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5-stars! A beautifully illustrated book with three delightful stories and a poem. The animals were gorgeous. A perfect gift for my friend's little boy. Highly recommended. - Sam on Amazon
Mr. Smithwiggle encourages your child to read! He's a kindly bookstore owner who impresses on children that reading can take them on adventures to far away places. His stories are fun and teach old-fashioned lessons on individuality and bravery. Easy rhyming sentences can help boost confidence in reading skills.
Mr. Smithwiggle and his amazing stories includes four separate tales. It starts with a young Mr. Smithwiggle discovering the adventures of reading. In The Foolish Mouse, a mouse proves that being different isn't so different after all. Parents will love sharing these stories with the children they love.
Mr. Smithwiggle and his amazing stories is 38 pages with 32 beautiful, full-color illustrations.
¡El Sr. Smithwiggle anima a su hijo a leer! Él es un dueño bondadoso de la librería que impresiona en los niños que la lectura puede tomarlos en aventuras a lugares lejanos. Sus historias son divertidas y enseñan lecciones pasadas de moda sobre la individualidad y la valentía. Frases de rima fácil puede ayudar a aumentar la confianza en las habilidades de lectura.
El Sr. Smithwiggle y sus sorprendentes historias incluyen cuatro cuentos separados. Comienza con un joven Sr. Smithwiggle descubriendo las aventuras de la lectura. En El Ratón Tonto, un ratón demuestra que ser diferente no es tan diferente después de todo. A los padres les encantará compartir estas historias con los niños que aman.
El Sr. Smithwiggle y sus increíbles historias son 38 páginas con 32 bellas ilustraciones a todo color.
About the author
Kathleen Rasche is a retired journalist and photographer. She published "Cake for Breakfast Every Day" after visiting an elementary school for a storybook festival and finding that many of the children there were not read to. She hopes all her books will encourage that special experience of reading between child and parent. Her books are available in bilingual editions.
Summary
Like its acclaimed predecessors, RESTORATION LONDON and DR JOHNSON'S LONDON, this book is the result of the authors passionate interest in the practical details of everyday life and the conditions in which most people lived - so often ignored in conventional history books. The book begins with the River Thames, which - from its surly water-men to its great occasions - played such a central part in the city's life. It moves on to the streets, houses and gardens; cooking, housework and shopping; clothes, jewellery and make-up; health and medicine; sex and food; education, etiquette and hobbies; religion, law and crime.
Foreword
The everyday realities and practical details of daily life in Elizabethan London, which most history books ignore.
Additional text
An evocative survey of the satisfactions and vexations of life in the capital in the later 16th century
