Hola chicos, I was so fortunate recently to be approached by Katie from Miles Kellyย who are an independent children’s book publishers based in the village of Thaxted, Essex, UK.ย The company’s ethos is to create “Children’s books to inspire and share”ย with the aim of reaching as many children as possible, spreading the joy of reading. The in-house team of editors and designers work with reputable international authors and illustrators to create carefully planned and beautifully designed books for kids aged 3โ12 years old.
Katie was so kind to let me choose one book from their website. It was so difficult as all of them were not just very interesting and educative but beautifully presented too. After a long search, Bella (my 5 year old daughter) finally chose “the most beautiful book ever” (these are Bella’s words!). The book Bella chose was Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales. This book is part of their fiction section. As soon as we told Katie our choice, she sent us the book straight away. It was a good and fast delivery service. They have free standard UK delivery on every order which takes 3โ7 working days.
When we received the book I couldn’t believe how beautiful the front cover was. The illustration was gorgeous. The mermaid was so well designed. The cover ย was illustrated by Laurence Cleyet-Merle. The book has 512 pages where the kidsย can explore 50 captivating tales of mermaids, princes and magical animals, with beautiful illustrations that bring a wealth of delightful and quirky characters to life.
The book is divided into five sections, each with ten of the best fantastical fairy stories around, including much-loved favourites about transformations, journeys of discovery and extraordinary events. The age suggested is from 6 years. Bella is only 5 but she was happy with this book since the moment we received it.ย The price of the book is ยฃ14.99 but it is on discount at the moment for ยฃ11.24. It is a great price for what you are getting: 500 pages with 50 captivating stories!! What else you can ask for?
Book Review Miles Kelly 1
Every night at bedtime Bella has asked to be read one story from the book. This book is ideal for a bedtime story. Nick and I have taken turn reading the book with Bella. We have read her one or two stories depending on the lengh of the story. After that she has fallen asleep happily dreaming with thought of the fairy tales! This book has really beautiful illustrations which I thought was very important to get Bella’s attention.
Book Review Miles Kelly 2
We recently visited Bella’s grandparents to drop her there as she was going to stay with themย during the half term holiday. She didn’t want to leave the book at home so we had to bring it with her so Grandad could read her the stories. So now she is happy that Grandad will be able to read her one or two stories from the book every night. Before we left to go back to London, I saw Bella and her grandad having a special moment. He was reading Bella one of the stories. It was so cute to watch so I decided to take some photos of that moment!
Also, the lovely people atย Miles Kellyย would like me to let you all know that during this half term youย could win a bundle of books for your children in theirย #HalfTermHero competition on Facebook and Twitter, and also thereโs some cool activities on theirย website at Kidsโ Activity Corner.
GIVEAWAY
Now, on to the Giveaway! Iโm so happy to announce that the lovely people atย Miles Kellyย are happy for me to host aย giveaway to give 3 copies of this Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales Book to 3ย lucky readers of A Moment with Franca. How amazing is that? Iโm sure all of you wouldย be very happy to win this! In order to have a chance to win this you just need to enter the giveaway below. Please note that the first entry is a mandatory entry. Good luck!
*Terms & Conditions: Open to UK & Ireland residents. Threeย winners will win one of Hans Christian Andersens Fairy Tales Book. The bookย will be provided byย Miles Kellyย directly. ย A Moment With Franca blog is not responsible for the delivery of this product. Giveawayย closes on Wednesdayย 17thย November 2015 at midnight. The winner will have 48 hours to respond once notification is sent.
What do you think of this book? Do you like it? Do you have a similar style of book? If not, will you buy oneย for your children or for a Christmas Gift? Let me know what you think. Leave a comment below as I would love to hear your opinion.
*Disclaimer: I received this item in exchange for an honest review. This review is my own opinion and is a genuine representation of what I think about this product.
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Franca ย 💋
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They look beautifully illustrated. I know my niece would cherish these for years to come. Thanks for the chance
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My girls love Fairytales and stories to do with bedtime/night time. At the moment I am reading them my old Ladybird Read It Yourself books – each one is a traditional fairytale from The Gingerbread Man to The Little Red Hen!
I loved Hans Christian Andersen wonderful fairy tales as a child and would now love to read them to my grandson ๐
They love the Beatrix Potter books especially The tales of Peter ~Rabbit
This looks beautifully illustrated
Lovely book I read baby books to my daughter
At the moment, we read Dr Seuss at bedtime xx
Pop up books and books that are somewhat interactive
Any books with animals, he loves them ๐
That’s Not My Polar Bear & lots of Peppa Pig books
It looks a lovely book, with big clear pictures & easy words for children to follow, just the kind of book i would read from.
Definitely fairytales!
This book looks lovely,i emjoy reading fairytales to the children.
Absolutely beautiful illustrations..I have sent copies to new zealand and Australia.for my nephew and nieces.they are magical ..thank you.
My daughter loves the rainbow fairy books and my son loves a book called aliens love underpants, that we read over and over again!!!!!
