Wanda’s Washing Machine

Author: Anna McQuinn 

Illustrator: Jan McCafferty

For Ages: 2 – 5

No. of Pages: 16

Publisher: Little Tiger Press, Great Britain

Year: 2005

This is a delightful book about a little girl Wanda, her mum Wendy and their washing machine, Walter.

Wanda is a messy eater and Walter helps clean her clothes. The story revolves around Wanda’s food messes and Walter’s cleaning up. There’s a pop-up game attached to the book. Unfortunately, since I had a library copy, the game was nowhere around.

Excerpt

On Wednesday, she spilled watercress soup and watermelon juice down the front of her woolly white pullover.

“This is a job for Walter,” said Wanda’s mum, and she put the washing on.

“Eat dirt!” shouted Wanda. And that’s just what Walter did.

It’s Mine!

Author: Tracey Corderoy

Illustrator: Caroline Pedler

Year: 2012

Publisher: Little Tiger Press, London

Age: 4 and above

No. of Pages: 24

ISBN: 978 1 84895 482 3

There just won’t be enough books for little ones on sharing. :-) This book from Little Tiger Press is outstanding, though.

The object in question is a furry little tiger toy, which is soft to touch, on the pages too!

Baby Bear loves Rory, his striped toy and finds it hard to share it with his friend, Lulu. Mummy arrives to make peace and takes them to the park. After some time of playing by themselves, which is no fun at all, they realize, it is fun to share and play with each other,  after all.

Excerpt

Slowly, Baby Bear held out another toy for Lulu.

“But I don’t want him,” Lulu frowned. “I want Rory.”

“Why don’t we go to the park?” smiled Mummy. “I’ll bring Rory along with me.”

“OK,” mumbled Baby Bear and Lulu.