Noni the Pony
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- USD 5.99
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- USD 5.99
Descripción editorial
A delightful rhyming story featuring everyone's instantly lovable character, Noni the Pony – the nicest pony any child could ever hope to meet! - from the phenomenal and much-loved author Alison Lester.
SHORT-LISTED: CBCA Book of the Year, Early Childhood, 2011
Would you like to meet Noni? She's the friendliest pony. She lives on a farm overlooking the sea and loves to play with her best friends, Dave Dog and Coco the Cat.
Alison Lester's books are favourites with children and adults all around the world, with over 3 million copies sold in Australia, where she was the first Australian Children's Laureate. Her books Magic Beach, Imagine, My Farm, Are We There Yet? and Kissed by the Moon are Australian classics.
This book is the perfect:
- First baby gift
- Australian classic with Aussie animals and a farm setting
- Rhyming text for the very young
- Read aloud to babies and toddlers
- Gentle and reassuring bedtime story.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
It's the most adorable title to come down the pike in a long time and it delivers on every page, even if it's little more than a catalogue of the eponymous character's sunny niceness. Noni, a plump, orange-dappled darling, is "Gentle and kind,/ and never lets anyone get left behind." Her days are filled with frolicking, but if she gets spooked at night ("When the leaves rustle and sigh in the breeze,/ Noni thinks monsters are shaking the trees") she has best buddies Dave Dog and Coco the Cat to provide emergency snuggle assistance. Fans of Lester (Running with the Horses) know that she's an expert horse portraitist, but she opts for a radically streamlined approach in this outing, rendering Noni and her friends as a simple, toylike shapes with just enough details to reveal a cheerful, openhearted character: eager round eyes, a sweet little smile, and in Noni's case a wavy mane and tail. There's not a whisper of dramatic tension or narrative arc, but no matter: it's a safe bet that readers will follow her anywhere. Ages 2 5.
