About this item
Highlights
- Explore an underwater world with Rabbit, Bird, and Mouse in this marine adventure all about submarines.
- 3-5 Years
- 7.7" x 7.8" Paperback
- 24 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Transportation
- Series Name: Amazing Machines
Description
About the Book
Readers can explore an underwater world with Rabbit, Bird, and Mouse in this marine adventure all about submarines. With lively, informative rhyming text, bold illustrations, a large format, and a visual dictionary, this introduction to submarines, is a surefire preschool-pleaser. Full color.Book Synopsis
Explore an underwater world with Rabbit, Bird, and Mouse in this marine adventure all about submarines. Zippy wordplay, zappy art, plus a visual dictionary, make this title a must have for bookshelves everywhere.
Available for the first time in paperback, this book is filled with lively rhyming text by the award-winning poet Tony Mitton that perfectly complements Ant Parker's bold, bright illustrations. A picture dictionary identifying submarine parts builds vocabulary and makes learning about subs engaging and fun. From electric cars to powerful rockets, the internationally bestselling Amazing Machines series is the perfect way for children to learn about all sorts of machines and vehicles! Each book introduces a new vehicle or machine and the many jobs it can do. Ant Parker's bright, engaging artwork and Tony Mitton's simple, rhyming text combine to make these fantastic books for young children. Kids will love getting to know the friendly animal characters who feature throughout the series and reading about their fast-paced adventures! Continue to explore all things that go with the rest of the Amazing Machines series, including Roaring Rockets, Patrolling Police Cars, and Amazing Airplanes.Review Quotes
"Learning about submarines can be fun with the help of this brightly illustrated book intended for primary readers...Whether this book resides in a classroom or is part of a home library, youngsters will be entertained as they become acquainted with the interesting world of submersibles." --Children's Literature
About the Author
Tony Mitton is a widely anthologized children's poet, as well as a teacher and performing poet. His Royal Raps won the 1997 Nottinghamshire Libraries/Dillons Children's Book Award. His recent collection of poetry, "Plum," won the Publishers Weekly 2003 Cuffies Award for Best Book of Poetry. Tony teamed with illustrator Ant Parker on several books, including Dazzling Diggers, Roaring Rockets, and Terrific Trains.
Ant Parker studied drawing and printing at the Bath Academy of Art in England and has taught papermaking, printing and bookbinding workshops for children. Toddlers and parents around the globe have discovered the irresistible appeal of his wacky cartoon characters in Flashing Fire Engines, Terrific Trains, Dazzling Diggers, and Roaring Rockets. Other titles include Charlie the Chicken and Desmond the Dog.