The New York Times-bestselling Fly Guy series goes on an action-packed adventure by boat, train, plane, and beyond! Dad takes Fly Guy and Buzz for a car ride, but in a funny and wacky turn of events, Fly Guy is blown out of the car window and into a passing truck, where he lands in the driver's mouth! The driver spits him out, and Fly Guy tumbles onto a boat. Fly Guy then winds up on a circus train with an elephant and then an airplane ... and he just misses taking off with a rocket ship! This easy-to-read adventure concludes with Buzz, Dad, and Fly Guy returning home on a bike. Fly Guy loves RIDEZZZ!
American Book Award winner Miss Rumphius is accompaniedby a compact disc that features a lively, professional reading ofthe story. Perfect for road trips or bedtime reading, story time,preschool, or home school, Puffin Storytime? will please childrenand parents alike. 当花婆婆还是一个名叫艾丽丝的小女孩时,常常坐在爷爷的腿上听她讲故事。每次爷爷讲完故事,她就会说:“爷爷,我长大以后,要像你一样去很远的地方旅行。当我老了,也要像你一样住在海边。”“很好,”爷爷笑着说,“但你一定要记得做第三件事,做一件让世界变得更美丽的事。” 艾丽丝很快就长大了。 她去了一座真正的热带小岛,还爬过雪山,走过沙漠。当她从骆驼背上摔下来以后,她在海边买了一座小房子住下来。“对了,我答应爷爷,要做一件让世界变得更美丽的事,但是做什么好呢?这世界已经够美了。”她面对大海,不断地想着这个问题
This colourful storybook is based on the number one and award-winning preschool children's TV show on Channel 5 and Nickelodeon - "Peppa Pig". Read this story and join Peppa and George as they go to playgroup. It is George's first day and Peppa doesn't really want him there. But when all of her friends want a little brother too, will Peppa change her mind? Find out in this lovely little piggy tale. Read the story to help your little ones find out what it's like to have their first day at preschool, nursery, playgroup or school, with the reassurance that Peppa Pig and George did it too.
Three monks, Hok, Lok, and Siew, journey along a mountain roadtrying to understand what makes one happy. At once the monks encounter frightened villagers who lock theirwindows and darken their homes. The villagers havelone been ravaeedbv harsh times, and their hearts have grown hard toward everyonethey meet. But when the monks cleverly entice them to make soupfrom stones,the villagers discover how much they each haveto give--and how much more comes back in return. With magnificent watercolors that invite reflection of deepermeaning, Jon J Muth combines his love of Zen Buddhism and Easternculture with a favorite old trickster tale that celebratesthe power of generosity,
Peppa Pig: Fire Engine is a colourful and engaging story book based on the popular children's series. Splish, splash! Oh dear, Peppa Pig's pet fish, Goldie, isn't well. Join Peppa Pig, George and Mummy Pig in this delightful children's storybook, as they take an exciting bus ride to the vet to find out why Goldie isn't eating her food. This story book features your favourite characters from Peppa Pig and is perfect for sharing at school or for snuggling up at bedtime! The Peppa Pig range of books are fun, interactive and educational, ideal for encouraging children to start to read by themselves. Titles available from Ladybird include: Peppa Pig: The Fire Engine, Peppa Goes to the Library, Peppa's Washing Day and Daddy Pig's Fun Run.
An amazing new Richard Scarry collection filled with hilariousstories about jet planes, rockets, spacecraft and other things thatfly! It's the perfect partner to Cars and Trucks and Things that Goand set to be a new Scarry favourite.In this collection Huck takesflying lessons, we learn how planes and birds fly, the cat familygoes to the air show, and Wolfgang Wolf, Benny Baboon and HarryHyena take a trip to the moon in their own rocket! Packed withamazing Scarry detail and with stories that can be read again andagain, this book will give hours of fun to fans of planes, rocketsand flying!
Calling all young equestrians and Cat (in the Hat) fanciers! In this latest installment of the Cat in the Hat's Learning Library, the Cat introduces Sally and Nick—and beginning readers—to all things horsey. At his Super-Tremendous-Stupendous Horse Show, the Cat explains how horses and people have worked together since ancient times; the difference between fillies, foals, yearlings, mares, colts, dams, sires, and stallions; horse anatomy from nose to tail; the work of a farrier, Western vs English riding; and much, much more—including fun facts about 13 of the most popular horse breeds! Fans of the new PBS Kids preschool science show the Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (which is based on The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) will whinny with glee over this new addition to the series!
New York Times bestselling author/artist Loren Long creates anunforgettable children's classic. Otis is a special tractor. He loves his farmer and he loves towork. And he loves the little calf in the next stall, whom he purrsto sleep with his soft motor. In fact, the two become greatfriends: they play in the fields, leap hay bales, and playring-around-the-rosy by Mud Pond. But when Otis is replaced with the big yellow tractor, he is castaway behind the barn, unused, unnoticed . . . until the little calfgets stuck in Mud Pond. Then there is only one tractor?—and it?’snot big or yellow?—who can come to the rescue. It is little oldOtis who saves his friend. It is Otis who saves the day. In a wonderful new palette, and in the tradition of classics likeMike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and The Story of Ferdinand,Loren Long has crafted an unforgettable new story?—andcharacter?—celebrating the power of friendship andperseverance.
