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A brand new, never-before-seen rhyming romp of a picture book from the legendary Dr. Seuss - special Collector's edition. This never-ever-before-seen picture book by Dr. Seuss about making up one's mind is the literary equivalent of buried treasure! A brother and sister visit a pet shop to pick a pet, but can't decide which one to go for. Sometimes making a choice can seem impossible to a child, and What Pet...? explores how it is hard to make up your mind, but sometimes you just have to do it! The cliffhanger ending will also fire children's imaginations and provoke discussion about their own choices. A Publisher's Note at the end discusses the thrilling recent discovery of this new manuscript and illustrations, exploring Dr Seuss' creative process and the inspiration of his own life in his work.
Join Peter Rabbit as he learns about colours, numbers and animals in this adorable little library. In these four chunky board books you will learn early concepts with Peter Rabbit and all his friends. With beautiful, bright, contemporary artwork, this board book collection is perfect for even the youngest Peter Rabbit fans. Look out for other Peter Rabbit books with early learning concepts: Hop, Skip and Stick sticker activity book What Can You See, Peter? Hoppy Holidays sticker activity book
Write and erase in this new Disney Princess Look and Find book. This book is filled with Look and Find challenges as well as Picture Puzzles featuring beloved Disney Princesses. Use the erasable marker to indicate what you’ve found. When you’re done, simply erase and start all over again! This book will provide hours of fun for the princess in your household. Features: 1 title spread, 5 Look and Find spreads, 5 Picture Puzzle Spreads, 2 Spreads in back with additional findems and answer keys, 1 erasable marker
Curious George and his friend are spending a fun summer day at their local pool. Kids are swimming, diving, and playing pool games, and there's even a snack stand! George can't wait to spend the whole day in the water, but when he sees his friend Lucy afraid to swim, George wants to help. Join George as he learns the pool rules and has lots of summer fun at the pool!
The bestselling children's books series for over 50 years! Little Miss Princess lives in a castle with turrets and a moat, and she has lots of people to do things for her. But Little Miss Princess isn't rude or spoilt. One day, she decides to help an injured Mr. Bump, but as you can imagine, Little Miss Princess isn't used to doing things herself, so everything doesn't quite go to plan... The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
First Stories: Beauty and the Beast is the perfect introduction, for young children, to this classic fairy tale. Push, pull and turn mechanisms bring the story to life and reveal favourite scenes, as Beauty joins the scary Beast in his mysterious castle. This well-loved fairy tale is beautifully re-imagined for a new generation by children's illustrator Dan Taylor. Little ones can collect more books in the First Stories series, including Snow White, Rapunzel, and The Little Mermaid.
A new edition of the classic Berenstain Bears story, ideal for children just beginning to read on their own. The Bears' Holiday is a story about the fun to be had on a summer holiday, and the risks to be avoided. Papa Bear teaches Small Bear sensible rules about safety on the beach and in the water - but he's not always good at following his own rules! Children will learn along with Small Bear and laugh as they watch Papa Bear blunder into one dangerous situation after another! "I can read it all by myself" is the Beginner Books motto, and behind it is an understanding of how important it is for children to take pride amd pleasure in their early reading. Beginner Books have been designed to appeal directly to children through the use of humour, rhyme and bright pictures that can be "read" even by the non-reading child. Some Beginner Books are simple stories, others are hilarious nonsense: both types have been designed to give children confidence and make them go on reading.
Join the Mr Men and Little Miss as they go to work at a Vets! Little Miss Brainy and Mr Quiet look after lots of different animals at the Mr. Men and Little Miss Vets. You may have met some pets just like them yourselves, but there are certainly some you won't have! Who will visit the Vets today? This new series features the Mr Men and Little Miss in work environments and is the perfect story range for young children interested in playing and learning about what goes on in the adult world of work.
It's time for Mr Potato's Super Fantastic Dance Competition! Peppa, Suzy Sheep, Mandy Mouse and Rebecca Rabbit can't wait to perform their dance. Will they win a prize? And can Peppa persuade Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig to join in, too? Peppa and George love dancing. Everyone loves dancing!
Peppa is playing hide-and-seek with her friends, but she can't find anybody! Her friends are all very good at hiding. Join the fun and help Peppa spot everyone in this brilliant lift-the-flap book.
From making you smile, even when things are going wrong, to knowing just when hugs are needed, mummies are Splendid, Fun, Magic, Sunshine - lots of the Little Miss rolled into one! This book features Little Miss who will help you show your mummy just how special she is to you.
Copy colour, complete part-coloured pictures and fun posters featuring the characters and locations from Disney Pixar's Luca
Learn to read with Peppa and friends!
They introduce the following Sight Words: a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, and you.
Meg's spells continue to surprise her and the eggs she makes for supper are even more strange than usual. Before she can cook them they start to hatch, and out come . . . DINOSAURS!
Celebrate summer with Spot and his friends in these brand-new lift-the- flap editions Kids can still lift the flaps to bake a cake and to spend time with Spot and his grandparents, but now their favorite puppy will be featured in a colorful new design. For the first time since their publication, these two lift-the-flaps will have full-color covers and spines.
