Books with title The skipping rope

What can a little girl do in the jungle? Play snap with a crocodile? Join-the-dots on a leopard's spots? Pin-the-tail on an elephant? Or just pick up a snake and skip all the way home! With its irresistible rhyme and jungly illustrations, this is a joyful, anarchic picture book from Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and illustrator-extraordinaire Lydia Monks, illustrator of the bestselling What the Ladybird Heard. With a fresh new cover look, The Skipping-Rope Snake is livelier than ever.

Skipping home is a piece of cake, When you`ve got your very own skipping-rope snake! What can a little girl do in the jungle? Play snap with a crocodile? Join-the-dots on a leopard`s spots? Pin-the-tail on an elephant? Or just pick up a snake and skip all the way home! With its irresistible rhyme and jungly illustrations, this is a joyful, anarchic picture book from the author and illustrator of QUEEN MUNCH AND QUEEN NIBBLE.

The Skipping Stone is the story of Nick, an ordinary little boy fervently yearning for something extraordinary to happen. One day, on a family outing, his dream comes true in a rather roundabout way. His wishful thinking finally pays off and he even ends up with a special memento to remind him of his extraordinary day. This edition contains two bonus sections in the back of the book, Did You Know? and How to Skip Stones. Learn some fun facts about stone skipping as well as pointers on technique and how to choose the best rocks.The Skipping Stone is just right for wee ones who love being read aloud to and for children learning how to read, ages 0-7. Story by Kelly Lenihan, illustrations by Oona Risling-Sholl and Naomi Bardoff. The Skipping Stone is now available in German: Der Hüpfende Stein, Spanish: La Piedra due Salta, and French: Le Ricochet.

Sometimes, when we truly hope and dream and wish really hard for something, it will come true-the power of our imagination is a wondrous thing. If you've ever tossed a penny in the fountain or made a wish on the North Star, you know what I mean. There are so many ways to make a wish, and sometimes we will discover yet one more way from someone we meet along the way, like Nick in The Skipping Stone. Nick is an ordinary little boy fervently yearning for something extraordinary to happen. One day, on a family outing, his dream comes true in a rather unusual way. When Nick's wishful thinking finally pays off, could it be that he ends up with a special memento to remind him of his extraordinary day? This edition of The Skipping Stone contains two bonus sections in the back of the book, Did You Know? and How to Skip Stones. Learn some fun facts about stone skipping as well as pointers on technique and how to choose the best rocks. Story by Kelly Lenihan beautifully illustrated by Oona Risling-Sholl and Naomi Bardoff.