{"product_id":"bumblebee-grumblebee","title":"Bumblebee Grumblebee","description":"\u003cp\u003eA delightful board book for toddlers and adults to have fun experimenting with words to create funny new ones. Selected as a White Raven 2022 and a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlayful animals get up to everyday toddler mischief in this board book built on child-based wordplay, where each page twists animal names into funny new words that are fun to share.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith illustrations drawn from a toddlers world, babies and young children will recognize each activity--getting dressed, playing, painting (including themselves), having a bath, using the potty--and see how the animal makes the mischievous most of it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe bumblebee breaks its toy--bumblebee grumblebee!\u003cbr\u003e The cockatoo is getting dressed--cockatoo sockatoo!\u003cbr\u003e The pelican tries out the potty--pelican smellican!\u003cbr\u003e What will turtle do? Everybody gathers for the final squirtle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilt for adults, babies and toddlers to share and read aloud, this fresh and sweet board book encourages experimentation with words and sounds, just by changing a letter or two.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther books by David Elliot:\u003cbr\u003e Oink\u003cbr\u003e Henry's Map\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for Bumblebee Grumblebee\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Delightful images and carefully selected text combine for a silly, innovative, entirely enjoyable read.\"--starred, Kirkus Reviews, Best Board Book of 2022\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Sweet, beautifully detailed pastel illustrations.\"--Bank Street Best Children's Books 2022: Holiday Gift Edition\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Readers will laugh aloud at the changes these animals undergo by adding simple words . . . a winner.\"--School Library Journal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A fun, rhyming, whimsical board book which makes us laugh out loud--perfect book for under twos!\" --Sunday Star Times\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Stands out in a field of rather pedestrian animal board books as it is not only funny but the last few pages are particularly wonderful . . . . Children will want this book read over and over again and will quickly join in and shout out the words.\" --Read NZ\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This board book is creative and different enough from what's out there to be worth adding to your collection.\"--Youth Services Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Sticking the landing in a board book is an art. David Elliot? A master.\"--Betsy Bird\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for Oink:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Told only in animal dialect and sound effects but with brilliant visual details, this story will become a bathtime favorite.\"--Kirkus Reviews, Starred\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for Oink:\u003cbr\u003e \"Gorgeous Books to Expand the Youngest Minds: The delicacy and subtlety of the art only adds to the frisky humor.\"--The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Bumblebee Grumblebee","offer_id":46189035651269,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-77657-402-5.jpg?v=1778134969","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/bumblebee-grumblebee","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}