Doing the Animal Bop

Name: William Joseph
Price range: $

by Jan Ormerod, illustrated by Lindsey Gardiner

Interest age: 2+
Reading age: 5+

Published by Oxford University Press, 2005

Picture books

This book is also available in bilingual English and Welsh

About this book

Children will enjoy matching the rhythmic text to the animals actions, and joining in with the dancing themselves.

A great book for sharing and one that children are sure to want to hear over and over again!

About the author

Jan Ormerod was born in Australia and as a child divided her time between standing on her head, reading and drawing. Jan has divided her adult life between England, America and Australia. She has two grown up daughters, one in New York and one in London.

Her first picture book, Sunshine (1981), won the Mother Goose Award and the Australian Picture Book of the Year, and was also listed as an American Library Association Notable Book in the USA. Since then she has illustrated over 60 picture books, won many honours and awards, and is published in 21 countries.

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