Handa's Surprise: Read and Share - Softcover

Browne, Eileen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763608637 ISBN 13: 9780763608637

Publisher: Candlewick, 1999

Synopsis

Handa carries seven delicious fruits to her friend Akeyo as a surprise, but meets some hungry animals along the way.

READ AND SHARE is a unique first library for parents and children that helps build early readers’ confidence. Grouped in four progressive levels, Read and Share books - available individually for the first time - are specially selected for qualities that encourage literacy skills and a love of reading.

Sixteen top-quality books with notes for extending reading fun inspire the confidence parents and children need to experience the joys of reading . . . together. Plus an informative Parents’ Handbook!

What is Read and Share?

—An expert selection of sixteen high-quality picture books by superb authors and illustrators, featuring a multicultural array of subjects, including poetry and rhymes, traditional songs, stories, and information books

—Four progressive levels - Beginnings, Early Steps, Next Steps, and Taking Off - each including four fabulous picture books

—Two full spreads inside each book offering suggestions and activities inspired by the story, designed to help parents and children get the most out of each book - and build a foundation for reading success

—A separate 24-page, full-color Parents’ Handbook providing extensive practical information and detailed answers to many of the questions parents ask about encouraging their children’s literacy

About this title

About the Author:

Eileen Browne is a bestselling author and illustrator, well known for her picture book classic, Handa's Surprise, and its sequel, Handa's Hen, both of which have been adapted into national puppet theatre productions and which have, together, sold over one million copies in more than twenty countries worldwide. In 2014, Handa's Surprise was named one of the `Diverse Voices 50 best culturally diverse children's books' of all time, in a list compiled by a distinguished independent panel of children's book experts. Originally from Birmingham, Eileen now lives in Wiltshire.

Review:

Rich, hot colours and fluid brush-strokes zap each scene into life... * The Independent on Sunday * ...so luscious it seems almost edible... * The Observer * With beautifully drawn animals and rich colours immaculately displayed on every page, this book is a brilliant introduction for toddlers and children under five years. * Handa's Surprise featured as one of Pride Magazine's 'best books' for children. * Featured/recommended * Yellow Brick Road * "Young readers will enjoy the rich, brightly-coloured illustrations, as well as the gentle humour of a story about sharing and friendship." * Amnesty.org.uk *

About this edition

• Publisher: Candlewick
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0763608637
• ISBN 13: 9780763608637
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Browne Eileen