What are Wimmelbooks?
Wimmelbooks use highly detailed, panoramic pictures to tell stories. Each picture is teemed with people, animals and objects that young children are interested in. (wimmel in German means "to teem.")
This genre of books is very popular in Germany. Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands. They are typically the first book a child reads or receives as a present. Wimmelbooks can be found everywhere that children go, such as schools, clinics, cafes, restaurants and barber shops.
Wimmelbook in a pediatrician clinic.
Who is the Wimmel book suitable for?
Because Wimmelbooks rely on pictures to communicate its stories, pre-literacy children can discover and understand the content of Wimmelbooks on their own. This makes Wimmelbooks suitable for children, as young as 1 year old.
What is special about Wimmelbooks?
With Wimmelbooks, children can take the lead in reading. They can look at the pictures and craft their own stories, which become more and more complex as the children develop. From this way of reading, Wimmelbooks promotes independent thinking and creativity. The role of the parent is to support the child, for example, teaching new vocabulary, pointing out a certain element, or explaining cause and effect within the stories, etc.
Wimmelbooks “grow and develop” together with readers
At the age of 1-2 years, children will begin to learn new words from the books, such as the names of animals and objects in the picture. After that, at the age of 2-3 years, they will begin to connect the elements in the pictures and tell their own stories. The length and complexity of the stories will increase according to their developmental stage.
Pre-literacy children can enjoy Wimmelbooks independently
Characteristics of our Wimmelbooks
Our Wimmelbooks are printed as durable board books, so they can be read for many years and can be shared by multiple siblings and even generations. This makes them worth the investment.
Contents of Wimmelbooks
Our Wimmelbooks not only present and explain real events of our immediate environment to children, but also take young readers into a world of imagination. They allow for discovery, strengthen children's love of reading and learning.
Discover our Wimmel books at https://wimmel.club/collections/wimmel-books