WIN! This charming book by an award winning author to fill up your children's bookcase with Tidy Book's book review and competition.
You can win a copy of 'Abigail' by Catherine Rayner, as part of Tidy Books' partnership with Little Tiger Books' reading campaign this summer; Reading Rocks. We will be giving away a Little Tiger picture book each week, for 5 weeks to help you get your little ones get the bookbug!
You can win a copy of Abigail by Catherine Rayner. To enter, leave a comment at the end and tell us what your child enjoys counting.
I hadn't thought of it before, but Abigail is a perfect name for a giraffe- and Abigail loves to count and teaches her friends to count in a field of flowers. But when you and your friends have been so busy counting that you haven't noticed it getting dark, what do you do next?
If your child is at the stage when counting is a great way to pass the time, then Abigail is a perfect story for them. Abigail tries to count the leaves on the tree, but Zebra is eating them - "'crunch, munch, lunch." When Abigail tries to count Zebra's stripes, Zebra just can't stay still. Once Abigail has enthused her friends about counting, the sky's the limit! And my five year old loved the surprise ending!
Catherine Rayner's books are beautiful: Her characters are gentle, with child-like innocence, and her illustrations are rich with fabulous colours and texture that make you want to stroke the pages. Catherine Rayner has won numerous prizes including the Kate Greenaway CILIP Medal for 'Augustus and his Smile'. In an interview with book blogger; The Book Sniffer, Catherine tells us that she gets her inspiration for her characters from her pets.
See Catherine Rayner reading Abigail in this video.
Abigail is published by Little Tiger Press who have kindly provided the review copy and a prize copy.
You can win a copy of Abigail by Catherine Rayner. To enter, leave a comment at the end and tell us what your child enjoys counting.
Don't forget you can win this print of Abigail in our competition!
Leave your answer in the comment box below. So we can notify the winner please confirm on our Facebook page that you have entered. This competition is open to the US and UK. Please note that if you are a winner, the prize will not be dispatched until August (exact date tbc) due to publishing schedules.
Sadie loves counting Smarties and then sorting them into colours and then counting them again as she eats them :)
I teach kindergarten and my children enjoy counting everything. Some come to me being able to count to 20, but most have not mastered one-to-one counting beyond five.
My son Henry loves counting cars from our bay window. We would love to win this book xxx Massive fans of Giraffes
We love counting the animals at the farm.
My Grandson Boyd is just learning he is 1, story time is his favourite, we count everything
My little one counted everything - cars, buses anything and everything caught his attention, now hes a little older he's loving teaching his little nephews and niece how to count and they would all love this prize.
Thanks for the chance to win x
What wonderful prizes. would love to win for my grandchildren to enjoy.
My daughter loves to count beads and berries before eating them.
My daughter loves to count her food - I think it's a delaying tactic when she doesn't want to eat her veggies - but it's a pretty clever one!
My foster-son loves that he has a "big number" (more than both hands) of matchbox cars for the first time in his life. He also likes to count years old--he just turned seven, his little sister is four, and my wife and I are just old.
My 6 year old loves to count pennies, she empties out her piggie bank and takes out all the pennies
My little boy loves counting as he says he is a big boy now and hes 4 years old
My Grandaughter loves counting my clothes pegs!! Amazing what keeps them happy :)
My Grandaughter loves counting my clothes pegs!! Amazing what keeps children occupied :)
My son Freddie loves to count chocolate buttons! xx
We count how many pegs it takes to hang out the washing, how many stairs there are, how many blue cars we can see and best of all how many ducks there are when we go to feed them
We love counting candy and cars, it depends what we are doing and where we are
Contents of handbags and purses!
They enjoy counting their snack crackers :-)
My little one likes counting stones she brings home from walks!
Little toys, books, sweets, stones, leaves... you name it!
I would love to win this for my beautiful daughter Abigail. She loves giraffes! She loves counting, well, everything, but really likes counting her pennies and her Redford! She often takes a register of her Redford and would love to read this book to them when she is playing school!
Thanks for the chance to win! We love to count raspberries since we are out picking them several times each week this time of year! :)
stair steps
My two year old is fascinated with bikes, every bike is a yellow bike. His little heart beats so fat and he gets to excited that's it's unbelievable.
I'm a Kindergarten teacher and I have the kids count so many things to learn their numbers ... the days of the month, pennies, steps to the gym, etc! I'd love to win this book for my classroom!!! When I moved from Massachusetts to Texas I had to leave so many of my books behind .... I need books!!!! :)
Counting toy animals.
my granddaughter likes counting sheep before she goes to sleep on a sleepover at my home :)
Wyatt likes to count books
My daughter loves counting and will count just about anything and everything she can lol
My Daughter Loves Counting sultanas in her cereal. I would love to win this book for her.
My son has a numbers jigsaw and loves counting the pieces as he puts it together. He also loves counting as he goes up & down the stairs.
My daughter,Skye, loves counting animals from being in books in to real life butterflies and farm animals. X
My son love counting his fingers and toes.
Bees on the lavender! Yes, all walks take ages.....
daughters only 11 months but we have just starting on our fingers and toes
Our daughter likes to guess how many steps she'll need to get to the tree/cross the bridge etc when we're out walking. Then she counts to check :)
My daughter Isobel 3 loves reading & likes counting how many mouthfuls she has to go till she's finished her tea and can have a treat!!!
the 5 little ducks in the song
My son loves counting everything. But anything he is given has to be a 3 as that is his number!
My son is only little so he just likes counting full stop! We mainly count speckled frogs...on logs...but he still needs some practice!!
My son loves counting his toy cars as he lines them up in the sand outside!
The stairs as she climbs them
My granddaughter named Abigail would love this book. It was named after her, right? She loves to count while pouring me a cup of "water" tea. She does this while she is taking a bath. Abigail the giraffe is almost as cute as my Abigail :-)
My son loves counting all the light posts while we are driving!
My son is too little to count yet, but sometimes he starts to move his fingers like he's counting something :)
fingers and toes
My little boys likes counting his shoes! Foot one and foot two ;)
Our daughter loves counting her pocket money!
My daughter loves counting anything! but she is partial to counting shoes and ponies