Early years: the body and the senses
DK Really Feely Trucks Really Feely Board Books
Book SynopsisExplore kids' favorite vehicles with this adorable new book that has lots to touch and simple text on every page that make reading time even more fun.In Really Feely Trucks, every spread contains tactile elements—from the sticky mud on the loader to the bumpy tires on the monster truck, to the rough grill on the concrete mixer. The front cover even contains textured elements to kick off the fun sensory experience from the start, and the small, sturdy format is perfect for little hands to hold, encouraging motor skills and early book skills.Series Overview: Really Feely books are perfect for babies and toddlers, ages 0–2. These little books, created for small hands to hold, are filled with bold real-world photography covered in embossed textures, fluffy patches, bumpy patterns, and tactile glitter. The Really Feely series encourages sensory development, language skills, and early reading skills, while also teaching favorite preschool subjects.<
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DK Baby Touch and Feel Halloween
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DK My First Touch and Feel Picture Cards First Words
Book SynopsisExpertly designed to develop early language and motor skills, discover exciting animals in this set of 16 colorful first word flash cards. Each card has a special touch and feel element to make learning fun for all the senses!With a vibrant image on every flashcard, DK''s sturdy picture cards make learning about first words fun! Talking points on the back of each card reinforce learning while helping to familiarise children with all sorts of different words, specially chosen to help children grow. These flash cards for toddlers age 1 - 2 also help to encourage a love of language learning from the start, as each word is repeated in four additional languages as well as English – Spanish, German, French, and Chinese – with a handy pronunciation guide next to each word. Celebrate your child’s curiosity as they: • Grow their language skills and learn their first words • In
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DK My First Touch and Feel Picture Cards Numbers and
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DK My First Touch and Feel Picture Cards Colors and
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DK Baby Touch and Feel Baby Dinosaur
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£7.66
DK Crunch Munch Bunny
Book SynopsisWatch as Baby Bunny meets cute baby animals in this early learning lift the flap sound book.An interactive board book that contains five large and sturdy flaps, with a surprise character and sound hiding underneath each. Read the rhymes aloud before lifting the flaps to find out who is hiding! With adorable photographic toys of favorite baby animals and beautifully illustrated scenes, there is lots for little ones to look at--perfect for reading together.
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DK Baby Touch and Feel Mermaid
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DK Baby Touch and Feel Flamingo
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£7.59
Lerner Publishing Group Cold Crunchy Colorful
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£25.32
Teacher Created Materials, Inc Sort It
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£10.74
Beach Lane Books Early One Morning
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£15.29
Simon Spotlight What Is Daniel Wearing
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£8.54
Simon & Schuster Can an Aardvark Bark
Book SynopsisSynopsis coming soon.......Trade Review*STARRED REVIEW* "Barks, grunts, squeals, whines, bellows, growls, and laughs—all kinds of animals use all kinds of sounds to communicate.This collection of animal vocalizations will delight readers and listeners. Prolific science writer Stewart always chooses appealing facts, but what makes this collection work so well is the skillful presentation by both author and illustrator. There's a question: "Can an aardvark bark?" And an answer: "No, but it can grunt." A short paragraph tells when and why it makes that sound. The next spread reveals some different grunting species and what their grunts might mean. The next two spreads introduce barks and squeals. Just when listeners or readers begin to see a pattern of question and answer, it's disrupted: "Can a porcupine whine? Why yes, it can!" The surprise adds just enough tension to keep the audience going through growls, bellows, and laughs. A final page asks listeners and readers if they can make the same noises. Jenkins' characteristic cut-and-torn-paper collages are a perfect accompaniment. These sharp-edged, accurate images, set on plain white backgrounds, show beautifully. The highlighted animals—aardvark, New Zealand fur seal, wild boar, porcupine, dingo, giraffe, and kangaroo—are shown on double-page spreads, each followed by four other, equally interesting species. The final page includes portraits, an invitation for identification. Don't share this engaging read-aloud in a quiet library." * Kirkus *Using a question-and-answer format that employs internal rhymes, Stewart and Jenkins enlighten readers about animal utterances. “Can an aardvark bark? No, but it can grunt,” Stewart informs us. She follows up with a paragraph of supplementary aardvark facts and an additional spread itemizing other grunting animals. Most subsequent Q&As reference previous questions (“Can a seal squeal? No, but it can bark”), excepting the answer for porcupines, who can indeed whine. Jenkins’ signature cut-and-torn-papercollage illustrations seem to jump off the page. They are at