Children love the bright, busy pages of the Little Red Trainseries. When Duffy the driver is told to keep going until the lightschange, that’s exactly what he does -- and he doesn’t even noticethat he’s driven Little Red Train right under the sea toFrance!

The nasty Swish Train drivers have challenged Duffy and Jackto a race and when the flag goes down, the Swish Train speeds outof sight!

6 In its extraordinary debut, Safari , introduced the world to Photicular technology. The cheetah bounded, the African elephant flapped its ears and readers could not believe their eyes. Now the creators of Safari take their work a step further. Ocean offers not only a refinement of inventor Dan Kainen s Photicular technology, but a subject undulating creatures of the deep perfectly suited to the immersive visual pleasure of the process. Ocean is like being on a dive. Open the book, and the reader is swept into the magic of an underwater world, face-to-face with a floating Yellow-Banded Sweetlips; with a glow-in-the-dark Deep-Sea Anglerfish; with a Sea Horse swaying in balletic motion; with a Sand Tiger Shark gliding along the ocean floor, its gaze haunting, its hook-toothed mouth gulping open and closed. The text by Carol Kaufmann enchants with its de*ions of coral reefs; a journey on Alvin , the 17-ton submersible; and a meditation on our oceans. Then, for each creature, she writes a lively an

From Publishers Weekly This enchanting story explores the ups and downs of close-knitcamaraderie. Beginning with a peek through a window where Cat,Squirrel and Duck are making music together, Cooper (The Boy WhoWouldn't Go to Bed) invites youngsters into their cozypumpkin-shaped home. There's a rhythm to their lives: each has hisown instrument to play and his own duties when it comes to cookingtheir famous pumpkin soup ("the best you ever tasted"). But oneday, Duck decides to be the stirrer instead of the salt pourer, andan all-out battle ensues. Here the warm golden glow that haspermeated their dwelling turns an angry orange-red with paws, wingsand "@#$!"s flying. After Duck waddles off in a huff, the remainingpair heads out to hunt for himAto no avail. In a charmingtime-lapse sequence, vignettes of Cat and Squirrel moping on thesteps of their house form an arc along the side of a spread ("Sothey waited.../ All that long afternoon..."). Mimickinggrade-schoolers everywhere, Cat and Squirrel next

The Quentin Blake Treasury contains: All Join In * Quentin Blake’s Nursery Rhyme Book * Patrick * Angelica Sprocket’s Pockets * Mister Magnolia * Quentin Blake’s ABC * Cockatoos * Angel Pavement * Mrs Armitage Queen of the Road Meet Mister Magnolia, with only one boot! Peer into Angelica Sprocket’s Pockets! Set off with Mrs Armitage Queen of the Road, be whisked away by the music of the extraordinary Patrick and soar into the air on the wings of Angel Pavement. Discover the crazy counting of the mischievous Cockatoos and the most enjoyable alphabet ever in Quentin Blake’s ABC. And finally, join in at the top of your voice with the verse and songs of Quentin Blake’s Nursery Rhyme Book and All Join In! From Quentin’s very first picture book to his most recent adventures, this collection spans and celebrates his astonishing career. There’s inspiration and exuberance, wit and wonder, joy and jollity to be found within these pages; we can’t wait for you to explore them…

All Tico the wingless bird wants is a pair of golden wings tocarry him up over the mountaintops. But when Tico's wish isgranted, none of his friends will talk to him. What's so wrong withbeing different? Tico wonders all alone. One day Tico helps acrying man by giving him one of his golden feathers. A blackfeather appears in its place. Each day he gives a feather away tosomeone in need until his golden wings are as black as India ink.When Tico returns to his friends, they are all relieved to see him.and quot; Now you are just like us, and quot; they say. But Ticoknows there is more to him than the color of his wings.

It's the night before Christmas and everyone is sick in bed. All except brave Madeline, who is up and about and feeling just fine. Taking care of eleven little girls and Miss Clavel is hard work, but Madeline finds help from a magical merchant peddling flying carpets door-to-door. Now the girls are going on a Christmas journey that will surely make them forget their sniffles and sneezes. Great for gift-giving and group sharing, Madeline's Christmas now joins the five other books about Madeline as a deluxe, full-sized paperback.

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When two children climb over the garden wall of the big house,they embark on a voyage of discovery. For this uncharted territoryreveals a topiary ship, complete with a wheelhouse that looksrather like a garden shed. It isn't long before the shipowner comesacross the stowaways, but their communal sense of adventure isdestined to see them all through the eye of the storm!

When Little Bear's shadow gets in the way of his catching afish, he decides to get rid of it. No matter what he does though,it won't go away! Bear tries everything he can think of to get ridof his shadow.