Product Description

Meet Tanka, the elephant and his friend Skunka. Say their names together and they SOUND LIKE DRUMS! Tanka, Skunka, Tanka, Skunka, Tanka Tanka Skunk! They have lots of friends for you to meet, so say their names to the Tanka Skunka beat! Lemurs, llamas, zebras, badgers, caterpillars, big GORILLAS and yakety, yakety yaks. The book takes the reader on a veritable roller-coaster ride of sights and sounds as animals leap and dance across the brightly coloured pages. Terrific fun to read aloud one to one with a small child, and an absolute riot for group activities.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #58423 in Books
• Published on: 2004-07-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 32 pages

From the Back Cover
Skunka Tanka Skunka Tanka Tanka Tanka Skunk!

Meet Tanka and his friend Skunk. Say their names together - they sound like drums!

A riot of wonderful shout-out-loud words and cavorting animals - learn rhythm the fun way!

'A wonderful exploration of the natural movement and rhyme found in language' Junior

Suitable for the National Curriculum Key Stage 1: Exploring Pulse and Rhythm

About the Author
Steve Webb:
Steve studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Bristol Art College and then worked as a designer in Bristol. He moved to Manchester in the 1990s, working at various design and advertising agencies and exhibiting his work in galleries in Stockport, Macclesfield, Bristol and Manchester. He now works as a freelance designer and lives in the Lake District with his wife and children. Tanka Tanka Skunk is Steve's first picture book.

Customer Reviews

The most fun ever!!!
Not only does this book help children get to grips with breaking down syllables to help them to learn to read and teach them musical rythms, it is also incredible fun - if learning at school was this much fun we'd all be genius's. I've bought it for every child I know - just so I can sing, or more accurately, shout along with them!!

It's a child's dream come true to have a licence to be noisy - and in the name of learning!! No more sitting quietly in the corner reading - sorry Mum's & Dad's.

Wonderful fun with rhythm
This book is a must for KS1 teachers. It helps with music appreation, Literacy, Numeracy and art. it can be so much fun, the children love it.

excellent book
My son is now 18 months and loves this book too. We originally got it out of the library but it was read so many times we had to take it back and get our own copy. he loves the rhyming and is learning to join in with it.