On a rainy-day visit to the museum, Maisy and her friends explore everything from dinosaurs to a moon exhibit, from vintage vehicles to a giant dollhouse to the food exhibit. There’s always something new (or old) to see at a museum, and for little readers, it’s good to have a friend like Maisy along for the adventure.
Maisy has lots of fun at nursery in this delightful pre-school story by the multi-award-winning Lucy Cousins. She and her friends sing at Music Time, nap at Quiet Time, listen at Book Time and then go into the garden for Play Time. What a day! Visit Maisy's amazing website - www.maisyfun.com - for activities, newsletters, games and more!
One day as Maisy is bouncing on her trampoline, she bounces a LITTLE too high. Oh, no! What will happen after she falls and hurts her leg? Maisy’s friend Charley goes with her to the hospital, where X-rays, a cast, and an overnight stay ensue. Maisy feels strange to be away from home, but a friendly patient soon helps her feel better. Little readers will be relieved and intrigued to share a m…
Bella loves spending time on the farm - Mr Moo isn't so sure. But when Mr Moo makes an exciting discovery in the barn, will he change his mind?
This is one of a series of stories featuring Poppy and Sam, their dog Rusty, Curly the pig and Woolly the sheep, as they go about their lives on Apple Tree Farm.
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
This is the prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Silmarrilli were three perfect jewels, fashioned by Feonor, most gifted of the Elves. When the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, stole the jewels for his own ends, Feonor and his kindred took up arms and waged a long and terrible war to recover them. This is the story of their rebellion against the gods and the history of the First Age of Middle…
A big, beautiful, highly interactive book that promotes traditional reading skills alongside imaginative play. Children will love finding out about different aspects of a day in the life of a vet in the storybook. Then they can have fun folding out the hospital building and playmat to create their own adventures with the card press-outs.
Little ones will love spotting all the speedy vehicles in this action-packed mini book.
Artemis has committed his entire fortune to a project he believes will save the planet and its inhabitants, both human and fairy. Can it be true? Has goodness taken hold of the world s greatest teenage criminal mastermind? Captain Holly Short is unconvinced, and discovers that Artemis is suffering from Atlantis Complex, a psychosis common among guilt-ridden fairies - not humans - and most likel…
Company of the Ring is sundered. Frodo and Sam continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin, alone that is, save for a mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go. In the second volume of the trilogy, the fellowship has been forced to split up in order to destroy the ring and fight the first battle of the war of the ring.
In a sleepy village in the Shire, a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Crack of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power - the only thing that prevents the Dark Lord's evil dominion.
Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the co…
In the years after the cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee Datum Earth to myriad Long Earth worlds. Sally, Joshua, and Lobsang are all involved in this perilous rescue work when, out of the blue, Sally is contacted by her long-vanished father and inventor of the original Stepper device, Willis Linsay. He tells her he is planning a fantastic…
The Tweenies non-fiction picture books look at the world around young children, and then look closely at particular aspects that are especially interesting or appealing to them. Filled with information and things to make and do, everything is shown through original illustrations and is seen through the eyes of the entertaining Tweenies. What do people do all day? In this book, the Tweenies look…
The "sequel" to the classic Mining Group Gold offers ideas, tools, and techniques for increasing team productivity in any environment-public or private sector; profit or nonprofit; service or manufacturing-based.
Business authors Jack and Suzy Welch return, nearly a decade after publishing their international bestseller, Winning, to tackle the most pressing business challenges in the modern world. From creating winning strategies to leading and managing others The Real Life MBA acts as an essential guide for every person in business today - and tomorrow.
In a far-off future, after years of war and famine have eliminated all technological advancement, returning society to a fuedal system, in the village of Martindale, hundreds of miles north of the new English capital of Windsor, sixteen-year-old Silver Blackthorn takes the Reckoning. This coming-of-age test not only decides her place in society - Elite, Member, Inter or Trog - but also determin…
Some children walk to school; others ride a bus. Children go by ferry in New York, vaporetto in Italy, trolley car in San Francisco, and helicopter in the Alaskan Tundra. With fun-filled rhymes and colorful illustrations, children will discover just how much fun getting to school can be.
Welcome Books provide children with a fun and exciting introduction to reading about the people, places, and things in their world