My kids love books that make them giggle.
Wow, that really is the most beautiful book ever! Excellent choice! #ParentingPicks
Anything with pirates and/or animals in it ๐
They love to read fairy tails at bedtime
Storybooks about bedtime and dreams ๐
Stories about animals ๐ especially cats ๐
fairytales and adventure stories!
My little boy is only 7 months but I like to read to him already he already loves nursery rhymes
my daughter loves fairytales, her favourite books are the Roald Dahl stories. she loves them, although i did as a child too.
my son likes book with cars in
Fairytales, her favourite at the moment is hansel and grettl we’ve been reading it on repeat for months lol x
This book looks lovely with exquisite illustrations.
Anything and everything! Roald Dahl, Julia Donaldson, just started the first Harry Potter. My son would adore this, we love the old Hans Christian Anderson film and he’d love to read the stories.
any books with animals or fantasy stories.
My youngest two love fairytales.
at the minute we are reading an aesops fables book we got from miles kelly and we read one fable a night x
I adore fairytale books and this one looks so beautiful – the illustrations are amazing! My 2 year old would love this too – she seems to love the traditional stories more than anything and it helps me relive my childhood! Thanks for linking up to #ParentingPicks lovely! Mim x
What a beautiful book. Thanks for sharing on #justanotherlinky xx
My oldest daughter is into facts at the moment, she has the miles Kelly animal facts book which she loves
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Wind in the willows
Looks like such a lovely book. I love reading books like this to my girls.
Thanks for linking up to #justanotherlinky
Apple Tree Farm
mine just like any story read to them. at the moment youngest likes her dora story book, its got about 5/6 different stories in, and she chooses one each night.
My 6 year old will read anything ๐
My five year old daughter loves The Narnia Series.
They love the Beatrix Potter books xxx
a story she can get involved in, with illustrations, she loves to ask questions about them too.
My daughter (age 3) has a few books she tends to rotate between. Currently it’s a Captain America book, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (a great alphabet book), and Mr. Bump. I’m sure her choices will change soon.
At the moment it is books with fairies in. Anything what she can get her hands on from our weekly visit to the local library.
Fairytale & rhymes
Always fairytales.x
Fairy tales and space books.
My daughter loves all sorts we get six new books every 2 – 4 weeks from the library, But we have been enjoying the Brownies books at the moment as she has just started brownies in August and she can relate with these books and get excited about activities the girls in the books are doing as she may get to go on a similar adventure.
my son likes the chip & kipper books x
The book is really pretty good illustrations, have been looking for a good fairytale book for my nieces but they often have story time together and one is too little.
In general they like each peach pear plum
Colourful, easy to read large print books. ~
What a gorgeous collection of stories! I’d love to win, so I could read these to my son ๐
They like fairy stories.
My daughters like lots of different types of stories, particularly Peppa Pig, Mog and Frozen
Mr Men Books ๐
Usually Puddle Lane
WE adore Winnie The Pooh
At the moment we are going through the Noddy collection. (@PeanutHog)
My son likes Paddington books
My son loves to read The Gruffalo books
This book looks lovely, never seen it before. My son loves books, he is autistic and will pretty much let me read anything to him xx
Topsy and tim books!
She loves the Julia Donaldson books at the moment and loves to join in, she’s only 2yr 9 months but will sit and read these o her dolls as well – obviously only by remembering odd words that she recalls from us reading them to her
I used to love reading Fairy tales then I read them to my children. Now my grandchildren at bedtime.
They love anything about monsters that smell, burp, splash in mud or are generally pretty gross! Such boys xx
The Gruffalo books are very popular
Thomas the Tank engine books
My daughter likes books with pictures and short stories before bed ๐
all books ๐
D likes super hero stories ๐ H likes anything with princesses
She’s 4 years old and she likes to read biology books!!
She also likes her thomas the tank engine stories and Alice’s adventures in wonderland.
We have all the Mr Men and Little Miss books, so randomly pick different ones each night!
The first two books i ever had were given to me on the day i was born by my mum and dad, they were two huge big hans c andersen books filled with magical fairy tales and my parents wrote me a note inside them both, i treasure them dearly, i don’t let anyone touch them or go near them, they are precious to me, ha ha. This book brings back so many cherished memories and it looks so beautiful, my niece and nephew would just adore it x
My daughter loves fairytale books, she loves Cinderella
My oldest son loves horrible histories and my other son loves anything with dinosaurs or vehicles in
my daughter loves fairy book and animals story
My son loves the Disney story books…he is currently reading UP and loves it!
Love reading books to the girls spot the dog is favourite at the moment but they love fairy tales , I really do believe reading is the key to learning
My daughter likes adventure stories
Anything with animals at the moment. They especially like Vincent the Vain
fairy tales and adventure stories!
At the moment my 6 year old loves to read her Dora the Explorer books. x
This looks like such a wonderful book, I love fairy stories, also beautiful photos too ๐ thanks for linking up to #kltr