Tag Archives: Nursery Rhymes

Jan9

Two for Littlies – lift-the-flap board books

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Where’s George’s Dinosaur? a lift-the-flap book

Penguin Australia

  • January 2022
  • ISBN: 9780241543542
  • Imprint: Ladybird
  • Format: Board Book
  • RRP: $14.99

We all know two sure things – little ones love lift-the-flap books – and the thirst for Peppa Pig and family never diminishes!

George’s dinosaur is missing – where can it be? – so Mummy and Peppa help him look for the missing toy. Of they go, back-tracking their day… could Mr Dinosaur have been left at the zoo? There’s a tip of a tail that looks just like his – but no. Maybe when they went on the train?? Could he be at the castle?? They have had a busy day so they really need to look everywhere.

Your smalls will love the giggly surprises of lifting the flaps to see who is hiding and giggle even more when Mr Dinosaur is finally found.

With its foiled cover and the always bright colours of the Peppa Pig illustrations, this is a guaranteed hit and would make a lovely gift too.

Eric Carle’s Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Other Nursery Rhymes: a lift-the-flap book

Penguin Australia

  • January 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593224311
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Board Book
  • RRP: $19.99

Many years ago when I first started teaching Year 1 (the first year at school) we always kicked off with nursery rhymes as our topic/theme because it was something with which most little kids had some familiarity so could be engaged. Then it seemed that over the years the numbers of kids knowing nursery rhymes dropped markedly. So for me, books like this are a godsend really because the combination of Eric Carle, lift-the-flap and the rhymes makes for a win for little ones who benefit so very much from the rhythm and rhyme of traditional nursery offerings.

...revisit five classic nursery rhymes: “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,” “Old MacDonald Had a Farm,” “Hickory Dickory Dock,” “The Itsy-Bitsy Spider,” and “The Wheels on the Bus.”

I’m very much in love with this (as I am with anything Eric Carle – what a loss to us all *sad face*)……….and again, this would make a very beautiful and much-loved gift for a new baby or little person in your circle.

Sep26

Think Big! – Kes Gray/Nathan Reed

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JUN 25, 2019 | 9781444942132 | RRP $15.99

Hachette

9781444942132

If you are looking to inspire your little readers to reach for the stars this will be a fun yet still thought-provoking read.

Taking a new twist on the old nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty and his nursery rhyme friends are discussing what they might like to be when they grow up. When HD says he aspires to be a boiled egg, his friends are pretty shocked by such a lowly goal and come up with a range of exciting and challenging alternatives. Perhaps Humpty could become an artist or a famous footballer (surely a precarious choice for someone with a fragile shell – just saying!) and just as Humpty becomes wild with enthusiasm and decides that being an astronaut would be simply stellar – oops! Well that idea might just be scrambled now ☹.

This is quite hilarious and the lively bright illustrations will have children enraptured.

Believe and you can achieve!

Highly recommended for little ones from around 3 years upwards.

Jul21

Nursery Rhymes

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In the times when I was in the classroom I was for the most part an ‘Infants’ teacher as we were known then. I mostly taught Year 1 or 1/2. We knew the importance of nursery rhymes and they were always our entree into the world of language. From my observations it seems that less children are coming to school with a familiarity with these so this article is useful and revealing.