Tricky Questions, Simple Answers
Rain – What is Rain?
Waves – How are waves made?
Sleep – Why do we need it?
Bellybuttons – Why do we have one?
Snails – Why do they make slime trails?
Shadows – How do we make shadows?
The SmartyCat book series by Jeanette Rowe and Louise Park, is designed to help answer some of those tricky questions young children love to ask. In each book, SmartyCat cleverly asks a question and his friends give him a simple answer he can easily understand.
Each book ends with a little joke and a fun activity to try with your child. SmartyCat is the pre-school book series parents have been waiting for, it is educational, fun and engaging.
The first six books in the series are published by Hardie Grant Egmont. Available from July 2008. The next six books in the series will be available early in 2009, with more to follow.
About the Author
JEANNETTE ROWE
Jeannette is Australia’s best selling preschool author/illustrators. With over one million sales worldwide, her books have sold to over 14 countries and are in 7 different languages. Jeannette is well known for her vibrantly coloured Whose?, YoYo and My series. Her warm and friendly characters are known and loved by children everywhere.
SmartyCat is the latest addition to an already successful list of books for pre-schoolers introducing the curious kitten who loves to ask ‘how?, ‘what?’, ‘where?’ and ‘why?’. Her strong background in education and her years of experience as an author/illustrator have finally combined to create this wonderful new series of books for inquisitive young children.
LOUISE PARK
Louise has been involved in publishing and education for over twenty years. She has been a successful classroom teacher, literacy advisor, presenter,
author, publisher and publishing general manager. She began writing back in 1985, and has since written over fifty successful fiction and non-fiction titles for both children and adults. As a publisher, Louise has had extensive involvement in the publishing of a large number of well known award-winning educational resources, literacy readers and novels for children.
Find out more about the author here www.jeannetterowe.com.au
5 Comments
What a brilliant concept. This series of books are excellent, well illustrated and very well written. All those tricky questions answered in simple easy to understand language. Sometimes it is difficult to come up with a simple quick answer to those tricky questions our young children throw at us. Now Jeannette Rowe has delivered parents with a great series of books that does just that. Highly recommend to all parents with young children.
kid will love the the look
I have seen these books in the bookshops but haven’t been able to afford to buy them. Once I can I will be buying them (unless I win them that is!).
Great story to read aloud. Lots of laughter
My kids love books and I’m always looking for new books to buy them. From what I saw these are great books.