To celebrate the release of the new Justice League film Hallmark have launched an exciting itty bitty superhero collection. If you haven’t seen itty bittys before, you’re in for a treat. They are adorable tiny soft versions of much-loved characters and quite simply are super cute. Hallmark sent us an amazing box full of goodies so that we could join in with their #strongertogether campaign including their very own superhero gang: the itty bittys. With the new Justice League film now out, Hallmark wanted to find out about how we as a family are stronger together. When you bring together a group of superheroes they are much more powerful, when they team up and work together to defeat their foes.
So we decided to make our very own superhero cape and decided to keep it all very simple because often the simplest things are the strongest. The message was clear as well, we are stronger together whether that’s with our family or our friends or both. Over the past year there has been lots of support going around. Sometimes we have been giving it and supporting others, sometimes it’s been the other way round and the support has come our way. I can see this continuing over the coming year and beyond as I know there are going to be some tough times ahead as my mother is ill. It’s reassuring that I have such a good support network though with my very own band of superheros to help me face the future.
We were sent the whole of the superhero itty bitty squad: Flash, Bat Girl, Superman, Batman, Supergirl and Wonder Woman. All great and inspiring superheros who are very much #strongertogether. They are great fun to play with and you can create and recreate all sorts of adventures.
The biggest hit initially was How Animals Build which is a beautifully illustrated hardback book with lots of pages to unfold and flaps to open to find out more information. Thee;s a real sense of fun running through the book and I like the way they place animals within their environment, for example gopher tortoises live in Florida and some of them live near the Kennedy Space Center, so there is a fun pictures of the tortoises laying their eggs near to a space rocket. It covers the different ways even similar creatures build their homes, like the pages about birds as they seem to build all sorts of different nests from a wide range of materials. It’s a book that H has really enjoyed reading.
The Big Earth Book is a much more meaty read. It’s a book that’s organised by the elements and it covers all sorts of things from history to geography, engineering to meteorology. I liked that the fire section covers topics as diverse as the fire of London, campfires, the steam engine and fireworks. The illustrations are a mix of diagrams, maps, photos and drawings to bring the world to life on the page. There’s loads of information here about the world around us and it’s presented in an engaging and fun way to capture a child’s attention. This is the sort of book we could use as a starting point for a school project, or simply when H is interested in finding out about something. The Big Earth Book has the information in bite size chucks, but it isn’t lightweight because it covers the topics well and I certainly learnt a thing or two from reading it too.