A madcap, yet moving, story about having the courage of one’sconvictions, even when others doubt you, from the creator of'Albie', Andy Cutbill, and the award-winning illustrator, RussellAyto.Marjorie the cow doesn’t feel very special. She can’t ridebicycles or do cartwheels like the other cows. But one morning,Marjorie is astonished to discover something extraordinary…She’slaid an egg!But does the baby inside the egg really belong toMarjorie? Emotions run high in the farmyard as everyone waits tofind out…
Henny laid an egg and then lost it. As Henny searches the farm for her precious egg, children will love guessing what happened. A die-cut hole throughout the book invites interactivity and a fuzzy spot of plush adds a delightful tactile quality to this Touch-and-Feel Board Book. The 1967 beloved Richard Scarry classic gets a new trim size and new, lower price!
One day, a little white owl sets off to see the world. When hemeets some beautiful colourful owls he can t wait to share histoast and all his happy stories. But these pretty owls do not wantto be friends with a plain, little owl like him ...
th his wife and two children, Hansel and Gretel. His wife (the children's stepmother) doesn't like the youngsters, complaining, "Those wretched children of yours are gobbling everything up!" She persuades the loving but weak-willed woodcutter to take the children into the woods and abandon them to the wilderness. Hansel, first with white pebbles, then with bread crumbs, valiantly tries to lead his sister back to the house, but when the bread crumbs are eaten by birds, they are stuck. Much to their glee, the children eventually find a "small house made of cookies and candy, spun sugar and cake." But if you think this is a happy ending, think again! The weird, bawdy witch who lives in the delectable house cages Hansel (to fatten him up like a veal) and enslaves Gretel. Gretel pushes the witch into the oven as an unfortunate but necessary means to save her brother. Marshall has winningly retold and illustrated other fairy tales, including Goldilocks and the Three Bears, a Caldecott Honor Book. Here,
Learn English and Spanish words with Eric Carle Parents areincreasingly aware of the benefits of teaching children multiplelanguages, and the earlier the better This ingeniously simple boardbook uses Eric Carleas vibrant artwork to teach simple wordsaslidethe panel to reveal the name of each color in English or inSpanish. It combines the effectiveness of flashcards with theinteractivity of a novelty book
Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield,Massachusetts on March 2, 1904. After attendingDartmouth College and Oxford University, he began a career inadvertising. His advertising cartoons, featuring Quick,Henry, the Flit!, appeared in several leading Americanmagazines. Dr. Seuss's first children's book, And ToThink That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, hit the market in 1937, andthe world of children's literature was changedforever! In 1957, Seuss's The Cat in the Hat became theprototype for one of Random House's best- selling series, BeginnerBooks. This popular series combined engaging storieswith outrageous illustrations and playful sounds to teach basicreading skills. Brilliant, playful, and alwaysrespectful of children, Dr. Seuss charmed his way into theconsciousness of four generations of youngsters andparents. In the process, he helped kids learn toread. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and three Academy Awards,Seuss was the author and illustrator of 44 children's books, some
King of the barnyard, Chanticleer struts about all day. When afox bursts into his domain, dupes him into crowing, and then grabshim in a viselike grip, Chanticleer must do some quick thinking tosave himself and his barnyard kingdom.
Get ready for Fly Guy's wacky new tricks as he saves the day! In the latest installment of Tedd Arnold's NEW YORK TIMES bestselling Fly Guy series, Fly Guy puts on a show with all the new tricks that Buzz taught him. But when Fly Guy shows off The Backstroke, The Dizzy Doozie, and The Big Booger at dinner-time, Buzz tells Fly Guy only to do the tricks on command. The tricks come in handy when an annoying kid starts picking on Buzz and Fly Guy--and by the time Fly Guy pulls off The Big Booger, he runs away. Even reluctant readers will enjoy this fun, zany story about Fly Guy's exciting new tricks and how they end up helping Buzz and Fly Guy.
El Skippito is back! His doggy pals want to visit the UnderMundo—the underworld—where mummitos rest in peas. But they need ElSkippito’s brains and courage to answer the riddle of the Finx andenter the mummy’s tomb. Our hero is up to the task, and he’s in foranother whirlwind adventure. --This text refers to the Paperbackedition.
A playful peek into the homes of poorly dinosaurs‘What if adinosaurcatches the flu?Does he whimper and whinein between eachAtchoo?’Most certainly not! Dinosaurs get lots of juice and rest .They use hankies, take their medicine and are well-behaved at thedoctor’s!Brimming with humour and familiar antics, here is aplayful peek into the homes of poorly dinosaur children and theirparents. Mark Teague uses a variety of perspectives in hisdramatic, full-page pictures of tyrannosaurus rexes, triceratopses,and pteranodons.
'Poor old fox has lost his socks. He looks in a chest andfinds a vest.' Can you help fox find his socks? Are they in thekitchen or under the stairs? Are they inside the clock or hidden ina chest? Lift the flaps and find out! Collect all four books in"The Acorn Wood series:" "Postman Bear," "Rabbit's Nap," and"Hide-and-Seek Pig."
Go on a reading mission with LEGO DC Super Heroes. Exciting and action-filled, LEGO DC Super Heroes Heroes in Action lets you see your favourite LEGO DC Super Heroes do what they do best - save the day. Follow Batman and Robin as they swoop and soar through Arkham City, fighting baddies and helping people on the way. With LEGO DC Super Heroes Heroes in Action your child will learn about their favourite characters, weapons and vehicles, as well as starting on the road to a relationship with reading. Level 1 Readers are great for children who are beginning to learn to read with limited vocabulary and lots of word repetition to engage young fans and build their literary skills. A winning combination of popular cult subject and engaging story packed full of exciting images - LEGO DC Super Heroes Heroes in Action is perfect for getting children hooked on reading.