Publication Date: April 1, 2005 | Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up
A wonderful rhyme book full of action and noise—guaranteed to make kids love poetry!
Whenever I'm tired of being me
I swing around like a chimpanzee.
Are you tired of being you? Here's a whole bookful of things you can do! There are rhymes to make you wriggle and giggle, shrug and sigh, snap like a crocodile and slither like a snake. Julia Donaldson's verse jumps off the page and Nick Sharratt's snazzy illustrations add to the fun. Do the actions! Make the noises! Audience participation is guaranteed!
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"This book will animate, engage and stimulate babies and have nursery classes jumping about with noisy enthusiasm." -- Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week"
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
About the Author
Julia Donaldson is a popular children's author who has written such stories as The Giants and the Joneses, the Smarties Prize-winning The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom, and The Snail and the Whale. Nick Sharratt has won numerous awards for his picture books, including the Children's Book Award for Eat Your Peas; among his other books are The Big Book of Crazy Mix-Ups and Shark in the Park.
Julia Donaldson is the author of many successful books for children, including the classic THE GRUFFALO, which has won the Smarties Prize and the Blue Peter Award for the Best Book to Read Aloud. THE GRUFFALO'S CHILD was one of the biggest best-sellers of 2004 and won WHS Children's Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. Julia has also written many children's plays and songs, and runs regular storytelling and drama workshops. She lives in Glasgow with her family.
