Fruits
Published on 18. April 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-5290-0756-5 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the Smarties Prize Bronze Award.
How much fruit do you think one small girl can manage to eat in one day? In the case of the narrator of this counting poem, the answer is a lot! Count from one to ten and learn the names of some Caribbean fruits, and find out what happens after eating a cocktail of mangoes, bananas and more.
Valerie Bloom's Fruits is a Caribbean counting poem full of sumptuous illustrations by David Axtell, the creator of We're Going on a Lion Hunt. The rhyming text will help children learn to count whilst exploring the many fruits of the Caribbean.
How much fruit do you think one small girl can manage to eat in one day? In the case of the narrator of this counting poem, the answer is a lot! Count from one to ten and learn the names of some Caribbean fruits, and find out what happens after eating a cocktail of mangoes, bananas and more.
Valerie Bloom's Fruits is a Caribbean counting poem full of sumptuous illustrations by David Axtell, the creator of We're Going on a Lion Hunt. The rhyming text will help children learn to count whilst exploring the many fruits of the Caribbean.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 1 to 4 years
Dimensions
Height: 267 mm
Width: 214 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
170 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5290-0756-5 (9781529007565)
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Valerie Bloom was born in Jamaica and came to England in 1979. One of the UK's finest poets for children, she has performed extensively in both Britain and the Caribbean in schools, universities and theatres. A brilliant performance poet, Valerie has also written novels and several picture books. She also received an MBE in 2007 for her services to poetry.
David Axtell is a graduate of Falmouth School of Art and Design and has been an illustrator for 15 years. Originally inspired by figurative art, he has since become an award winning illustrator and has illustrated picture books by well-known writers, such as, Mark Haddon's The Ice Bear's Cave. He won a Smarties Prize Bronze Award for illustrating Fruits. He currently lives in Oxford.
David Axtell is a graduate of Falmouth School of Art and Design and has been an illustrator for 15 years. Originally inspired by figurative art, he has since become an award winning illustrator and has illustrated picture books by well-known writers, such as, Mark Haddon's The Ice Bear's Cave. He won a Smarties Prize Bronze Award for illustrating Fruits. He currently lives in Oxford.