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Animal Actions: Slide Like a Penguin
Series: Animal Actions
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A brilliantly robust rhyming book that gets little ones moving as they read and play! With four friendly animals to meet and a fun animal movement to try and copy, this inventive, interactive board book encourages movement and play, developing gross motor skills and supporting a...
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A brilliantly robust rhyming book that gets little ones moving as they read and play! With four friendly animals to meet and a fun animal movement to try and copy, this inventive, interactive board book encourages movement and play, developing gross motor skills and supporting a child's physical development.
Children will love rolling like a polar bear, running like a fox, and clapping like a seal before sliding and diving like a penguin into the sea in a double pull-tab finale guaranteed to bring laughter and giggles.
Collect more titles in this superb novelty series, illustrated by Guilherme Karsten: Stomp Like an Elephant, Snap Like a Crab, Buzz Like a Bee, and Waddle Like a Duck.
Series: Animal Actions
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Animal Actions: Stomp Like an Elephant
With simple rhyming text, things to push, pull, and spin, and brilliant illustrations from Guilerhem Karsten, children will love to copy the movements of these animals and join in the jungle fun. Animal Actions: Stomp Like an Elephant is a fun way to develop a child's physical development and encourage them to explore the way their bodies move. Look out...Board book$1899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Animal Actions: Buzz Like a Bee
A buzzing new novelty book with lots of fun animals and sliders to push, pull and jiggle. With simple rhyming text, things to push, pull and spin, and brilliant illustrations from Guilerhem Karsten, children will love to copy the movements of these animals and join in the jungle fun. A fun way to develop a child's physical development and encourage...Board book$1899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Animal Actions: Snap Like a Crab
With bright artwork from Guilherme Karsten, this brand-new board book series is the perfect way to encourage babies and toddlers to move their bodies. Designed to develop motor skills and spatial awareness, while having lots of fun on the move! Animal Actions: Snap Like a Crab is part of this exciting series, engaging children in active play and enhancing their...Board book$1899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Animal Actions: Waddle Like a Duck
A quackingly new novelty book with lots of fun animals and sliders to push, pull and jiggle. With simple rhyming text, things to push, pull, and spin, and brilliant illustrations from Guilerhem Karsten, children will love to copy the movements of these animals and join in the jungle fun. A fun way to develop a child's physical development and encourage...Board book$1899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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A brilliantly robust rhyming book that gets little ones moving as they read and play! With four friendly animals to meet and a fun animal movement to try and copy, this inventive, interactive board book encourages movement and play, developing gross motor skills and supporting a child's physical development. Children will love rolling like a polar bear, running like a...Board book$1899Unit price /UnavailableOut 22 Sep 2026Pre-order
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781805139737
Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
Format: Board book
Date Published: 10 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Nosy Crow Ltd
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Guilherme Karsten
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 180.0mm
Height: 180.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 8
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About the Author
Guilherme lives in Blumenau, in southern Brazil. In 2010, he won a national contest for new children's book illustrators and has been working with editorial illustrations ever since. After illustrating many books for other authors, Guilherme started writing his own books in 2017. Guilherme's work has been published worldwide and has received various accolades, including the Jabuti Award and the Golden Pinwheel Grand Award. Guilherme continues to seek ways to entertain and delight children through his art and stories.
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