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The folks at Insight Kids, an imprint of Insight Editions, recently released their Spring 2014 catalog. For those unfamiliar, Insight Kids was launched last year. Designed to inspire and delight children of all ages and adults alike, books are packed with stunning visuals and innovative interactive features by high-caliber authors and illustrators. Highlights from the new spring catalog include:
- Two new installments in our delightfully illustrated “How to Banish Fears” series
- Educational bug pop-up books including Ant, Bee, Wasp, and Fly, plus Bug Life and Bee Life
- The Littlest Giant: The Story of Vamana, a modern adaptation of an ancient Sanskrit text about one of India’s most beloved heroes
The Spring catalog also includes three new fun Angry Birds books, which we received copies of.
Angry Birds: The Complete Sticker Collection
- Age Range: 3 and up
- Grade Level: Preschool and up
- Paperback: 80 pages
- Publisher: Insight Kids; Csm Stk edition (July 8, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1608873781
- ISBN-13: 978-1608873784
A massive sticker collection of Angry Birds, Bad Piggies, and the lovable characters from all aspects of the Angry Birds universe. This supersized sticker book is jam-packed with Angry Birds, Bad Piggies, and everything else from their zany world! Featuring favorite characters, including iconic flock members like Red and Stella, as well as their gluttonous nemeses, this awesome collection contains a treasure trove of more than 400 unique stickers. Readers can decorate their belongings or create their own sticker scenes with these multicolored birds and pesky pigs for hours of wacky fun.
Angry Birds Poster Collection
- Paperback: 40 pages
- Publisher: Insight Editions; Csm edition (September 10, 2013)
- Language: English
- Product Dimensions: 15.9 x 11.9 x 0.4 inches
- ISBN-10: 1608872386
- ISBN-13: 978-1608872381
- Cover price $24.99
Experience the Angry Birds phenomenon like never before with this exciting new collection of 40 colorful posters. Featuring rare behind-the-scenes art from the Angry Birds universe, this inspirational collection brings together all your favorite birds and piggies in spectacular style. Each poster is easy to remove and perfect for displaying.
Stella and the Hunt for the Jade Egg: An Angry Birds Story Book
- Age Range: 4 and up
- Grade Level: Preschool and up
- Series: Angry Birds
- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: Insight Kids (March 25, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1608873765
- ISBN-13: 978-1608873760
- Cover price $14.95
In this entertaining adventure, Stella, the spunkiest of the Angry Birds flock, takes center stage. When the jade egg from Matilda’s powerful necklace goes missing, it’s up to Stella and Bubbles to rescue it from the Bad Piggies’ grasp! Red thinks the colorful duo is too young to handle the responsibility, but they are determined to prove him wrong. Disguised as pigs, they sneak into Pig City to retrieve the special egg. But soon the whole city is on high alert, and Stella and Bubbles must figure out a way to find the egg, steal it back, and escape the clutches of the pigs! Fun, colorful illustrations accompany this clever story about not letting grumpy naysayers like Red bring you down. Young readers will love this daring tale of bravery and wit!
Piggy Island Heroes
- Age Range: 8 and up
- Grade Level: 2 and up
- Paperback: 88 pages
- Publisher: Insight Kids (March 25, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1608873773
- ISBN-13: 978-1608873777
- Cover price $10.95
What happens when the wacky King Pig decides he wants the new weathervane on Professor Pig’s roof for himself? Or when Chef Pig desperately needs to find something that looks like an egg for the King’s birthday? And exactly what goes on in the mines of the city when the sun sets and darkness creeps in? Starring the porky antagonists of the Angry Birds, this delightful collection of exciting stories invites readers to enter through the gates of the Bad Piggies’ city and learn all there is to know about its dastardly residents.
My son really enjoys the popular Angry Birds game. It’s a game he understands and can enjoy while still being challenged, so he plays it often. He was so excited when he saw these books. His favorite by far was the Angry Birds Poster Collection, a book containing 40 color Angry Birds posters. We are going to frame a couple of his favorites once we can determine what they are, right now he’s just loving them all. The Angry Birds: The Complete Sticker Collection was his next favorite. Once he understood they were stickers he was all over that book! I may run out of paper at the rate he’s enjoying sticking them all. My son can’t understand many of the words in The Stella and the Hunt for the Jade Egg: An Angry Birds Story Book, but that isn’t stopping him from enjoying it anyway. There are lots of sketches in the book that he’s enjoyed looking at. Piggy Island Heroes is still a bit old for my son, but he’s stashed it in his room anyway.
I love to read. I always have. As a child when I was supposed to be practicing dance I’d turn on music loud and then sit and read a book. And now you know why I don’t dance well, LOL. I’m a great believer that reading can be, and should be, fun. I think it’s great that Insight Kids was able to make these colorful and fun books featuring characters that are known and loved. They carry a range of great books covering a wide age span so be sure to check them out if you’re looking to stock up on some fun summer reading for your kids.
Does your child enjoy reading or having stories read to them? Who’s their favorite about? Please leave a comment, I’d really like to know!
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My boys love Angry Birds, too, so they would be all over these! They still like being read to, but I like it when they read to me now 🙂
We just got our Grandson a book that has his name through out the book. He was very happy to see his name in print. He would also like this Angry Birds Book
You have a very handsome model and he seems quite interested in his book. I think personalized books and any book is a great gift for children of all ages. You are never to young to learn the value of a book read.
These really do look like fun books. And I love Angry Birds (the kids do too 😉 ). LOL at the dancing tidbit. I can’t dance a lick, but I can’t blame it on reading (though I did do a lot of reading when I was young…still do when I can). 🙂
My nephew would love these books. He loves anything Angry Birds.
Angry birds seem to be a thing many kids enjoy. I am glad to see your son enjoying the book. They all look like a great collection.
We love reading at our house. My son loves the Captain Underpants series too!
It’s amazing how Angry Birds started out as a game and now has become so much more!
Grandma then I read to my first two; after she passed on, I continued to read to the last two as well as all grand kids. #1 child devoured all books esp. mysteries; #2 not an avid reader favored Star Wars; #3, a reluctant reader at best, loved MM; #4 was into comics big time.
It is amazing just how far Angry Birds has come, sounds like there is some fantastic books coming out this spring 🙂 x