With Love: A Celebration of Words and Pictures for the Very Young

With Love: A Celebration of Words and Pictures for the Very Young

by WendyCooling (Author)

Synopsis

This delightful collection has been lovingly compiled for babies and toddlers by children's book expert Wendy Cooling, with contributions from the very best of today's authors and illustrators. This magical celebration of words and pictures for the very young is perfect for sharing. Royalties from every copy will go to the charity Booktrust.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 96
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Orchard Books
Published: 30 Sep 2004

ISBN 10: 1843624141
ISBN 13: 9781843624141
Children’s book age: 0-5 Years

Media Reviews
This truly unique collection for the very young is sure to be a firm favourite with generations of children so don't miss it! -- I'm Pregnant 20050101 With contributions from all the best authors and illustrators, it's the perfect 'starter-kit' for babies and toddlers. -- Sunday Telegraph 20050301 A stunning gift book filled with wonderful images, rhymes and stories which will open up a world of reading to babies throughout the country. -- Books for Keeps 20041101
Author Bio
Wendy Cooling taught English in London schools for twenty years before moving to head up the children's side of Booktrust, a charity working to promote reading. In 1992 she set up a pilot research project which has now grown into the national Bookstart programme. Bookstart aims to encourage parents and carers to read to their babies when they are very young. Wendy is now recognised as a children's book guru -- she regularly speaks on radio and television and travels the world to talk about children's books. She has talked about books and reading around the UK and all over the world -- in countries as diverse as the US, Australia, India and Taiwan -- and has helped to launch Bookstart in Thailand and Korea. She loves to travel and has cycled round China, walked in the Himalayas and the Andes, and she continues to journey everywhere she can! She lives in London and loves the theatre and the music it offers -- and, of course, she reads and reads and reads ...