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Store opening hours

le toboggan's opening hours

New year and lots of great news!

We are pleased to announce that our showroom will be opening more days.

Located at 3/168 Hampden road, Nedlands.

Our new opening hours are now:

Monday on appointment.

Tuesday from 10am to 5pm

Wednesday from 1pm to 6pm

Thursday on appointment.

Friday from 10am to 5pm.

Saturday from 8:30am to 2pm. Until 4.30pm when French and Spanish are on.

I look forward to seeing you soon in store, in the meantime you can browse our selection of language books at www.letoboggan.com.au

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Reading with Your Eyes: The Magic of Picture Books

le toboggan picture books

Reading is such a delightful sensory journey! We get to touch the pages, admire the vibrant pictures, breathe in that wonderful book smell, and listen to the gentle rustle of the pages turning.

Picture books hold a special kind of magic when it comes to sparking a love for reading. They invite little ones to decode the stories hidden in the illustrations. These charming books are fantastic tools for nurturing young readers, igniting their curiosity, and helping them build their vocabulary and language skills.

Try this fun activity with your child: before diving into the text, ask them to describe what they see in the pictures. You might be surprised by their imaginative insights! Encourage them to ‘read’ the story to you using just the illustrations. If your child is younger, you can guide them to point out specific parts of the pictures. Ask them about shapes, colours, animals, and even the emotions they see.

Picture books are true treasures that foster early literacy and instil a lifelong love for reading in every language.

If you’re looking for the perfect next read for your little one, don’t hesitate to reach out! We’re here to help you find just the right book that will captivate and inspire.

Happy reading!

www.letoboggan.com.au

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‘Dinosaurs’

Dinosaurs le toboggan

In Chinese, from 3yo.

Teach your little one about dinosaurs with fun facts. The children will love the colourful illustrations of velociraptors, pterosaurs, tyrannosaurus rex, brachiosaurs, and many more.

Visit https://letoboggan.com.au/product/dinosaurs-2/ to acquire your copy and www.letoboggan.com.au/chinese for other titles in Mandarin.

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Back to school special: 25% off of all Lonely Planet Kids resources

Le toboggan lonely planet promotion

Lonely Planet Kids makes the most amazing books for children to learn in an engaging manner. Younger readers will love the flaps while the older will appreciate the magnificent pictures and illustrations presented in the various visual encyclopaedias. Does your child likes animals, bugs, space, architecture, history and/or science. There is a book for everyone.

Also included the fun language resources, such as flashcards, first words and first phrases books in French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Mandarin.

Does your child likes activity books? With the ‘Let’s explore …’ collection, he/she will be able to solve clues, find their way through mazes and apply stickers in the desert, the ocean, the jungle, the mountain or the city.

Get your child’s next read at www.letoboggan.com.au and enter BacktoschoolLP25 to benefit from the special Back to school discount on all Lonely Planet Kids resources.

Promotion valid until 13 February 2025.

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‘Japanese and English Nursery Rhymes’

Japanese and English nursery rhymes

Bilingual Japanese-English, from 1yo.

This is a gorgeous book for bilingual children to use at bedtime. Songs are a great way to pass on your language. In this book, you will find 15 rhymes including The roly-poly acorn, the little red bird, the moon, the cradle lullaby. The lyrics are written in Japanese characters, the Japanese words are also transcribed in the western alphabet and in English.

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‘Christmas delivery order cut off’

le toboggan christmas delivery cut off dates

Please note the deadlines to ensure you receive your orders on time for Christmas.

For Perth metro addresses – cut off date 21 December

Everywhere else in Australia – cut off date 11 December

All shipments will be sent with Australia Post.

This year year buy your presents early, go to www.letoboggan.com.au

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‘Alice au pays des merveilles’

'Alice au pays des merveilles'

In French, from 3yo.

Dive with Alice in a fantasy world where she keeps growing and shrinking. Discover her strange acquaintances, such as the cat with hat, the Crazy hare, the White rabbit and the Queen of hearts.

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‘The very hungry caterpillar’

the very hungry caterpillar

Bilingual Arabic-French, from 1yo.

Follow our caterpillar eating through a variety of foods before pupating and becoming a gorgeous butterfly. This is the perfect books to practise language skills with foods items, days of the week, day and night and colours.

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’13 histoires maboules de princesses et chevaliers’

13 histoires maboules de princesses

In French, from 4yo.

Hilarious book presenting the world of princesses and knights in 13 crazy stories. Have you heard of a princess who defeats a knight on a horse with her braid? Did you know that kissing frogs does not work? Only the right princess can find her prince by kissing frogs. Do you know of sleeping beauty? Well, in this book you will read about snoring (woods) beauty.

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Our showroom in Nedlands opens twice weekly

we are open le toboggan bookstore

We are happy to announce that for your convenience our showroom is open on Fridays from 10am to 1.30pm and Saturdays from 2pm to 3pm or later when events (story times) are on.

This is a great opportunity to browse our selection of children’s books at your own leisure.

Our address is 3/168 Hampden road, Nedlands.