Welcome to Our Playground
Find out how children play all around the world in this beautifully illustrated follow-up to the bestselling Welcome to Our World (over 25,000 copies sold!).
From basketball to board games, clapping games to climbing frames, dens to doll's houses, there are so many ways to play and have fun around the world. In this fascinating book, young children can learn all about the different games, toys and playtimes around the world, as well as the playgrounds, fields and beaches children play in, and the many different words they use when they play.
With engaging, colourful artwork on every page by award-winning illustrator Harriet Lynas.
A unique, warm-hearted book to help teach children understanding, harmony and respect.
"Sure to be a smash hit with the older end of the preschool market" (The Independent, on Welcome to Our World)
Other books in the series include: Welcome to Our World and Welcome to Our Table.
Moira Butterfield lived and travelled in lots of different locations as a child, and still thinks our world is an endlessly exciting place to explore. She went on to study literature and become an author of children's non-fiction and fiction. She believes there are no limits to the imagination or to the wonder of our planet and so she has written about many different subjects, from ancient treasures to future worlds via pirates, kings, jungles and sea monsters. Moira lives in Bath, Somerset, with her family. She loves to cycle, sew and sing.
Harriet Lynas (Illustrator)
Harriet Lynas is an award-winning children's book illustrator who lives in Cambridge with her husband and their son. She has always loved doodling since she was able to hold a pencil and decided to become an illustrator at the age of ten. After studying Visual Communication Design at University, Harriet worked as a graphic designer in the fashion industry before becoming a children's book illustrator. When she is not drawing, she enjoys cooking exotic foods and country walking.