Puddles are for Jumping
Age 2+
Picture Books
***ON 2016 CBCA Noteable list***
Trees are for climbin' ...Swings are for flying ...And puddles are definitely for jumping! Two little girls skip, swing, jump, climb, hop, bounce, twirl, wriggle and laugh through their day in this delightful celebration of children's play. Kylie Dunstan's lively, vibrant collage illustrations perfectly capture the excitement and joy of children discovering the pleasures of their everyday world, with all its adventures and fun.
Creators
Award–winning author/illustrator Kylie Dunstan now lives in Melbourne with her husband and two children. She grew up in South Australia where she studied art and worked in museums for many years before writing and illustrating her first picture book, Collecting Colour, which won the 2009 CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award. Since then Kylie has published Because You Are with Me and The Red Bridge, both also in brilliant collage. Same, But Little Bit Diff’rent is her fourth picture book.
Reviews
Puddles are for Jumping has very simple and repetitive text, making it a great book for promoting young children’s language learning. The book is written in present tense and includes multiple models of the copula ‘are’. The various action words are beautifully depicted in the pictures, making these verbs more concrete and easy to understand.
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