“For kids to enjoy reading, it has to have a pay off, whether it’s finding out what happens in The Phantom Tollbooth or getting the joke in MAD magazine or a Roald Dahl novel”
Jon Scieska, USA’s first “ambassador for young people’s literature” appointed by Library of Congress and the Children’s Book Council. USA Today, Feb 11, 2008
Who is Treasure Bound Books – and what are these book-games?
Treasure Bound Books is a publishing company established to produce an exciting new format in children’s books that will take the market by storm.
This patented new format combines the magic of stories with the fun of toys in an interactive book that kids love playing with.
The patent is for compartments of any shape, function, number or placement on a book. The compartments can be filled with anything – toys, stickers, puzzles, coins, treats, you name it!
Our first book is a treasure hunt adventure story with eight mini treasure chests holding toys that are clues to finding the gold. See About the book
Our vision is a series of these books – fiction and educational – that kids love playing with.
We dream of books where:
- Pyramids are the compartments; Egyptian treasures are the toys
- Eggs are the compartments; dinosaurs are the toys
- Sharks jaws are the compartments; sea creatures are the toys
- Castles are the compartments; princesses are the toys
- Phonebooths are the compartments; superheroes are the toys
- Churches are the compartments; religious characters are the toys
The possibilities are endless and licenses for the format are available for publishers to produce their own books.
Our mission
While our vision is for kids all over the world to have fun playing with these books, our mission is even bigger and more urgent.
Like so many inventions, this new type of book was created by a mom who had a problem and wanted to do something to solve it for her kids!
