Vitamin Daily

When you're faced with planes, trains and automobiles with kids in tow, dragging along their 100-piece Playmobile set just isn't in the cards. And until they learn Gin Rummy, you'll need another solution.

Hello Books for boys and girls (ages 4-7) are extremely light and compact (think the size and weight of a greeting card) yet accordion out into an interactive book with buildable stickers for kids to create their own stories.

"Once upon a time there was a little Princess who always ate her vegetables, put her gowns in the laundry and went to bed on time...."

Now that's what I call fiction. —SB

From $10.99 at www.raspberrykids.com