From dragons and griffins to mermaids and bunyips,mythological creatures abound in this joyous treasury of poetrycelebrating mythology and legends from around the world. EricCarle's playful and vibrantly-colored collages illustrate thefantastic beasts in more than 30 poems from renowned writers.8-page gatefold.

In this board book edition of Eric Carle's humorous storyabout a bad-tempered ladybird, the concepts of time and size areexplored through ingenious die cuts and glorious colour.

Alfie’s painting ‘Motorbike Man’ has been entered in thechildren’s painting competition at the Harvest Fair. His friendshave done paintings too, but when the winners are announced, noteveryone is happy with their prize…

Category: Feelings"Oh is Sophie ever angry now!"Everybody gets angry sometimes. For children, anger can be very upsetting. Parents, teachers, and children can talk about it. People do lots of different things when they get angry. In this Caldecott-honor book, kids will see what Sophie does when she gets angry. What do you do?"...Bang's double-page illustrations, vibrating with saturated colors, that reveal the drama of the child's emotions."-SLJ, starred review"...an elegant and thought-provoking book for...children learning how to deal with emotions." -NY Times Book Review

Girls and boys are always curious and sometimes even alarmed by the behaviour of their bodies as they grow up. Puberty being a particularly unsettling time, Babette Cole has made this the subject of the fifth title in her bestselling series of "family dilemmas". Who else but Babette would have the temerity to tackle this subject in a picture book and the genius to carry it off! In Hair in Funny Places her artwork is without exaggeration some of the best she has ever done: it is brilliant. The text takes the form of a conversation between a small girl and her teddy bear, and is ingenious and funny. It is the behaviour of Mr and Mrs Hormone (wonderfully depicted) which is responsible for and plays havoc with the physical and emotional states of girls and boys throughout puberty. This book is bound to be controversial but Babette has never taken the conventional path and her readers love her for her outrageous approach to little mentioned topics.

Puffin continues to update the Puffin Storytapes? audioprogram and convert the cassette tapes to compact discs. Thisseason, we’re adding two more titles to our list of PuffinStorytime? packages. Madeline’s Christmas, Ludwig Bemelmans’ classic tale of a littleFrench girl named Madeline as she celebrates Christmas, is perfectfor this holiday season.These Puffin picture books will beaccompanied by a compact disc that features a professional readingof the unabridged story. Perfect for road trips or quiet bedtimereading, as well as story time, preschool, and home school,PuffinStorytime: Madeline’s Christmas is sure to please children andparents alike.

Five little fiends live in their own little statues on top of ahill. Every day the five little fiends come out to marvel at theworld. Each fiend covets and takes home a different thing: themoon, sea, earth, land and wind are all taken home. However, thefiends soon realise that one thing is nothing without the whole,and they put it all back again, learning about sharing on theway.

This classic Christmas family favourite is now available as asound book - with a sleigh bell jingle on every page! One winter'snight, a snowman comes to life and an unforgettable adventurebegins. Raymond Briggs' classic picture book is a true piece ofChristmas magic - narrated entirely through pictures, it capturesthe wonder and innocence of childhood and is now recognisedthroughout the world.

Part of the My First Picture Book series: perfect for every toddler to help build language, understanding and enjoyment. These books are a bridge between board books and picture books; printed on sturdy card with rounded corners. Big lorry, quarry lorry, splish, spash, MUCK. Quarry lorry, BIG lorry, slip, slide stuck! So begins a disastrous day at the quarry, as lorry, truck and little digger all find themselves stuck in the mud. Thankfully Bigger Digger is on hand to save the day. We challenge you to read this and not want to start all over again. And again. It's a tongue-twisting, rhyming romp that will have little readers shouting out the words. With bold, bright illustrations by Ben Mantle, animal drivers, trucks and diggers and... MUD... this really is a book that reminds you how much fun reading can be!

Frances and Thelma are friends--most of the time Thelma alwaysseems to get Frances into trouble.When she tricks Frances intobuying her tea set,it's the last straw.Can Frances show her thatit's better to lose a bargain than lose a friend?

When a rat comes to live at the edge of their wood, theanimals decide they don't like having a stranger in their midst.But Frog is friendly by nature, and decides to find out if Rat isreally as unpleasant as he is made out to be. As Frog discovers,Rat is intelligent and good hearted, and proves in a series ofunexpected emergencies that the other animals have been too quickto condemn him. (19950208) 这是一套有助于孩子心灵成长的心理教育故事。每个故事都自然流露出某种重要的主题，充满了想像力。文图都是马克斯·维尔修思创作的，文字透着生动和浅浅的幽默，图画则是鲜有的简笔画风格，被西方艺术家誉为“简笔画世界的杰作”。目前该系列已经被翻译成38种语言，全球销量逾百万册。 本书是儿童心灵成长图画书系之一，青蛙弗洛格的成长故事——学会接纳与自己不一样的人，为处在性格形成关键期(3-6岁)的孩子准备的一份心理自助礼物。 我们常

A timeless tale about plucking up courage, now reissued at a largersize and with a fresh new cover. Make a friend for life in Alfie! Everyone loves Alfie! Alfie is delighted to be invited to Bernard's birthday party,although he feels a bit nervous about going on his own. But Alfiehas such a great time, he finds he doesn't even need his specialblanket - and he makes a new friend too! Join Alfie as he overcomes his shyness and becomes the most helpfulguest at the party!

Angelina and her friends love Halloween - they make sparklyfirefly costumes and have a lovely tea party with goblin biscuitsand scary games. Angelina's little sister Polly wants to be afirefly too, but Angelina says she's too small and clumsy, so hermother makes Polly a spooky Halloween costume instead. Polly endsup giving Angelina a real fright when she gets lost in an oldhaunted house - but she is soon found and Angelina promises Pollyher very own firefly costume next year.

Peppa Pig has lost her first tooth. With the tooth safely under her pillow, Peppa waits for the Tooth Fairy to arrive! Read this delightful story, and use the letter and tooth envelope to wait for the Tooth Fairy yourself. Dr Elephant, the dentist, gives you some handy tips on looking after your teeth, and there is a teeth chart for you to keep a record of when each of your milk teeth falls out. Everyone loves a visit from the Tooth Fairy. It's magic.

To celebrate Peter's birthday, Frederick Warne is publishingnew editions of all 23 of Potter's original tales, which take thevery first printings of Potter's works as their guide. The aim ofthese editions is to be as close as possible to Beatrix Potter'sintentions while benefiting from modern printing and designtechniques. The colors and details of the watercolors in the volumes arereproduced more accurately than ever before, and it has now beenpossible to disguise damage that has affected the artwork over theyears. Most notably, The Tale of Peter Rabbit restores six ofPotter's original illustrations. Four were sacrificed in 1903 tomake space for illustrated endpapers, and two have never been usedbefore. Of course, Beatrix Potter created many memorable children'scharacters, including Benjamin Bunny, Tom Kitten, JemimaPuddle-duck and Jeremy Fisher. But whatever the tale, both childrenand adults alike can be delighted by the artistry in Potter'sillustrations, while they also enjoy a very good read.