Mad About Minibeasts! Board Book

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My husband has a crazy entomophobia so we decided to introduce our little baby to insects early on in life. Brightly coloured illustrations by David Wojtowycz add to the appeal of this engaging and lively book. Giles Andreae is an award-winning children's author and has written both fiction titles and bestselling picture books, such as Pants and The Lion who Wanted to Love. Giles is also the creator of the humorous stickman poet Purple Ronnie, and the philosopher/artist Edward Monkton. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

A Cuddle For Claude was nominated for the Sheffield Book Award and Claude is now the subject of a popular animated TV series.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. 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.

In 1996 David illustrated his first book for children, Rumble in the Jungle , which went on to become an international bestseller. 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! David has gone on to create many more hugely successful children's books, including The Lion Who Wanted to Love , winner of the Red House Book Award, and the bestselling Mad About Minibeasts .These two ranges of greetings cards, books and merchandise have made Giles the country's top-selling living poet. Giles lives with his wife, Victoria, a children's clothes designer, and their four children by the river in Oxfordshire. Giles has written many award-winning and best-selling children's books, including the global classic, Giraffes Can't Dance. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

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. 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. 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.Giles is also the creator of Purple Ronnie, Britain's favourite stickman, and of the artist/philosopher, Edward Monkton.

All the images are clear and colourful, making it a friendly introduction to minibeasts in a gentle and fun way (especially for the reluctant child who is maybe not so keen on certain bugs). Rhyming text and vibrant full-page illustrations make this marvellous picture book perfect for reading aloud. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

great fun to read together, and also makes a good introduction to learning about the world around us. From slugs and snails to bustling beetles and beautiful butterflies, these rhymes are full of humour and great to read aloud. This successful author/illustrator pairing won the picture book section of the Children's Book Award with The Lion Who Wanted To Love.