Guinea Pigs Go Bug Hunting: Learn Your ABCs (The Guinea Pigs) - Hardcover

Sheehy, Kate

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241563135 ISBN 13: 9780241563137

Publisher: DK Children, 2023

Synopsis

Introduce the alphabet to young children, featuring beautiful illustrations and two cheeky guinea pigs, Bob and Ginger, that kids will love.

Guinea pigs Bob and Ginger head to the great outdoors to hunt for bugs and try to find one for every letter of the alphabet. From bumblebees to earthworms, junebugs to katydids, all your favourites - and some lesser-known - are here in this sturdy board book.

Guinea Pigs Go Bug Hunting helps children aged 0-5 to develop their early learning skills as they have fun learning their ABCs in the great outdoors. Bright, alphabetical illustrations of creepy crawlies are brought to life accompanied by text which helps to broaden their vocabulary. Children will enjoy learning the alphabet with this sturdy ABC board book that is perfect for little hands to hold and will stay engaged with the charming guinea pig characters.

This exciting early learning book for kids features:

- Key early learning topic of ABCs along with character-focused illustrations and text that encourages both learning and the enjoyment of reading.
- A safe, sturdy board book format that is ideal for little hands and preschool play.
- Twelve alphabetical pages with detailed and colourful illustrations of marine creatures.
- Descriptive text develops vocabulary and introduces children to basic concepts like colours, letters, and numbers.

Guinea Pigs Go Bug Hunting is the ideal book for parents and teachers who are introducing young children to the alphabet. This sturdy board book is perfect for little children to hold by themselves, featuring one bug for each letter, and both upper- and lower-case versions of the letters are shown to develop letter recognition. Featuring the cheeky characters of Bob and Ginger, children will be encouraged to return to the book again and again, both as a bedtime read and a learning tool!

Complete the Series

This delightful book is part of the Guinea Pigs Go range of board books for babies and toddlers from DK Books, so why not check out the other adorable title in the series, Guinea Pigs Go to the Beach, which teaches little ones their 123s!

About this title

About the Author

Kate Sheehy is an Irish illustrator based in Dublin. She studied Fine Art at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin and qualified with a BA in Fine Art. She recently completed an MA in Children's Book Illustration at The Cambridge School of Art. Kate won third place in the Carmelite Prize 2017 for illustrating a text by author Rachel Bright. She is the author-illustrator of Guinea Pigs Go Gardening and Guinea Pigs Go Stargazing, also by DK.

Edition details

• Publisher: DK Children
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241563135
• ISBN 13: 9780241563137
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 14