Snippy The Crab's Deep Sea Adventure by Alison Jane Miles

Snippy The Crab's Deep Sea Adventure by Alison Jane Miles

Book 1. Snippy The Crab's Deep Sea Adventure

'Snippy the crab looked out from his lair,
Over rose-spangled waters and dawn dappled air.
And though all at shoreline was calmness complete,
He was jitterbug-restless on six jiggly feet.'

A gloriously gallivanting tale with rollicking rhymes and gorgeous illustrations, this story will delight any 4-8 year old.

In his first seaside adventure, plucky little Snippy gets carried away in the excitement of exploring the big world beyond his rock pool but he is taken by surprise when night falls and he finds himself far from home. Luckily, help is at hand from a wonderfully unexpected source...

Delightful illustrations are part of the great charm and appeal of these books: Alison Miles is one of Bologna Children's Book Fair 2021 accepted artists.

Miles, Alison Jane: - Alison Miles is a self-confessed lover of the seaside, of poetry and of art and the combination of these passions led her to create the Snippy The Crab Adventure Series of rhyming picture books. She loved the sounds of words as a child and the inner dynamism of their rhythms, whether she understood them or not. She was brought up in Devon and on the Gower Peninsular in Wales where she loved to spend time exploring the many beautiful beaches and their rock pools. Her professional life has been as a music educator and violinist working with children of all ages. As a child, she loved the poems of Hillaire Belloc, Spike Milligan and Edward Lear and her teaching has reinforced her belief that both rhythm and sound engage our senses in a fundamental way. She learned to draw as an adult and the illustrations are richly coloured to add extra appeal to young eyes and minds. Her preferred picture books growing up were 'Patrick' by Quentin Blake and 'Madeline' by Ludwig Bemelmans. Other inspirations for her illustrations are those paintings which tell a story such as Alfred Elmore's 'On The Brink' and 'The Last of England' by Ford Maddox Brown. Alison feels privileged to be engaged in one-to-one work with children of all ages and is constantly amazed by their eclectic, free-roaming, inquisitive and fantastical minds - qualities which should be championed and encouraged. Education, she feels, should be broad, inspiring and above all creative, since the creative arts are a cogent unifying force through which all people can express themselves and find resonance and solace. She hopes the Snippy The Crab series of books will contribute in some small way to that wonderful adventure which is common to us all - childhood.

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ISBN 13	9781915130006
ISBN 10	191513000X
Title	Snippy The Crab's Deep Sea Adventure
Author	Alison Jane Miles
Series	Snippy The Crab Adventure
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Popple Press
Year published	2021-09-14
Number of pages	40
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.