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Engines, Engines - Stephen Waterhouse

Description: ISBN 0747550131 / Author: Stephe Waterhouse / Genre: Junior Books / 'A richly colourful counting rhyme book set in the glorious surrounds of India' - Junior. 'A counting book that is beautiful to look at, while young children will love the fantastical trains' - Books Magazine. ... more

Engines, Engines - Stephen Waterhouse ... Vibrant illustrations glow with colour as the story, based upon an Indian rhyme, takes a young reader through the numbers from 1-10. A counting book that is beautiful to look at, with wonderfully energetic spreads.

Newest Review: ... book ends with… ' The journey's finished, our fun is done. To travel again, go back to ONE.' - Style, Format and ... more

... Illustrations - Each number is given a double page spread. The number names are written in capitals so that children can commit them to memory if they are at the stage of developing a sight vocabulary. Each engine has the number / digit displayed on some part of it. With the exception of the first page which is an introduction to the journey that the reader is about to undertake, has a very simple, rhyming text which even 3 year olds are able to commit to memory after the first few times of listening to the book. It's w...more

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Engines, Engines - Stephen Waterhouse: Counting is easy when you know how! (535 words)
by tb4ms - written on 02/10/07 (Very useful, 91 readings)
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- The book - I have used this book with Nursery and Reception children, 3 - 5 year olds. The book is based on an Indian counting rhyme and deals with numbers from 1 to 10. It begins with an invitation to the reader 'to step aboard the number engines and let's travel together through the far away land of India..' 'Engine, engine number ONE setting off in the midday sun.' Turn the page and you are once again greeted with a double page spread: 'Engine, engine number TWO. Past the temple of Vishnu.' 'Engine, engine number THREE. Women wearing bright sari.' And so on with references to Delhi, the ...

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