From Alex T. Smith, the creator of festive favorites such as How Winston Delivered Christmas and The Grumpus, comes a gorgeously illustrated Christmas classic. Re-written and illustrated, Grandma is Overly Generous: A Retelling of The Twelve Days of Christmas is a small hardback perfect for any child this Christmas.
Comically Energetic Kirkus Reviews On the first day of Christmas my Grandma sent to me . . . Grandma's presents may start off sensible - a partridge is easy enough to take care of - but her generosity soon gets wildly out of hand . . . A witty new take on the festive classic The Twelve Days of Christmas.Come and help the LEGO(R) City farmers on a busy day at the farm! Little LEGO fans can bring the farmyard to life as they push, pull and slide the tabs in this fun board book.
Make the LEGO bricks move - drive the tractor through the fields, collect the eggs from the hen house and then slide the scene-changing mechanism to have fun at the farmer's market!
The LEGO(R) City construction crew need your help! Little LEGO(R) fans can bring the construction site to life as they push, pull and slide the tabs in this cool board book.
Make the LEGO(R) bricks move - tip your bricks out of the dumper trucks, lift them up and put them down with your crane and then slide the scene-changing mechanism to see what you have built - all in a day's work! Helps budding builders to:What's a fed-up duck who feels all out of luck supposed to do? Go and ask a wise owl for help, of course! But watch out for the hungry Fox . . .
From the award-winning Gemma Merino, author of the The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water, The Duck With No Luck is a funny, uplifting and reassuring tale about how to tackle the ups and downs of life, take a more positive look at things and appreciate all you have. After a particularly unlucky moment, Duck has had enough! Heading off to ask Wise Owl why he's so unlucky, he comes across a lonely swan, a hungry fox and a bare tree, all looking for answers of their own. Will Wise Owl's advice help Duck to find his luck after all? And has he just been looking in the wrong place all along? Washes of color full of swirls and speckles provide visually appealing backgrounds for the expressive characters and dramatic scenes. The lively art plays off the text's more measured narration, which makes the story work well as a read- aloud. Horn Book MagazineA heart-warming Christmas tale - inspired by an amazing true animal story.
Christmas is coming, and the decorations are going up...The Fire Chief and her crew need your help! Young LEGO(R) fans can bring the fire station to life as they push, pull and slide the tabs in this cool board book.
Open the fire station doors, make the helicopter take off and then slide the scene-changing mechanism to drive off in the fire engine - all in a day's work for brave little heroes!
The LEGO(R) City astronauts are on a mission! Little LEGO(R) fans can help fly a spaceship and land safely on the moon as they push, pull and slide the tabs in this cool board book.
Make the LEGO(R) bricks move - blast-off in a rocket, go on a spacewalk and then slide the scene-changing mechanism to see what you've discovered on the moon's surface - all in a day's work for brave little heroes! Helps budding astronauts to:Long planes, short planes, stuck at the airport planes . . . which do you like best? Follow fifty colorful planes as they race through the air - soaring, swooping and loop-the looping! Can you find your favorite?
Full of spotting and counting fun, with different planes to follow on each page and an exciting fold-out race at the end, this rhyming preschool book from Donna David and Nina Pirhonen has been specially developed to encourage pre-reading skills and expand language and vocabulary. Full of action-packed scenes and fun read-aloud text, Planes Planes Planes! is perfect for any transport-obsessed toddler! Fans of this book will love the others in the series: Trains Trains Trains!, Cars Cars Cars! and Trucks Trucks Trucks!Superstar, author and illustrator Rob Biddulph dazzles in Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City, the first title in an adventure series for children 8+. Fizzing with magic, danger, friendship and art, this exciting, funny, middle-grade debut is from the bestselling creative genius behind #DrawWithRob.
'A wildly imaginative, big-hearted celebration of creativity' - Anna James, bestselling author of the Pages & Co seriesAdventurous, humorous, and magical. Kirkus
Step into a Once Upon a Time where anything is possible . . . Radiya Hafiza's enchanting and funny debut weaves together three stories, spinning the classic fairytale to show that anyone can be a hero.
