{"title":"Alice Melvin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlice Melvin \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an award-winning illustrator and product designer who lives and works in Scotland. Alice is the creator of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMouse's Wood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which won the GOLD Junior Design Award for the Best Pre-Schooler Book 3-5yrs. It was both a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Children's Book of the Year and has over 239,000 copies in print\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mouse-by-the-sea-a-vacation-in-nature-mouses-adventures-3-by-alice-melvin-1","title":"Mouse by the Sea: A Vacation in Nature (Mouse's Adventures #3) by Alice Melvin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoin Mouse on his summer vacation by the seaside. Each day brings new excitement, from sandcastles on the beach to ice cream on the promenade, sunbathing on the sand dunes to looking for treasures among the rock pools! \u003c\/strong\u003eIntricate illustrations and interactive flaps reveal many plants and animals young readers can identify, and the atmospheric rhyming text sets the scene for this perfect summer vacation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen we last saw him, Mouse was journeying along the river to visit a friend who lived by the sea. This summer, he's come back to wander along the coastal path and discover all the seaside has to offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMouse by the Sea features\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einteractive flaps and gatefolds throughout, which draw the reader's attention to hidden details and convey the ebb and flow of the tide. As Mouse makes his way along the coast and ventures out on a boat trip, he encounters lots of local wildlife, including seals and dolphins, diving gannets, and nesting puffins. The back of the book features a nature guide packed with fascinating facts about the different habitats and wildlife that Mouse encounters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlice Melvin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an award-winning illustrator and product designer who lives and works in Scotland. Melvin is the creator of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMouse's Wood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which won the 2022 GOLD Junior Design Award for the Best Pre-Schooler Book 3-5yrs. It was both a Daily Telegraph and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Children's Book of the Year and has over 180,000 copies in print across sixteen languages. 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Detailed illustrations feature many plants and animals to identify, and the atmospheric, rhyming text winds down to a peaceful conclusion perfect for bedtime.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaking place over the course of twenty-four hours, this gently rhyming story tracks the changing environment of the river's banks, the shift from day to night, pleasant weather to rain and back again, and introduces a whole new cast of friendly characters who wave to Mouse on the way, including beavers, water voles, and waterfowl aplenty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMouse travels by a willow grove, a riverside town with a lock, a river island, a reed bed, the estuary, and the river mouth before finishing the journey on the shore of the open sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated by Alice Melvin, who has spent hours drawing directly from nature to make the book,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMouse on the River\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis sure to win over readers with its charming characters and intensely detailed scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe appeal is in the minutely detailed objects on the winding shores: boating equipment, homes, plants, and animals. 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