Catnap Stories® is a series of children's books inspired by the adventures and mischievousness of cats, as well as the author's love of foreign languages and faraway travels.
These books have been written and developed with love and we hope to inspire children to want to learn about all of the wonderful friends, cities, countries and languages they will encounter through reading these short stories.
Through each of the adventures, we hope children will be inspired to read more, to be inspired to learn more about the world and all of its wonderful treasures that it has to offer and to be inspired to learn a new language or two.
At Catnap Stories®, we love learning, travelling and meeting new friends and we hope the children who read these stories will too.
Vince Goes to Paris
Our first book in the Catnap Stories® series of
children's books, which introduces Children to Paris and to French.
Vince Discovers the Golden Triangle
Our second book in the Catnap Stories® series of children's books which introduces children to 'Incredible India'.
Vince Discovers the Wonder of Seville
Our third book in the Catnap Stories® series of children's books which immerses children into the city of Seville and to Spanish.
Vince Goes Motor Racing in Italy
Our fourth book in the Catnap Stories® series of children's books which is a high octane, Italian learning adventure.
CATNAP STORIES®
Only a small number of 1st Edition Books were originally printed. This website is the only place where you can get your Limited Edition Book signed by the author.
The books are written, and designed by British author Heidi Bryant. Each book has been carefully edited with an exclusive Cat Font throughout.
Our Hardback books are printed in the United Kingdom to an exceptionally high standard, so that you can see every single element of the beautifully drawn illustrations.
Once the pages and covers are printed, each book is meticulously hand finished to ensure the highest quality product is made. We really want you to be happy with your purchase.
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Our stories are aimed at Primary School children (Age 4-11). We know that younger children below the age of 4 would enjoy the stories being read to them. We have included factual information throughout the books that parents would find interesting and they are a great way to engage with your children.
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During 2020, Heidi Bryant was invited to the Faversham Literary Festival in February.
In 2019, we were selling books at several events across the UK, including the amazing Handmade Festival at Hampton Court Palace (hosted by Kirsty Alsop) in September.
Our books are beautifully illustrated, with exceptional attention to little details that children will love. We have taken great care in ensuring that our books are subtly educational and therefore enjoyable for children to read over and over again. The books combine travel, facts about the places and sites included in the stories, introduction to foreign languages and cultures. As well as feline adventures and enchanting characters.
Buying from Catnap Stories® website directly means you are supporting our author Heidi Bryant as well as a fabulous children's charity - Plan International UK. We can ship to anywhere in the world within a few days of your order at competitive rates.
Our books are available across major retailers globally; Waterstones, Amazon, Biblio, Babelio, Boomerang, Browns Books for Students, Kobo, Kindle and many others.
Our books were exhibited at the following Book Fairs over the last few years
2020
22 February 2020 - Faversham Literary Festival
2-6 February 2020 - Spring Fair, NEC Birmingham
2019
1-4 April 2019 - Bologna Children's Book Fair, Bologna, Italy
12-14 March 2019 - London Book Fair, Olympia
25-27 January 2019 - Seattle American Library Association, Washington State Convention Centre
The Adventures of Vince the Cat - Vince Discovers the Golden Triangle and The Adventures of Vince the Cat - Vince Discovers the Wonder of Seville are both recommended by the Ambassabor from Lovereading4kids.co.uk as 'Indie Books we Love'
Our first book - The Adventures of Vince the Cat - VInce Goes to Paris was submitted for the following awards:
Book of the Year - British Book Awards, Category - Children's Illustrated & Non-fiction
National Indie Excellence Awards - Category - Childrens Inspirational/Motivational
In 2022, our books were requested to be submitted for the Page Turner Awards.
In the first book, The Adventures of Vince the Cat - Vince Goes to Paris we start to introduce basic French words and phrases halfway through the story.
The language and sentence structures introduce children to reflexive verbs, past, present and future verb tenses as well as the correct endings for adjectives depending on gender.
At the back of the book you will also find a glossary of all the french words included in the story as well as phonetic pronunciation suggestions.
In the third book, The Adventures of Vince the Cat - Vince Discovers the Wonder of Seville there are Spanish words and phrases all the way through the book - so this book is suitable for children who are more advanced in their studies.
The Adventures of Vince the Cat - Vince Goes Motor Racing in Italy has words, phrases and songs included in Italian along with the glossary at the back. And, you can download the pronunication file from the website for free.
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