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See morePresents a story that leads you through a spring day deep in the countryside, from dawn to dusk. This title is suitable for children learning to count.
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Young readers will delight in recognising the subjects of this charming story, which leads us through a spring day deep in the countryside, from dawn to dusk. The day begins with a solitary cockerel's crow and the sunlight falling on two lovebirds in a cage and three china ducks on a wall.
Swans, swallows, peacocks, geese, and starlings, each lovingly portrayed in Melvin's signature style, are among the many familiar birds that populate the pages. Intricately worked illustrations combine with a charming text, making this an ideal book to read aloud with children learning to count.
Counting Birds, along with Big-Top Benn and Noisy Neighbours, are our first books on a newly dedicated paperback list for children's picture books. Produced with the same care and attention to detail as all of our books for children, we hope this series will make the innovative and creative artwork, for which Tate Publishing has become so well known, accessible to even wider audiences.
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ISBN: 9781849762106
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 March 2014
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Tate Publishing
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 242.0mm
Height: 265.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Alice Melvin is one of the most highly regarded young illustrators in the UK.
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