BEST BEDTIME STORIES EVER Author and Illustrator: Richard Scarry Five short stories for children to investigate, with a counting section at the end of the book. Filled with vehicles and mad cap fun, boys in particular have commented on how much they adore this book. There are tons of things to name and pages full of funny situations. Huckle and Lowly sing a song in the television studio while fire fighters put out a blaze on a river barge. […]
MAZES – FLASH KIDS PRESCHOOL ACTIVITIES –
– FLASH KIDS PRESCHOOL ACTIVITIES –
MAZES Flash Kids Preschool Activities Whilst building fine motor skills and developing pencil control, children can progress from the simpler mazes at the beginning of the book to more complex ones. Bold, fun pictures show happy children playing games together and including the reader. Mazes encourage preschoolers to use visual spatial skills. Simple sentences instruct the child what to do and how to go about it. Great for strengthening comprehension and introducing problem solving skills. Mazes are important for brain […]
ANIMAL MAZES USBORNE MAZE PUZZLE SERIES
– Book by Blundell and Tyler –
USBORNE MAZE PUZZLE SERIES
– Book by Blundell and Tyler –
ANIMAL MAZES Usborne Maze Puzzles Author: Blundell and Tyler Excellent fun for the enquiring mind. Help cat and mouse travel through the book in an adventure story which engages the reader in solving the mazes. Each page of beautifully drawn scenes is like a busy wallpaper, where tons of fun details and characters can be discovered. Vera the Viper does not speak Penguinese so no one is quite sure which is the way to Pinkie Penguin’s home. Will the […]
ANIMALIA – Book by Graeme Base –
– Book by Graeme Base –
Animalia Author and Illustrator: Graeme Base Stunningly beautiful! This book which was first published in 1986 is still amongst the most fantastically crafted and magnificently painted picture-word books ever made. Each page has a cleverly alliterated sentence which introduces both the animal of the featured letter, and starts the investigation to find all the things that are ‘of a kind’ on each page. “Victor V. Vulture the Vaudeville Ventriloquist. Versatile Virtuoso of Vociferous Verbosity. Vexatiously Vocalizing at the Valhalla […]
RICHARD SCARRY’S ABC WORD BOOK– Book by Richard Scarry –
– Book by Richard Scarry –
Richard Scarry’s ABC Word Book Author and Illustrator: Richard Scarry Absolutely Brilliant Creativity! Richard Scarry pushes beyond the boundaries of the standard alphabet book with this action packed ABC Word Book. A host of hilarious animals go about their daily lives, filling the pages with hundreds of silly scenarios. Richard Scary’s ABC Word Book shows the featured letter in upper and lower case and then proceeds to show this letter highlighted in red as it appears in every word […]
BLUE CHAMELEON – Book by Emily Gravett –
– Book by Emily Gravett –
Blue Chameleon Author and Illustrator: Emily Gravett A beautiful and unique early learning book for little ones which names colours, patterns, animals and objects. Blue Chameleon is a wizz at imitating shapes and colours. In his effort to find a friend he attempts to ‘fit in’ by changing himself to match the creatures and objects he meets. Strangely there is not an inkling of friendship from the banana or the sock. Grasshopper is frightened and Cockatoo seems dismissive. This […]
CLOTH FROM THE CLOUDS – Book by Michael Catchpool and Alison Jay-
– Book by Michael Catchpool and Alison Jay-
Cloth From The Clouds Author: Michael Catchpool Illustrator: Alison Jay Out in the countryside on top of a hill, a little boy lives who can weave cloth from the clouds. His mother had taught him to spin them as they passed. Gold in the morning as the sun rose, white in the afternoon and crimson as the sun went down. He would spin the clouds into thread and then using his loom he would weave it into cloth. The […]
WE HAVE LIFT OFF – Book by Sean Taylor and Hannah Shaw –
– Book by Sean Taylor and Hannah Shaw –
We Have Lift Off Author: Sean Taylor Illustrator: Hannah Shaw They could take no more of his environmental destruction and their mistreatment, but who could have guessed that the animals on Mr Tanner’s farm would take action! While selfish Mr Tanner was busy polluting the air with smoke, filling the river with muck and junk, and cutting down the trees, they set about building an intergalactic rocket to escape to the clean, clear stars. Narrated by the ‘first chicken […]
COUNTING CHICKENS – Book by Polly Alakija –
– Book by Polly Alakija –
Counting Chickens Author and Illustrator: Polly Alakija Amid the pineapple patches and mud brick houses a group of friends share the excitement of spring. Ade’s cow has a calf, Tunde’s sheep has two lambs, Bisi’s goat has her kids, Aduke’s cat has kittens, Laolu’s dog has puppies, Dapo’s pig has piglets and by the end of the week Tobi’s prize hen has laid seven beautiful eggs! The animals are all counted with delight. The babies grow quickly and begin […]
THE ICE BEAR – Book by Jackie Morris –
– Book by Jackie Morris –
The Ice Bear Author and Illustrator: Jackie Morris In the tradition of myths of old, this powerful story entwines magical themes, shape shifting, harsh realities and pure emotions into a story from another time. The concepts of love, balance and respect for all life are strong reoccurring themes in Jackie Morris’ books. “In the beginning of time, people and animals lived together on the earth and there was no difference between them.” Thus begins the story of a changeling […]
