My Lunch Box Play Book

My Lunch Box Play Book — build a sandwich, one page at a time

What would you like in your sandwich today? Turn the shaped felt-and-card pages and the ingredients stack up one by one, until there's a whole sandwich sitting in the lunch box. Then start again with something different.

It's a book shaped like a lunch box, right down to the carry handle — so it goes where your little one goes.

🥪 Play food that lives on the bookshelf

Most play food ends up in a basket in the corner. This is the same idea in book form: a sandwich to build, take apart and build again, with no loose pieces to hunt for under the sofa afterwards.

The layering is the clever bit. Each turn adds an ingredient, so making lunch becomes a sequence — first this, then that — which is exactly the kind of order-of-things play toddlers are working on anyway.

✋ Made to be touched

• Soft foam (EVA) cover that's easy to grip and pleasant to hold
• Felt layered between die-cut card pages, so every turn feels different
• Sliders to move and explore
• A carry handle, because a lunch box needs one

💬 Good for finding words

The textures give little ones a reason to point, and pointing is usually where naming starts — colours, shapes, and every ingredient going into the sandwich. It works nicely as a shared book for that reason: a child who isn't talking much yet can still show you what they want next.

📏 Book details

• Format: interactive board book
• Pages: 10
• Size: 240 x 220 x 25mm
• Suitable from: 3 years+
• Written by: Sarah Creese
• Illustrated by: Stuart Lynch
• Features: EVA foam cover, felt between die-cut card pages, sliders and a carry handle

❓ Frequently asked questions

What age is it for?
The publisher recommends 3 years and up.

Is it a book or a toy?
Honestly, both — and that's rather the point. It reads like a book and plays like play food.

Are there loose pieces to lose?
No. The ingredients are the pages, so the whole sandwich stays in the book.

Does it make a good gift?
It does. The lunch box shape and handle make it look like a present before it's even wrapped, and it's a change from another soft toy.

❤️ From our family to yours

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