Shalvit Kids TV Magazine — Issue 61: Let's Pretend!

Put on a crown — we are PRETENDING! And pretending is fun! 👑

Welcome to Issue 61 of the Shalvit Kids TV Magazine — a giant 135-page month of stories, songs and smiles all about LET'S PRETEND! — dress-up and imaginative play, told the honest Shalvit way: every costume goes over day clothes, every game says out loud "We are PRETENDING!", and children learn to sort real from pretend with confidence. On a rainy afternoon, Kiki, Bibo, Lulu and Pip open Grandma's dressing-up box and become pretend queens, pilots, doctors and chefs — then take the costumes off and are happily themselves again. Pip wears a paper mane and pretends to be a lion (nobody is fooled — and everybody claps!), brave Queen Esther saves her people, and we finish by admiring the world-famous Benin Bronzes of Benin City!

🎭 What's inside (135 pages!):

• The Dressing-Up Box — a 26-page book-length hero story: a rainy-day dress-up parade with the refrain "We are PRETENDING — and pretending is fun!", plus costume-safety rules on every step (see clearly, walk safely, no whole-face masks for little ones)

• Pip the Pretend Lion (Who Was Really Pip) — an 18-page second story: a paper mane, a tiny pretend roar that is really a yawn, and the true lesson that a costume never changes who we are

• Bible Story Time: Queen Esther the Brave (Esther 2–7) — Mordecai, the golden sceptre, two banquets and "for such a time as this" (Esther 4:14), told simply and exactly, gently for little children (cast as presenters only)

• Feelings Corner: Feeling Embarrassed — hot, blushing cheeks handled kindly: everyone feels it, the feeling passes, and kind friends never laugh AT us

• Sing With Us — "Let's Pretend!" with full lyrics and actions, plus the counting action rhyme "Pretend, Pretend, One, Two, Three"

• Learning Lab — Real or Pretend? — real jobs and real tools vs toy tools, pretend words, costume safety, sorting and matching practice, and Kiki Asks Why? "Why do we love pretending?"

• Count & Find — count 6 crowns and 4 capes, 8 stars, 5 wands, 7 hats, 3 scarves and a 10-star challenge (every count drawn, numbered and verified)

• Puzzle Pages — two solver-verified mazes, spot-the-difference (5 differences), costume shadows, dot-to-dot, pairs puzzles and the Big Quiz of the Issue — with a full answer key at the back

• Jokes & Giggles — clean dress-up jokes plus a That's Silly! spot-what's-wrong page (5 silly things!)

• Colour & Create — 4 colouring pages, 2 colour-by-number pages and 2 draw-it-yourself pages

• Make It — paper crowns, step by step (children decorate; cutting and fitting are clearly marked grown-up steps; crowns sit loose and never cover eyes)

• Yummy Corner — a pretend picnic on a blanket (real food, pretend journey!) under the full kitchen-safety lock: hands washed first, grown-ups cut all fruit, children layer cold and carry unbreakables two-handed

• Our Nigeria — the Benin Bronzes of Benin City, Edo State: old, world-famous lost-wax bronze artworks made by skilled artists for the Oba's palace — plus a That's Cool! wow-fact box

• Parent Pages + Full Answer Key — what your child learned, how to play the pages together, a gentle note on embarrassed feelings and pretend play, and every answer, cross-checked

🎓 What your child will learn:

• Imaginative play with honesty — pretend is pretend, costumes are real, and we are always ourselves underneath

• Confidence and courage from Queen Esther — brave "for such a time as this"

• Kind feelings — what to do when we feel embarrassed, and how kind friends help (never laugh AT)

• Counting with exact, numbered, verified quantities

• Safety for life — costumes that let you see and walk safely, grown-ups for cutting and hot/sharp steps, handwashing first

• Pride in Nigeria's art — the Benin Bronzes of Benin City

📖 Issue details:

• 135 pages of colourful artwork featuring the much-loved Shalvit Kids TV cast — Kiki, Bibo, Lulu and Pip

• Ages 2–6 — toddlers, preschool and nursery; made for reading aloud together

• PDF — instant download after payment; read on any phone, tablet or computer, or print the colouring, puzzle and craft pages at home

• Issue 61 of the Shalvit Kids TV Magazine — collect the whole series, from Count With Kiki! to the Series 3 adventures!

Perfect for: dress-up-loving little learners, preschool imaginative-play themes, Sunday school (Esther), party and rainy-day fun, and every family that wants pretend play taught honestly, kindly and safely.

From the makers of the Shalvit Kids TV storybooks and songs — watch us on YouTube: search Shalvit Kids TV. 🎵

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