Illustrated by Ashwin Chacko
Published by Little Island
Let’s Play Rugby! is a brilliantly lively, exciting and energetic, hands-on interactive picture book, perfect both for young rugby fans and for those eager to learn more.
The book starts by inviting the reader to help their team win the trophy and then takes them through the stages they will need to follow to be successful including an energetic warm-up and match play. Young readers will be completely immersed in the game as they follow advice, enjoy encouragement and take on some BIG players to see if they can score the winning try and take the trophy.
What a wonderful book – and a perfect way to inspire imagination and active learning! I can just see the joy on the faces of young readers as they get fully involved in the action of this book. I can imagine the giggles of delight, the star jumps and jumps of joy as they win a tackle!
It’s also a great way to introduce young children to the game of rugby and the language of playing a game such as scrum, line-out and try. And using the book itself as they build up to scoring a try is brilliant and – yes – I did follow the instructions – such fun: woohoooooo!
The illustrations on each page are bright, bold and fizzing with energy and expression. The font and text layout will really encourage young readers to interact with the text and join in with saying the bold and capitalised instructions and commands.
An absolute winner of a book, taking young children into the centre of an exciting rugby game – a brilliant book for families to enjoy with their young children.
Thank you to Lorraine Keating and Little Island for sending me a copy to review in exchange for my honest opinion.
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