Come into the garden for lots of noisy, rhyming creepy-crawly fun from the creators of Rumble in the Jungle and Commotion in the Ocean. In 1996 David illustrated his first book for children, Rumble in the Jungle , which went on to become an international bestseller. All the images are clear and colourful, making it a friendly introduction to minibeasts in a gentle and fun way (especially for the reluctant child who is maybe not so keen on certain bugs). My husband has a crazy entomophobia so we decided to introduce our little baby to insects early on in life. The book has lovely little poems in about each creature, is colourful and has renewed our two year olds love of insects.

From slugs and snails to bustling beetles and beautiful butterflies, these rhymes are full of humour and great to read aloud. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. These simple, cheerful and humorous rhymes about all the familiar insects you might encounter in your garden - from slugs and snails to beautiful butterflies - are great fun to read together, and also make a good introduction to learning about the world around us. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

David has gone on to create many more hugely successful children's books, including The Lion Who Wanted to Love , winner of the Red House Book Award, and the bestselling Mad About Minibeasts . We do a nature study with a small group of small children, and this book was a good addition to our collection of nature books!

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The pages have also stuck to one another initially making it difficult to turn the pages without them tearing. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. He has won the Federation of Children's Book Award and the Book Trust Early Years Award, but he is probably most famous as the creator of the phenomenally successful Purple Ronnie, Britain's favourite stickman.

This successful author/illustrator pairing won the picture book section of the Children's Book Award with The Lion Who Wanted To Love. The facts are basic and simple but accurately presented in a light-hearted way using big, bold illustrations and humorous rhymes. Brightly coloured illustrations by David Wojtowycz add to the appeal of this engaging and lively book. David began his illustration career by creating the Pigs Might Fly and Flux Deluxe greetings cards ranges and then illustrated the very popular and successful picture book series that began with Rumble In The Jungle, written by Giles Andreae. great fun to read together, and also makes a good introduction to learning about the world around us.

great fun to read together, and also makes a good introduction to learning about the world around us" - BooktrustFrom the author of international bestseller, Giraffes Can't Dance.

Rhyming text and vibrant full-page illustrations make this marvellous picture book perfect for reading aloud. The book has clearly not been printed correctly and has big white lines at the top of both the cover and the pages inside. Giles Andreae is an award-winning children's author and has written both fiction titles and bestselling picture books, such as Pants and The Lion who Wanted to Love. Giles is also the creator of the humorous stickman poet Purple Ronnie, and the philosopher/artist Edward Monkton.