We were blown away by seeing Willow the Wonderer 'in action' at a wonderful Early Learning Centre

An early childhood educator, Reshmi Gosai, recently came across our Willow the Wonderer picture book series.

Excited by the possibilities that the book presented in engaging the little ones in her childcare centre (one of whom is aptly named Willow) in learning, she immediately snapped up one of our premium giftsets featuring the two picture books and a gorgeous plush toy of little Willow.

Reshmi shared her report on how she was using the book in her early learning centre with us - and to say that we were amazed would be an understatement!

Engaging the little ones in early childhood learning was always one of our objectives with the Willow the Wonderer picture book series (whilst planting seeds of wisdom ofcourse :-).

Our aim was to make the learning feel as effortless as possible and so we took the time to embed specific early learning outcomes, like counting and colours, within the folds of the narrative and illustrations.

We didn't want our young readers to feel like that they were being 'taught' per se - rather they were being told a story, with the learning occurring naturally as pa