Put on your hard hat and join the Mr Men and Little Miss working hard on the construction site! When Mr Happy decides to build a new house, he enlists the help of the Mr. Men and Little Miss. With digging, building, plumbing and painting, there is a lot of work to do. But with much mischief and mayhem on the building site, things don't quite go to plan!
The bestselling children's books series for over 50 years! Mr Silly lived in Nonsenseland, which is a very funny place to live. You see, in Nonsenseland, everything is as silly as it can be. This year Mr Silly is determined to win the Nonsense Cup for having the silliest idea. The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
From Aunt Annie's alligator to the colourful Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz, Dr. Seuss's delightful book introduces early learners to the letters of the alphabet through an amazing array of crazy creatures. Big B, little B, what begins with B? Baby, barber, bubbles and a bumblebee! Children can have lots of fun that is funny learning about big and little letters. With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. As the first step in a major rebrand programme, HarperCollins has relaunched 17 of Dr. Seuss's best-selling books, including such perennial favourites as The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Fox in Socks. In response to consumer demand, the bright new cover designs incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels, with the standard paperbacks divided into three reading strands - Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children, Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own, and Yellow Back Books for older, more fluent readers to enjoy. Dr. Seuss's ABC belongs to the Blue Back Book range.
A very special, spooky story from Dr. Seuss – with glow-in-the-dark cover! Then I was deep within the woods When, suddenly, I spied them. I saw a pair of pale green pants Wth nobody inside them! Turn out the lights and say hello to Dr. Seuss’s spookiest character… the pair of empty trousers, with nobody inside them! First published as part of The Sneetches and Other Stories collection, this all-time favourite story of Dr. Seuss’s is now published on its own in this very special edition with a glow-in-the-dark cover! Make sure you hold the glow in the dark under a light source to charge up the cover, then enjoy a spooky surprise in the darkness! A perfect present for boys and girls from ages three and up.
The bestselling children's books series for over 50 years! Mr Noisy was a very, very noisy person indeed. If Mr Noisy was reading this story to you, he'd be shouting it at the top of his voice. When Mr Noisy sneezes you can hear it in the next country... The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?
Sam-I-Am and his Green Eggs and Ham get a brand-new look for their 60th birthday, in this very special slipcase edition of the original Dr. Seuss classic that inspired the Netflix series. It’s the 60th birthday of Green Eggs and Ham – and you’re invited to the party! The original Dr. Seuss classic that inspired the Netflix series is now available in this very special 60th birthday celebration slipcase edition. When Sam-I-am pesters a grumpy grouch to eat a plate of green eggs and ham, we soon find out we can’t really know what we like until we try it! Written using only fifty words, this is the perfect book to introduce children to the joy of words, reading, and Dr. Seuss, or delight existing fans with this gorgeous gift edition of a worldwide favourite.
The perfect introduction to Thomas the Tank Engine! Toby the Tram Engine worked in a seaside town. Toby felt sad because people said he and his coach, Henrietta, were too old-fashioned. Then one day someone special took a ride with Toby and Henrietta, and saw how Really Useful the railway pair could be. Thomas Engine Adventures is a great way to pass on the tradition of Thomas to early readers. Children aged 2 and up will love meeting classic characters such as Percy, James, Gordon, and Toby down on The Fat Controller's railway. These fun, short stories come with a bonus spot-and-see activity at the end. Perfect for bedtime. Thomas has been teaching children lessons about life and friendship for over 75 years. He ranks alongside other beloved character such as Paddington Bear, Winnie-the-Pooh and Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage
With a cast of wonderful sea creatures, including a magical mermaid, and plenty of seaside fun, What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside is a brilliant rhyming adventure from the bestselling picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. The clever little ladybird is off on a trip to the seaside, but those two bad men, Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len, are up to their wicked ways again. This time they're planning to steal the mermaid's hair and sell it to a famous star. Luckily, the crime-busting ladybird has a clever plan to stop the thieves ... The fourth title in the Number One bestselling What the Ladybird Heard series from the award-winning team of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. Enjoy other stories from Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks: The Singing Mermaid, Sugarlump and the Unicorn and The Rhyming Rabbit
Generations of children have grown up on Winnie the Pooh's adventures with his forest friends. These sparkling audio adaptations of A.A. Milne's beloved stories--now available on CD--feature an all-star cast of readers, including Oscar winner Judi Dench. Three cheers for that silly old bear! In "Pooh Goes Visiting," Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place, Pooh and Piglet go hunting and nearly catch a Woozle, Eeyore loses a tail and Pooh finds one, Piglet is entirely surrounded by water, Christopher Robin gives a Pooh Party, and we say good-bye.
A beautiful story of friendship and love. Our wonderful, diverse, colourful country is filled with many deserving stories. A beautifully integral one is the story of friendship and love between children and their nannies. This story is the second title in the series about a little boy, Sam, and his wonderful, creative and inspiring nanny, Nelly. Nelly shares ideas, local history, tradition and culture with Sam. She brings a bit of her world, words and heart into his. Sam in turn, does what all little boys do – he happily joins in the adventure. This particular story revolves around the idea of thwala – the Zulu word for carrying something on your head. By crossing a shallow stream for a picnic, Nelly teaches Sam the art of thwala and Sam learns that there is more than one way to use his head. This is a story of innocence, love and care that connects us across backgrounds. |
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