These are a couple of books that No. 1 child has been given over the years, and are my favourites... the colours and illustrations are amazing but also equally important is the content ... i'll ellaborate further on....
Here Comes Frankie by Tim Hopgood
This book is truly beautiful and unique - it's about a boy called Frankie, who wants to play the trumpet; how colours give certain smells; the higher the note, the brighter the colour etc. The illustrations start off in pastels...
and become brighter the louder the wee boy Frankie plays his trumpet....
so that the street ends up looking like this!!
This is awesome, and i love kids books that rhyme - makes it SO much more enjoyable for you when you have to read it every night for two months. Unfortunately i didn't get to with this one - why do children always pick the most terrible books to get an addiction to?
ANYWAY....
"Don't be afraid," murmured the maid,
"Be happy the sea isn't flat,
For what is a high, without a low,
Where's the adventure in that?"
"I like how you think but what if I sink!
I really could do with a ride,"
And soon they were three chasing the sea
Racing along on the tide.
"I may be afloat but I am no boat,
A cork on the ocean I am
And this is a friend called Flutter by me,
A butterfly looking for land."
"Well my lucky star, how lucky you are!
To land I am heading today.
So flutter on board my butterfly friend,
I'll carry you safely away."
