Mad About Minibeasts! Board Book

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Come into the garden for lots of noisy, rhyming creepy-crawly fun from the creators of Rumble in the Jungle and Commotion in the Ocean. A Cuddle For Claude was nominated for the Sheffield Book Award and Claude is now the subject of a popular animated TV series. Giles is also the creator of Purple Ronnie, Britain's favourite stickman, and of the artist/philosopher, Edward Monkton.

These simple, cheerful and humorous rhymes about all the familiar insects you might encounter in your garden - from slugs and snails to beautiful butterflies - are great fun to read together, and also make a good introduction to learning about the world around us. Little ones will love joining in with all the noisy sound words and looking at the colourful pictures, as they discover all sorts of minibeasts. From slugs and snails to bustling beetles and beautiful butterflies, these rhymes are full of humour and great to read aloud.David began his illustration career by creating the Pigs Might Fly and Flux Deluxe greetings cards ranges and then illustrated the very popular and successful picture book series that began with Rumble In The Jungle, written by Giles Andreae. great fun to read together, and also makes a good introduction to learning about the world around us. The facts are basic and simple but accurately presented in a light-hearted way using big, bold illustrations and humorous rhymes.

We do a nature study with a small group of small children, and this book was a good addition to our collection of nature books! My husband has a crazy entomophobia so we decided to introduce our little baby to insects early on in life. He has won the Federation of Children's Book Award and the Book Trust Early Years Award, but he is probably most famous as the creator of the phenomenally successful Purple Ronnie, Britain's favourite stickman. The book has clearly not been printed correctly and has big white lines at the top of both the cover and the pages inside. In 1996 David illustrated his first book for children, Rumble in the Jungle , which went on to become an international bestseller.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.