Category: kids books

Personalized Books Helps Kids Choose After-School Activities

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The back to school season is upon us. This not only means that school is in full swing but so are after-school activities. Taking part in an activity such as a sport or hobby can be a great way for kids to learn, make new friends and gather new skills. Extra curricular activities can help significantly boost a child’s academic performance while also allowing them to exercise other forms of learning while putting their interpersonal skills into practice. But how do you choose an activity to take part in?
Sports Personalized Children’s Books

We have a wide variety of personalized children’s books that can help introduce different activities to kids. Not only will they become more familiar with some of the sports, skills and other things they can do through reading, but they can also have a better idea of what it might be like to try it since they will be featured in the story. Kids are still developing key imaginative skills, and a personalized book can help them imagine potential or future scenarios. As they read stories with them as the main character, they will be better able to imagine themselves playing a sport or taking up a new hobby this year.

Ballet Personalized Children’s Books

Personalized books will help your child choose a new after school activity.  We have a variety of books about sports including “Sports Superstar”, “Football Star”, “G-o-o-oal!,” and “Hockey”. Books like “My Camping Adventure” or “My Fishing Adventure” can help kids imagine some activities they might participate in if they join a club like Boy or Girl Scouts. Other books, like “The Ballerina Princess” can help kids learn about dance and whether they want to take up an activity based in the performing arts.

Personalized books are great tools for introducing kids to new ideas while also bolstering their reading skills. When kids read a book starring themselves, they are not only more likely to want to read, but they will feel more confident trying some of the activities their book personas take part in as well.

Terrance the Giraffe Personalized Kids Book Wins Creative Child Magazine Award

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Winning an award is a thing of prestige. It denotes importance, but depending on where the award comes from can determine just how important that award is. Recently, KD Novelties “Terrance the Giraffe personalized children’s book” has been granted best book of the year award from the Creative Child Magazine’s Awards Program. Unlike most other programs which administer awards on the word of a single judge or small panel, the Creative Child Magazine’s Awards Program uses the opinions and judgment of a wide range of individuals, from moms, music educators, to early education professions in choosing it’s winners.  What makes this award so unique is that every product was tested and used based on factors such as creativity, literacy, kid friendly and many more categories.
Creative Child Magazine Book of the Year Award

“Terrance the Giraffe” is a personalized story from KD Novelties that helps kids sympathize and empathize with Terrance, a giraffe who experiences adversity and bullying. Bullying is a huge topic for discussion for parents and kids alike. Whether kids are the victims of or the witnesses to bullying, this book puts kids in the shoes of a friend that helps Terrance overcome his problems. It puts kids on a journey that teaches them how hurtful bullying can be, and that overcoming bullying is possible as well. The message of this book applies to every child, whether they have been bullied, have bullied, or have seen someone else be bullied. By making the story personalized, children can connect to the lesson being taught while also embarking on their own personal journey.


Terrance the Giraffe Personalized Children’s Book



Writing to Read

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Summer is a magical time for children. They look forward to its freedoms and are more than excited for their free time. This undoubtedly means time to play and for many kids this may not include any activities that actively engage with their critical thinking, which can have an effect on their academic and reading skills. It is suggested that kids read at least six books over the summer in order to retain the reading level they finished the previous school year with, but there are other fun ways to engage with kids’ critical thinking and reading skills, and one such way is writing. 
Writing is dynamic. The act of writing asks kids to think analytically and exercises their reading abilities as well. Reading and writing are intrinsically linked, and the act of practicing writing coherent sentences, thoughts and ideas can help foster kids’ reading skills throughout the summer. Asking your child to keep a journal can be beneficial in more than just one way. Asking them to write about what they have done over the summer, whether day by day, week by week or after day trips and vacations, has them reflecting on their own lives and helps them develop key communication skills. Kids don’t just have to write journals, they can write poetry or even short stories as well. These more creative forms of writing will inspire their imagination, the use of which also helps with critical thinking and reading comprehension. 
Writing can ignite a child’s imagination
Reading is important for kids in school, but writing is too. Practicing one of these skills actually helps develop their skills in both fields, and it can absolutely be fun as well. Additionally, ask your kids to read what they write when they are finished. This will help them exercise their reading skills and will help create memories as well.
Making reading and writing can be a lot of fun. It can also provide your family with gems from your child’s life. They’ll enjoy reading their journals when they are older, and you can share their written creative work with the family for years to come.

KD Novelties publishes personalized books for kids and have been putting smiles on children’s faces for over 10 years.