Did you know that Indigo has recently remodeled their children’s book section in certain stores? I didn’t, but was lucky enough to receive a gift card from this PTPA winner and got to check it out with my family.
I myself am not a huge bookworm but my boys are. Baseball and books are the two “B’s” in our house and even our little one loves flipping through picture books.
The new children’s section is a huge upgrade over the previous version with a clear division from the rest of the store and is located right next to the pre-teen / teen section that our 7-year-old kept wandering over to. The remodeling in bright colours caught the eye of our 16-month-old right away and he couldn’t wait to get to it and start exploring.
It’s big, bright and there’s so much to see and do for kids. Not only is it chock-full of a wide variety of books, there are toys, a creative design, and cozy seating to curl up with a good book and relax.
It’s also much better organized than the previous kids section which always seemed like you were on a treasure hunt versus being at a bookstore. It’s now far easier to find what you are looking for despite being much bigger in size.
Carson, the discerning book critic that he is, chose the challenging “Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb” by Dr. Seuss while Logan picked up “Hothead” about an ill-tempered young baseball player and a Justin Bieber book. They could barely wait to crack them open on the way home.
Our family spends a lot of time in Chapters and Indigo and it’s nice that the new kids section is so welcoming and kid-friendly (as it should be). We definitely give this redesign two thumbs way up!
For a full list of renovated locations, be sure to check out the Indigo Kids website.
Want to win a $50 IndigoKids gift card so your kids can experience this great store themselves? Of course you do!
Here’s how to enter:
1) Simply “like” Indigo on Facebook as well as our Facebook page
2) Comment below answering the question, “Has your child picked up any Back-to-School books yet? If not, what will they get if you won a $50 gift card?”
For more information on this great store, you can visit the PTPA Winner’s Circle to find out more! Visit their website Indigo Books & Music Inc. for information on products, hours and locations!
This contest will close on September 2nd at 5pm EST. Winner will be chosen via Random.org and announced on this post as well as emailed.
This giveaway is now closed. Thank you to all who entered and congrats to Kimberly!
63 Responses to Check out the new and improved Indigo Kids
I love the new look of the stores and I especially love that they now gift wrap for free! Indigo was always my favorite and I now have more reasons to go there!
My favourite store just got better!
@Janine – Yeah, they really did a great job. We were very impressed.
@Sharon – Free gift wrap?? I didn’t even know that. Sweet.
My oldest hasn’t picked up anything yet, but he would totally spend his money on the new Rick Riordan series since he loved the Percy Jackson series so much (I already liked Indigo and PTPA on FB as Jennifer Porter Rayment)
like both fb pages, We will be picking up some new books for his 1st bday, lots of books on shapes, colours and animals
My niece has been doing her shopping, but hasn’t picked any books up yet – so she’d be filling her boots with new books with a card from Indigo. (Like both pages)
My daughter is only three but she LOVES going to the book store. If she won, I’m thinking Dr. Suess, Paddington Bear, and whatever else she picked out.
We’d buy a bunch of the great learn to read kits they have there. And for my 9 year old some chapter books.
My daughters are 2-year & 5-month old and we can never get enough Dr. Seuss & Julia Donaldspn
My child is still too young to go to school but he loves to look at picture books. With the gift card he could get several new books to read before bed! He is really bored of his books and needs some new ones!!
“like” you both on facebook already
No books for school picked up yet. We are just heading into kindergarten and we’d use the gift certificate for some early readers as my son is just chomping at the bit to learn to read and loves those books.
Done!
If we won I have a 6 year old who would love Geronimo Stilton books, Magic Treehouse books and more of the How to Train your Dragon series of books!
I have liked both pages. We have not gotten any books yet, but we would probably get some animal books because they really enjoyed going to the zoo recently!
i have seen the new look – my son hasn’t yet. he loves his books anything with mickey mouse and abc’s.
Liked both! my Kids are too young for school yet but LOVE books! We need some new books to read to my oldest before bed! we could realy use some thomas the train books!
If we were to win, we’d look at some new bedtime stories as our little guy has memorized all the words to his and is quite bored of them
He loves Dr. Suess.
Liked both pages…
My 9yr old would like to get some more chapter books! If we were to win, I’d love to get him into some of the classics!
no books yet – but would get more sandra boyton for my babies
My kids haven’t picked up any back to school books yet but have been working on their wishlists, my youngest has her heart set on the newest “Warriors”, and my oldest has her eye on “Abduction” by Peg Kehret
liked both.
didn’t pick one yet.
My son is 2 and half so he probably pick up book with animal
Chana! Sandra Boynton books are the best!!!!!! We have them all
I already like both pages
My daughter loves books, we recently bought some learning books on our last trip to Indigo, but would love some new bedtime stories!
My shild hasn’t picked up any back to school books yet as she’s only 16 months. But I’m sure we would pick up some Sandra Boynton and animal and alphabet books with a gift card.
No kids, but my little sister has yet to pick up any school books. She’s definitely looking forward to getting books for school and would be really happy with a gift card.
Like both pages! My son is starting school in about 2 weeks!! He loves books! All kinds of different books.
