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Faustin Charles
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Mixed Media
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Publisher | Bloomsbury | ||
ISBN | 978-074759524 | ||
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Reviewer
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Claire
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Synopsis
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.
Review
These are updated animal versions of traditional nursery rhymes. The rhymes are very good and I think actually nicer for small children than the originals, as some of the rhymes we were told as children (three blind mice who have their tales ‘cut off' by the farmer's wife) are quite brutal when you think about it. This book also comes with a CD of the author reading the rhymes to you. My son particularly liked this as he could sit with the book on his lap and was able to tell when he needed to turn the page over. He enjoyed it so much he wanted to listen to the whole thing again when we got to the end. It's a book I would happily buy as a present for someone.
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