Shopping with Dad: 1 - Softcover

Harvey, Matt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846864496 ISBN 13: 9781846864490

Publisher: Barefoot Books, 2010

Synopsis

Join a father-daughter duo as a simple shopping trip becomes a calamity! As their cart swings down the aisles, the pair create minor calamity left and right. The rhyming, bouncy text teaches an important lesson about accidents and responsibility, all with a healthy dose of humor.

About this title

Review:

'An unusual and challenging picture book that works on two quite diverse levels. The immediate impression is that of a fun, fast paced read aloud story and for full impact it must be read aloud. This is as it should be when the story is composed by a performance poet with Matt Harvey's skills and sympathy. But then when the racy supermarket shopping story has been enjoyed and, perhaps, read several times the reader will come to look much more closely at Miriam Latimer's complex and exciting illustrations for it is there that the items on Mum's shopping list can be found and ticked off. So, the picture book becomes a puzzle book and a serious search for all the shopping list items can begin in earnest. The observant young reader might also be on the look out for other stories being told in the pictures as the pages turn. Now, what is that ubiquitous mouse up to? There are more puzzles and many more fascinating details to search for in this brilliant book and this reviewer could not possibly reveal them.' --School Library Association

'Devon-based author and poet Harvey (as featured on Radio 4's 'Saturday Live' and the Guardian's Work section) sets his witty rhyming couplets to work in a tale of a little girl who goes on a disastrous but funny trip to the supermarket with her dad. The poetry is top drawer ("... I held on to Dad/Who looked twenty to proud, and a quarter past sad") and the details of parent/child relationships observed through far-from-rose-tinted spectacles ("I said 'I'm very sorry.' I thought this was best/Because I knew that my Dad was getting quite stressed/And he was. He said/'STOP!' He said, 'Give. It. A. Rest.'" Ace pics from UWE grad Latimer.' --Venue

From the Author:

Matt Harvey is a performance poet who is a regular guest on BBC Radio and Channel 4’s “Saturday Live.” This is his first Barefoot project. Miriam Latimer studied illustration at the University of the West of England. She now works as a full-time illustrator and combines this with workshops for primary school children. Miriam lives with her husband and two sons in Devon, England. She is a beloved Barefoot Books collaborator whose illustration credits include The Prince’s Bedtime, The Prince’s Breakfast and the popular Ruby series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barefoot Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1846864496
• ISBN 13: 9781846864490
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Latimer Miriam