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Telling the Time with Anna: First Skills

By Vivian French
Series: First Skills
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From seconds to minutes to hours, learn all about how to tell the time with Anna and her grandpa. A charming new book, all about telling the time! Anna’s friend Zane is coming to tea soon – but when is “soon”, exactly? While Anna waits, Grandpa... Read More
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From seconds to minutes to hours, learn all about how to tell the time with Anna and her grandpa.

A charming new book, all about telling the time! Anna’s friend Zane is coming to tea soon – but when is “soon”, exactly? While Anna waits, Grandpa teaches her how to tell the time for herself.

From reading a clock, to learning about different lengths of time (seconds, minutes, hours and more), join Anna, Grandpa, and even Whiskers the cat as they explore the wonderful workings of telling the time.

With words by master storyteller Vivian French, and warmly illustrated by rising star Ya-Ling Huang, Telling the Time with Anna: First Skills is a delightful journey into the world of time-telling.

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  • Telling the Time with Anna: First Skills
    From seconds to minutes to hours, learn all about how to tell the time with Anna and her grandpa. A charming new book, all about telling the time! Anna’s friend Zane is coming to tea soon – but when is “soon”, exactly? While Anna waits, Grandpa teaches her how to tell the time for herself. From reading a clock, to...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529501001

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 August 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Walker Books Ltd

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Ya-Ling Huang

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 270g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Early Years Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Series: First Skills Vivian French

About the Author

Vivian French is a highly-acclaimed children’s author, whose many books include The Steam Whistle Theatre Company, Yucky Worms and The Dragon’s Breakfast. She is one of the most borrowed children’s authors in UK libraries, and was awarded the MBE for services to literature, literacy, illustration and the arts. Follow her on Twitter under the handle @fivekingdoms or visit her website: vivianfrench.com

Originally from Taiwan, Ya-Ling Huang completed an MA in illustration at the Cambridge School of Art in 2016 and in the same year her works were selected for 2016 Bologna Book Fair, and highly commended both in the Macmillan prize and in the prestigious book-design competition hosted by the Polish Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Her previous books with Walker include Maps: From Anna to Zane.

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