Engines, Engines: An Indian Counting Rhyme (Bloomsbury Paperbacks)

Engines, Engines: An Indian Counting Rhyme (Bloomsbury Paperbacks)

by Lisa Bruce (Author), Lisa Bruce (Author), Stephen Waterhouse (Illustrator)

Synopsis

'A richly colourful counting rhyme book set in the glorious surrounds of India' Junior 'A counting book that is beautiful to look at, while young children will love the fantastical trains' Books Magazine Vibrant illustrations glow with colour as the story, based upon an Indian rhyme, takes a young reader through the numbers from 1-10. A counting book that is beautiful to look at, with wonderfully energetic spreads.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
Edition: New
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 19 Feb 2001

ISBN 10: 0747550131
ISBN 13: 9780747550136
Children’s book age: 0-5 Years
Book Overview: A counting book published in the Year of Numeracy A counting book that is also beautiful to look at Trains and engines are extremely popular with young children

Author Bio
The author: Lisa Bruce is the author of young fiction, fiction and picture books for children,. As an ex-librarian she know exactly what children respond to. The inspiration for this picture book was from the Indian rhyme 'Engine engine number nine steaming down the Bombay line' which inspired Lisa to expand on this to make a 1-10 counting book. She has one son and lives in Carnforth, Lancashire. She has written one other picture book for Bloomsbury, Fran's Flower and a series of young fiction phonic readers, called Pix and Pax. The illustrator: This is Stephen Waterhouse's first picture book for Bloomsbury. He is a talented newcomer to children's illustration. Stephen lives in Bradford, Yorkshire.