My Journey: Workbooks from BookXcess bookshop

I've stopped buying reader books from bookshops since I joined the library. But I have bought workbooks for my son when I happen to be at a bookshop.

The ones in this post were bought from BookXcess. BookXcess is on the third floor of Amcorp Mall, PJ. Tel: 79560455. Website: http://www.bookxcess.com/. They have a list of books (children's section) on their website so you can see if what you want is carried there.

Books sold there are brand new (unlike places like Why Pay More Books) and reasonably priced. They are able to offer good prices because they buy "stock over-runs" from the publisher or distributor.

My son likes this "Coming Top" series and I bought several topics and several age groups of most of the topics.

Each book is not exactly cheap (RM8.90) compared to the locally available workbooks, but it is at a discounted price, and it is of good quality. The pages are of good quality paper, so it's easier for him to turn the page by himself. All the pages are in full colour and attractively designed, so it keeps him interested and he himself chooses to work on it.

There are lots of good quality cute and colourful stickers to reward him with, as well as the usual gold star stickers. There are lots of extra stickers given so I plan to use them for other self created activities.

For the younger age group of 3-4, he is usually able to work through it without supervision. I feel that it helps build up his confidence.

Importantly too, the activities are rather well thought out. It presents one small idea at a time. It progresses slowly through out the book. This can't be said of the workbooks he has in school! I've spotted errors in his school workbooks, activities that are not suitable for their age, activities that are not well thought out (too many layers within one page).

The package: before removing the plastic shrink wrap

This LeapFrog workbook package was recently bought from BookXcess also.

It was a pretty good deal. For RM34.90, you get 2 wipe clean books, 3 normal workbooks with a CD each, 2 packs of flashcards (addition and subtraction), and a non-woven foldable box to store them. All pages are in full colour.

Books are for age group 3-6. Some of it is easy for my son, but I still bought them because he needs a lot of writing practice. He uses Crayola washable markers, but you can instead get whiteboard markers, which are easily available.