Come along with Silly Sally and her silly companions as they parade toward town in a most unusual way. Dance a jig with a pig, play leapfrog with a dog, and even sing a tune with a loon. Playful pictures and rollicking rhymes sweep listeners and readers along on Sally's journey.
This book exemplifies the qualities - rhythmic texts, repetivite words, dynamic illustrations, and engaging story lines - that make large-format books so useful in helping children to read and learn.
Children will enjoy the rhyming, cumulative tale accompanied by bouncy illustrations. Predictable tale allows children to develop important pre-reading skills.
Rhymed text (crunch, munch, caterpillars lunch) presents a view of creatures found in the grass from lunchtime till nightfall. By Denise Fleming. 32 pages. Big Book
The white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page. Is it a rabbit, a bird, or just spilt milk? Keeps children guessing until the end.
Owners of human bodies celebrate them by pointing out various parts and mentioning their functions, from hands for catching and throwing to the skin that bundles me in.