While at Hay I treated Freya to an Emily Gravett book, Blue Chameleon (was more a treat for me to be perfectly honest) I absolutely love Emily Gravett books, the illustrations are beautiful with a great sense of humour & honesty.
Blue Chameleon tells the tale of a chameleon trying to make friends by copying objects & animals he meets, but his efforts fail until the end where he meets a colourful chameleon. A joyous bright pattern filled ending.
I was really impressed that the book was able to convey the chameleons emotions through such limited text & simple illustrations.
While Freya was not completely captivated by this book her big brother however found it lots of fun. He decided to try & be like the chameleon & copy the different objects & animals. He particularly liked being a boot.
Gorgeous photos of Freya and Bryn 🙂 I love Emily Gravett, so definitely approve of that purchase!
Thanks, Bryn thought it was great fun although trying to imitate a stripey sock was a difficult one
We had this book from the library for a long time. It’s so simple, but beautiful and funny.
We often find it difficult to return her books back to the library, generally it’s only when I’ve bought a copy! Looking forward to borrowing her latest ‘Wolf Don’t Bite’
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