Like both. We would pick up some books on canadian geography and some Hardy boys for my little reader!
I liked both, I’m sure my son would pick out a book with a duck on it lol he likes ducks
Liked both! My kids would get some new books.
Liked both. My daughter is starting French immersion, so we will buy some French books and DVDs.
If we won my 4 year old daughter would pick out some choose your own adventure books. She loves being involved in the story. My 9 month old son could also use some boy books, we’ve got the classic board books but need to add some trucks or trains in.
We have a new indigo by us and the kids love it!
We arent school aged yet (next year) but if we won I’d get my oldest some stage 1 reading books! Thanks for the chance! I’m a fan of both on FB (Shannon RB).
Liked both. My kids love books! Definately some chapter books .. . Judy Moody, Magic Treehouse, Geronimo Stilton. Lego books, or anything to do with Lego, activity books, boardy books. With an 8, 6, 4, and 1 year old, books are in high demand. And, I, myself can’t get enough either!
I’m already a (HUGE!) fan of both your Facebook pages. I think I’d pick up a few train books for our train-obsessed six year old. I’m not talking the kiddie book ones, the ones in the adult section under reference, he’s obsessed with the mechanics of steam, diesel and maglev trains!
Love Indigo! My two siblings and I have all been employed at Chapters/Indigo at one point in our lives! I love the kids section and my son loves to flip through his favourite books! Maybe he’ll keep the streak going when he’s old enough to work!
Like both. My 4 year old would love cooking books
My daughter and I both LOVE reading, we are currently into the Ellen Hopkins books, and we buy so many books, on every genre ! Its something that we never get enough of. Love CHapters ! Hope I win !!
my kids love fairy and magical stories need to find new series for them to get into
My son and I went to a Chapters location and he begged for “The Bear With Sticky Paws: Goes To School” by Clara Vulliamy. I thought it was fitting to buy as school is just around the corner, and he just loves this hardcover book and reads it every night =)
my daughter starts JK and wants to learn to read so something along that lines or a Princess book
like both. my son is only 10 months old so no back to school yet but he likes that have the word daddy in them
Like both!
. My son is just entering pre school and he LOVES books, right now we really enjoy the Caillou series 
Already like both pages
With a birthday just passing, we picked up a couple of books (an Olivia book, since she’s a favourite, and a book about whales, since they are of interest lately). We’d have no problem finding more books to indulge in though 
My daughter would probably pick out a very “girly” bedtime story and my son would no doubt pick up a new shark book. He is obsessed with his sharks!!
We are just about through all of their books!! This would be great 
I like both
Liked Indigo and PTPA. I would spend it on books that I think he might be interested in and maybe save some money for later when he can choose them himself since he’s 15 months old!
I like you both
My oldest is 6 and I just picked up 6 books from Chapters, each the first book from a different line of their ages 6-8 readers. We’re reading them now and she’ll get to choose 2 lines to continue. If I win the card it will be 100% spent on these bpols and I’ll be the best mom, evah!
My little 8 month old has just been starting to get intrested in picture books, so I would love to win the gift card to buy a whole supply for him
Oh, btw…I liked both pages as well
I like both!
My son hasn’t got any back to school books because he’s not going back he is just starting for the first time! Yikes! He can’t get enough books so I know he would want everything! Books about starting kindergarten would be at the top along with anything about pirates and knights!
I would pick up some Robert Munsch books!!!
My boys are just starting school so they don’t need too many supplies other than a back pack, lunch box and water bottle. They love how to books on how things work and are made so i would love to satisfy their curiosity because I can’t answer all their questions!! lol
My daughter loves the `Warriers` books, so I`m pretty sure she`d stock up on a bunch of those given the chance!
Like both pages. We’re too young for school but would beef up our home library with some Dr Seuss!
well, my daughter is only 7 months old, so no back-to-school for her. that said, she loves when we read to her, and it would be great to expand her book collection so we don’t have to read “brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?” every night!
We just bought a new Thomas the Train book over the weekend. Thomas is my son’s favourite. We would use the $50 to buy more Thomas books.
We are huge readers in our family…my daughter is just going into kindergarten so we have been picking up some first reader books. We just picked up a Franklin and the tooth fairy book because my daughter has her first loose tooth. Would love to be able to pick up some more first reader books so she can continue to learn.
I like both on facebook
We haven’t purchased any back to school books yet but the kids would love the underpants zoo.
Liked both pages on FB. We’d use the gift cert to get our daughter a backpack for daycare, and some Robert Munsch books for bedtime stories!
My son has to wait another year for school but I think he would love to pick out some Disney classic, Mickey Mouse especially! Like you both on FB.
Liked Both — we haven’t purchased any books yet – but we would buy some activity books for learning to read and basic math.
Liked both, and haven’t purchased anything for back to school at all yet (I’m so in trouble) but my son loves the “Diary Of A Wimpy Kid” series…so I would happily get him some more
Hunter isn’t in official “school” yet, but we read to him every day! We would get some more touch and feel books for him if we won the $50!
I liked both, would love to bring my grandson he would like to get some new picture books