Author: Julia Donaldson
Illustrator: Nick Sharrat
Ages: 1+ years
Mealtime, manners, mischief and mayhem with a myriad of animals and the merriest of colours. That would be the perfect summary of this book by Julia Donaldson, the former Children's Book Laureate and author of the famous Gruffalo books.
This glossy book has been eye-captivatingly illustrated by Nick Sharrat, who has illustrated books for famous authors and has been drawing for as long as he can remember!
Children love mealtimes, but not for the meal itself. Parents sometimes hate mealtimes for the same reason! This book has all of that joy, anger, irritation, chiding, licking, smelling, good-for-youing, sharing at the table , a very reluctant cleaning afterwards ( it was only a suggestion by a nice animal!) and a collective sleeping at the end of the meal. The rhyming is catchy and the children love seeing all the animals misbehaving like them :o).
This book was a firm favourite of DS2. He would read it again and again. And again. And... you get the point.
If he gave it away to his little sister, it was only because he thought she would love it just as much, and boy, does she love it!! There is just nothing as comforting to see someone love your book as much as you loved it. It is simply infectious! Here is a beautiful reading of the book by my sweet little sister Lakshmi!
When we were down at the International book festival in Edinburgh clamouring for Francesca Simon's book signing, Nick Sharrat was at the opposite table, and I was just so disappointed I didn't have this book in hand to get him to autograph it. Of all things about Edinburgh, it is this book festival that I really miss so much. Same goes for the Chennai Book fair as well!
In all, a very colourful book with lots of things little kids love.
Illustrator: Nick Sharrat
Ages: 1+ years
Mealtime, manners, mischief and mayhem with a myriad of animals and the merriest of colours. That would be the perfect summary of this book by Julia Donaldson, the former Children's Book Laureate and author of the famous Gruffalo books.
This glossy book has been eye-captivatingly illustrated by Nick Sharrat, who has illustrated books for famous authors and has been drawing for as long as he can remember!
Children love mealtimes, but not for the meal itself. Parents sometimes hate mealtimes for the same reason! This book has all of that joy, anger, irritation, chiding, licking, smelling, good-for-youing, sharing at the table , a very reluctant cleaning afterwards ( it was only a suggestion by a nice animal!) and a collective sleeping at the end of the meal. The rhyming is catchy and the children love seeing all the animals misbehaving like them :o).
This book was a firm favourite of DS2. He would read it again and again. And again. And... you get the point.
If he gave it away to his little sister, it was only because he thought she would love it just as much, and boy, does she love it!! There is just nothing as comforting to see someone love your book as much as you loved it. It is simply infectious! Here is a beautiful reading of the book by my sweet little sister Lakshmi!
In all, a very colourful book with lots of things little kids love.
Oh yes! This is book is a super duper hit with Saakshi. Thank you so much Milind for sending her your precious book and sharing *happiness* with her. She loves the book and reads (makes her dad/granddad/me read) at least half a dozen times a day. Sometimes you even see her quietly flipping thru' the colourful pages of the book identifying animals...sometimes she even reads it to her dolls. Kids relate very well to this book as it is colourful and has animals that are so beautifully illustrated with rhyming sentences. The best part of the book is the last page where all animals cuddle up and sleep.
ReplyDeleteOhh Your reading is so beautiful, Lux and no wonder S loves reading with you!! Wonderful voice and lovely expression also! May your love of reading together ( and to dollies, how cute is that!) long continue :o)
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