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These beautifully illustrated books written by a wonderful Melbourne author and teacher create a positive learning experience for children, using simple guided lessons with interactive, illustrated stories. They help teach the short a, e, i, o and u sounds as in the words; panda, clever, sisters, dog and duck. They are designed to empower your reluctant reader and boost their learning confidence. Set of Five - Was $74.95 now $44.95 Single Books - Were $15.95 now $9.95 each Che …

Over the school holidays be sure to bring your little ones in to collect their Kids Local Passport for your chance to win one of four amazing prizes! The passport includes space for children to collect stickers from local businesses participating in the program as well as colouring pages and educational activities. To enter the competition: Collect a minimum of 12 stickers from participating businesses or colour-in the centre page illustration by local artist, Cara King of @Caratoons Take a …

Just a colourful reminder that the store will be open again for the year as of tomorrow (Tues 5th) from10 am so you are welcome to come in for a visit. Don't forget your masks though as they are mandatory in stores again for over 12 year olds without an exemption. We look forward to welcoming you all in 2021! Jody, Marty and the team …

Dear customers, we would like to take this opportunity to say thank you so much for supporting our family business this year. We are so fortunate to have been able to make it through the tough months and we appreciate every single one of you that made an order, visited the store, engaged with us on social media and told your family and friends about us. We look forward to seeing you all again in a hopefully much more positive 2021. Stay safe and have a wonderful Christmas and New Years. Love …

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR COLOURING COMPETITION WINNERS! Check out their fabulous winning designs below Thank you so much to all that entered, you are definitely a talented bunch and my kids and I loved looking at your beautiful creations …

Solve all your Christmas Stocking shopping issues in one go with our huge Sensory Santa Sack! Filled with a fabulous variety of fun games, toys and activities, there is something to suit almost everyone! Limited stock available in store and online so grab them before they are gone 

I am SUPER excited to be a proud new stockist of the beautiful Connetix Tiles Range. Connetix allow children to construct 2D and 3D shapes, using their imagination and creativity to play and build. The magnetic tiles encourage cognitive development, spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, fine and gross motor skills and help children build knowledge around scientific and mathematical concepts all through PLAY! The perfect Christmas gift idea …

I am so unbelievably excited to introduce this fabulous new book written by local author/mum/child charming extraordinaire Chrissie from Chaos to Calm Consultancy. Love Your Brain is an informative and light-hearted children's text narrated by Little Brainiac about the importance of looking after and understanding our unique brains. As a child herself, Little Brainiac reassures her junior audience that while they're young, their parents or caregivers will help them look after their brain, but as …

Christmas is coming and to celebrate we are giving away four x $50 vouchers in our Christmas Colouring Competition designed by my super talented staff member Alec! Our favourites from four age groups - 0-3 years, 4-7 years, 8-12 years and 12 years plus - will be chosen and notified on Friday 4th December. Please ensure your entries are dropped back to the store or scanned and emailed to me by the 3rd. Happy colouring, we can't wait to see all of your beautiful creations! Please note, if …

Well it looks like we still have to wait a bit longer to welcome you all back into the store According to today's announcements, retail will be able to open from the 1st November so we are counting down the days! Don't forget we still have click and collect and now you can travel up to 25km from your home, more of you will be able to pick up your goodies. Just chose local pick-up when you check out and we will have it ready for you asap! We look forward to seeing you all soon. Jody and Marty …