animals! Thanks for linking up with #KLTR