Colours of Things!

Name: Colours of Things!
Brand: Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781035034611
Price: 17.99 NZD
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Over 800 everyday things to spot and say

By Pippa Goodhart

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Discover the wonder of the everyday world in this bright and colourful spotting book, perfect for curious preschoolers — with over 800 colourful objects to spot! Colours of Things! is a stylish preschool picture book which will encourage children to practise choosing, categorising, and spotting familiar... Read More

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Explore the colourful world around us in this spot-and-say picture book, with over 800 everyday objects to discover.

Explore the colourful world around us in this spot-and-say picture book, with over 800 everyday objects to spot.

Description

Discover the wonder of the everyday world in this bright and colourful spotting book, perfect for curious preschoolers — with over 800 colourful objects to spot!

Colours of Things! is a stylish preschool picture book which will encourage children to practise choosing, categorising, and spotting familiar everyday objects. With engaging, rhyming text by Pippa Goodhart, author of the bestselling You Choose! series, and gorgeous rainbow illustrations from award-winning Emily Rand.

Little ones will love searching the colourful scenes over and over again.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035034611

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Board book

Date Published: 04 July 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books

Contributors:

Illustrated by Emily Rand

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 207.0mm

Height: 209.0mm

Weight: 508g

Pages: 24

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Children's Board Books Children's Books Children's Early Years Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Pippa Goodhart

About the Author

Pippa Goodhart has written over 100 books and is best known for her picture book series You Choose and the Winnie the Witch storybooks, which she writes under the name of Laura Owen. Pippa has been longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award, won the 2011 Mumsnet Children's Book of the Year for 3-4 Year Olds, and was shortlisted for the Young Telegraph Book of the Year award. Emily Rand is an illustrator living in London, UK. She studied illustration at Camberwell College of Arts and the London College of Communication. After graduating Emily worked with children and young people teaching art and running creative workshops in schools, galleries and museums. In 2012 she was selected and nominated for the prestigious Bologna Illustrator's Award.

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