can you think of a world without electricity? No electric light at the flick of a switch, no power to heat our house, cook our food, start our cars or work our televisions and computers?Thanks to Michael Faraday, a man who finally show how to make electricity and electrical machines
Two bears count to ten, then begin again. Wiggling, tickling, jumping, giggling ...Baby Bear and Grandbear are playing a delightfully tickly counting game that will have little one hopping to count along.
A set of five children's picture books by Tomie DePaola. Titles include Cookie's Week ~ Charlie Needs a Cloak ~ Tony's Bread ~ The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush ~ Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story.
Anna Banana is fearless. She swings high in the playground, invents stories about huge, terrifying goblins -- and believes in magic. The small boy she plays with is afraid. He would never do the things that Anna Banana does, even when they're together. But one day, when he's most scared, he uses a little bit of her magic -- and makes some of this own. This warm, funny story about a feisty lit…
The beautifully illustrated story of a boy and his dog who rise early one morning before anyone else is awake to deliver newspapers; when his family wakes, the boy and his dog head back to bed. Reprint. A Caldecott Honor Book.
Celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Stellaluna with a deluxe edition of this bestselling picture book classic, now with bonus crafts and activities! Knocked from her mother’s safe embrace by an attacking owl, Stellaluna lands headfirst in a bird’s nest. This adorable baby fruit bat’s world is literally turned upside down when she is adopted by the occupants of the nest and adapts…
From the I Love Reading series a new range of first readers based on phonics. Ideal for those who prefer levelled content to help children progress toward independant reading. There are 7 levels within the I Love Reading series, each level has 8 books each with imaginative writing and delightful artwork This fantastic new fiction reading series for children aged 5+ combines structured phonic p…
This book explains how the world's treatment of waste must change and evolve in the future
They're baa-ack! Make way for the bestselling children's series of all time! With a fresh new look, GOOSEBUMPS is set to scare a whole new generation of kids. So reader beware--you're in for a scare! Tough. That's Freddy and his friend, Cara. They're not afraid of anything. But that was before they went exploring in Freddy's basement. Before they found the secret room. Before th…
Augie Hobble lives in a fairy tale--or at least Fairy Tale Place, the down-on-its-luck amusement park managed by his father. Yet his life is turning into a nightmare: he's failed creative arts and has to take summer school, the girl he has a crush on won't acknowledge him, and Hogg Wills and the school bullies won't leave him alone. Worse, a succession of mysterious, possibly paranormal, events…
Based around the nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence", these three stories expand the stories of the king, the queen and the maid in amusing and modern ways! Walker Stories support beginner readers making the transition from picture books in an engaging, entertaining and accessible way. Each title features three highly-illustrated, individual short stories linked by one character, so read…
They're baa-ack! Make way for the bestselling children's series of all time! With a fresh new look, GOOSEBUMPS is set to scare a whole new generation of kids. So reader beware--you're in for a scare! A Goosebumps 'Choose Your Own Horror' Adventure! This Halloween you're stuck with a lame costume called "vampire in a can": a cheesy vampire costume stuffed inside a can. But then y…