Things to Find: The Seasons

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24 pp 2 years + 17,5 x 20,5 cm EUR 6.99 December 2016 Board Book 978-3-473-43621-7

Content

The most significant events and celebrations of each time of year are featured in the lively scenes in this “Things to Find” title.

In the spring, children make Easter nests and paint eggs in preschool. With their teacher they start a small garden, and they celebrate Easter at home with their families. In summer there is a fun search-and-find scene at a swimming pool and another about getting ready for a vacation. Autumn is time to make something with grandpa, and fly kites in the park. In winter children sled in the snow and put on a holiday play with their parents at school. A lovely Christmas market scene rounds out the varied images of the seasons. Brief texts and images in a sidebar on each spread encourage independent observation.

About the Series

The popular books from the successful “Things to Find” series allow children as young as 2 to playfully explore the world. These books about the most important topics for children feature numerous images of things to find on the edges of the pages, encouraging children to recognise and name things. Incidentally, this also inspires them to freely tell their first stories, optimally supporting language acquisition. Finding items in the search-and-find images provides children with a first sense of achievement and boosts their confidence.

The Author

Susanne Gernhäuser, born in Nuremberg in 1966, studied history and German language and literature at the University of Stuttgart. During her studies, she worked at the Historical Institute, where she published several essays and worked for a schoolbook publisher. Later, she was responsible for the regional studies book program at a Stuttgart publishing house. Since the birth of her two sons, she has been working as a freelance editor for various publishers and has written numerous books for Ravensburger Buchverlag. She lives near Lake Constance.

The Illustrator

Barbara Jelenkovich was born in Trieste, Italy in 1961. She studied at the Istituto Statale d'Arte di Trieste and at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia. She published her first book in 1986 and since then has illustrated another fifty. Today she lives in Udine with her husband and her son.

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Bulgarian, Estonian, Hungarian, Romanian