Author(s): Tatsuhide Matsuoka

Picture | Board Books | Humour | Gecko Press

This joyful book gets children joining in the fun of each animal's jumping - sharing the sounds and actions.

A frog jumps. Boing! A kitten jumps. Boi-ing! A dog jumps. Boiyyyyyyoiingg! A grasshopper jumps, a rabbit jumps, then a snail...uhm, maybe not. Mother and chick jump together, a fish jumps out of the water, and last comes a little girl to join the fun... I jump too-BOING!

This fun interactive book for babies and toddlers will get readers off their feet and bouncing up and down. With funny anatomically correct animal illustrations by award-winning Japanese illustrator Tatsuhide Matsuoka.

Impossible to read sitting down and designed to read sideways so that the animals jump vertically up the page, this simple story is a perfect gift book to share with young children.

Tatsuhide Matsuoka is one of Japan's foremost illustrators. He has won the Japan Picture Book Award, the Japan Science Book Award and the Shogakukan Children's Publication Culture Award.

Over half a million copies sold in Japan.

Review: As a book to inspire movement, this one bounds. * Publishers Weekly, Starred review *
It will be a delightful addition to any read aloud story time or emergent reader's library. * Foreword Magazine *
Matsuhide is one of Japan's foremost illustrators, and this lovely book is a testimony to excellent art and an original, well-executed idea. * BookTrust UK *

Author Biography: Tatsuhide Matsuoka is one of Japan's foremost illustrators, specialising in the natural sciences. He has won the Japan Picture Book Award, the Japan Science Book Award and the Shogakukan Children's Publication Culture Award.