once boldly simple (set against white backgrounds) and amazingly detailed (a result of the varied textures used). Multiple type sizes add to the book’s versatility. Toddlers will enjoy the large-print Q&As, while older children will appreciate the informative paragraphs presented in smaller font. And while there’s much to be gleaned about familiar and esoteric species (who knew a giraffe could bellow?), the final spread, encouraging listeners to let loose their own laughs, grunts, bellows, and growls, provides the perfect excuse for toddler participation. — Kay Weisman -- Booklist * April 15 2017 *Stewart, author of Feathers: Not Just for Flying (BCCB 3/14), partners here with the inimitable Steve Jenkins in an overview of animal sounds. Big print text provides some Q&A (“Can an aardvark bark? No, but it can grunt”) while smaller text gives more detail about the latter vocal behavior; a followup spread describes other animals that make that noise (“Lots of other animals grunt too”). The book tours through animals that bark, squeal, roar, growl, and more, cleverly looping each new question back to the previous one (with one inexplicable exception). The book wisely goes beyond mammals to explore the subject, and it clearly identifies when the sound in question isn’t oral (for instance, dolphins “make squealing calls by opening and closing the blowholes on top of their heads”). Jenkins’ familiar textured cut-paper collage work provides portraits of animals caught mid-cry, which is an unusual perspective on creatures less known for their chat, such as the capybara and the giraffe. The final spread invites audiences to try their own vocalizations, but it might be more entertaining (if chaotic) to encourage contributions along the way. End matter includes a list of selected sources and a few books for further reading; you’ll have to find YouTube links to sound samples on your own. -- BCCB * May 2017 *Stewart (Feathers: Not Just for Flying) highlights the sounds that animals make in this inviting primer, which is augmented by Jenkins’s torn-paper portraits. Stewart leads with internally rhyming questions about particular animals (“Can a wild boar roar? No, but it can squeal”), and the subsequent pages introduce additional animals that make similar sounds; a European hedgehog and European spotted dolphins are among other creatures that squeal. Brief captions elaborate on the animals’ methods of communication: “A male koala really makes a racket at mating time. His deep, growling bellow helps females find him.” Jenkins (Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep) renders each animal with characteristic attention to detail and subtle texture, resulting in a handsome and dynamic exploration of animal behavior. -- Publishers Weekly * May 1, 2017 *Students will be surprised to learn that though an aardvark can’t bark, it can grunt. Stewart opens every other spread with a query about what noise an animal might make (“Can a dingo bellow?... No, but it can growl.”). After answering, the author organizes groups of creatures that make similar sounds on the following spread, often with surprising results (platypuses will softly growl when disturbed). These groupings are fascinating for their diversity, and noises covered include greetings, sounds made out of fear or to attract food, and mating calls. Jenkins’s cut and torn paper illustrations provide not only texture but also an incredible amount of detail. For instance, students can almost count every quill on the African crested porcupine. Overall, the layout is smart, as animal names are in boldface and the communication style (growl, hiss, etc.) is in a larger font size, signaling its importance. VERDICT A terrific title for elementary-age kids to help them draw comparisons between animals and sounds—libraries can’t go wrong. -- School Library Journal * May 2017 *From board books to scientific tomes, animal expressions have fascinated readers of all ages. In an ingenious twist on a familiar topic, Melissa Stewart--with more than 180 titles to her credit--cleverly disrupts the predictable cow/moo paradigm with the noises animals do not make. Let's start with the titular "Can an aardvark bark?" The answer? "No, but it can grunt," with additional information about the long-nosed insect-eater, which "grunts softly as it zigzags across African grasslands at night." Turn the page to reveal how "[l]ots of other animals grunt too," including river otters, hamadryas baboons and even an oyster toadfish, complete with added tidbits about these fellow grunters. The pattern quickly emerges: seals don't squeal and wild boars don't roar. But just in case readers become complacent, Stewart again surprises with the aural habits of a porcupine: Can it whine? "Why, yes, it can!" followed by a spread of whiners, including American martens. The original pattern returns, featuring dingos that don't bellow, giraffes that don't laugh, and kangaroos that don't mew. With so much excitement happening on the page, the final spread invites loud participation. Can an Aardvark Bark? marks Stewart's first-time collaboration with Steven Jenkins, who has created some three dozen titles, including Apex Predators. Dazzlingly set against a pristine white background, each of the diverse animals is represented with both accuracy and charm. Engaging the attention of the youngest readers is more important than ever; enriching books like Aardvark are ideal for encouraging future generations of advocates and protectors. Discover: Melissa Stewart and Steve Jenkins--award-winning, prolific creators--present an ingenious, playful twist on the predictable animal-noise theme with terrifically engaging results. -- Shelf Awareness, STARRED REVIEW * 6/16/17 *
