Finders keepers and a designer purse

This picture was beautifully created with fabulous attention to detail by, er... a six-year-old child and not by a mother with too much time on her hands.

The fact that she seems to have spent hours flicking through magazines and finding images of all the things I love including the Eiffel Tower, DKNY bags and the Apple iphone is of course purely, ahem, coincidental you understand.

This activity sheet arrived from Random House along with Little Croc's Purse by Lizzie Finlay (RRP £5.99) which I was kindly sent to review.

It's a gorgeous little book published by Red Fox. It is  fabulously illustrated with a beautifully written and  humorous storyline that covers the issues of honesty, generosity and friendship.

On finding a lost purse, Croc's friends tease him that he should keep it, but Croc is determined to be honest and return it to its owner. On his journey to the police station with the purse will Croc be tempted to spend the money on lemonade, a cool swim or a pair of red boots in spots in a shop window?

When Croc does find the purse's owner he finds his honesty is rewarded. He is able to keep the money, buy the boots he loved, splash out of a glass of lemonade and then treat his friends. He is even sensible enough to save some of the money.

We loved the book and would highly recommend it.

However, as the book is about honesty, I feel I must hold my hands up and say, okay, it was me, I was the one who coloured in the activity sheet.

Comments

[Crystal Jigsaw]

You've made a jolly good job of it too!

CJ xx

[Barbara]

Ooh, an activity sheet, I'm in!

[TheMadHouse]

I love activity sheets!!

[Stigmum]

Ha ha! Thanks for your honesty, I thought "wow!By a six year old!" when I saw it! The book also sounds like a fantastic one for my boy so thanks for that too!

[notSupermum]

I got this book to review too, and I read it to my reception class today at storytime! They loved it too.

[Iota]

Glad you had fun.

[Chic Mama]

The front cover sold it to me. Looks and sounds great. We love books.

[Selina Kingston]

Lovely colouring in - you didn't go out of the lines at all. Very impressive.

(Thank you too for your lovely, wise comment on my blog. It means a lot because I really get the feeling that you understand and that has helped a lot. I'm going to go with your advice x)

[Rosie Scribble]

Thanks, Selina. So pleased you found my comment helpful. I did understand, I've been in similar situations myself. It is often easier to be objective when you aren't emotionally involved.

So pleased you like my colouring. I found it quite therapeutic and would recommend kids' activity sheets to everyone!!

[Muddling Along Mummy]

That's a great purse (even if you did it yourself !)

[Clutch Handbags]

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