‘My First Adventure’: Finding the Dragon

£17.90

Available from all good hobby stores and www.amazon.co.uk

Last week I had the cosy delight of sitting down with a cup of tea and reading ‘My First Adventure’. I was pleasantly surprised to find that this was more than just a simple children’s storybook. Like many of the ‘My First Adventure’ stories, you can pick your own direction of the story. This is a brilliant twist for any children’s storytime, as even I was intrigued to see what the different choices might lead to…

Not to spoil it for you, but the story consists of 3 characters: a Viking called Lima, (my personal favourite) a cat dressed from the middle ages called Satchet, and a wizard called Limon. Each of these characters embark on an exciting quest to try and find and eventually adopt the dragon.  From the very beginning, you can dictate which way the story goes, choosing which character you want to be and which path they choose. Along the way, it also has different items that you can pick up and place in your bag, by turning spinners in the corner of the book. This is a nice touch as it means that every read is different, because depending on what items you pick up, dictates what happens to you in the story. This means that, unlike the conventional storybook, there is lots of exciting ways in which the tale could go.

I also liked the fact that not every direction in the story ended up with you adopting a dragon, meaning that you have to think about the choices you make and learn from previous mistakes. (Teaching the youngsters, a subtle but important lesson).

The interaction of the book also means that parents can read this to their kids, and they can go through the story together, then as the children get better, they can read the story themselves or with their friends.  

The expanding collection of stories currently includes Finding the Dragon, Journey to Ochre Land and Discovering Atlantis, making My First Adventures a great gift for your kids’ bedtime story this Christmas.

5/5 stars

Pros

- interactive with multiple story options and features

- Fun and exciting story for children

- Pages don’t tear easily if children play with them.