Book Synopsis:
When Cherry lost Terry one day,
Where was he? Could anyone say?
Asleep in a tree?
Or down by the sea?
He couldn’t be too far away.
The animals searched high and low,
Unsure what to do, where to go.
Would Terry appear?
The story is here…
Just read it – and then you will know!
When Cherry Lost Terry is a heart-warming and funny tale of friendship and adventure told in twenty-six limericks. There’s one for every letter of the alphabet, each featuring a different animal — from Ann the Antelope to Zack the Zebra. With wonderfully detailed and characterful illustrations by Clare Mallison, it’s perfect bedtime reading for the 3-to-6-year-old animal lover starting out on a lifetime of reading delight.
My Review:
When Cherry Lost Terry is a beautiful, gently rhyming children’s book that is perfect for sharing with your little ones. My kids absolutely loved this book and it’s quickly become a bed time favourite.
In the book we follow Cherry as she tries to find her friend Terry along with some fantastic friends she makes along the way. The story is told in a gentle rhyming pattern that was easy to get used to and made the story easy to read out loud. My kids loved following the animals adventures and due to the rhyming could often guess where the story was going – shouting out the word to finish the sentence. I also loved the fact the author uses different animals to those I’d have expected for each letter as it made the book more interesting and the kids loved learning about new animals.
The story is accompanied by some truly beautiful illustrations which my kids absolutely loved. They poured over the pictures for ages trying to spot hidden clues and see little details they hadn’t seen before. Their particular favourite was the full page illustration of the tiger hiding in the bush and the picture of all the animals riding the whale.
This book is aimed at 3-6 year olds and I’d say that was accurate as my 4 & 7 year olds both really enjoyed it. I was sceptical that it would be too long to hold my 4 year olds attention but he loved the book and keeps asking for it as his bedtime story. I’d highly recommend this to anyone who has young kids and will be buying a few copies to give as Christmas gifts.
Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to the publishers for my copy of this book.
About The Author:
Penny Phillips began making up poems when she was four, which was far too long ago. Having worked as an editor in publishing for over 30 years, she finally got round to writing a book herself. When Cherry Lost Terry has been extensively tested on children but not on animals. Penny is now the Sub-editor of The Oldie and lives in London with her husband.
About The Illustrator:
Clare Mallison has only one photograph of herself in which she is not eating or drinking. She has worked as a freelance illustrator for various publications, including The Times, Financial Times, New Statesman and New York Times. When Cherry Lost Terry is her first book.
*Disclaimer: some of the animals featured in my picture aren’t in the book. The white tiger was the nearest I could get to a white cat so I thought would work as the cat and the tiger. Yes we have a white tiger toy but not a cat toy….. I’ll let that sink in for a minute 😂
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