TWICKENHAM, U.K. -- TWICKENHAM, England: Eric and Rufus Children’s Books launches a new early years children book “Jacob Rabbit’s Book of Seasons”, part of their new education range of books targeted at the under-fives.
Jacob Rabbit’s Book of Seasons introduces the concept of seasons via the use of full page colour photographs and simple facts. Over the 36 pages the child learns about spring, summer, autumn and winter in a fun and interesting way.
The book is part of a series of books designed to encourage children to connect reading with the real world and encourage the understanding of concepts. The books are written for 2-5 year olds and are simple books narrated by character and feature bright interesting photos. Other books in the series are:
“Rufus T Bear’s First Reading Book” – Features cars, planes, trains and tractors; each set of pages comes with a repetitive statement e.g. “I like red cars” with a photograph on the facing page of a red Ferrari and the words “Red Car” underneath.
“Arabellafella’s First Reading Book” – Features flowers, toys and interesting food; each set of pages comes with a repetitive statement e.g. “I like dollies” with a photograph on the facing page of a pile of dollies and the words “A pile of dollies” underneath.
“Jacob Rabbit’s Book of Colours” – Features interesting photos covering the colours of the rainbow plus black, white, grey and beige.
The series was inspired by discussions to create our new vision statement. The vision was created with input from Professor Christine Pascal of the Centre for Research in Early Childhood (CREC, St Thomas Children’s Centre, Bell Barn Road, Birmingham B15 2AF).
“Connecting learning with the outdoors is one of the key challenges facing early years education, Eric and Rufus Children’s Books are great tools to encourage children’s interest in the real world via stories featuring photographs” Professor Christine Pascal CREC
VISION: Explore the real world with Eric and Rufus
Children‛s Books Eric and Rufus Children‛s Books strive to encourage children to explore the real and natural world via the use of books featuring photos of real things. We seek to encourage outdoor exploration and learning by linking things they see and hear in books with things they can experience in real life outdoors.
Eric and Rufus Children’s books are available to buy directly from www.ericandrufus.com , www.amazon.com and from selected retailers (to find stockists please visit the website). The Early Year Books are RRP £5.99. The Photo Story Books are offered to schools and nurseries at a special concession price please contact tagore@longshotventures.com for details.
BACKGROUND - About the Brand and Creator / Author, Illustrator and Photographer
Eric and Rufus is the creation of Tagore Ramoutar the Founder of Longshot Ventures Ltd. The idea was born from playing and making up stories with his two young children. The books are published by Longshot Ventures Ltd, and printed in the UK/ USA.
Tagore Ramoutar is happily married and has two little daughters. They live in South West London. The books have been written, illustrated by him and characters are his (and his girls) creations. The books combine a story or journey told from the point of view of the character and photographs to illustrate, many of the books include facts about the pictures that can be shared with the child when they ask questions.
The books are part of a collection of gifts for children that include clothing and toys based on the same characters. The gift collection is available from Pixie and Punk – please visit www.pixieandpunk.com .
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Tagore Ramoutar
Email: tagore@longshotventures.com
Phone: +44 7799-582203
Website: http://www.ericandrufus.com
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