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Little Simon Buzz Splash Zoom Roar Boxed Set
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£27.19
Simon & Schuster Watersong
Book SynopsisSynopsis coming soon.......Trade Review McCanna's carefully chosen words are nearly all onomatopoeia, a cacophony of water sounds that resonates on tongue and ear, demanding to be read aloud. . . . Beautiful. -- Kirkus Reviews, STARREDMcCanna’s use of onomatopoeic words helps the natural scenes come to life, as do the spare rhyming text; both will aid preemergent readers. The delightful full-spread illustrations and the size and colors of the text add to the mood of the prose. -- School Library JournalA pitch-perfect selection for a drippy afternoon or for a tuck-in story after Mom or Dad has dragged home late from work. -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books * December 2016 *The rhythm of nature and the beauty of a rainfall and its aftermath suffuse this simple story, as enticing pictures and rhyming language encourage readers to follow an orange fox. Padding through the marsh, the fox passes animals of the wetlands. A lush vocabulary of onomatopoeic sounds abound: ducks “splish splosh swish slosh,” dramatic white rain droplets “drip drop, plip plop,” and the rushing river goes “trickle dribble gurgle burble babble bubble.” As the fox hurtles down the river—“POP!”—it goes down a cascade in the rapids and ends up in a log, as leaves and branches swirl in the wind. Finally, with a glorious “whoosh sigh,” a dazzling rainbow appears. The fox finds its family and joyfully leaps through the sparkle and glitter. Full-color spreads in realistic watercolor depict a changing landscape and the plant and animal life of the watershed. The afterword gives information on the aquatic ecosystems, the progression of the water cycle, and the habitat of the omnivorous fox. A joyful, gorgeous book. -- Booklist * December 16, 2016 *Tim McCanna’s language is both melodious and spare, with only a few evocative words on each page (“squish squelch glop”) that capture both the diversity of water sounds and the music of language. Richard Smythe’s ravishing illustrations mine the depths of grays and blues, zooming in to watch a mouse duck for shelter and then whirling to the sky to show the fox tracking an inundated stream. . . . Watersong [is] the rare book that can satisfy toddlers and bigger kids at the same time. -- USA Today * April 16, 2017 *
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Little Simon Animal Noises
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Little Simon Music Is
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Little Simon Good Night My Darling Baby
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Simon & Schuster Something Smells
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£15.29
Disney Press Disney Baby My First Halloween
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Flowerpot Press 123s
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Flowerpot Press Colors
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Flowerpot Press Moo Moo Chew Chew Sounds from the Farm Turn
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£7.99
Flowerpot Press Roar Roar Growl Growl
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Flowerpot Press Sounds Discovery Concepts
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Flowerpot Press Honk Honk Vroom Vroom
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Flowerpot Press Rumble Rumble Grumble Grumble Sounds from the Sky
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Flowerpot Press Tummy Time
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£10.03
Flowerpot Press Baby Says
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£8.54
Little Bee Books Noisy World Tiny Touch
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£6.13
Little Bee Books Follow Me Animal Faces
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Little Bee Books Gingerbread Family
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£5.99
Little Bee Books Christmas Elves
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£6.64
Little Bee Books Inc. The Llamas in the Field
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£6.64
Phoenix International Publications, Incorporated Disney Baby Winnie The Pooh Button Sound
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£5.99
Pi Kids Baby Einstein: Let's Make Music Kid-Proof Books
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£8.09
Phoenix International Publications, Incorporated Disney Baby Pooh Carry Along Sound Book
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£9.59
Phoenix International Publications, Incorporated Baby Einstein Noisy Toys Carry Along Sound Book
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£8.54
First Steps Play Day: The Sound of Long a
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£24.59
First Steps Cats: The Sound of Short a
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£24.59
First Steps I Like Bugs: The Sound of B
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£24.59
First Steps Fun in the City: The Sound of Soft C
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£26.23
First Steps The Cabin: The Sound of Hard C
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£24.59
First Steps Dogs: The Sound of D
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£24.59
First Steps What a Week: The Sound of Long E
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First Steps Ten Pets: The Sound of Short E
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First Steps Four Fish: The Sound of F
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£26.23
