The iconic children’s program Play School is celebrating 60 years on TV, encouraging generations of Australians to wonder, to feel and to imagine. Their books such as A Very Play School Christmas rely on the familiarity that watching the TV program brings.
Here now is another bright cheerful picture book inviting children to sing and enjoy familiar songs. These ten classic songs are well known to anyone who watches Play School or takes their child to library rhyme time. They are: The Wheels on the Bus, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, Five Little Ducks, Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Little Peter Rabbit, There Were Five In the Bed, Der Glumph, Miss Polly Had a Dolly, A Sailor Went to Sea Sea Sea, Five Little Speckled Frogs.
What makes this book special and charming is the use of the familiar toys , Big Ted, Humpty, Jemima and more in the illustrations. Each item illustrated has a clear photographic quality that makes it stand out on the white background, so easy for very young people to recognise, pick out and point to. The careful design in choice of font, use of white space, colourful borders and familiar toys all combine to create an instant classic.
I’m surprised this is only published just now, we have needed this for a long time. Perfect for sharing and a great addition to the home library collection.
