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The Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes for Your Baby

Penny Dann, Illustrator

Mary Ann Hoberman,

Imprint: Orchard Books

Publication date: September 2, 2010

Category: Baby books

ISBN: 9781408304587

Baby’s first book of nursery rhymes.

This enchanting treasury brings together over sixty best-loved rhymes in a beautiful hardback book complete with a foiled cover. Enjoy playtime together with lively counting songs and favourite characters, including Incy Wincy Spider and Humpty Dumpty, or snuggle up at bedtime with gentle lullabies, such as Rock-a-Bye, Baby and Hush, Little Baby. With delightful illustrations from acclaimed artist, Penny Dann, there is a rhyme for every occasion in this essential collection – making this the perfect gift for every baby, to treasure always.

Other rhymes contained include:
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Little Miss Muffet
Old Macdonald Had a Farm
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
This Little Piggy
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Three Blind Mice
Mary Had a Little Lamb

Reviews

Fine collection with contemporary illustrations... this book has a strong appeal to young imaginations.

Books For Keeps

All the nursery favourites with charming and expressive illustrations

Angels & Urchins

All the nursery favourites with charming and expressive illustrations.

Angels & Urchins

If you're going for the traditional favourites, then The Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes for Your Baby is the perfect choice for you.

Bookbag

This wonderful collection of over 60 of your favourite nursery rhymes has been beautifully illustrated with both a feeling of warmth and humour, by the best-loved artist, Penny Dann.

Baby London

A beautifully illustrated edition of classic nursery rhymes.

Mother & Baby

Beautiful and memorable.

Irish Times

Penny Dann's work constantly proclaims freshness -- both in her vibrant, sunshiney colours and in her contemporary take on established classics

The Irish Times

The perfect addition to a baby's nursery bookshelf and a gift to be treasured for many years to come

Baby London

An utterly gorgeous collection...a timeless seletion, brimming with love and crying out to be treasured

The Bookbag

This pretty, playfully illustrated collection offers an extensive array of old classics

Junior

Penny Dann

Penny Dann was a well-known and highly talented children’s illustrator, whose Secret Fairy range has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide.

Penny Dann studied Visual Communication at Brighton Polytechnic and enjoyed a successful career illustrating children’s books. Her witty, lively watercolours have added character to many well-known stories and she also wrote her own books.

Penny was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire and was brought up in Stoke Poges. Following an eighteen-month tour around Thailand, Malaysia, Australia and the US, Penny settled in her university town of Brighton.

Penny was well-known for her bestselling The Secret Fairy range of handbooks and novelties for Orchard Books. Among Penny’s other books are One for the Pot and Why Not Stay for Breakfast? (Elm Tree Books), two anthologies The Animals’ Bedtime Story Book and Read Me a Story (Orion) and three books about Figgy Two Socks and Jefferson Bear (Kingfisher). She also illustrated The Collins Treasury of Poetry edited by Stephanie Nettell and designed a soft toy for Running Press.

Penny Dann trained at Brighton College of Art and has been a full-time illustrator ever since. She has spent much time travelling and living abroad, including living in Australia for a while.