A fascinating and sometimes very funny account of the world of microbes. This is the story of what they are and how humans have tried (sometimes successfully, sometimes less so) to defeat them.
A wonderful mini hardback edition of a classic Christmas story about everyone's favourite family cat, complete with a beautiful foiled cover for extra Christmas sparkle!
Moominmamma and young Moomintroll search for the long lost Moominpappa through forest and flood, meeting a little creature (an early Sniff) and the elegantly strange Tulippa along the way.
The second book in a very funny new illustrated-fiction series from the award-winning Bridesmaids and The IT Crowd actor Chris O'Dowd and his long-term friend and Moone Boy TV-scriptwriting collaborator Nick Vincent Murphy. For fans of Wimpy Kid and David Walliams.
Reborn as a durable board book, Vera B. Williams' lively tale offers a "trio of gentle vignettes (that) shows three toddlers gathered up and cuddled by grownups"--"Horn Book". Full color.
One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this novel won the "Guardian" Children's Fiction award. Maggie is shy and awkward, and feels she'll never get a boyfriend, and only Liz, good-looking and self-assured, ever tries to boost Maggie's confidence. Yet Liz has problems of her own.
A collection of classic fairy tales such as: "Beauty and the Beast", "Fairy Gifts", "Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess", "Rumpelstiltskin", "Sweet Porridge", "The Hedley Kow", and "The Musicians of Bremen".
A great introduction for young children to ever-popular topics, with charming pictures and simple text perfect for reading and talking about with young children. Topics covered include Our World, Space, Science, My Body, Animals, Dinosaurs and Long Ago.