Gymnastica Fantastica (Early Childhood Book of the Year) is a book bouncing with energy and so full of movement and colour that kids will be bounding off their parent’s laps and cartwheeling off to bed.
Every parent, grandparent or aunty who has clapped and cheered for a child’s circus or theatre show, or watched a child do trampoline tricks will be smiling inside when they read this.
There’s something precious about that early childhood confidence that celebrates every new trick, knowing delighted applause and beaming smiles will greet them when they take their bow.
Gymnastica Fantastica celebrates the joy of early childhood play and the special relationship between the child and their adoring audience, which in this case, happens to be a dog.
-Katrina Roe, RRL
