Most Popular Books by Dawn Sirett

This exciting collection of 1,000 words will broaden young children''s vocabulary, and strengthen their early reading and writing skills. Arranged thematically, topics include Me and My Family, Animals, How We Look and Feel, Around the World, and I know... Colors, Shapes, Numbers, Weather, and Seasons. There are also four "story style" spreads that tell a simple narrative and inspire storytelling skills: for example, All in a Day is about a young child''s typical day, and "If I Were a Pet" looks at a dog, cat, rabbit, fish, and pony, and imagines what these different animals might like to do. The book is packed with clearly labeled pictures, encouraging picture-and-word association, which helps early reading, and every page features short sentences for children to finish that reinforce grammar and encourage early writing skills. The words have been chosen with the help of a leading educational consultant, Penny Coltman, and include a combination of useful and imaginative nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Young children will be amazed and delighted by all the fascinating real-world photos, things to spot, entertaining artworks to talk about, and incredibly useful words! This fun and educational picture word book is a must-have first reference title for parents who are keen to develop their child''s language and literacy skills.

Lift the flaps and try to find where the kittens are hiding in the dollhouse.

"Meggi the Monkey likes to dance, sing, jump, and climb. She''d love her friends to play, too. Are they hiding under the flaps? Watch out--they might jump out at you!"--

Encourages young readers to locate pictures of different animals, including pets, farm animals, and jungle animals.

Follow animal parents and their babies as they play hide-and-seek. Babies and toddlers can lift big flaps and see peekaboo surprises pop up from the pages: a naughty baby monkey swinging from a tree, a messy baby hippo rolling in the mud, a sleepy baby sloth hiding behind the leaves, and a happy baby elephant splish-splashing in the lake. Rhymes encourage literacy and early learning, while the surprise pop-up scenes encourage curiosity. With the help of parents and caregivers, toddlers will have fun turning the sturdy board book pages, guessing what''s hiding under each flap, and then lifting the flaps to reveal the baby animal characters and play peekaboo!

Little Hide and Seek: Playtime , rhyming clues and colorful pictures encourage preschoolers to find the monkey, dolls, cars, teddy bear, and other missing toys on each page.

Colorful illustrations of puppies and kittens.

Children''s board book identifying one hundred animals, with colorful illustrations. Each illustration has one animal, with name of type of animal.

An illustrated guide to projects involving paint, from stenciled art boxes to colorful kites.

Tactile highlights enhance colorful pictures associated with simple words.