Rebecca Reads

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Back in November, you might remember we reviewed the Dream Pillow with E and she absolutely loved it - she still sleeps with it every night changing up the "dream" that she puts inside regularly.

As well as the original Dream Pillow, they also do a range called Day Dreamimals. These are smaller versions of the Dream Pillow on a keyring style loop. C was very excited to receive a Sharkie character Day Dreamimal as he liked the idea of E's Lamby.

The Day Dreamimal works in a slightly different way to the Dream Pillow. With Dream Pillow, you get a little cloud shaped block of dream cards to write down what you'd like to dream about that night and pop in inside before you go to sleep. With Day Dreamimals, it is to be used at the start of the day, writing or drawing your positive thoughts for throughout that day or what you'd like to daydream about. It is sort of like manifesting for the duration of your day. The Day Dreamimals come with a mini sized block of dream cards so they are perfect for travelling or taking with you on the go.

C has decided to keep his Sharkie attached to his schoolbag. He does get anxious at school so he likes to write something positive inside before he heads off and I feel like the idea of what he's written being so close to him throughout the day helps him to have a better day with less worries. He talks about what he'd written that morning when he gets home so it definitely seems to me that he is liking having Sharkie with him every day.

The Day Dreamimals are super cute and soft and perfect for snuggling. As well as the Sharkie design, you can also get Lamby and Pinkie. They retail at £8.95 from the Dream Pillow website.

My Given Name is like no other book I have come across before. C loves personalised books and he loves feeling like he is part of this story but this book goes one further - it aims to have a positive effect on children's lives.

You create your book online by typing the child's first name and surname, selecting their gender and choosing a child with skin tone similar to theirs then My Given Name do all the hard work.

The story shows Bindee, a stork, travelling around to find your child's given name. He meets lots of animals along the way that help him do so. The animals he meets give him a letter using a characteristic or positive phrases, for example, the cheetah says that he is caring so C gets added to the name. Next he meets an aardvark who tells Bindee that he is adorable and again, that gets added, and so on until your child's name is spelled out. Obviously, you will get different animals dependent on the letters in the name. You can use just the first name or first and middle names.

The story is longer that most of C's books but the story kept his interest, I think this may have been down to the bright colours and beautiful illustrations too. I love the positive image that it conveys and I hope that the more we read it with C, the more he'll see that he is caring, adorable, loving and that every problem has an answer and beauty comes from the inside just like the book says.

This book would make a gorgeous gift for any child. The book retails at £16.99 and it is recommended for ages 3-8 years but it can be a lovely keepsake for babies and toddlers too. It has been fantastically well written and I genuinely felt happy whilst reading it to C for the first time.