The following is a Parent Blogger Network Review:

Animals are always a source of amusement and interest when you are the mother of boys. EBoy can spend hours reading books and looking at websites to learn about animals all over the world. Noah’s Pals has created detailed scale sized toy animals for kids to learn about animals while collecting their own full ark menagerie.

The animals are hand painted with exact detail but made of plastic so they are very durable and easy to carry in small hands. A few of the pieces were a bit small for really little ones (the doves and Noah’s staff) but the larger animals were large enough to not only use for fun but educate about the animals. Viewing the collection page shows detailed descriptions of each toy including their size in case you need to order online.

Each animal comes with a card with details of its habitat, country of origin, and interesting facts. While ETot was happily lining up the animals creating fun scenes and battles, EBoy was enamored with having me read each and every card so he could absorb information about the animals.

My only real disappointment was in the names of the animals. With all of the detail placed in the information cards and the actual design of the animals I was really hoping to have more of a world culture lesson within the presentation. However they chose to name the animals based on the most popular names in the Social Security Popular Baby Names listing. I would have loved to have seen the snow leopards with names representative of Asia or the Holstein Cattle with traditional names from the Netherlands. Although the founders of Noah’s Pals are focused on providing reasonably priced durable toys, as a self admitted book addict I would also enjoy having the opportunity to collect the animals along with books of each pair’s story.

These were definitely fun to play with and learn from. Collecting the pals is also a reward because you can track your collection online and receive free prizes as you obtain milestone numbers. You can check out the collection on the Noah’s Pals website and they are also available on amazon.

I would also like to announce my very first EbonyMommy giveaway. If you would like to have a chance to win a pair of Noah’s Pals of your very own just leave a comment and I’ll be doing a drawing for a winner this weekend.