Do you wake up with a wiggle? Do you wiggle out of bed? Forenergetic toddlers (are there any who aren't? ), here's a book thatinvites them to wiggle along with the story. Told in rollicky,wiggly rhyme that begs to be read again and again, Doreen Cronin'slatest romp will have toddlers wiggling, giggling, and then(hopefully) falling into bed, blissfully exhausted!
This bestselling collection of classic nursery rhymes includesfavourites such as 'Pat-a-Cake', 'Rock-a-Bye Baby', 'Baa, Baa,Black Sheep' and 'Humpty Dumpty', as well as ABCs, lullabies,finger games, counting rhymes, cumulative tables and nonsenseverse. Illustrated in glorious colour by Faith Jacques.
Imagine: the first Star Wars book that actuallymoves, bringing to life the most memorable scenes from the epic:Obi-Wan battles Darth Maul The Millennium Falcon zooms awayfrom an exploding Death Star Luke rides a galloping Tauntaun, Yodatwirls his green lightsaber, Boba Fett blasts up, up and away! Andof course the most memorable scene of all—red and blue lightsabersflashing, Luke and Darth Vader fight the ultimate battle betweengood and evil. It’s a marriage made in a galaxy far, far away: phenomenalScanimation meets Star Wars , the enduring epic that’s sold$42 billion in ticket sales and earned the title #1 Boys Action ToyLicense of all time. Created by Rufus Butler Seder, Star Wars: AScanimation Book presents 12 of the most memorable scenes, in alandscape, i.e., movie format. It’s an homage from an artistobsessed with the earliest forms of capturing visual motion to anartist obsessed with the most advanced. But that’s not what youngfans will care about—this is having pure mov
Soft Shapes: My Fire Truck: Where better to put out afour-alarmer than in the bath? Kids will have hours of fun fightingfire with their own firefighter, fire dog, fire truck, andfirehouse - all made of foam. Great for imagination.
It's Waddle! And it's in color. And boy, is it irresistible.In the same way that kids can't read Gallop! without wanting togallop around the room, Waddle!, an animals-in-motion Scanimationbook, will inspire prancing, hopping, stomping, and scampering. Anddid we mention color? Created by the optical genius behind thephenomenal #1 and #2 New York Times bestselling children's books,Gallop! and Swing!, Waddle! adds touches of color to the images andintegrates it into the text. That prancing pig is pink, the leapingdolphin is blue, the slithering snake yellow. The Scanimationitself is also more lifelike, as the author continues to refine hispatented Scanimation process, resulting in a more fluid, realisticmotion. Nothing else compares. Waddle! teaches color and movement. Its language is a joy, therhymes inspiring, the animals full of life. And one more thing:Waddle! has a surprise ending. Something else to grab thereader—literally.
The intrepid mouse is off to the big city with Charley. "Maisy Goes to the City" is an ideal story for young children going on an urban adventure. Full color.
Published last fall, "Gallop " introduced the amazingtechnology called Scanimation and took the children's book world bystorm. It became an instant bestseller--#1 on The New York Timeschildren's list. Now "Swing " does for kids what "Gallop " does foranimals--a boy rides a bike, a girl kicks her soccer ball, aswimmer cuts through the water, and a skater pirouettes on ice. Theeffect is joyous, magical, mesmerizing, and taps into the theendless fascination that children find in watching other children.The second book created by Rufus Butler Seder, the inventor,artist, and filmmaker who developed Scanimation out of hisobsession with antique optical toys and other pre-motion-pictureillusions, "Swing " uses "persistence of vision" and a patentedstate-of-the-art multiphase animation process to createastonishment. There is nothing else like this unique, patentedtechnology that literally inspires wonder. The images burst withactivity, and adding greatly is a happy, rhyming text that capturesin words the pure e