If you’ve been watching Kids’ CBC, then you might have seen the new television show Chirp, designed to encourage learning through imaginative play. 
We were excited to hear that Owlkids Books is now publishing Chirp books for preschoolers based on these short episodes! Each book invites readers into a world of adventure where Chirp, Squawk, and Tweet work together to solve problems, using everyday objects and their limitless imaginations. Check out the first four books in the series and stay with me till the end where you can enter to win a Chirp books prize pack for your preschooler!
Each book starts the same way: “Chirp, Tweet, and Squawk loved to play in their playhouse. On this particular day, they were playing…”
In this volume, the three friends are astronauts in outer space when their spaceship, the Yellow Bird, gets hit by an asteroid. They learn that there is no air in outer space, but they patch up the hole and make a rope to rescue Squawk using some modeling clay.
Chirp, Squawk, and Tweet are pretending to be pirates at sea when they are suddenly attacked by a fearsome half shark half squid sea monster. They use a fan to fill the sails and to create a makeshift propeller to escape to safety.
Our intrepid mountaineers are climbing Mount Everest when they learn the hard way that loud noises can cause an avalanche. The three friends build a bridge and a sled from popsicle sticks.
Chirp, Squawk, and Tweet are playing knights when they hear a roar from the fog. Attacked by a sheep dragon, they use rubber bands to fix their catapult and tie up the fearsome beast.
My girls enjoy all four of these books. Kay snuggles in my lap for story time (her favourite is Knights of the Awesome Castle), and Tee proudly reads them on her own. She says she likes the shuid monster in Thar She Blows best.
All four books are available on Amazon, and the next quartet of books to be released this October. And catch Chirp the TV show on Kids’ CBC, weekdays at 7:15am EST, or watch episodes online. Chirp will be on SRC in French starting Fall 2015!
Win a Chirp Prize Package!
One of my Canadian readers will win a Chirp prize pack with all four of the Chirp books seen here, a 6-month Chirp magazine subscription, a Chirp t-shirt, and a Chirp tote bag. Enter to win in the giveaway widget below. This giveaway is open to Canada only, 18+. All entries will be verified.
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Our 3 kids all love to play hide and seek 🙂
My son loves to play tag outside.
mine used to love playing with Lego (the boys) and for the girls it was Barbie.
Kick the can is an old game that I taught them and they love it.
My kids love to play baseball all summer long.
They love to play hide and seek. It is their all time favourite!
My grandson loves playing the game of I Spy.
They love to play hide and seek, its great and keeps them busy for a while.
Ben loves to play Hockey especially when he they do practice games. He’s still just learning but it’s so cute to watch them try and score goals on each other!
My daughter’s favourite game to play at the moment is having tea parties!
My little love is always up for Duck,Duck,Goose
What is my son’s favourite game? With me: sequence, war, rummy etc. With daddy, chess.
Some version of tag.
My boys love to play tag
My daughter enjoys hide and seek.
wow, this is a good question, my DD loves to create new games all the time, but I would say the one she loves to consistently play every day is ‘you can’t find me under my blanket’ at bed time 🙂
My daughter favourite games are on her nintendo DS. My son would games on his computer. They also love playing board games like monopoly or scrabble.
My daughter loves playing house which entails creating makeshift beds out of blankets and pillows for her and her brother to sleep on, making meals in their play kitchen, and serving snacks made from candy she collected at a candy parade (which she never eats but has played with for hours on end).
Our kids favorite games to play are board games
My children like to play sorry and snakes and ladders.
My kids love the game UNO and also hide and seek.
My daughter loves to play dress up 🙂
My kids LOVE playing tag and The Game of LIFE
her favourite game to play is a pretend one she has going on with her dinosaurs.
I would definitely say Sorry or Hungry Hungry Hippos
My kids love to play Uno.
My child likes to play with his stuffed toys.
My daughter loves to put on dance shows and I am the audience along with her kitten and stuffies. She makes invitations and tickets and dresses up. The stage is usually the bed or our big window sill. She turns the music on and asks me to record her and shine a spotlight on her. I love her creativity, imagination and role playing.
Her favourite game is a Strawberry Shortcake one called “Strawberryland”.
My kids’ favourite game to play is one they made up, called “Lemon Crunch.” Basically you have to chase them down and “crunch” them with a big hug.
Mine love to play guess who and go fish.
My grandson’s favourite game is Uno.
She likes to play hide and seek.
My granddaughter loves to play hide and do seek, but she loves playing at the park a lot.
My kids love to geocache… is that a game? more of an activity I guess but still fun!
My child’s favourite game to play and she is driving me crazy is Hide-N-Seek
He likes playing Moose in the House.
Our new grandson likes to listen to me sing Red Red Robin song.
If I am lucky to snag this amazing and useful prize book pack,
will give it to him when he is older. Also, to share with his
little friends that are older who likes to play peek a boo with him.
My favourite game to play is Chinese Checkers
My daughter like to play Sorry or Dice with us a family. And also her Frozen Monoply game of course!
My 3 Galz Love playing “Simon Says”.
My children have been obsessing over their video games lately. thank you
My son loves tag and go-go-stop
my nieces favorite game to play is memory