Faustin Charles

Faustin Charles and Michael Terry certainly have a partnership made just for children that is very special. Faustin's writing and Michael's illustrations are perfect for each of these mini books in this box set.

Each book covers a different subject - in this case, Sounds, Food, Animals, Numbers, colours and Words, with the stories being simple and easy to grasp. The format is a simple mini card book - excellent for tiny fingers to hold.

I highly recommend this for the under 3s.

These are updated animal versions of traditional nursery rhymes. The rhymes are very good and I think actually nicer for small children than the originals, as some of the rhymes we were told as children (three blind mice who have their tales ‘cut off' by the farmer's wife) are quite brutal when you think about it. This book also comes with a CD of the author reading the rhymes to you. My son particularly liked this as he could sit with the book on his lap and was able to tell when he needed to turn the page over. ..read more