An hugely-interactive animal ABC guessing game with peep-through pages and amazing fold-out flaps, by the bestselling Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, and visionary illustrator Sharon King-Chai. With eye-catching artwork and an exotic array of animals to marvel over, this is a gorgeous book to treasure and read over and over again – can you guess who has more legs than a butterfly? An hugely-interactive animal ABC guessing game with peep-through pages and amazing fold-out flaps, by the bestselling Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo , and visionary illustrator Sharon King-Chai. Julia Donaldson has written some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which together have sold over 25 million copies worldwide and have been translated into over one hundred languages.

Sharon King-Chai’s brightly colourful art and the cleverly designed shaped pages make Animalphabet a rich delight, while Julia Donaldson’s rhythmic words are a pleasure to read aloud. Animalphabet is an entertaining way for any toddler to discover new animals, whilst learning their ABC's too. Each page draws you further into a beautifully vibrant world of huge elephants, slithery snakes and growling tigers, inviting you to compare one animal to another and learn comparison words and adjectives from the natural world. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins.To be fair, the text is fairly simple - as I'm sure most A-Z books are - the real star here is the colourful artwork. My 2 year old boy loves naming all the animals as we go through and he is a massive fan of this book in general. Sharon King-Chai's brightly colourful art and the cleverly designed shaped pages make Animalphabet a rich delight, while Julia Donaldson's rhythmic words are a pleasure to read aloud.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. It's fun to find the flaps, which fold out in different ways, making it a bit more interesting (though very little hands may need a bit of help here). Julia Donaldson has written some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child , which together have sold over 25 million copies worldwide and have been translated into over one hundred languages.

I know some people don’t like that the book doesn’t make a great amount of sense (they way they go from one animal to another). Fiona Noble, The Bookseller This absolutely stunning book turns the alphabet into a wild exploration of the animal world .

Sharon has a passion for innovation, and her artwork and clever use of paper cutting encourage the reader to think differently about the pages they hold in their hands.Embark on a vibrant voyage of discovery through the natural world in a Julia Donaldson book like no other. The interactive pages with flaps and holes etc plus the beautiful coloured illustrations, and lots of animals made it a great hit. She was the UK Children’s Laureate 2011–13 and has been honoured with a CBE for Services to Literature. Animalphabet makes the gift with eye-catching artwork and an exotic array of animals to marvel over. Her other books include The Hospital Dog illustrated by Sara Ogilvie, The Christmas Pine illustrated by Victoria Sandøy and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures illustrated by Lydia Monks.

Simple, but clever clues to each animals, my class of year 2s found it a challenge to remember which letter comes next without going from the beginning each time . Having grown up in Australia, she moved to London in 2003 and since then has brought her style and eye for beautiful design to album artwork, book covers, stationery and her own books Lucy Ladybird , Snail Mail and Animalphabet , a collaboration with Julia Donaldson. Her other books include Room on the Broom, Stick Man and Zog, illustrated by Axel Scheffle r, The Hospital Dog , illustrated by Sara Ogilvie and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures, illustrated by Lydia Monks. Lovely interactive book with flaps and peep-through cut-out pages; an alphabet through animals, with a short sentence about each animal. I'm not 100% sure if a child would want to read it over and over again, once they've figured out everything, but I think some would.Further books illustrated by Axel include Room on the Broom, Stick Man, Zog and The Smeds and the Smoos – all of which have been made into much-loved animated films by Magic Light Pictures. The popular bestseller from Julia Donaldson features bold and bright artwork on each page, there's also pop out pages and fold away flaps to make the guessing game exciting.