Collins have relaunched the iconic I-SPY series of children’s books and I was keen to see if my boys would be interested in them. I used to love these as a child but as have times have moved on, would they?
Big and little man were both excited by the Creepy Crawlies pocket book. With an array of common garden insects, it is great to use it on a bug hunt in the back garden or a park. Little man headed straight for our bee house where it turns out we have some resident snails rather than bees. We were also able to tick off ants, slugs, woodlice, worms and spiders just from a quick look under the plant pots. With sections on “at the pond” and “flies that are not flies” we still have some spotting and learning to do over the summer holiday.
Each thing you spot has a number assigned to it. Once you have totaled 1000 points you can apply for a special certificate and badge.
With tablets top of my boys agenda on a long car journey, I wasn’t sure how the “On a road trip” i-spy book would fair. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. They were keen to spot the road signs and were then asking where they could see a Ferarri. As luck would have it we ended up driving past a showroom.
It was lovely to have the boys excited about spotting things out of the car window rather than having their heads down watching their tablets. I would highly recommend getting one of these if you are doing any kind of UK travel this summer.
I have been really impressed with these books. The boys have enjoyed them and they are a great idea with the summer holiday around the corner. You can purchase these and the other titles in the series from Amazon.
I am also pleased to be able to offer one of my lucky readers the chance to win these two books. Just complete the Gleam entry below. Good Luck!
I-Spy Books
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I loved I-Spy books when I was a child. So good to see they can now be enjoyed by the next generation 🙂
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ON A ROAD TRIP
The creepy crawlies because my son loves outdoors so he would enjoy that more I think
Great giveaway, I think my son would love these x #TriedTested
Train journey, it’s always difficult to keep the kids occupied
I spy at the seaside would be fab for our holiday
My son would like the creepy crawlies
I spy at the airport, pass the time while waiting to get onboard the plane!
The Creepy Crawlies one I think.
I-spy on a car journey
The Creepy Crawlies one 🙂
I-Spy on a car journey
On a Car Journey
Creepy Crawlies pocket book
Would love i spy every vehicle on the road for my nephew
The road trip one for sure. My girls love playing eye-spy in the car, but they’re really bad at picking things. I find myself saying “uh, is it ‘trees’ again?”. A book like this would be great for giving them a bit of inspiration! 🙂
I spy at the airport, it would make that long wait easier!
our little chap would love the I-Spy on a road trip!
Birds, though I do like the looks of several others.
My daughter would like the creepy crawlies
I spy on a car journey x
I spy at the airport – perfect for keeping the kids from getting bored!
I spy on the motorway would be great for keeping the kids entertained whilst we are sitting in an inevitable traffic jam on the M5 this year!!!!!
on a car journey
My granddaughter 3 would love these she loves bugs
I spy at the seaside looks like fun!
The I-Spy on a road trip, the kids and me would love this
Birds!
i-SPY on a Car Journey!
I-spy on a car journey
I think i-spy on a car journey would be brilliant to stop the kids getting bored
I spy at the seaside
I spy on a car journey! 🙂
I spy birds
creepy crawlies
creepy crawlies
My daughter Amber would love i-SPY Every vehicle on the road
I Spy London sounds fun!
Nature as love taking my daughter on walks
I love the sound of I Spy on a Car Journey – sounds like a great way to distract them on long trips! 🙂
I like the sound of I Spy at The Seaside because I remember having it when I was little.
I like i-SPY at the seaside
Birds….for my grandaughter. She loves reading my old Observer book of birds and using it to spot birds she sees in our garden but I think the I-Spy one is much more child – friendly 🙂
i-SPY At the airport – great for a first holiday abroad.
I spy at the seaside, sounds like great fun, I love the beach with the kid’s.
i-SPY Every vehicle on the road…perfect for those long walks back and forth from nursery 🙂
I spy on a car journey- I grew up with these- I had lot of different ones and I loved them!! the car journey is especially good as I used to get so bored on long journeys
The car journey one would be AMAZING for our drive up to Scotland (approx 4-5 hours) in August XX
This would be great for longjourneys with the kids xx
i-SPY on a car journey
aww i remember these from when i was a kid!! think my 4 year old would love the creepy crawly one, she loves hunting for bugs!! 🙂
i-SPY In the night sky
I Spy on a Car Journey as it would make the game we already play much easier
The Creepy Crawlies one
I spy on a car journey sounds great
I spy at the Sea side looks great!
the i-SPY On a road trip looks great for holiday 🙂
The Creepy Crawlies one Looks good
At the Seaside would be lovely for a local day out and add a new dimension.
i-SPY At the airport
I Spy on a car journey would be fantastic as we use the car a lot to go see family and friends
I Spy On a Car Journey
I-Spy On A Car Journey.
The creepy crawlies one because my son loves to go on a bug hunt
I spy nature.
I spy on a car journey sounds very useful
I like the sound of the i-SPY Creepy crawlies book, great for looking up bugs are in the garden.
On a car journey in France would be my first choice
I Spy on a Car Journey as it will keep them occupied on the 4 hour journey to our holiday to Tenby
i-spy in the garden
I spy at the seaside – My parents live by the beach so this would be ideal.
