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With beautiful animated illustrations, this interactive and educational children’s storybook follows the activities of keen gardener Bilberry Baby across the growing season. Learn about the moorland habitat and the creatures and plants found there. Enjoy designing your own garden plot, dress and colour in Bilberry Baby, as well as other fun activities at the back of the book.

Find Bilberry Baby on iBooks here.

Reviews

Beautiful Bilberry Baby ★★★★★ by Pinsbooks – ‘Utterly gorgeous interactive book about the English countryside for children. Perfect particularly for under tens but the beautiful illustrations can be appreciated by any age. Enough fun things to play with without detracting from the book itself and looking forward to seeing how this evolves on the website and in social media.’

Gorgeous book ★★★★★ by luna_grey – ‘This is a beautiful book. The cute story is wonderfully illustrated and most pages have short animated scenes. There are information pages at the back of the book, with a couple of sound files. There’s also a widget page – you can color, “garden,” or play dress up with the character. The book “plays” well – the animations are smooth and well done and the sound is good. I tried all the activities – they also “played” well. (Very young children would have fun coloring with fingers, older ones would probably prefer a stylus for more control – I just used my fingers and it worked well enough) I bought this book because a friend of mine recommended it – I love picture books (although this is so much more than a simple book) and am very pleased with this one. It’s a great book, good for all age groups.’

Berry Picking by Culture Baby – ‘I’m generally not a fan of introducing computers to little ones, but we have been sent a really clever and beautifully illustrated little animated book to explore on this theme that has been a real hit with Culturebaby. Bilberry Baby, created by Amanda and Chloe Rodham for The Society for The Promotion of Flourishing Fruits of the Wild, follows the work of a cute little character as she nurtures a patch of bilberry bushes. Using animated illustrations, the story teaches us about the creatures and plants that can be found in moorland habitats like that nearby my parents’ home. Featuring the real calls of birds and facts about edible plants I had never even heard of, I learned a lot from it too. There are also a few lovely dress up, gardening, colouring and other activities at the end. It has been a winner for waiting rooms and has definitely provided some inspiration for activities in our next trip to the windy north…’ Full post here.