A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month February 2018 Best-selling Lucy Cousins‘s boldly drawn birds inspire the imagination as she illustrates the wonderful things that different kinds of birds can do. Lively, colourful birds fill each page beautifully as she illustrates them flying, hopping, pecking, swooping, singing and running in a charming book that leads perfectly to bedtime. ~ Julia Eccleshare
Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month for February 2018
Peck, hop, flap and make some noise in this story full of colour, rhyme and feathered friends - now in paperback! Flap your wings, fly up high, open your beak and sing in this fun action rhyme story about fantastical birds by multi-award-winning author Lucy Cousins.
Can you imagine ... just for one day ... you're a busy bird? Yes, a bird! Hooray! Can you stand on one leg like a flamingo or waddle like a penguin? How about say cock-a-doodle-doo! , tuwit-tuwoo and even tra-la-la ? What a busy day you will have! A bouncy read-aloud book to be enjoyed; beautifully illustrated with bold, bright colours and packed with all sorts of wild and wonderful birds!
Beautifully illustrated with bold, bright colours and packed with all sorts of bold, bright colours and packed with all sorts of wild and wonderful birds [...] the perfect read-aloud book to be enjoyed by young and old [...] Surrey Advertiser
[...] a picture book aviary of brilliantly painted plumage. Full of funny instructions ( Say `Hello, darling! Then swoop like a starling ) , it's a riotous, interactive, zingingly colourful book - perfect to share with the very young. The Guardian
This fantastically bold book will have little ones jumping, flapping, swooping and singing along as they learn all about these beautiful feathered friends. Little London
A bouncy read-aloud book to be enjoyed; beautifully illustrated with bold, bright colours and packed with all sorts of wild and wonderful birds. Gift Focus
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About Lucy Cousins
Lucy Cousins is the multi-award-winning creator of Maisy. Her unique titles fascinate toddlers with their child-like simplicity, bold outlines and vivid colours. Lucy Cousins works from her home in Hampshire, England. Oher titles include the Smarties Book Prize-winner Jazzy in the Jungle, Hooray for Fish! - which now appears in animation in Japan; the bestselling New York Times Top 10 Best Illustrated Children's Book Yummy; the critcally acclaimed I'm the Best; and more recently Peck Peck Peck, which won Best Picutre Book Awards, as well as the British Book Design and Production Award in the Children's Trade category.
Click here to visit the special Maisy website full of activities and games.
Here's a video of Lucy creating artwork for the Maisy books:
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