1. Children's Poetry
If your child shows potential for literary talent, children's poetry is a great way to help them develop. Fun, lively poems full of humanistic values are perfect materials for encouraging their critical thinking abilities.
Many children's poems are short and rhythmic, making them easy for kids to memorize and recite. Studies have shown that children exposed to poetry at an early age (before 4) tend to develop excellent reading comprehension and emotional intelligence later on. Parents can collect poems from various websites or buy children's poetry books to share with their little ones.


2. Puzzle Comics
Nowadays, there is a wide variety of books and stories available, providing great opportunities for the development of young children's thinking. Specifically, puzzle comics with vivid colors and images are sure to captivate young readers. These comics stand out from traditional ones by encouraging creativity and stimulating children's thinking. They allow kids to interact with their environment and express their imagination freely.
Parents can read the comics while playing puzzle games with their children. After listening to the story, kids can look at the pictures and recount the tale, which helps develop their thinking skills and memory. Furthermore, these puzzle comics enhance mental activity, making children smarter.


3. Fun and Smart Puzzle Books
Smart puzzle books are not only a great gift for your child but also an excellent tool to support the development of their intelligence. These books contain puzzles that require readers to solve them, encouraging children to use their thinking skills. Over time, this habit of problem-solving becomes deeply ingrained in their personalities, fostering future growth.
Smart puzzle books offer a fun and educational way for kids to learn while playing. With riddles and puzzles covering various fields such as nature, society, and more, these books help test knowledge and provide new information. You’ll often be surprised by the answers to these challenging riddles.


4. Children's Encyclopedic Knowledge Books
Encyclopedic books are a great way to enrich your child's knowledge and understanding. These books cover topics such as fruits, animals, and more, providing children with a wide range of information about the world around them. Additionally, there are encyclopedias for kids available in various subjects, offering plenty of options for parents to choose from.
For instance, an encyclopedia about biology might organize information starting from cells and human genes to larger concepts like external energy forms. It describes the functions and parts of the human body in detail, helping children grasp these important concepts.


5. Japanese Ehon Books - A Series for Nurturing Children's Souls
Ehon refers to illustrated storybooks that feature simple, relatable themes. In Japan, Ehon is seen as a vital medium for parents to bond with their children, share emotions, and enjoy quality time together after a busy day of work. In recent years, Vietnamese parents have increasingly embraced Ehon as part of their children's reading collections.
Ehon books are filled with charming stories that are often about family relationships, friendships, animals, nature, or fairy tales with deep moral lessons and educational value. Characters in Ehon stories include familiar animals, plants, and even lovable fictional characters such as Momo (the peach boy), Moi moi, and the little dot. The language used in Ehon is simple and gentle, yet through a child's eyes, it becomes vibrant, easy to understand, and captivating. These books naturally enter the hearts and minds of children, creating a colorful and magical world that sparks curiosity and exploration. Additionally, the books' materials and ink are derived from soybeans, making them safe for little ones who might touch, chew, or bite them.
Known as the food that nourishes a child's soul, Ehon in Japan is seen as a magical world that every child has explored—playful, free to imagine, and surrounded by countless fascinating things. Japanese parents consider Ehon an essential tool to introduce their children to the vast world of knowledge, the foundation for cultivating a love of learning and reading. It also serves as a way for parents to communicate with their children, listen to their needs, and understand their desires, ultimately guiding them to explore the world together.


6. Bilingual Books to Stimulate Visual Senses for Children
Many parents today begin introducing books to their babies from the earliest stages to stimulate their senses and foster brain development. One favorite choice is the bilingual book designed to enhance visual senses for young children. These books, using bright primary colors and adorable depictions of the animal world, are created to spark curiosity and support cognitive growth, language learning, and decision-making skills.
For infants, there are also bilingual fabric books featuring high-contrast colors like black and white with accents of red, blue, and yellow to stimulate vision. These tactile books engage the sense of touch and hearing through their crinkly fabric and are made with safe materials: 80% polyester and 20% cotton, perfect for young children.


7. The Encyclopedia of the Human Body for Kids
This is a special interactive book that unlocks the mysteries of the human body and serves as a useful tool for teaching children about sexuality! "A book for a lifetime", appealing to children as young as 2 years old and even to adults in their 80s. With this book, kids can not only read, but also touch, feel, pull, and flip the pages to truly engage with it. For parents, this book serves as a key to open up discussions on sexuality, making it easier to educate children about their bodies and self-protection. With spiral binding and meticulous printing, the book is crafted by hand, allowing children to interact and learn through exploration.
The book "Body: Our Body" offers an engaging reading experience for both children and parents, including:
- Touch and feel the floating amniotic fluid
- Experience tactile sensations with 4 real materials
- Pull to discover the journey of growth at different ages
- Move and pull to understand the digestive system
- Open and flip to explore the circulatory system
- Twist to discover the differences in movement between language and images with the nervous system
- Mix to assemble parts
- Flip to view tooth decay and many other fascinating details
- Pull out to learn about digestion
- Pull to experience pupil dilation and taste buds
This truly is a must-have book for both children and parents' bookshelf.


