April 2015 Book of the Month This chunky, colourful little board book is just the thing to develop early faculties including hand-eye co-ordination and fine motor skills. Cheerful animals are depicted in bright colours on each page, and sturdy sliders can be moved from side to side – often with a satisfying thunk – to reveal surprises: meerkats popping up from their burrows, monkeys swinging through the trees, a bush-baby’s eyes blinking open. There’s lots to look at, lots to name, and this is just the thing to share at home, or to pop into the buggy if you are going on a journey, or even planning lunch out (you can wipe clean the pages too). ~Andrea Reece
An engaging, interactive board book, specially designed for very young children, full of vivid colours, stylish illustrations and friendly animals. Part of a brand new series brilliant for developing essential motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
Simple slider mechanisms allow a picture to be transformed, as a bush baby peers out from his tree trunk home, some meerkats pop up from their underground burrows and a monkey swings through the trees.
Fiona Watt is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She graduated from Exeter University with a Batchelor of Education in Art and Design. She taught for three years at a primary school in Kent, before spending two years at a British school in The Netherlands. She started working at Usborne in 1989 and has written and edited hundreds of books including baby and novelty, sticker, art and craft, cookery, science and activity books. She has written all the titles in the award-winning 'That's not my….' series and many in the highly successful Sticker Dolly Dressing series. She is the fourth biggest-selling UK children's author, with over 10 million of her books sold in the UK since records began.
