Fox's Socks (Tales From Acorn Wood)

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I’m not sure what shenanigans he must have got up to, to lose a sock in a grandfather clock, the mind boggles. Very young children will love lifting the flaps to help the fox to find his socks, but they will undoubtedly also point out all the other socks that appear to be lying around the house. This prompted me to unearth some plays I’d written for a school reading group, and since then I’ve had 20 plays published. You see, he has an event to get to, and it is imperative that he is fully dressed, replete with a bow tie.

As it is, Fox greets the location of each item with uninterested nonchalance, never allowing himself to be distracted from the sock problem. We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from. There are 12 pages in total and 6 of them have the flaps on, so there is plenty to look at and play with. The story rhymes, which I find to be useful in a child's story, but the rhyme scheme can be a bit clunky if you pause while trying to open the flap for each reveal. My novel THE GIANTS AND THE JONESES is going to be made into a film by the same team who made the Harry Potter movies, and I have written three books of stories about the anarchic PRINCESS MIRROR-BELLE who appears from the mirror and disrupts the life of an otherwise ordinary eight-year-old.Lift the flaps and join in the fun with this bestselling preschool classic, Fox’s Socks by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. There are lots of lovely illustrations and lots of the characters from acorn wood make an appearance. Please note that this service can not be used for oversized items (dimensions greater than 61 x 46 x 46cm) and these will need to be sent by a courier. We want a song about throwing crumpled-up wrapping paper into the bin” was a typical request from the BBC. Fox can't find his socks, and you must help him by lifting the flaps to see if his socks may be tucked away in cabinets, under rugs, or any other number of places, except you already know that they aren't there, and exactly what is, because this book gives it away every single time!

She lives in Glasgow and spends a lot of time on stage performing her brilliant sell-out singalong shows! With sturdy flaps on every spread and rhyming stories that are a joy to read aloud, the Tales From Acorn Wood have been delighting both parents and toddlers for over fifteen years. We work separately - he’s in London and I’m in Glasgow - but he sends me letters with lovely funny pictures on the envelopes. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.

He was the illustrator for Julia Donaldson's first picture book, A Squash and a Squeeze - the start of a hugely successful partnership. More about Julia: “I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. We work separately – he’s in London and I’m in Glasgow – but he sends me letters with lovely funny pictures on the envelopes. I used to memorise poems as a child and it means a lot to me when parents tell me their child can recite one of my books. There are a lot of everyday items dotted about, like an umbrella and a fireplace, which children can have fun naming, or even finding in their own home.

From the creators of The Gruffalo and The Snail and the Whale, this is the warm and funny flip-flap tale of poor old Fox, who has lost his socks. Her other books include The Hospital Dog illustrated by Sara Ogilvie, The Christmas Pine illustrated by Victoria Sandøy and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures illustrated by Lydia Monks. It's interesting book that teaches kids about different clothing, also it's a lift a flap book which is good for toddlers. Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall).Bonny recommended this one for Charlie (and me) after he dressed up as a Fox (in a vest) for Halloween 2015.

This was a pre-loved book and one that instantly intrigued 10 month old Bud, and I think will for a few years yet. Axel and Julia have now collaborated together for over 20 years and remain one of the most creative partnerships in the Children's books world, drawing comparisons to Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake.There are only a couple of lines on each page that make it perfect for a toddler to read without getting too bored halfway through. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed.