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In the Country: A Picture Word Book (Clarendon English)
by Benedict Blathwayt
Product Group: Book
Publisher: OUP Oxford (2007-08-02)
ISBN: 019911031X
EAN: 9780199110315
Paperback: 32 pages
Edition: New Ed
SKU: B360-1261
Condition: New
Comments: In stock - Immediate despatch from an efficient and professional leading British bookselling firm.
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Customer Reviews
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A surprising little treasure
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-10-05
7 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is not a story book. Providing you are not expecting a story you cannot fail to be charmed by this book. Blathwayt offers page after page of gorgeous, intricate illustrations filled with a wealth of detail that keeps my son and I entranced. For example, one page features a small area of stream in which Blathwayt has managed to incorporate a frog, frogspawn, tadpoles, fish, caterpillars, butterflies, ladybirds, beetles, dragonflies, ducks and ducklings, a range of other identifiable birds, small mammals and intricate, botanically correct plants and flowers.
We use the book in a number of ways: to create our own narratives; to compare the pictures with the flora and fauna we see outside (we live in the country); and to help my 3 year-old son understand the passage of long periods of time such as seasons.
There is so much to see in each picture and, as my son grows, he will be able to use the small index at the side of each page to help with his reading. I heartily recommend this book.
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