K. Rowling's The Christmas Pig and his debut author-illustrator bilingual picture book, Monsieur Roscoe on Holiday.

Kes believes children's books should be a happy marriage between a great idea and a very talented illustrator: demonstrated perfectly by his partnership with Jim Field. Rhyming is such a hard concept for young children to get so this book is a great chance to learn and have loads of fun. Younger readers will love hearing the story and older ones will enjoy the challenge of trickier vocabulary in the book.Loved by children and parents, the books have won numerous awards, including the Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award , and been shortlisted for many more! The only thing I'd say, is as an adult, these are now a bit "samey", but they are helping the boy with his phonics and rhymes so. He sat reading aloud and laughing at some of the rhymes - he reads it over and over and gets so much enjoyment for it.

You could just dive in at this book and enjoy it but you are missing a load of fun if you skip Oi Dog, Oi Frog, Oi Cat and the short (World Book Day) Oi Goat! The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. He has won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and the Laugh Out Loud Book Award and has been shortlisted for the British Book Awards.Here is a library of books created by a community of parents and children where you can browse books that others have enjoyed and recommended. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

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And Kookaburras and hippopotamuses and all the other animals with impossible to rhyme with names… Over to you Frog! The sense of humour in the writing and illustrations makes us smile every time and as this plays with animals that happen to have hard to rhyme names it's even funnier with a great final punch line. Jim has illustrated children's books with Kes Gray, Rachel Bright, Julian Gough, Michelle Robinson, Michael Broad, Jeanne Willis, Steve Cole, comedian David Baddiel and Sir Michael Morpurgo.Loved by children and parents, the books have won numerous awards, including the Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award, and been shortlisted for many more! The jaunty, brightly coloured illustrations make this a joy to share with both toddlers and older children. Jim Field’s hilarious and boldly-coloured illustrations make for a striking collection of prints, perfect for nurseries or bedrooms. Never read any of the oi series, home schooling an the school sent a video of the teacher reading a book (oi frog).