I spy on a road trip- perfect for long journey boredom
I love the iSpy books – I used to read my uncle’s ones! I like the look of birds and cars 🙂
I spy on a car journey sounds fab xx
On the road trip looks great for long journeys.
I like the sound of the eye spy on a road trip.
I spy at the sea side sounds good
I spy on a car journey because we are going away soon with 4 children and this will keep them all occupied in the car!
I spy on a road trip sounds fab – something to keep bored kids amused
The Creepy Crawlies one
iSpay on a road trip.
I spy at the sea side sounds great
I Spy in the Night Sky – I had the equivalent as a child and it sparked my lifelong love of Astronomy. My daughter would love it just as much I think!
I love the sound of i-spy at the seaside
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On a car journey sounds great.
i-spy London
This books take me back, didn’t know they will still going!
I like the nature one and i spy on a train
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I remember these from when I was a child, I always wanted the badge you could send away for! I really like the look of the nature one 🙂
I-Spy in the Garden
I like the look of the ‘On a road trip” one
I loved I spy books as a kid, especially ‘on a road trip’
loved I-Spy books when I was a child. The I Spy the Night Sky looks wonderful 😀
..on a train..looking forwards to many train journeys with my new godchild
i spy on a car journey looks fab. We like to play i spy anyway but my son hasn’t quite got the letters right yet. I think this would help a lot!
Like the i SPY in the Garden for mini adventures in the garden with my son.
i-SPY At the seaside:
On a Car Journey
The creepy crawlies x
ispy London
My children are always in the garden looking for bugs so creepy crawlies looks good
I spy on the motorway, these journeys are so boring
I Spy on a road trip sounds really good
I-Spy creepy crawlies is my favorite
I-Spy on a Road trip would bring some fun on the long family journeys
i spy on a road trip
The car journey one looks good!
I-Spy Nature as it is really educational.
I think my son Rafael would love the I Spy on a train journey book! We often travel by train and I think this would keep hom entertained!
Creepy Crawlies
On A Road Trip sounds good xx
I think my son would really like the i-SPY Every vehicle on the road book
The I-Spy creepy crawlies
i-SPY At the seaside would be ideal as we live by the sea
I spy in the garden, My little boy loves playing the garden and spotting all the insects
i spy creepy crawlies would be great
The i-Spy Nature book looks fun!
I spy in the garden
I spy at the seaside as we have a beach local to us
I most like the sound of i-SPY On the motorway 🙂
I spy at the seaside sounds great.
I-Spy Every Vehicle On The Road sounds perfect for Flynn, thank you
i-SPY on a car journey defo as every time were in the car my 4 play eye spy 🙂
my son would enjoy the i-SPY London: What can you spot?
On a Car Journey but Motorway and Road Trip books are also fab
I spy on a motorway sounds really handy for long car journeys
Birds, my Grand-Daughter, Ellie, would love this book
The creepy crawlies look good
I loved the I-Spy books as a child and it became very competitive between myself and older brother. I-Spy at the Seaside is a good choice as those who do not live near the set so many new things whose names are unknown. Agree though that the journey ones make a great alternative to gadgets or endless games of colour spotting.
ooo seaside or car trip would be great! my husband remembers these from a child
Definitely on the road – hate creepy crawleys #blogger care4them.com
Creepy Crawlies
My children would love the car badges one!
Love the I spy creepy crawlies as we live in the countryside and always out doing nature trails or in garden so this be great for my little girl
I Spy At the seaside looks good
I had the I-spy butterflies when I was little. I like the look of the I-spy in London. Great way to get kids interested in surroundings on a day trip.
I had these when I was younger, I would love I spy on a car journey
I-Spy in the night sky sounds great
Creepy crawlies for sure!
Things to see in a road trip, reminds me of when we were kids and me and my brother had a similar book and spotted things whilst on the train to go on holidsg 🙂
I-Spy every vehicle on the road
I-Spy on a Road Trip.
At the seaside
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I would love the I-Spy London as we are taking our daughter to London for a week soon and this would be perfect for her!
My son would love the creepy crawlies one!
On a road trip, no more “are we there yet” 🙂
car journey would keep some people very occupied 🙂
Birds please for our nature excursions
Brilliant for car journeys
definitely the car journey, its hard to entertain when cooped up
I-spy In the Street
I spy on a car journey !
I-spy on a car journey
I-spy In the Street
creepy crawlies would be cool
I like the sound of I Spy Nature, thanks for the giveaway.
I spy at the seaside
I spy in the car
I think ‘Creepy Crawlies’. We dont do many road trips but my son loves being outside so it would be perfect.
I spy at the seaside!
I-spy nature
I spy on the motorway sounds good as these type of journeys can be long and tedious
I spy at the seaside
i spy creepy crawlies – mainly because i owned this book as a child!
I love them all
My sons would like I-spy on the motorway the best
I spy car journey please xx
On a Road Trip Would great to keep the Kids occupied when we go to visit their Grandparents.
we spend a lot of time visiting my mum and spend 3 hours one way on motorway so the i spy on motorway is ideal for me 🙂
I spy on a road trip looks great for when my son and i are in the car on long journeys 🙂 x