Recommended books for children.
Recommended books for children.
Dinosaur Dig

Dinosaur Dig

Dinosaur-and-vehicle fun from bestselling Penny Dale – over 1 million Dinosaur books sold!

One dinosaur, who is digging a very big hole is joined by more and more dinosaur friends as they work on a huge construction project. But what are they building? It’s a huge, splashy swimming pool...and they made it themselves!

The perfect picture book for young dinosaur and vehicle fans, with plenty of vehicle noises to join in with.

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Reception: Literacy
Literacy is one of the key components listed in the early learning goals. We currently have seven free topics within this component, each one containing multiple activity suggestions. Please login or create a free account to access all these great ideas completely free anytime.

Year 1: Classical Poetry: One
Throughout our year one classical poetry topic you will learn about six different popular poems. By looking closely at old favourites such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Start your child or pupil will be prompted with questions on their understanding and interpretation of this classic.

Year 1: Tell Me A Story: One
Within this topic your child can create their own nature story walk through words and pictures. They can design their own spoon characters and make a story through discussion cards, plus more. Plus much more in this 6 activity topic.

Publisher: Nosy Crow
Format: Paperback
Print length: 32 pages
Dimensions: 290 x 230 mm
Reading age: 3 - 6 years old
Publication date: 07 Jul 2011
ISBN: 9780857630940

Penny Dale

Penny is an internationally known, best-selling children’s book artist and author and has sold more than 4 million books, with editions in over 20 languages. Her much-loved picture book Ten in the Bed sold over a million copies worldwide. Her other titles have also met with great success: Bet You Can’t and Once There Were Giants were included in the UK SATS booklist for many years, and Once There Were Giants was chosen as one of the Guardian’s Best Children’s Books Ever last year. Rosie’s Babies (also written by Martin Waddell) won the Best Book for Babies award and was also shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1990. Penny is married, has one grown-up daughter and a grandson and lives in South Wales.

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