This collection features eight beautifully illustrated tales from Goodnight Moon author Margaret Wise Brown that are crafted for reading aloud to your little one in five-minute chunks so that you can read them at bedtime...or anytime.

This beautifully illustrated, magical story collection from best-selling author Margaret Wise Brown--creator of the children's classics Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny--will enchant children and parents alike. With eight stories that can each be read in about five minutes, it's a perfect collection to read to your little one before bed or any time!

Return to the world of Mortal Engines in this new book of three short stories about the rebellious young aviatrix, Anna Fang, illustrated by Ian McQue. A key character in the Mortal Engines book and film, this is your chance to learn more of her past. Night Flights includes Traction City, the 2011 World Book Day Book by Philip Reeve. In a dangerous future world where gigantic, motorised cities attack and devour each other, London hunts where no other predator dares. But Anna Fang - pilot, adventurer, spy - isn't afraid. The three stories show gripping, moving, exciting moments in Anna Fang's life: her childhood as a slave aboard the moving city Arkangel, a showdown against a robotic Stalker that is terrifyingly out of control and her free life as an intelligence agent for the Anti-Traction league that might not be quite as free as she hoped.

Sixteen extraordinary authors―including New York Times bestsellers Melissa de la Cruz, Renée Ahdieh, and Julie Kagawa―reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia in short stories that are by turns enchanting, heartbreaking, romantic, and passionate. This exquisite paperback anthology includes an original bonus story from Ellen Oh. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called A Thousand Beginnings and Endings a “must-read.”

A mountain loses her heart. Two sisters transform into birds to escape captivity. A young man learns the true meaning of sacrifice. A young woman takes up her mother’s mantle and leads the dead to their final resting place.

Bestselling and award-winning authors explore the timeless themes of East and South Asian lore in sixteen original stories that will appeal to every reader. From fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge, these stories will beguile readers from start to finish. Edited by We Need Diverse Books co-founder Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman, this anthology contains stories from sixteen Asian and South Asian authors, including New York Times bestsellers and award-winners. In a starred review, Kirkus called it an “incredible anthology that will keep readers on the edges of their seats, wanting more.”

Featuring:

Renée Ahdieh, Elsie Chapman, Sona Charaipotra, Preeti Chhibber, Roshani Chokshi, Aliette de Bodard, Melissa de la Cruz, Julie Kagawa, Rahul Kanakia, Lori M. Lee, E. C. Myers, Cindy Pon, Aisha Saeed, Shveta Thakrar, Alyssa Wong, and a new original story by Ellen Oh.

Umbhali lapha uxoxa izindaba ezimfushane ezimayelana nezigigaba ezihlukene ngempilo yasemhlabeni. Ezindabeni, umbhali ubuye athinte kwezothando, ubudlelwano phakathi kwabantu nangokuthi omunye uthinteka kangakanani empilweni yomunye nasemphakathini aphila nawo. Lapha kusetshenziswe ubuciko obukhulu ukwenza ulimi lwesiZulu lube lula entsheni yamanje. The writer talks about life and its problems. ??He also touches on love and relationships. The writer aims to make the Zulu language easy for today’s youth to understand.

A full-colour short story taken from the magical Wishing-Chair series. Perfect for new readers. Be whisked away!

Never in their wildest dreams, could Mollie and Peter have imagined something so wonderful as a magic Wishing-Chair that will fly you anywhere and grant your every wish!

And so when a goblin steals their mother's ring, they set off on an adventure on the Wishing-Chair to the goblin village to get it back!

When Luke is confronted with Stellar, his superpowered twin from another dimension, he is highly suspicious. No one travels through time and space without a plan, and that plan is usually EVIL. So what does Stellar want? And why is he so UNBELIEVABLY IRRITATING? From his superhero hair to his rocket-powered shoes, Stellar is up to no good, and Luke must BRING HIM DOWN! My Evil Twin Is a Supervillain is the third instalment of Luke's laugh-out-loud adventures. From the author of My Brother Is a Superhero, winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the British Book Industry Awards Children's Book of the Year. Books don't come much funnier than these! Packed with heart and soul, this series is perfect for fans of David Baddiel and David Walliams. My Brother Is a Superhero My Gym Teacher is an Alien Overlord My Evil Twin is a Supervillain My Arch-Enemy is a Brain in a Jar My Cousin is a Time-Traveller

X-kit Achieve [subject, grade, e.g. Mathematics Grade 10] Study Guide has been revised to according incorporate the latest Assessment Guidelines (as outline in Section 4 of the CAPS), and updated with current trends to ensure the content remains relevant and applicable to learners. Written by experienced teachers, X-kit Achieve Study Guides are filled with step-by-step explanations, annotated diagrams and illustrated concepts, plenty of practice activities and answers, summary tables, and exam hints and tips.