Join everyone's favorite little owl for a winter adventure, and explore lots of different kinds of weather, in WOW! It's Snowing, by Tim Hopgood, creator of the bestselling WOW! Said the Owl.
Your favorite little owl is back, and this time she's ready to discover the wonders of winter weather, from twinkling icicles to the first snowflake of the season. Little ones will love joining in with the WOWs, as the owl's tree fills up with more and more friendly animals. This fun, relatable story of friendship and nature is told with warmth and simplicity, and includes a weather-themed early learning activity at the end, making it a perfect board book for sharing with preschoolers at storytime. Little ones will find plenty more Wow! moments in WOW! Said the Owl and WOW! It's Night-time.A beautiful gift edition of Grimms' Fairy Tales featuring five classic stories, charmingly retold in rhyming verse with stunning illustrations.
Follow Little Red through the woods, where she encounters a wolf! Find out what happens when Hansel and Gretel meet a witch, and see who secretly stitches the poor shoemaker's shoes. Who are the mysterious musicians of Bremen . . . and will Cinderella go to the ball, after all? Bringing together the incredible talents of award-winning illustrator and Booktrust Time to Read favourite, Marta Altés and author and poet, Elli Woollard, this unique collection of Grimms' Fairy Tales is a fresh and funny take on the iconic original tales by the brothers Grimm. Richly illustrated throughout by Marta Altés, author of Little Monkey and New in Town, this is perfect for new and younger readers and will delight children and adults alike. A timeless gift with sumptuous details including textured foil cover and full colour illustrations throughout. A book to treasure, to share and enjoy again and again. A perfect companion title to Aesop's Fables and Just So Stories, retold by Elli Woollard, created by the same winning team. Stories include:From Julia Donaldson, bestselling author of The Gruffalo, and award-winning illustrator Yuval Zommer, comes a charming minibeast Cinderella story.
Crawling through the garden, the little Woolly Bear Caterpillar wonders what kind of moth she will become. Bonny and bright, stunning and smart, but not kind, the other caterpillars laugh at the small, plain Woolly Bear. There is one thing that they are sure of: Woolly Bear could never be as dramatic and beautiful as them! But could one little caterpillar be about to undergo a truly terrific transformation? Brilliantly written and stunningly illustrated this engaging picture book comes complete with a non-fiction mini book about caterpillars and moths written by a nature specialistAn atmospheric tale told in sparkling prose. Kirkus Starred Review
A novel that is at once entertaining and thought-provoking. Publishers WeeklyA super silly this-or-that choosing book - the perfect Halloween treat for little monsters everywhere!
Would you rather have eight legs to scurry through the night?'Sometimes a book comes along that stops you in your tracks. This arrived today. It is beautiful, intelligent, accessible, deeply moving. Fantastic writing, fantstic art. A book for everyone.' David Almond
A stunning poetry gift book celebrating the natural world, illustrated by Diana Catchpole. Out There in the Wild celebrates our place in nature. It is packed with poems about everything that lives in the sea and rivers, on land and in the sky. You will meet eagles and skylarks, tigers and elephants, foxes, rabbits and bats, bees and butterflies and many other natural wonders. These beautiful poems written by Nicola Davies, Dom Conlon and James Carter invite you to consider how we are connected to the wild. We are all nature after all.A compassionate, restorative collection Kirkus Reviews
From international poetry sensation Nikita Gill comes her highly anticipated YA debut These Are the Words: an empowering, feminist and beautifully illustrated poetry collection exploring all the things Nikita wished someone had told her when she was younger.
Race through fun facts, stats and stories about your favourite drivers with F1 expert, Maurice Hamilton.
Find out how Lewis Hamilton went from playing with remote-controlled cars to becoming one of the world's greatest ever RACING LEGENDS! Covering speed records and epic rivalries, as well as Hamilton's heroes and charity work, this book shows just how legendary Lewis Hamilton is, on and off the track, and celebrates the unsung heroes of racing, from the pitstop crew to the engineers. Easy to read, fun to share and packed with illustrations, Racing Legends: Lewis Hamilton is perfect for fast and curious minds, whatever their reading ability. Check out the rest of the Racing Legends series for more books to speed through!