Orange Pear Apple Bear
by
Emily Gravett
Illustrator: Emily Gravett
Orange, Pear, Apple, Bear; these four simple words make up this delightful picture book (until the very last page) and provide ample inspiration for its charming illustrations. Following her success with Wolves, Emily Gravett returns with this picture book for pre school children.
Her colourful yet sparse illustrations cleverly depict a bumbling bear interacting in many different and imaginative ways with the fruit mentioned in the title.
The rhyming and repetition in the text make this a great book to read aloud; the gently humorous illustrations will provoke discussion and undoubtedly appeal to parents and children alike.
Publisher: Macmillan Children's books
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Emily Gravett
Emily Gravett was born in Brighton. After leaving school with few qualifications she spend eight years living on the road before getting a place on the BA Illustration course at Brighton university. She won the Macmillan Prize for illustration with Wolves which was published to great acclaim in August 2005, winning many prizes and making the beginning of an internationally stellar career creating extraordinary books for children. She now lives back in Brighton with her partner, daughter and two pet rats.
Emily is one of Booktrust's Best New Illustrators 2008.
Visit Emily's gallery of illustrations
http://www.emilygravett.com
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my son loves to read this book. The illustration and easy words not only help my little one to understand the words to the pictures but are simple enough to be able to teach him to read the words :) beautiful book
I am Ian, and I just turned one. This is my favourite book ever. I read it for 20 minutes at a time and make my mummy and daddy show me it again and again.
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Reading Age: 4+
Interest level: 18 months +
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