Walking Through The Jungle - Julie Lacome

This book was in a Bookstart pack that i received from the library for my son. He was very excited to see that he had this book and another for us to read. This book is by Julie Lacome. It is a very simple story and is quite shoert in length, it keeps my 21 month old sons concentration from beginning to end. The story starts with a little boy moving through the jungle. The boy moves in a variety of ways throughout the book. Each part of the story is told over a double page. The 1st of each double page starts off with a short rhyming paragraph. On the second there is a picture of the little boy doing the action mentioned in the paragraph and an ...

When my toddler threatened a tantrum upon leaving the local childrens centre this book was thrust upon him as a means to get him to leave without the usual screaming. It's a fairly short book with a little rhyming paragraph on each double page spread paired with a picture of a little boy doing the action featured. Each time the little boy explores the jungle using a particular action he "hears" an animal and we get a noise word to express this. On the next double page spread we are shown the creature that made this noise and are told what it is and that it is apparently looking for it's tea. Whilst on the surface ...

This book was the second one that Toby received in his 'Bookstart' bag following his 2 year developmental check. Written by Julie Lacome, 'Walking through the jungle' follows a little boy, (which I assumed you pretend it's actually the child looking at the book) and his journey through the jungle. A double page is used for each part of the story, where most books I've seen have the writing on one half and the picture on the other; this is divided into ¼ double page writing and ¾ double page picture. Each double page then alternates between the boy on his journey and an animal in the jungle. (Not sure what I mean! Here is the first few pages to give ...