Cicely Mary Barker's original Flower Fairies books, firstpublished in the 1920s, have been known and loved by generations.Like the pre-Raphaelite painters whom she so admired, Barkerbelieved in re-creating the beauty of nature in art and drawingfrom life. Her Flower Fairies watercolors have a unique combinationof naturalism and fantasy that no imitators have matched. Each of Barker's four seasonal books features poems andfull-color illustrations of at least 19 flowers that bloom during aparticular season.
Did you think Cinderella married the prince and lived happilyever after, or that the three little pigs outsmarted the wolf?Think again! Master storyteller Roald Dahl adds his own darklycomic twists to six favorite tales, complete with rambunctiousrhymes and hilarious surprise endings.
Thirty years of silly songs, rhymes, lullabies, classics, andjust plain favorite music come together on this reissue of the 25thAnniversary Celebration. Chosen from among the hundreds andhundreds of songs that Wee Sing has collected over the last 30years, this treasury is a fitting tribute to the best-selling namein children’s music!
This bestselling collection of classic nursery rhymes includesfavourites such as 'Pat-a-Cake', 'Rock-a-Bye Baby', 'Baa, Baa,Black Sheep' and 'Humpty Dumpty', as well as ABCs, lullabies,finger games, counting rhymes, cumulative tables and nonsenseverse. Illustrated in glorious colour by Faith Jacques.
"Bobby Shaftoe, Old Mother Hubbard, Simple Simon, JackSprat, Little Miss Muffet . . . they are all here, along with 200others . . . From start to finish a treasure house ofdelight"--Booklist starred review. "Destined to become aclassic."--The Horn Book. Full-color illustrations. A Horn BookFanfare Book.