Hierdie spesiale kinderboek bevat tien omgeestories met hart.

Elke kind in juffrou Ansie se klas by Hoephoepieland het ’n eie storie wat in uitdagende omstandighede binne ’n multikulturele Suid- Afrikaanse konteks afspeel. Die situasies wissel van trauma (’n taxi-ongeluk, vreemdelingehaat, ’n huis wat afbrand en gesinsgeweld), mediese toestande (kongenitale hartdefek, ’n aansteeklike longsiekte en serebrale verlamming) tot verskillende gesinsamestellings (aanneming en ’n afwesige vader). Die outeur pak gewigtige kwessies met deernis, sensitiwiteit en fyn humor aan.

Die boek maak kinders bewus van ander se lewensomstandighede en help om hulle kapasiteit vir empatie te ontwikkel. Daar is ook agtergrondinligting oor elke storie se spesifieke tema asook vrae om oor te gesels.

Hierdie bundel stories is ʼn karos waarmee jy jou kind opnuut kan koester. Daarmee saam kom die genadegawe om waarlik mekaar se harte te hoor. Om dit reg te kry het jy nie geld of goed nodig nie. Al wat nodig is, is om vir slegs 20 minute elke aand sonder die selfoon, TV en al die 1001 dinge wat jou aandag deur die dag opeis vir jou kind ʼn storie te lees. Die sleutel tot behoorlike lees- en taalvaardigheid begin lank vóór gr. R – by iets eenvoudig soos ʼn slaaptydstorie en jou onverdeelde aandag. ’n Ideale boek vir jou kleinding wat hou van stories, rympies en speletjies.

• Early start, Large print stories with a moral.

Far, far away there was a wood. A jumble of twists and turns, ups and downs, and unknowns. The little creatures that lived there each had a thing that made them happy... ... all of them except Pod, who just can't seem to find hers. Exasperated and sad, Pod sets off to discover where her 'happiness' might be hiding, only to find it in the friends she meets along the way.

Mickey has no cricket kit and his mom, a single parent, cannot afford a new one. He goes reluctantly to a charity shop where he buys a second-hand kit.

The charity shop owner suggests that the initials ‘JK’ on the bat mean that the bat belonged to Jacques Kallis. Mickey finds that he plays extraordinarily well with this bat and begins to believe that it is a ‘magic’ bat.

The coach wants to take Mickey to the district trials where he’ll be the youngest player. But disaster strikes when Mickey leaves his bat behind by mistake: he has to face playing without his magic bat.

MML 2017 Literature Award Winner.

• Early start, Large print stories with a moral.

Jacqueline Wilson's Happy Holidays is the perfect summer read for any fan!

Don’t just spend your summer holiday with just one pal from Jacqueline Wilson’s world, hang out with a whole bunch of them!
As well as puzzles, fun facts and activities this bumper book also features short stories from:

• Tracy Beaker
• Hetty Feather
• Beauty (from Cookie)
• Gemma (from Best Friends)
• Lily (from Lily Alone)
• Plus a holiday adventure with Tim and Biscuits from Cliffhanger!

• Early start, Large print stories with a moral.

Vir die eerste keer verskyn al vier Slym-boeke saam in een pragtige volkleur-omnibus, met illustrasies deur die skrywer, Fanie Viljoen. Dit sluit in:

- Slym: Die wêreld se eerste wurm in 'n paddakonsert

- Slym en die beker van geluk

- Slym en die gogga-sirkus

- Slym en die towertapyt

Langs die riete in Paddavlei,

daar waar al die paddas bly,

onder die grote hemelruim,

woon daar ook 'n wurm, Slym.

Op 'n dag word 'n wurm deur 'n voël gevang. Maar die wurm se naam is nie verniet Slym nie … Hy skrik so groot dat hy 'n bol vrotterige slym in die voël se bek skiet. Die voël skrik op sy beurt weer so groot dat hy vir Slym laat val … by 'n skool vir paddas.

En só begin 'n hele reeks avonture by die paddaskool, waar Slym vir juffrou Plat Anna en die ander onderwysers leer ken, hope gawe paddamaats soos Paddavoet en Brulbekkie maak, en moet ligloop vir Giftand die slang en die skoolboelie, Padarotti.

Fanie Viljoen se Slym-reeks is nie verniet so gewild nie. Sedert die verskyning van die eerste Slym-boek in 2004 het dié oulike wurm en sy aanhangers al hope avonture saam beleef. Slym het die eerste wurm geword wat in 'n paddakonsert gesing het, hy het 'n draai by die gogga-sirkus gemaak, die paddakoning ontmoet en selfs op 'n towertapyt gery! Boonop het hy sommer twee ATKV-Woordveertjies ook ingepalm!

