A collection of poems which follow the lives of a small girl and her baby brother, as they play through the seasons, enjoy different types of weather, and have various experiences.
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"Hughes at her best. Simple, evocative rhymes conjure up images that then explode in the magnificent richness of her paintings." The Guardian; "No one understands better the springs of delight in words and picture books than Shirley Hughes. A book which absorbs the young and enchants the grown-up reader." The Times Educational Supplement"
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Shirley Hughes has illustrated over 200 children's books. Her many awards include the Kate Greenaway Medal for "Dogger" and also the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award for her services to children's literature. Shirley Hughes has three grown-up children (one of whom, Clara Vulliamy, is also a children's book author/illustrator) and lives in London.
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I am buying this book again, to take to a friend's 3-year old in America: I wanted something atmospheric, typically English, but with a real feel of childhood, and this is it. It's one of the favourites from when my own daughter was the same age and this ranked up there alongside The Tiger who Came to Tea, Mog, and Maisie Middleton. Some books are just meant to be be read aloud and pored over together, and this is one of them. The pictures are gorgeous - especially the one of all the back gardens backing onto one another: we spent hours playing 'and now can you find...?' on that page. The poems are simple but lyrical - a joy to read aloud, and a wonderful introduction to non-prose for toddlers. This book is a classic and there's far more to it than a bunch of poems.
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I used to read Shirley Hughes' books when I was a child and loved the intricate details in the drawing. She has an amazing knack for making the real world of a child come to life. I thought they would be dated now, because this is not the childhood most people have any more, but my children love them just the same.
This book takes you on a journey through the year in simple, evocative poems and wonderful illustrations. My kids love to find 'themselves' in the pictures and always ask me which one I am. They particularly love the seaside and bonfire night pictures, and the poem about the fire being like a dangerous dragon. It's a wonderful book and makes me nostalgic for my own childhood, when this was all real to me.
This book takes you on a journey through the year in simple, evocative poems and wonderful illustrations. My kids love to find 'themselves' in the pictures and always ask me which one I am. They particularly love the seaside and bonfire night pictures, and the poem about the fire being like a dangerous dragon. It's a wonderful book and makes me nostalgic for my own childhood, when this was all real to me.
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Great service and a great book .Great for Nursery, and EYFS age children. I am using for a poetry unit in a YR1 class.
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Our girls have loved this since primary school many years ago, with copies also bought for their grandmothers. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Deb
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Excellent poetry book
One of my favorite childhood books that I have now used with both Year 1 and Year 2 classes for some creative work on poems. Lovely book!
Published 23 months ago by Angelica
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a treasured possession after nearly 20 years!!
One of the earliest poetry books i remember my parents reading to me as a child. I was 3 or 4 years old when they bought it for me, and I still own it today, at the age of 23, as a... Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2011 by Eleanor Brae
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good to look at - a poor read
My three year old loves to sit ad look at the detailed pictures of easy to recognise daily life. However the 'poems' scan badly, making it a difficult book to read aloud . Read more
Published on 11 July 2001
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