The first story of block 3 is Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell. This toddler favourite is delightfully illustrated and has nice repetition, as well as highlighting animal characteristics. The authors and publishers have their own website at Dear Zoo and Friends
Giraffes can’t dance is our final book of block two. It’s a fun rhyming tale that has terrific illustrations. There is also a pop-up version of this book: Relive the story on youtube:
Each Peach Pear Plum is our fairytale and nursery rhyme compilation story. It is written and illustrated by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, the same team who wrote peepo!
Peace at last is one of my baby’s favourite books. Written by Jill Murphy it’s a really simple story, but one young children can really relate too. They love the noises that are going on in the different parts of the house as poor Mr Bear tries to get some sleep. It’s a great book[…]
Just like Jasper by Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen is our third book of block 2. This bright colourful book follows Jasper around a toy shop where he is faced with the dilemma of what toy to spend his birthday money on. Some great activity ideas related to this theme are to: Introduce coins and[…]
I looked through my window by Michaela Morgan is this week’s book. You can find it on amazon here:
The first book of block 2 is We’re going on a bear hunt by Michael Rosen. It is one of my favourite stories. My little boy also loves this video of Michael Rosen performing the bear hunt story Finally, Michael Rosen has his own fantastic website called Join the Bear Hunt