Vir die eerste keer verskyn al vier Slym-boeke saam in een pragtige volkleur-omnibus, met illustrasies deur die skrywer, Fanie Viljoen. Dit sluit in:

- Slym: Die wêreld se eerste wurm in 'n paddakonsert

- Slym en die beker van geluk

- Slym en die gogga-sirkus

- Slym en die towertapyt

The true story of social media sensation Esther the Wonder Pig and her two dads that inspired the New York Times bestselling memoir for adults is now being told in a picture book with adorable illustrations and a message of love.

When Steve and Derek adopted a mini pig named Esther, they had no idea that she would turn out to be not-so-mini after all. When her new family saw just how big and wonderful Esther really was, they fell in love--and their lives changed forever. Esther would soon grow too large for her bed, and their small apartment. She got into everything, including her neighbor's tasty garden. So the whole family moved from a small apartment to a big farm, where Esther and her animal friends could fit happily (and get into a little less mischief). Eventually, that farm would become the Happily Esther After animal sanctuary, home to rescued animals of all kinds.

• Early start, Large print stories with a moral.

Twelve extraordinary Doctor Who stories, each featuring a monstrous villain from the Doctor Who world.

On every planet that has existed or will exist, there is a winter . . .

Many of the peoples of Old Earth celebrated a winter festival. A time to huddle together against the cold; a time to celebrate being half-way out of the dark.

But shadows are everywhere, and there are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things, lurking in the cold between the stars.

Here are twelve stories - one for each of the Twelve Days of Christmas - to remind you that to come out of the darkness we need to go into it in the first place.

We are not alone. We are not safe. And, whatever you do: don't blink.

Written by popular children's author, and lifelong Doctor Who fan, Dave Rudden.

A brand new collection of stories that exhibit important values and virtues.

Each story is accompanied by beautiful illustrations with the focus on character building in the following areas:

• Attitude
• Believe
• Respect
• Forgive
• Letting Go

• Early start, Large print stories with a moral.

Ooo ...

Ek is ’n eensame krokodil.

Mense kyk vir my en gril.

Ek soek maters hoog en laag,

maar almal sê ek vreet te graag.

Geslagte Afrikaanse kinders het grootgeword met Betty Misheiker se liedjies oor die dapper muis wat kamstig bang is vir niks; die lappop wat saam met die vrot pampoen en die stukkende skoen op die ashoop beland; en die eensame krokodil wat die luisteraar nooi om in die water te klim.

Hierdie reeks bestaan uit drie oulike prenteboeke gebaseer op die lirieke van Misheiker se immergroen kinderliedjies “Die lappop”, “Die eensame krokodil” en “Die dapper muis”.

Sanri kan nie wag om haar beste vriend, Markus, se neef te ontmoet nie. Danté en sy gesin bly in Vlermuishoogte – ’n geheimsinnige ou kasteel. Maar iets is nie pluis nie ... Waarom het Danté se pa ’n skaduwee soos ’n vlermuis? En is Markus dalk in gevaar?

Mieke is mal oor meerminne.

Haar ma en haar ouma dink hulle bestaan net in sprokies.

Maar Mieke weet hulle bestaan regtig.

En danksy die meerminprinses Luna en haar betowerde skulpkammetjie, kan Mieke deesdae by die meerminne in hul ongelooflike onderwater-wêreld gaan kuier! Dit voel teen hierdie tyd al soos haar tweede tuiste.

Prinses Luna is baie opgewonde toe sy uit die bloute 'n brief van prins Kadan kry. Hy is die meermin-prins van die Koraalkoninkryk - en op haar ma se verjaardagbal het hulle heerlik gedans. Daar is net een probleem: Luna se pa en Kadan se pa is aartsvyande!

Toe Luna besluit om vir Kadan in die Koraalkoninkryk te gaan kuier, wéét Mieke daar is moeilikheid op pad.

Kort voor lank trotseer hulle die donker dieptes van die oseaan waar allerlei skrikwekkende avonture op hulle wag - 'n storm, 'n donker kelpwoud, seeslange, skeepswrakke … en twee baie kwaai meerminkonings!

Sanri is teen hierdie tyd gewoond daaraan dat vreemde dinge op Raaiselfontein gebeur. Toe brille links en regs begin wegraak, kry sy dadelik snuf in die neus. Dan maak Sanri en Markus kennis met ’n spookmeisie – en sy het hulle hulp nodig.