Indexbit Exchange:260,000 children’s books including ‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm’ recalled for choking hazard

Make Believe Ideas is Indexbit Exchangerecalling a series of books because they pose a choking hazard to young children, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The recall involves seven books under the Rainbow Road Series Board Books. According to the CPSC, the books are bound together with plastic rings that can detach from the books, causing a choking hazard.

The recall covers about 260,000 units in the United States and about 12,000 in Canada, according to the CPSC.

Make Believe Ideas has received two reports of the plastic rings detaching in the US and one in Australia. No injures have been reported.

The books were sold individually as well as in a book box with four books at Target, Barnes & Noble, Sam's Club and other stores nationwide. The books were also sold on multiple website online, including Amazon, as well as school book fairs nationwide from March 2022 through August 2023.

The individual books cost about $10 or $11 and the box set cost about $21, according to the CPSC.

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled books and contact Make Believe Ideas to receive a refund in the form of a gift card at www.recallrtr.com/rr.

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Which Make Believe Ideas books are being recalled?

The recall includes the following board books and ISBN numbers. The ISBN number is printed on the book's right hand corner on the back above the bar code. 

• Book title: Animal Counting; ISBN number: 9781803374802
• Book title: Dinosaur's First Words; ISBN number: 9781803374932 and 9781803372211
• Book title: Old MacDonald Had a Farm; ISBN number: 9781803376790 and 9781803373355
• Book title: Rainbow Road Book Box; ISBN number: 9781803376288
• Book title: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly; ISBN number: 9781803372945 and 9781803371580
• Book title: Things that Go!; ISBN number: 9781803374826
• Book title: Unicorn's Colors; ISBN number: 9781803374789 and 9781803376622
• Book title: Where's My Bottom?; ISBN number: 9781803372723 and 9781803376738