This book in the Steve Parish Backyard Kids series promotes the development of hand-eye coordination in preparation for learning to write. It is full of fun exercises and activities designed to reinforce handwriting skills, observation, problem solving and social interaction. Utilising Steve's engagingly beautiful photographs of Australian animal s as the vehicle for teaching basic literacy, numeracy and shape recogni tion, and introducing concepts of time, this book is perfect for early c hildhood 3 year olds and older.