Ms MacDonald Has a Class

What sheer delight! Each page of this picture book version of the cumulative song is a joy to share with young children. A nursery/reception class is identified on the title page, and the pupils' characters are cleverly developed throughout the story. Find the girl with black spotted trousers... what a little organiser! There is so much movement and interaction between characters that this title would work as a wordless book. But in fact the text is bouncy and contagious, children rapidly picking it up. 'Here a jump. there a bump, everywhere a boing boing... Here a chatter, there a natter, everywhere a pitter patter...' This joyful book is about cooperation, creation, and finally success as the children brilliantly perform a play for their families. It feels like a real class, involved in decision-making, problem-solving and sharing, with an inspirational teacher. A book to treasure with an individual child, but also one for every infant classroom.