Illustrator Charles Reasoner brings his special touch to ever-popular nursery rhymes in this series of tabbed board books. Children will love the charming, detailed scenes as each rhyme unfolds and builds, page-by-page.
From the author of Little Women: An American classic of young best friends in a rustic New England town. In post–Civil War New England, thirteen-year-old Jack Minot and Janey Pecq are inseparable best friends who live next door to each other in the town of Harmony Village. The pair does everything together—so much so that Janey is nicknamed “Jill” to fit the old children’s rhyme. One winter day, the friends share a sled down a treacherous hill and both end up injured and bedridden. Unable to go out and have fun, Jack, Jill, and their circle of friends begin to learn about more than the fun and games of their youth and discover what it means to grow up—exploring their town, their hearts, and the big, wide world beyond for the first time. This charming, wistful coming-of-age tale, written twelve years after Louisa May Alcott’s classic Little Women, examines the strange, tempestuous changes of adolescence with homespun heart and worldly wisdom.
A wonderful book to read aloud and share, this favourite nursery rhyme is brought to life by Kate Willis-Crowley. Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after... With instructions for making your own Jack and Jill finger puppets at the end of the story, this book is one to treasure.