First Steps First Words And Pictures

by Ladybird Books, Claire Chrystall (Illustrator)

First Words and Pictures offers a lively first introduction to the world of words. Very young children will enjoy spotting and talking about everyday objects in the familiar scenes. For beginner readers, the book provides fun-filled practice in recognising and reading simple words. As your child grows in reading confidence, First Words and Pictures helps to build vocabulary and makes an ideal spelling guide.

48 pages, Paperback

Published June 4, 2002

About the author

Ladybird books are known and loved the world over. For millions of people, they bring back the golden days of childhood - learning to read, discovering the magic of books, and growing up.

The very first Ladybird book ever was produced by a jobbing printer called Wills & Hepworth during the First World War. The company, based in Loughborough, Leicestershire, began to publish 'pure and healthy literature' for children, registering the Ladybird logo in 1915. Despite the company's claims, however, those books would no longer be politically correct. In the ABC Picture Book, for example, A stood for armoured train!

Reviews

[SBC · Rating 3 out of 5]

This First Words and Pictures book for 3+, published as "first steps with ladybird" and illustrated by Claire Chrystall was published in 2002.

The cartoonish illustrations are simple and colourful. Each two page spread is of a different scene in family life, from the living room to the street to the classroom or seaside. Only very mildly dated (with a CD player and video player in the living room), the pictures and words in the other scenes are generic enough to be relevant today.