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Insight Editions' PlayPop educational board book series, which combines playful learning with pop culture bonding, continues with two new adorable interactive books that teaches essential early learning skills with beloved characters from the classic 1980s movies Ghostbusters and Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Ghostbusters: Book of Shapes and Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Straight to the Castle. (The Ghostbusters review can be found on Spook Central.)

Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Straight to the Castle is an educational board book for ages "3 and up", with illustrations by Erin Hunting. The book measures 7"x7" and contains 10 pages.


Since the book is meant for little kids, the concept is very simple. Each page follows Sarah and Hoggle as they make their way through the labyrinth to the Goblin King's castle. By pulling tabs and lifting flaps, beginning readers will learn the directions up, down, left, and right. Every page will recount the story while guiding them in how to solve the maze, even when the evil Jareth turns the world upside down and sideways. For example, the above image shows that there is a bridge over the trench. Pulling down the flap...


...shows that the bridge has collapsed into the Bog of Eternal Stench below, revealing some rocks to step on, as described in the story.

I think little kids will LOVE the book; both the interactive aspect of it and the cute illustrations reminiscent of the Little Golden Books series. Highly recommended if you have little ones you want to get hooked on Jim Henson's Labyrinth while they're young, or if you simply want a cute little book to display on a shelf amongst your other Jim Henson's Labyrinth collectibles.

Both PopPlay books - Ghostbusters: Book of Shapes and Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Straight to the Castle - are currently available to buy, as are Ghostbusters: 1 to 10 Slimer's Loose Again (reviewed here) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: E.T.'s First Words (reviewed here).

This item has been provided by Insight Editions for review on this site.