Guinea Pigs Go Baking: Learn About Shapes (The Guinea Pigs) - Hardcover

Sheehy, Kate

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241563143 ISBN 13: 9780241563144

Publisher: DK Children, 2023

Synopsis

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

Guinea pigs Bob and Ginger have donned their aprons and are baking some tasty treats for tea in all different shapes. From square brownies to heart-shaped cookies and crescent-shaped pastries, children will learn all the basic first shapes in this delicious in this sturdy board book.

Guinea Pigs Go Baking helps children aged 0-5 to develop their early learning skills as they have fun learning first shapes as the characters bake tasty treats. One shape for each baked good is featured throughout the book and it all comes together at the end in the final teatime table. Children will enjoy learning the different shapes with this sturdy early learning board book, ideal for little hands to hold, and will stay engaged with the fun guinea pig characters.

This exciting early learning book for kids features:

- Key early learning topic of shapes 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.
- Ten shapes featured throughout the book for children to learn and identify.
- Descriptive text which develops vocabulary and introduces children to basic concepts like colours, letters, and numbers.

Guinea Pigs Go Baking is the ideal book for parents and teachers who are introducing young children to mathematics. This sturdy board book is perfect for little children to hold by themselves, featuring one baked item for each shape. 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 other titles in the series, Guinea Pigs Go to the Beach, which teaches little ones their 123s, Guinea Pigs Go Bug Hunting, which teaches their ABCs, and Guinea Pigs Go Painting to learn all about colours!

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: 0241563143
• ISBN 13: 9780241563144
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 14