8. Interactive Books - A New Way to Make Reading More Fun
Gone are the days of traditional text and illustrations, as interactive books with carefully crafted designs now allow children to enhance their reading experience and develop a love for books. Interactive books are a unique genre, where each book not only offers images and words but also acts like an interactive game. Common interactive features include smart movements, flipping to discover, 3D pages, pop-up effects, pull and slide actions, and more. Children are no longer passive learners, but instead actively engage with the content.
Reading these books is more than just absorbing knowledge; kids also develop their fine motor skills as they touch, feel, play, and move through the interactive elements. Reading becomes more fun than ever as children take control, touching, sliding, and flipping pages. The book topics are familiar to young readers, such as Cities, Vehicles, and Construction Sites, each providing detailed knowledge: What’s inside skyscrapers? How is traffic managed? Where does clean water come from in a city? What does it take to build a high-speed train track? Popular interactive book series today include: Transportation Around the World, Cities, Construction Sites, and more.


9. Maze Books
Maze books are an excellent tool to stimulate both hemispheres of a child's brain. The maze game engages curiosity and prediction skills as children solve puzzles. Kids must think critically and make decisions about which path to take, considering the consequences of each move they make.
The Maze Series includes various volumes aimed at developing different skills, such as: Recognition, Emotions, Independence, Safety, and more. In these books, children directly manipulate characters with their hands, thinking and guessing where to go next, how they might feel, and what to do at each step. Parents can join in too, reading together with their kids, learning through play and playing through learning.


10. Early Brain Development Book Set for Children
The book set "Early Brain Development for Children 0-2 Years Old" consists of five books: One, two, three, four round, ripe tomatoes; The Pig's Treasure; I Want My Mom's Shoes; Blow Away the Pain; and Roll, Roll, Roll, designed for infants. These books are created based on research about the function, traits, and development of brain regions during this phase.
With simple and playful language, the set encourages language skills development, stimulates imagination, creative thinking, and fosters a deeper bond between children and their parents. The books are licensed from South Korea, featuring engaging and fun content with visually appealing, cute illustrations. Notably, some pages are uniquely designed or cut, adding an element of fun for children as they explore the books.


11. The Max Stories Collection
This collection features super short stories, each with only about 12 pages and under 100 words, following the mischievous adventures of a little boy named Max, who is just like any curious child. The series includes six books: Max and the Teddy Bear, Max and the Potty, Max and the Donut, Max and the Water Pot, Max and the Diaper, Max and the Ball. These quick, fun, and lovable stories are perfect for younger children with shorter attention spans.
The layout of each page is dominated by illustrations, with only a single line of text at the bottom. This format is ideal for kids who enjoy pictures more than words. The illustrations are lively and capture Max’s emotions—whether it’s anger, affection, or excitement—perfectly, in a way that is both realistic and endearing.


12. Bộ sách Ziczag
Điểm đặc biệt của bộ sách này là các trang được xếp mở kiểu zigzag chứ không ở dạng lật giở như những cuốn sách thông thường. Các bạn nhỏ có thể kéo dài cuốn sách làm thành đoàn tàu độc đáo. Bộ sách gồm những chủ đề gần gũi và cần thiết cho các bạn nhỏ làm quen với số đếm, chữ, màu sắc và từ ngữ.
Các từ mới còn được đặt vào trong câu hoàn chỉnh, dễ hiểu, dễ sử dụng cùng hình ảnh trực quan, sinh động. Đây thực sự là một bộ sách tương tác tuyệt vời để bé học và chơi về Số đếm, Màu sắc, Phương tiện giao thông và các loài Động vật thú vị quanh ta.


13. Wordless Comic Books
It may sound unusual, but wordless comic books are actually one of the best ways to help your child develop critical thinking. First, for children who haven’t learned to read yet, these books offer an opportunity to explore the world around them, expand their knowledge, and enhance their aesthetic thinking.
For those who already know how to read, wordless comics will boost their creativity and cognitive abilities. As you can see, the benefits of these wordless comics are immense. So, why not take your kids to the bookstore and grab a few?


14. Fairy Tales
Fairy tales are a genre of folklore, often filled with fictional elements, including magical, realistic, adventurous, and animal tales.
Many children are naturally drawn to and enjoy reading fairy tales. This is a wonderful habit parents should encourage. These stories are rich in human values and provide powerful life lessons. Parents can purchase fairy tale comics, both from Vietnam and abroad, offering diverse themes with unique values. If it’s their first time reading, your child will surely fall in love with them and constantly ask for more!


15. Science Exploration Books and Stories
If you want your child to develop strong critical thinking skills and view the world from a scientific, logical perspective, cultivating the habit of reading science books from a young age is essential. Books and stories related to science will fuel your child’s curiosity and thirst for knowledge.
Science books are key to unlocking understanding, helping us make sense of the world around us. Everything in our surroundings can be explained through scientific evidence. The knowledge within these books is analyzed and offers profound, often surprising conclusions. While your child may not initially be fond of these factual, sometimes dense books, don’t worry—just encourage them to read a few times, and they’ll soon find them fascinating!


