George’s Garden, by Mandy and Ness
This flap book comes in many different language edition
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including Bengali, Chinese, Gujurati, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese or English (each edition also comes with English). Combining artwork and photos,
the book focuses on the importance of touch.Discover out what George likes in his garden – playing peepo behind a tree trunk and finding a stripy-shelled snail. The words are lively and upbeat, and the flaps blend beautifully with the backgrounds, making the hidden images a proper surprise. ”We both like this book,” says a mum of an 18-month-old. “The photographs are striking… they’re like some of the things we have in our garden.”
Published by Milet, £5.99
Busy Babies go to Play Club, by Jane Kemp and Clare
Walters, illustrated by Alex Ayluffe
This is a great little book about what happens at play
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b. There isn’t just the attraction of other babies to interact with,
but also bricks for building towers, a sandpit where ‘Dry sand is soooo soft, but wet sand is really squidgy’ and
favourite action songs to go with the children’s playing.
Published by HarperCollins, £3.99
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