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Sharon King-Chai Books

A beautiful colour-themed book from National Treasure Julia Donaldson (author of The Gruffalo) and illustrator Sharon King-Chai. The rhyming story follows a little girl who uses her paintbox to inspire her own adventure by choosing colours and following where her imagination takes her, which each step vibrantly illustrated. There are flaps to lift and peepholes to explore.

The gentle rhyming text makes this a good book to read aloud and the colour-themed pages will help little ones learn their colours, and perhaps inspire them to create their own painted adventures too.

A stunning counting book full gorgeous baby animals, with amazing flaps to lift and holes to peep through. From Julia Donaldson, bestselling author of The Gruffalo, and Sharon King-Chai, who together created the award-winnning Animalphabet.

From a leopard with her cubs, to a frog and its tadpoles, young readers will delight in counting each creature’s babies and seeing where they live. With rhyming text and a surprise search-and-find game, this is a read-aloud delight and an absolute must for the family bookshelf. A truly beautiful gift.

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