Wendell Flutz’s room isn’t a mess. It’s a total pigsty. But Wendell’s mother can’t get him to clean it up.Wendell doesn’t think the mess is so awful. In fact, he doesn’t even mind it when one day he discovers a real pig sitting on his bed!
This classic fairy tale of jack nd the Beanstalk comes to life with exciting,fun pop-ups and beautiful pictures-a deligh for young children everywhere!
Everyone laughs when Horton the Elephant offers to sit onMayzie bird's egg while she goes on holiday. Horton's kindness andfaithfulness are sorely tested when he, and the egg, are kidnappedand sold to a circus -- but his reward for being faithful is morewonderful than he could ever have dreamed! With his uniquecombination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes,Dr Suess has been delighting young children and helping them learnto read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchicCat in the Hat, and ranked among the UK's top ten favouritechildren's authors, Dr. Seuss is a global best-seller, with nearlyhalf a billion books sold worldwide. As part of a major rebrandprogramme, HarperCollins is relaunching Dr Seuss's best-sellingbooks. In response to consumer demand, bright new cover designsincorporate much-needed guidance on reading levels. The standardpaperbacks divide into three reading strands -- Blue Back Books forparents to share with young children, Green Back Books for bud
Help Puppy find his friends by lifting all the flaps in this bright and lively board book.Young children will love spotting familiar.objects,while learning first words.
The quintessential cautionary tale, Peter Rabbit warns naughty children about the grave consequences of misbehaving. When Mrs. Rabbit beseeches her four furry children not to go into Mr. McGregor's garden, the impish Peter naturally takes this as an open invitation to create mischief. He quickly gets in over his head, when he is spotted by farmer McGregor himself. Any child with a spark of sass will find Peter's adventures remarkably familiar. And they'll see in Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail that bane of their existence: the "good" sibling who always does the right thing. One earns bread and milk and blackberries for supper, while the obstinate folly of the other warrants medicine and an early bedtime. Beatrix Potter's animal stories have been a joy to generations of young readers. Her warm, playful illustrations in soft colors invite children into the world of words and flights of fancy. Once there, she gently and humorously guides readers along the path of righteousness, leaving just enough room for c
The fish are biting . . . everyone! Billy Deep and his sisterSheena are spending another summer in the Caribbean on theiruncle's totally cool floating lab. The weather is beautiful. Andthere are lots of neat places to go swimming and snorkeling. Billyand Sheena are great swimmers. But even great swimmers get intotrouble -- especially this year. This year there's something reallyscary going on under the sea. The fish all seem to be growing.Bigger and bigger. Into monster-sized sea creatures. Withmonster-sized appetites . . .
After revealing the inspirations behind Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings, David Colbert takes a tour of C.S. Lewis's Narnia-from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to The Last Battle-in this indispensable guide to the origins of the classic book
The story of a Parisian tramp,Armand,who finds a ready-made family to live with him under the bridge,was a Newbery Honor book when it was first published more than 30 years ago.Ages 7-11.Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information,Inc.