All artwork created by hand

Handpainted with watercolour and pencil

As with all of the nursery rhymes in this series, every illustration is hand-drawn and hand-painted to give a truly handmade, soft, and authentic feel to each book.

Featured in The Sunday Telegraph

"There's a lot more than a little green frog der glumphing in this humorously illustrated version of the classic nursery rhyme. This book is full of fun. It's fun to read aloud, fun to sing along to and fun to follow the story the pictures tell."

- Sandy Fussell, Sunday Telegraph

Published by Scholastic Australia

Exceptional production quality

This book is sure to be a lovely edition to your family bookshelves. Professionally printed on the finest quality paper and with other nursery rhyme books in the series coming soon, now is a great time to start your collection of these aussie classics.

  • Premium Hardcover
  • 16 pages, english language
  • 10 full colour watercolour illustrations
  • 157gsm matte art paper
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Praise for Matt's other books

"Matt’s vibrant and unique water-colour illustrations provide the perfect accompaniment to the lyrics of the text. I suspect this could easily become a family favourite."

- Wendy Fitzgerald, CBCA Reading time

About the illustrator

Matt Shanks is a critically-acclaimed and internationally published author and illustrator. He is driven by his love of the combination of words and pictures to reach the hearts and minds of readers everywhere.