A book with bite from the worlds largest community of readers. It will hopefully encourage little readers to play with stories and urge adult readers to look beyond the page when reading. She gets most of her ideas for childrens books when she should be working on something. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This is a very silly and fun interactive book in which a crocodile invades a copy of the ugly duckling and wreaks havoc by eating the letters, then the words. To ask other readers questions about open very carefully, please sign up. Winner of picture book category waterstones childrens prize 2014 longlisted for the kate greenaway medal 2014 highly commended in the ukla book awards 36 age category 2014. As the story begins there is a simple story of the ugly duckling that seems to have a twist because by there is a creatures tail in the side of the page right by the text.
Mar 04, 20 open very carefully is a great story which lends itself to dynamic and interactive storytelling. A book with bite, illustrated by nicola obyrne and written by nick bromley while the author is typically billed first on the cover, in this case the illustrator is. All of our paper waste is recycled within the uk and turned into corrugated cardboard. Open very carefully a book with bite by nick bromley and nicola obyrne book reading duration. Thats whats happened in open very carefully, illustrated by nicola obyrne with words by nick bromley a fantastic picture book debut thats out this week. Herve tullets press here, david wiesners the three pigs and mo willems elephant and piggie books, among others. Come and see as ms lisa reads open very carefully a book with bite today for porch time story time. A book with bite by nick bromley and nicola obyrne. See more ideas about crocodile craft, 5 little monkeys and preschool. Books with hundreds of pages are harder to keep pristine.
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A crocodile falls into a quiet storybook and wreaks havoc on the characters, in a tale that invites youngsters to slam the book shut or find the courage to take a peek inside. Im sure this kind of book can be traced back farther, but my memory starts with the 1971 little golden book the monster at the end of this book by jon stone. Open very carefully book like new nicola obyrne please see my another listing for books collection gu1 guildford close the cookie policy warning. Open very carefully book in guildford, surrey gumtree. Open very carefully our storybooks and games are free to use, however some older devices arent able to support them. While perusing the shelves of my local waterstones, i came across a marvellous book called open very carefully. The book starts out like a story about a duckling but then there is a very big, very green, very toothy. See which new books our editors chose as this months favorites for kids of all ages.
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