Maisy's Wonderful Weather Book

by
Lucy Cousins
Illustrator: Lucy Cousins

Maisy returns, this time leaping out of bed and investigating weather with characteristic mouse-like joie de vivre.

What kind of day will it be? From sunshine at the beach, to snow in the garden, whether it's raining or blowing a gale, Maisy's ready.

Only the biggest, blackest thunderstorm keeps her indoors – and even then the sun comes out afterwards and there's a rainbow to chase.

Lucy Cousins' trademark bright boldness combined with quirky extra details is as cheerful as ever, with a well engineered pop-up per spread, demonstrating each weather-type.

Maisy's quick change in her beach-hut is especially good, as are the side panels highlighting items from each page with words printed beneath. Who said learning can't be fun?

Publisher: Walker Books

Lucy Cousins

Maisy, the famous mouse, 'drew herself' one day, when Lucy was doodling various animals on a piece of paper, looking for inspiration, and the first Maisy book was published soon after Lucy left college. Lucy won the Bologna Ragazzi Non-fiction Prize 1997 for Maisy's House and has been Highly Commended for the National Art Illustration Award 1997 for Za Za's Baby Brother, images from which were also used in a publicity campaign by Tommy's, the baby's charity. Jazzy in the Jungle won the Smarties Book Prize in 2002. Hooray for Fish!, published in 2005, is a celebration of life under the sea.

Lucy Cousins