If you’re not already signed up, start a free 30-day trial today to see everything that Kinderly has to offer – free! To get us in the holiday spirit, we would like you to share the story of ‘Lucy and Tom at the Seaside’, this week. Shirley Hughes was born in West Kirby, near Liverpool, in 1927, and studied fashion and dress design at Liverpool Art School, before continuing her studies at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in Oxford. Lucy and Tom at the Seaside– Follow Lucy and Tom’s adventures at the beach and enjoy Shirley Hughes’ delightful illustrations in this beautifully told story. Her first book - Lucy and Tom's Day - was published in 1960, and she followed it with, among others, Dogger, and the Alfie series.

Lucy and Tom at the Seaside - Penguin Books UK

If you can’t get to a real beach most of these activities can also be done at the setting or home too, and remember activities can be adapted for children of all ages. These Kinderly activities are intended to inspire early years practitioners with ideas based on children’s existing interests and fascinations or to ignite the spark of new ones.She was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was the first recipient of BookTrust's Lifetime Achievement Award. Lucy and Tom at the SeasideBOOK DETAILAge Range: Baby - 5 years Grade Level: Preschool - Kindergarten Series: Lucy and Tom Paperback: 32 pages Publisher: Red Fox; Reprintedition (March 1, 2016) Language: English ISBN-10: 178295516X ISBN-13: 978-1782955160Book DescriptionLucy and Tom are celebrating 55 years in publication in 2015 with this gorgeous reissue of a timeless Shirley Hughes picture book Everyelement of a wonderful family day at the seaside is captured as Lucy and Tom help Dad make a beautiful sand castle, find a crab's claw in arock-pool, and make seaweedy faces in the sand. Sharing a Shell– Follow the story of a hermit crab as he learns about friendship in this Julia Donaldson-Lydia Monks classic.

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Your children will love singing songs, meeting 'Lucy and Tom at the Seaside', playing games, designing and making their own light houses, making their own healthy smoothies and having a seaside party to celebrate at the end! This bundle contains the bumper seaside topic pack, two seaside themed story packs and a fun role play pack for creating a seaside role play area. Wibbly Pig Likes to Have Fun– Wibbly Pig visits the beach and learns that surprises can be scary but also fun and that dropping ice cream can be sad.