Books with author Peter Curtis

A cheerfully illustrated board book of farm animals!In this bright and colorful board book, children are introduced to farm animals with engaging illustrations of paddling ducks, pecking hens, a spotted cow, a galloping horse, a muddy pig, and hungry piglets. The illustrations are accompanied by short identifying phrases, which makes this book a perfect teaching tool for parents.

Nosy Rosy the anteater is out on her tricycle, poking her big nose into other people's business. She spots Mrs Elephant hanging out her washing and shouts out, "What big pants!" and sees Mr Tiger having lunch with a friend and yells, "You're being greedy!" In short, she annoys all the animals in town with her nosiness, until she spots a thief in Mr Tiger's shop and gets him arrested. Then everyone has to agree that "It's good to be nosy—sometimes!" This is a picture book with a surprise on every page turn and lots of things to count and find on the way. The sheer exuberance of Rosy herself will appeal to a pre-school readership and the story will bear reading and re-reading because of the amount of detail in such a simple storyline.