This book is sure to be on the shelf in your public library. It is no surprise that public libraries keep multiple copies. Silly Sally is a favorite in day care centers, kindergartens and playgroups. And it’s a delightful book to have in your home for your preschooler or toddler. Capturing the preschooler’s whacky sense of humor, it's a book that they go back to time and time again.
Rhyme and Silly Fun
Silly Sally engages children’s pleasure in rhyme and story. The author' s engaging rhymes invite little ones to laugh along as Silly Sally makes her journey into town. On her way she meets several friends ; a dog, a loon, a sheep and a circus performer and each one is just as silly as she is.
“On the way she met a pig,
a silly pig,
they danced a jig."
Repeating rhymes with full illustrations get children giggling and turning pages to see what Silly Sally could possibly try next.
“Silly Sally went to town
leaping backwards, upside down.”
What child can resist imagining leaping backwards, upside down?
Audrey Wood is an Award Winning Author and Illustrator of Children’s Books.
Audrey Wood has written more than 26 books for children. In collaboration with her husband Don, with whom she co-illustrated several books, they have won, among others, a Caldecott Honor Award for King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub and a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book award for The Napping House. Silly Sally is published by Harcourt Bruce Jovanovich, San Diego, CA.
Audrey Wood Club House
Fans of Audrey Wood stories for children can go to: Audrey Wood Clubhouse
Find out all about Audrey Wood and her own story as a writer of children’s books that began with her love of the circus. On her website are some pretty cool activities related to her books.
Perfect for the Emerging Reader
This book is perfect for emergent readers, children between age three and five, either for reading aloud to them or for the children looking at the book on their own. This engaging rhyming, repetitious, picture book is especially fun for the child who enjoys looking at a book then sharing the story with others. Silly Sally is a cumulative story and easy for the preschooler to predict or remember what will happen next.
The delightful illustrations by the award winning author are tightly connected to the short rhymes on each page. The pictures easily clue the child into the storyline. A very satisfying and fun read for the emerging reader who wants to share a story with mom and dad or a sibling.
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