Oi Duck-billed Platypus! (Oi Frog and Friends)

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The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. You could just dive in at this book and enjoy it but you are missing a load of fun if you skip Oi Dog, Oi Frog, Oi Cat and the short (World Book Day) Oi Goat! He sat reading aloud and laughing at some of the rhymes - he reads it over and over and gets so much enjoyment for it. Using the strange names and often stranger appearance of animals, this funny, rhyming, read-aloud picture book, will amuse both children and parents and perhaps inspired a few poets in the making. Jim Field’s hilarious and boldly-coloured illustrations make for a striking collection of prints, perfect for nurseries or bedrooms.

Kes believes children's books should be a happy marriage between a great idea and a very talented illustrator: demonstrated perfectly by his partnership with Jim Field. Your framed print will arrive with D-rings and cord already attached, read y to hang right out of the box.After time working in London he now lives in the French countryside with his wife and young daughter. The print is framed by hand in Cambridgeshire in the UK, using only European sourced PEFC™ and FSC approved woods. K. Rowling's The Christmas Pig and his debut author-illustrator bilingual picture book, Monsieur Roscoe on Holiday. The Oi series have quickly become bedtime favourites for us and I often choose it for them/me if they pause in choosing too long. Laugh-aloud humour which will have young readers in fits of giggles - and improve their rhyming ability, too.

Jim’s debut author-illustrator picture book ‘Monsieur Roscoe - On Holiday’ is a bilingual book that introduces first French words to young children and is now available in 12 countries. Our Reading Den is a place for you and your child to discover and share books, find new authors and explore stories. the fifth title from the brilliant Oi series created by Kes Gray and Jim Field, which now totals seven books and has sold over one million copies. Loved by children and parents, the books have won numerous awards, including the Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award, and been shortlisted for many more!As with the previous books supported by the brilliant illustrations these are all about playing with rhyming words and give plenty of chance to try out phonics sounds with loads of humour thrown in. His first picture book, ‘Cats Ahoy’ written by Peter Bently won the Booktrust Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2011. The jaunty, brightly coloured illustrations make this a joy to share with both toddlers and older children.