Guinea Pigs Go Painting

Learn Your Colors

Introduce first colors to young children, featuring beautiful illustrations and two cheeky guinea pigs, Bob and Ginger, that kids will love. 

Guinea pigs Bob and Ginger feel their bedroom needs a makeover so they set about painting a colorful underwater mural featuring yellow fish, green turtles, grey sharks, and many more marine animals. Little ones can spot all their favorite sea creatures – and favorite colors – in this sturdy board book that’s perfect for little hands.

Guinea Pigs Go Painting helps children aged 0-5 to develop their early learning skills as they have fun getting to know different colors. Bright illustrations of underwater creatures and nature are brought to life accompanied by simple text which helps to broaden their vocabulary. Children will enjoy learning the rainbow with this sturdy board book that is perfect for little hands to hold, and will stay engaged with the charming guinea pig characters. 

This exciting early learning book for kids features:

- Descriptive text develops vocabulary and introduces children to basic concepts like colors, letters, and numbers. 
- The key early learning topic of colors is combined with a gentle narrative that encourages both learning and the enjoyment of reading.  
- A safe, sturdy board book format that is ideal for little hands and preschool play.
- 12 pages with 11 different colors and an underwater theme, gently introducing children to all things under-the-sea.

Guinea Pigs Go Painting is the ideal book for parents and teachers who are introducing young children to first colors. This sturdy board book is perfect for little hands to hold by themselves, featuring the cheeky characters of Bob and Ginger, children will be encouraged to return to the book again and again, both as a bedtime read and a learning tool! 

Complete the Series

This delightful book is part of the Guinea Pigs Go range of board books for babies and toddlers from DK Books, so why not check out the other adorable title in the series? Guinea Pigs Go to the Beach teaches little ones their 123s, or Guinea Pigs Go Bug Hunting introduces children to their ABCs!
Kate Sheehy is an Irish illustrator based in Dublin. She studied Fine Art at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin and qualified with a BA in Fine Art. She recently completed an MA in Children's Book Illustration at The Cambridge School of Art. Recently, Kate won third place in the Carmelite prize 2017 for illustrating a text by acclaimed author Rachel Bright. View titles by Kate Sheehy
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Introduce first colors to young children, featuring beautiful illustrations and two cheeky guinea pigs, Bob and Ginger, that kids will love. 

Guinea pigs Bob and Ginger feel their bedroom needs a makeover so they set about painting a colorful underwater mural featuring yellow fish, green turtles, grey sharks, and many more marine animals. Little ones can spot all their favorite sea creatures – and favorite colors – in this sturdy board book that’s perfect for little hands.

Guinea Pigs Go Painting helps children aged 0-5 to develop their early learning skills as they have fun getting to know different colors. Bright illustrations of underwater creatures and nature are brought to life accompanied by simple text which helps to broaden their vocabulary. Children will enjoy learning the rainbow with this sturdy board book that is perfect for little hands to hold, and will stay engaged with the charming guinea pig characters. 

This exciting early learning book for kids features:

- Descriptive text develops vocabulary and introduces children to basic concepts like colors, letters, and numbers. 
- The key early learning topic of colors is combined with a gentle narrative that encourages both learning and the enjoyment of reading.  
- A safe, sturdy board book format that is ideal for little hands and preschool play.
- 12 pages with 11 different colors and an underwater theme, gently introducing children to all things under-the-sea.

Guinea Pigs Go Painting is the ideal book for parents and teachers who are introducing young children to first colors. This sturdy board book is perfect for little hands to hold by themselves, featuring the cheeky characters of Bob and Ginger, children will be encouraged to return to the book again and again, both as a bedtime read and a learning tool! 

Complete the Series

This delightful book is part of the Guinea Pigs Go range of board books for babies and toddlers from DK Books, so why not check out the other adorable title in the series? Guinea Pigs Go to the Beach teaches little ones their 123s, or Guinea Pigs Go Bug Hunting introduces children to their ABCs!

Author

Kate Sheehy is an Irish illustrator based in Dublin. She studied Fine Art at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin and qualified with a BA in Fine Art. She recently completed an MA in Children's Book Illustration at The Cambridge School of Art. Recently, Kate won third place in the Carmelite prize 2017 for illustrating a text by acclaimed author Rachel Bright. View titles by Kate Sheehy

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