Even listeners too young to know the difference between a gnu and a yak will love the sounds of this cumulative tale, as a parade of animals confronts the mysterious grumpalump, which just lies there--a big multicolored pile of stuff--resisting the animals' attempts to get it to do something but grump. Large print and lots of defining white space make this a terrific just-one-more for storytime.
***Background*** My son has now finished for the summer holidays but from Christmas he has been getting a weekend project home and this was the first book that featured in one of these special packages. More about that later though, as this book is written by Sarah Hayes who is also responsible for creating the This Is The Bear series. Barbara Firth takes care of the illustrations in this book. ***The Story*** The book starts with a bear and a lump. c"The bear stared at the grumpalump. The lump grumped./" As you go through the book, more animals appear and each one does an action that rhymes ... Read the complete review
Even listeners too young to know the difference between a gnu and a yak will love the sounds of this cumulative tale, as a parade of animals confronts the mysterious grumpalump, which just lies there--a big multicolored pile of stuff--resisting the animals' attempts to get it to do something but grump. Large print and lots of defining white space make this a terrific just-one-more for storytime.
