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This story starts with a Ting! when a tiny mouse taps on a cup with a spoon. And ends with a Tah-dah! As one by one, all the other animals join in. Nod your head. Tap your toe. BOOM BAH! Here we go!
What fun readers young and old are going to have with this rhythmic book that is an encouragement to make lots of noise. What begins in the kitchen with a ‘ting’ on a teacup builds to a symphony that is a celebratory union between animals with home-made instruments and ‘real’ brass band led by a baton-waving horse. You can see the dramatic possibilities of this cumulative tale. Most of the text consists of sounds, as the title suggests, and along with marching and improvised music-making there is an introduction to concepts of position, size and number. Rycroft’s watercolour illustrations, the best she has published to date, walk a fine line between nurseryland beauty and fun park hilarity. Kerry White Great value in every way for preschools and homes with toddlers.
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| From 2nd of July Windmill Performing Arts will be touring nationally performing BOOM BAH! in SA, NSW, Victoria, and Queensland as a literacy initiative between Windmill and the advertiser Little Big Book Club. www.windmill.org.au/ |
ELEPHANT DANCE
By Sue Whiting
Illustrated By Nina Rycroft
First Published 2007 by Koala Books
ISBN 0 86461 666 X
Activity
sheet available for Elephant Dance (0.3mb PDF)
Hugo and Millie were the best of mates. They did everything together. They kicked up dirt. They tramped through trees. They played water fights. And showery fountains...
| Reviewed by Sally Murphy
Elephant Dance is a beautiful picture book about friendship and compromise. The repeated refrain of 'boom-boompa-chee' will delight youngsters who will echo it during and after the story - when I read it to a class of year one students they wanted to boom-boompa-chee around the school for the rest of the day. The illustrations, by Nina Rycroft, are in beautiful watercolours with the browns and greys of the elephants offset by rich orange and blue skies and green grasses. The music weaves through the illustrations on coloured ribbons, symbolising the way it drifts through the air and carrying the tune from page to page and across spreads. |
MACQUARIE MY FIRST ANIMAL ALPHABET
Illustrated By Nina Rycroft
First Published 2007 by Pan MacMillan
ISBN 978 1 4050 3787 7
From aardvark to ape and wombat to whale, an A-Z of all kinds of animals to delight children and help them learn more about the animal world around them.
HIPPOPOT-A-MOUSE
Written by Mike Dumbleton
Illustrated By Nina Rycroft
First Published 2007 by Era Publications
ISBN 978 174120292-2
Hippopotamouse is a hilarious story about an imaginative girl and her extraordinary pets. At a deeper level it is about adults listening to what children have to say.
TRICKY LITTLE HIPPO
By Jane Bowring
Illustrated by Nina Rycroft
First published 2005 by Koala Books
ISBN 0 86461 413 6
Tricky
Little Hippo process illustrations
Activity
sheet available for Tricky Little Hippo (1.1mb PDF)
Holly wants to be the best at something but her friends win all the games. Then Holly has a really good idea and discovers she is the best at something!
LITTLE PLATYPUS
By Nette Hilton
Illustrated by Nina Rycroft
First published 2000 by Koala Books
ISBN 0 86461 272 9
Little
Platypus process illustrations
Activity
sheet available for Little Platypus (0.9mb PDF)
awarded
Children's Book Council of Australia notable book 2001.
'Who are you? asked the small glossy creature.
'Am I one of your?''
Little Platypus is feeling lonely. He doesn't know where he belongs. How can he find a friend who is just the same?
SIR JOSHUA AND THE UNPROFESSIONAL DRAGON
(An Early Reader)
By Sam Bowring
Illustrated by Nina Rycroft
First published 1999 by Koala Books
ISBN 0 86461 228 1
When commanded to destroy the dragon, bold Sir Joshua sets off at once to do the King's bidding. But this is no ordinary dragon. Although the giant creature can shoot red hot flames from his nostrils, or crush an opponent with one swipe of his sharp green claws, he prefers the quiet life.
'Unprofessional!' Sir Joshua calls him.
Still, the King wants the dragon dead, and Sir Joshua must obey the King. So what's an unprofessional dragon to do? What tricks can a dragon play to get rid of a pesky knight who insists on slaying him?
CHARLIE'S GOLD
(An Early Reader)
Written by Jackie French
Illustrated by Nina Rycroft
First published 1999 by Koala Books
ISBN 0 86461 227 3
Emily loves the beautiful covering of white over the land. But now the peaches are ruined, and without this years crop the family will lose their farm.
Emily tells her older sisters that Charlie will help them to find gold and save the farm. But Joanna and Harriet say she's talking rubbish. Who is Charlie? What could a little kid like Emily know?
