Faustin Charles has specially created for this collection over 40 new rhymes inspired by traditional nursery rhymes and all featuring animal characters. The rhymes are illustrated throughout by Michael Terry, illustrator of the bestselling The Selfish Crocodile, and whose animal portrayals have become legendary. Combined with a fantastic audio CD that has Faustin Charles narrating the poems with lots of amazing animal sounds and noises, this will make a much-loved and much-listened to collection for younger readers.
ISBN: 978-0-7475-9524-3
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: май 2012
Every morning a very large and very snappy crocodile shouts this selfish message: `Stay away from my river! It`s MY river! If you come in my river, I`ll eat you all!` The animals in the forest don`t know what to do. They are frightened of the crocodile. Even the fish, tadpoles, frogs, crabs and crayfish stay out of the water. Until one day, the creatures are woken by a loud groaning sound which turns out to be the selfish crocodile in a lot of pain, and the smallest of them all, a little mouse, finds a way to solve their snappy dilemma! Astoundingly bright, bold illustrations bring to life all the wonderful creatures of the forest in a rainbow of colours. The Author: Faustin Charles is a renowned poet and story-teller. His collection of...
ISBN: 978-0-7475-4193-6
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: май 2012
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