The Intersection of Design & Motherhood
Have You Ever Seen a Smack of Jellyfish? has been a fun new addition to our collection of picture books. I love learning what all the groups of animals are called. So interesting! This would be a cute ABC book for your budding naturalist.
Update: Just heard about this fun little contest based on the book here.
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i’ve been a fan of hers on etsy for a long time – http://www.etsy.com/shop/smackofjellyfish
i didn’t know she published a book – this is wonderful!
Ooo! One of my favorite “useless trivia” type subjects! Love it – definitely going on my to buy list! (Murder of Crows, and Crash of Rhinos have always been two of my favorites. I picked up a Confusion of Guinea Fowl when we moved to our new place – our neighbor has a Confusion that loves to visit us.)
This is one for us! thanks for sharing!
My husband would love reading this to our 2 year old. For some reason he loves teaching him oddball stuff. When we started learning about letters, we would point out things on the letter/number/symbol print on our shower curtain. The first 3 things my husband taught his were the letter A, the number 1, and the ampersand symbol.
so.much.fun.
You inspired this post : http://www.duniaduara.com/dunia_duara/2011/01/collective.html
This looks beautiful and fun. I love alphabet books–just picked up Alphabeasties and other Amazing Types–it’s another twist on the usual alphabet book.
What a great book! I will be adding this one to our collection. Thanks for sharing.
Gabriella,
Thanks so much for featuring my book on your beautiful blog–I’m honored!
Sarah
You must get Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beaty
It is fabulous!
http://www.amazon.com/Iggy-Peck-Architect-Andrea-Beaty/dp/081091106X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294374823&sr=8-1
You must check out A Filth of Starlings and A Drove of Bullocks, both by Patrick George! The visual interpretations for each animal group are simply spectacular!