A Piddle of Puppies And Other Funny Animal Rhymes Synopsis
Popular children's author-illustrator Andrea Prior returns with her second charming collection of rhymes, poems, rhythm and wordplay to delight children's imaginations. In A Piddle of Puppies, Andrea leads readers through the weird and wonderful names for groups of animals. Children of 5-9 years will be enchanted to read about these unusual sounding names, such as a mischief of mice, a crossing of zebras, a shiver of sharks and a piddle of puppies! With engaging questions and fascinating facts at the end of each rhyme, it is a perfect way to learn about animals and their behaviours. The poems are accompanied by humorous and colourful illustrations hand drawn by Andrea. She also uses word patterns and tongue twisters to inspire young readers' imaginations and help with their reading skills, which worked so well at engaging children in her first book, A Parcel of Pigs.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781789015539 |
| Publication date: |
1st November 2018 |
| Author: |
Andrea Prior |
| Publisher: |
Matador an imprint of Troubador Publishing |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
31 pages |
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About Andrea Prior
Andréa Prior is a writer and illustrator who lives between the South Downs of England and Marbella in the South West of Spain with her husband John.
With a degree in illustration from Leeds University she spent her formative career working as an illustrator and Artists Agent in children’s publishing. She has also had several successful art exhibitions before pursuing a rewarding and thriving business career in the branding and design industry at managing director level.
Fortunate enough to grow up in a safari park near Durham, Andréa worked as a Park Ranger in ‘Pet’s Corner’, looking after llamas, goats, monkeys, pot-bellied pigs and a lion cub called Caro-lion. Her love of animals and passion for illustration inspired her to create her books of rhyming poems and funny characters that are loved by thousands of children.
Andréa regularly visits schools to share her life-long love of reading and as well as performing poems from her books she also talks to children about where her ideas come from and how her character illustrations come to life. She also runs art workshops and talks to older children about the process of creating a book and getting it published.
When she’s not getting busy with her paints, she loves nothing more than playing her piano and sitting in the sunshine with a good book and sun hat.
Andréa's Instagram: @andreapriorauthorillustrator
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