I'm so excited to be able to share my exciting new book which will be released in May 2024! Introducing Green Bean’s Garden – a fun and interactive lift-the-flap children’s board book which takes young bookworms on a sensory journey into Adventure Dales starting at Green Bean’s house and then off into the garden with Green Bean and friends. What will the friends learn and discover along the way? You can pre-order your copy now for £14.99 (RRP £14.99 all pre-orders come with FREE Green Bean & Friends magazine, which includes stickers, crafts and much more.) This delightful book is the latest addition to the growing Green Bean Collection, a series of fun edutainment books to help children learn confidently and nurture a love of reading. Following Anita Frost founder of Green Bean Studios being selected to win funding from Innovate UK, this new book is one out of three new innovations that the brand will be launching in 2024. The whole team is thrilled to be launching this new book after lots of hard work behind the scenes. The book aims to entertain and inspire children whilst promoting sustainability and helping more children to play, learn and go on fun outdoor adventures whilst protecting the environment. Stay tuned for more updates and the official launch on our social media channels! Press Releases - Anita Frost & Green Bean Studios
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March has been fun-filled meeting lots of lovely new faces! Many thanks to everyone who came along to the International Women's Day event at Central Library. What a blast we all had! Event Review:
Kirsty Watson - MD - MBA - PhD Researcher - CMgr FCMI Business Skills Adviser (Kirklees). Supporting businesses to engage with education and training to strengthen their talent pipeline... 🌟🌟 Happy International Woman’s day🌟🌟 Today has been a fantastic day for myself and Kenzi Shamsuddin-Roberts! We attended the International Women’s Day 2024: Investing in Women in Business event at Manchester Central Library with Generator MCR and hosted by the fabulously, inspiring Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI 👑 We heard from Anita Frost, Emma-Louise Fursari and Zreen Mansha. It was interesting to hear about the entrepreneurial and personal journeys, along with how they intertwined with each other 🌟🔗 Kenzi won a fantastic Canva Pro prize for her fully completed networking Bingo!!! This is brilliant! 🔑🍥 I met some truly inspiring Women and heard a little bit about each of their journeys. I did not manage to get pictures with each individual, though I spoke with nearly every person in the room! Great game play Siobhan O’Connor! I’m usually a wall flower 🌺 A special mention to Professor Erinma Bell MBE DL JP, your work and your research is so powerful and much needed 🦋👑 Enjoy the rest of your IWD and thank you so much Carol for a truly moving IWD!🌟💫👑🔑💜 We’re excited to be celebrating World Book Day (WBD) 2024 at Green Bean Studios! This year’s theme is ‘Read Your Way’, the idea being that children are more likely to read for pleasure if their choices are championed and make reading more fun. With children’s literacy levels at crisis point and reading for pleasure declining, children are under increasing pressure to spend more time reading and jump through hoops in the education system to improve their literacy skills. Though there is a desperate need for improvement to children’s early years education, forcing children to read books simply to develop literacy skills is not the best approach to help them read for pleasure. Giving children a choice of what to read is a vital part of encouraging a lifelong love of reading. This year’s WBD theme encourages everyone to let go of pressure and expectations to give kids the choice and chance to enjoy reading. Good literacy and a true love of reading will come naturally if we give children the space and choice to read what excites and engages them. There are many different types of writing that may inspire children to love reading without forcing them to read only books that are ‘at their level’ or within their book band as they learn phonics in school. Here are some of the different types of writing and storytelling that can help children discover their own joy of reading:
In formal education in the UK, children work through book bands as they learn phonics, working towards the level of ‘free reading’ – where they can read whatever books they choose. Whilst this system is an important part of helping children learn key skills and develop in literacy, children should not be restricted to only reading books at a set level of complexity. Allowing children to read books which are above or below their current reading level, if they are types of story or writing that they engage with and enjoy, is key to raising the next generation of passionate readers and writers. But it is not just written forms of storytelling which inspire children to read. Author visits and oral storytelling also play an important role in sparking a love of reading and stories during childhood and beyond. In honour of the annual World Book Day celebration, we asked Green Bean Studios team members and our Precious Moments Ambassadors to tell us a favourite story they remember from their childhood that sparked their love of reading. Our consistently positive customer reviews highlight the love parents and their children have for our toys and brand. A grandmother called Tricia left this 5-star review recently:
“An adorable little Stuffy. I call my grandson Bean so finding this cute little Green Bean for him with the great stories to go with him was wonderful!” Starting out with a series of collectable books featuring our IP character Green Bean and several unique friends, we have diversified our portfolio with a range of ECO toys, games, live events and attractions, music, and our latest endeavour – our children’s preschool animated TV series to meet customers’ desires for fun, wholesome, and eco-conscious children’s entertainment. In 2023, our Green Bean Soft Toy was our best seller and remains to be our all-time top-selling toy. Building on the success of our IP plush toy, we have some exciting new product releases coming in 2024 to showcase our lovable characters with toys that inspire children to engage in imaginative play and develop key skills. |
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