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The Snail and the Whale is a 2003 children's picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.It won the 2004 Early Years award for the best pre-school book, the 2005 Blue Peter award for Best Book to Read Aloud, and the 2007 Giverny award for Best Science Picture Book.
The stories are told using large pictures with basic descriptive text. The books follow the same format: the titular protagonist Scaredy Squirrel identifies his fears, shows how he avoids them at all costs, and develops contingency plans, which typically involve an emergency kit and playing dead until the threat has passed.
The games use a point-and-click interface. The method of going from page to page is often creative and unique to the storybook; for example, in Disney's Animated Storybook: 101 Dalmatians, there are a series of inked feet leading to the exit (a reference to when the dogs roll in soot to evade Cruella De Vil). The games offer abridged retellings ...
A Bad Case of Stripes is a children's book written and illustrated by David Shannon published in 1998 by Blue Sky Press, a division of Scholastic Press. A Bad Case of Stripes highlights the theme of being true to oneself, and is commonly used by educators to teach young students important values.
The Gruffalo is a short children's story around 700 words long. [17] It is intended to be read aloud as it is written for a target audience of children who do not know or are learning how to read. [18] It is written in rhyming couplets in primarily dactylic tetrameter.
The new animated feature “Spirit Untamed,” in theaters June 4, celebrates the power and importance of friendships, but at its heart is a theme of fearlessness. Composer Amie Doherty worked ...
The Paper Bag Princess is a children's book written by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Michael Martchenko. It was first published in 1980 by Annick Press and launched Munsch's career to the forefront of a new wave of Canadian children’s authors. [1] The story reverses the princess and dragon stereotype. [2]
Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association in the U.S. listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children." [3] Guess How Much I Love You has been published in several different formats, suitable for children from age 1½ to 8. [4] Then, in 2011, the book was adapted as a television cartoon show in the U.S.