Good book for the end of the day or in conjunction with seasons and growth of plants and animals etc. The child worries that he has not grown bigger, but when the cool weather comes again and he retrieves his stored winter clothes he is filled with delight and surprise. Fort making is one of the great enterprises of childhood, but just in case the art has been lost to some, Bently (The Great Dog Bottom Swap) and Oxenbury (There's Going to Be a Baby) open their Continue reading » I also liked that it was realised from what seemed like both the eye level and the psychological perspective of the child: thus no humans other than Mother appear in the story.

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Familiar characters and stories return in new editions. Well suited to a 3-D adventure, The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig: Pop-up Edition by Eugene Trivizas, illus. by Helen Oxenbury, Continue reading » First of all I think Krauss and Oxenbury have produced a lovely story as well as very detailed and colourful illustrations! Sometimes children need to wait for proof that they have grown. This is especially hard to notice when rest of the world is growing so fast before their eyes. ISBN 0-689-81528-X. PW's starred review applauded the ""laugh-out-loud results"" of this talented team's clever interpretation, calling it ""among the wittiest fractured fairy tales around."" Ages Continue reading »On the heels of the pairing of Mem Fox and Oxenbury in Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes, here's another dream-come-true matchup: Oxenbury and her husband. A little boy has learned that a Continue reading » I Can Fly by Ruth Krauss, illus. by Mary Blair, first published in 1951, features another solitary child in imaginary play, but the tone here is sillier. A rhyming text boasts that the girl can do Continue reading » longer, shorter, short, too short, too tight, faster, slower, high, higher, as high as, big, little, taller, warm, warmer, colder It's a nice story, one that pretty much everybody would call charming, and what I liked most about it was the way it showed the rhythm of the changing seasons (though no winter made appearance). The existence of the Boy and his Mother had a timeless quality (despite all this growing going on), brought out by the internal rhythms of the text. Helen Oxenbury's illustrations emphasise this timeless character. They are subtle, gentle and pretty in a cottage garden kind of way (but not actually twee, I hasten to add), with a hint of haze that nostalgia tends to give to older adults' memories of childhood. A father and his four children--a toddler, a preschool boy and two older girls--go on the traditional bear hunt based on the old camp chant: ``We're going to catch a big one. / What a beautiful day! Continue reading »

The Growing Story by Ruth Krauss, Helen Oxenbury - Waterstones

Kellogg (The Pied Piper's Magic) offers a jubilant interpretation of this deceptively simple story by the late Krauss, originally published in 1987 as Big and Little. Through light-infused and highly Continue reading » New art reinterprets a text originally published as The Bundle Book in 1951. The illustrations may be on the sugary side, said PW, but the playful affection between mother and child shines through Continue reading » Share the universal experience of growing up and discover the rhythms of the seasons in this wonderfully timeless story. One by one a host of animals offer ingredients when a child decides to bake a birthday cake. PW called the story ""perfectly paced"" and said that the ""understated"" watercolors ""shine with the Continue reading » Ways to describe growth, decline, and size using words such as longer, higher, shorter, and faster.This is a lovely book about a young boy who watches everything around him grow, but feels that he himself isn't growing. Until one day when he tries to put on some clothes that he had worn the year before, and couldn't really fit into! He is then very excited that he has grown! Lccn 97042822 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Old_pallet IA19054 Openlibrary_edition Beautifully produced, written and illustrated, this is a classic work for any age at any period.’ The Independent on Sunday

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LoveReading4Kids exists because books change lives, and buying books through LoveReading4Kids means you get to change the lives of future generations, with 25% of the cover price donated to schools in need. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. Growing’ is always a useful topic for children in the Foundation Stage because it can be firmly rooted in the children and their various experiences. Some of these experiences (such as losing teeth - although not common at this age, I have known it to happen, and they may have older siblings) might trouble them, so this topic can provide reassurance. It can also facilitate a development of understanding that change occurs through life and in the wider world, to whatever degree is appropriate for the children in your charge. Recommended for a present (especially if you haven't seen the child for a long time and can make a relevant haven't you grown??! comment) or to borrow from a library.