Engines, Engines
An Indian Counting Rhyme
Published on 19. February 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-0-7475-5013-6 (ISBN)
Description
'A richly colourful counting rhyme book set in the glorious surrounds of India' Junior 'A counting book that is beautiful to look at, while young children will love the fantastical trains' Books Magazine Vibrant illustrations glow with colour as the story, based upon an Indian rhyme, takes a young reader through the numbers from 1-10. A counting book that is beautiful to look at, with wonderfully energetic spreads.
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 274 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
192 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7475-5013-6 (9780747550136)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
03/2000
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
€6.90
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Persons
The author: Lisa Bruce is the author of young fiction, fiction and picture books for children,. As an ex-librarian she know exactly what children respond to. The inspiration for this picture book was from the Indian rhyme 'Engine engine number nine steaming down the Bombay line' which inspired Lisa to expand on this to make a 1-10 counting book. She has one son and lives in Carnforth, Lancashire. She has written one other picture book for Bloomsbury, Fran's Flower and a series of young fiction phonic readers, called Pix and Pax. The illustrator: This is Stephen Waterhouse's first picture book for Bloomsbury. He is a talented newcomer to children's illustration. Stephen lives in Bradford, Yorkshire.