The master-storyteller turns his pen to rural village life with Ways of Sunlight in Trinidad: gossip and rivalry between village washerwomen; toiling cane-cutters reaping their harvest; superstitious old Ma Procop protecting the fruit of her Mango tree with magic. With equal wit and sensitivity, he reflects the depression of hard times in London, where people live in cold, damp basements, hustling for survival.

Join in the Easter fun with the Mr Men and Little Miss! There are lots of things to count and see, including bouncing bunnies, cheeping chicks and leaping lambs, but it wouldn't be Easter without an eggstraordinary Easter egg hunt! A fun-filled rhyming story, celebrating the joys of spring! Mr Men and Little Miss Celebrations introduce children to all the exciting occasions that people celebrate including sports day, a visit from the tooth fairy, Halloween and Chinese New Year.

The Moomin family and their friends are back in More Adventures in Moominvalley, a collection of warm and charming stories based on the award-winning 3D animation. Go on a journey to Moominvalley - a beautiful and peaceful place where everyone is kind and caring - and join Moomintroll, his parents Moominmamma and Moominpappa, and their friends Snufkin, Little My, Snorkmaiden and more on their exciting adventures. Capturing the wit and whimsy of Tove Jansson's classic tales, the nine stories in this collection follow the goings-on in Moominvalley as Moomintroll wakes up in deep midwinter and meets his mysterious Ancestor, Moomintroll and Snorkmaiden are haunted by a not-so-spooky ghost, the friends undertake a perilous expedition to an erupting volcano, and a very special Invisible Guest comes to stay. Packed full of exciting and eccentric twists and turns and featuring all of Tove Jansson's most beloved characters, this beautiful collection is sure to be treasured by Moomins fans old and new.

These delightful tales can be a sit around, a fun time, or even bedtime stories written in the spirit of traditional good values and morals we learn daily. I'll bring the hot chocolate; you read the book as we all sit around the fireplace. After all; every heart loves a good ol' fable or two. Put on your listening ears and enjoy ~ The Message of Tales Never Told.

Persimmon, daughter of a Jewish mold-maker and a Chinese woman, becomes a famous panda painter. Living in the forest of Chengdu Province, she adopts Bampo an orphaned panda bear, but what she has done is illegal, as only members of the royal family can own panda bears. She saves the life of Prince Ting Ling with a secret potion when he is gored by a wild boar in the forest of Chengdu, but afterward his soldiers cannot find her. A poacher alerts authorities and Persimmon is arrested and sentenced to be beheaded. Will the prince find her in time?