A Ladybird Book of Action Rhymes

If You're Happy and You Know It

Join in and sing along with this bumper book of action-rhymes, featuring 10 popular children's songs! 
 
This large tabbed board book features an illustrated guide to each song with clear instructions to help children join in the actions. Each song is illustrated with bright, animated artwork from Laurie Stansfield which clearly shows the accompanying actions. 
 
Through these fun action-rhymes children can develop their language skills and physical movement, as well as building confidence as they learn their first rhymes. 
 
Features 10 favourite songs to join in with: 
 
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes 
The Grand Old Duke of York 
Incy Wincy Spider 
Five Little Ducks 
Row, Row, Row Your Boat 
The Wheels on the Bus 
I'm a Little Teapot 
Two Little Dicky Birds 
Five Little Speckled Frogs 
If You're Happy and You Know It

Ladybird (Author) We make growing up the best story ever! Here at Ladybird, we publish playful books for little hands. From touch-and-feel books to bedtime stories and non-fiction, we help 0-7s to learn, play and grow - sparking plenty of smiles along the way. The home of Ten Minutes to Bed, Baby Touch, Peppa Pig and Hey Duggee, we know just how to capture curious little imaginations and guide them from one story to the next. Laurie Stansfield (Illustrator) Laurie Stansfield grew up in the beautiful city of Oxford before moving west to study illustration at the University of the West of England. She has worked as a freelance illustrator since graduating, and occasionally lectures back at UWE Bristol where she studied. 
 
Laurie creates her art digitally using loose line, lots of texture and a limited but punchy colour palette. She is inspired by nature and finds she has her best ideas when she's outside in the fresh air. She lives with her husband in Bristol, and works out of an inspiring studio space which she shares with a handful of up-beat creatives.

This large tabbed board book features an illustrated guide to 10 different songs with clear instructions to help children join in the actions. Each song is illustrated with bright, animated artwork from Laurie Stansfield which clearly shows the accompanying actions. 
 
Through these fun action-rhymes children can develop their language skills and physical movement, as well as building confidence as they learn their first rhymes. 
 
Songs included: 
 
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes 
The Grand Old Duke of York 
Incy Wincy Spider 
Five Little Ducks 
Row, Row, Row Your Boat 
The Wheels on the Bus 
I'm a Little Teapot 
Two Little Dicky Birds 
Five Little Speckled Frogs 
If You're Happy and You Know It

First Poems to Read and Perform

Poems Out Loud!

Includes free audio CD! 
 
From rockets to mermaids and everything in between, there's something for everyone in this diverse and contemporary collection. 
 
Perfect for young children aged 4+ who are approaching poetry for the very first time, these poems can be performed out loud, shared with others or simply read in your head. Featuring award-winning poets, brand new voices, hip-hop artists and spoken-word performers, this is a wonderfully fresh, diverse and relevant new anthology that will get children laughing, thinking, sharing and performing! 
 
With gorgeous illustrations by Laurie Stansfield, and an accompanying CD that features performances from the poets themselves.

Includes free audio CD! 
 
From rockets to mermaids and everything in between, there's something for everyone in this diverse and contemporary collection. 
 
Perfect for young children aged 4+ who are approaching poetry for the very first time, these poems can be performed out loud, shared with others or simply read in your head. Featuring award-winning poets, brand new voices, hip-hop artists and spoken-word performers, this is a wonderfully fresh, diverse and relevant new anthology that will get children laughing, thinking, sharing and performing! 
 
With gorgeous illustrations by Laurie Stansfield, and an accompanying CD that features performances from the poets themselves.

Molly Oldfield

Momoko Abe

Kelsey Buzzell

Beatrice Cerocchi

Alice Courtley

Sandra De La Prada

Grace Easton

Manuela Montoya Escobar

Richard Jones

Lisa Koesterke

Gwen Millward

Sally Mullaney

Laurie Stansfield

a curious question for every day of the year

How much bamboo can a giant panda eat? 
Do aliens exist? 
What we would do if we didn't have a prime minister? 
Why do hammerhead sharks have such strange-shaped heads? 
 
Find out the answers to these curious questions and much, much more! 
Ponder where ideas come from with award-winning illustrator, Rob Biddulph. Find out why you taste things differently when you have a cold with Michelin star chef, Heston Blumenthal. Learn about everything from how astronauts see in the dark to what the biggest dinosaur was with experts from the Natural History Museum. 
 
Fascinating facts are accompanied by gorgeous illustrations making the perfect gift for Christmas. Whether you read a question a day, or dip into it whenever you are feeling curious, this is a book to treasure and share all year round. 
 
Illustrated by Momoko Abe, Kelsey Buzzell, Beatrice Cerocchi, Alice Courtley, Sandra de la Prada, Grace Easton, Manuela Montoya Escobar, Richard Jones, Lisa Koesterke, Gwen Millward, Sally Mullaney, and Laurie Stansfield.

Laurie Stansfield

Books by Laurie Stansfield

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