My Hand
Will be published approx. on 5. November 2015
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-78344-288-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is my hand. It can do all sorts of things. Most of the time it does good things, but sometimes...
Kitamura introduces us to the wonders of something as simple as your hand - it can push, it can pull. It can paint, it can pat. And when your hand has a bad habit, it can pick your nose!
Award-winning author and illustrator Satoshi Kitamura unfolds a wonderful celebration of the simple hand, also starring a favourite Kitamura character, Boots the cat.
Kitamura introduces us to the wonders of something as simple as your hand - it can push, it can pull. It can paint, it can pat. And when your hand has a bad habit, it can pick your nose!
Award-winning author and illustrator Satoshi Kitamura unfolds a wonderful celebration of the simple hand, also starring a favourite Kitamura character, Boots the cat.
Reviews / Votes
A simple but highly engaging celebration of our hands and all they can do -- Fiona Noble * The Bookseller * Emergent readers will be able to memorise it in no time at all and they will enjoy showing off what their own hands can do in response * Early Years Educator * Distinctive and striking * Books for Keeps *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 0 to 5 years
Dimensions
Height: 219 mm
Width: 219 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
303 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78344-288-1 (9781783442881)
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Person
Satoshi Kitamura was born in Tokyo and worked in advertising there before moving to London in 1980. He won the Mother Goose Award for Angry Arthur and he is now one of the most distinguished picture book illustrators. His book Sheep in Wolves' Clothing was adapted into an animated series by HIT Entertainment (who would later acquire Pingu, Fireman Sam and Thomas & Friends) that was animated by Grand Slamm Children's Films (who had also worked with HIT to animate Kipper, Percy the Park Keeper and Angelina Ballerina for CITV) and screened on CBBC for two seasons, starring Starred Absolutely Fabulous actress, Julia Sawalha, and also sold to overseas markets, including Australia. Satoshi now lives in Japan.