Ah want tae check she’s awricht. Ah kin luik there fur Brodie an aw. Burds are meant tae fly. Brodie goes missing. Being a bird with a bad wing, Iona is sent into a worry. Her mammy is busy trying to get her ready for school and the snaw is settling in. But Brodie must be found. Running through the garden and exploring Mad Billy’s farm, Brodie couldn’t have gone far. After all, she was a hoolet thit couldnae fly. A fantastic book from award-winning Scots author Emma Grae, exploring themes of confidence and celebrates the idea that it is okay to be different. Meet all the different animals we encounter on the search for Brodie in this bonnie wee book. There is an untapped market for an original children’s book in Scots and Emma is keen to fill it with great stories for kids aged 7-10 years old. With a snowy setting, it will make a great gift this Christmas for any child in Scotland.

This delightful farm-themed activity book will keep young children entertained for hours. The pages are packed with all sorts of enjoyable activities, including join the dots, spot the difference, colouring in, simple makes and other engaging puzzles. Fun and educational, the Farm Activity Book features beautiful, bright illustrations that will draw children in and keep them busy. Alain Gree's unmistakably rich and appealing style of illustration makes every page incredibly absorbing. And while children are enjoying the mazes, matching and counting, the activities will be helping them to develop a wide range of skills, including observational, conversational and motor skills. AGES: 4 to 11 AUTHOR: Alain Gree is a French author and illustrator of children's books. He has had over 300 books published, which have been translated into 20 different languages. He has also worked as a children's broadcaster on French national television, produced three detective novels, ten ship navigation books and been a journalist for 20 years for Voiles et Voiliers (sailing ships) magazine. He is currently a graphic designer and editor for various advertising publications. Alain's main hobby is sailing. He's owned several boats since the 1970s and has crossed the Atlantic Ocean twice. He finds his sailing trips provide the perfect time out to work on new children's stories and illustrations. Includes 100 stickers

This title features 60 double-sided, laminated cards. It includes clear, easy to read symbols and numbers, ranging from 0-100. Helpful notes for teachers, parents and carers are included. It is suitable for ages 3+. The laminated flash cards in this pack are ideal for teachers, parents and carers to teach basic mathematical skills to children aged 3+. A more advanced version of the Numbers flash cards, these cards feature numbers from 0-100 along with games and activities that target the UK Key Stage 1 syllabus. The child will learn to grasp basic mathematical concepts, such as addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. These double-sided cards are perfect for individual or class work and are an excellent tool to support the learning and enjoyment of this core subject.

The laminated flashcards in this pack are ideal for teachers, parents and carers to teach the most common sight words to children aged 4+. Single words appear in clear, appealing text on the double-sided cards, which are perfect for individual or class work. Notes are included with handy suggestions for games and activities with the cards.

In this delightful series of books, under GMC's exciting new imprint, Button Books, Alain Gree's stunning vintage illustrations leap out from every page. With three titles, Alphabet, Transport and Nature, aimed at 2-4 years, children will love to be taught their first words with the aid of such absorbing and vibrant illustrations. Despite their simplicity there is a richness of content that children will be fascinated by, and this wealth of information will be a joy for adults to share and discuss, making the potential for learning endless. As an educational tool and a pleasure to own, this fabulous series of books is a wonderful investment for families.

Kate and her Granny Jean have nothing in common. Jean's great claim to fame is raising her weans without two pennies to rub together, and Kate's an aspiring scriptwriter whose anxiety has her stuck in bad thought after bad thought. But what Jean's Glaswegian family don't know is that she dreamed of being a film star and came a hairsbreadth away from making it a reality. Now in her nineties, Jean is a force to be reckoned with. But when the family starts to fall apart Jean must face her failings as a mammy head-on - and Kate too must fight her demons. Either that or let go of her dream of the silver screen forever...

This title is suitable for ages 0-2 years. In this delightful series of books, under GMC's exciting new imprint, Button Books, Alain Gree's stunning vintage illustrations leap out from every page. With three titles, "Numbers", "Animals" and "Colours", aimed at children aged 0-2 and three further titles, "Alphabet", "Transport" and "Nature", aimed at 2-4 years, children will love to be taught their first words with the aid of such absorbing and vibrant illustrations. Despite their simplicity there is a richness of content that children will be fascinated by, and this wealth of information will be a joy for adults to share and discuss, making the potential for learning endless. As an educational tool and a pleasure to own, this fabulous series of books is a wonderful investment for families.

This is a new title in bestselling series from world-renowned illustrator Alain Gree. It teaches children to recognise a range of numbers and simple sums with the help of stunning vintage illustrations. Reverse of jacket is a wall poster illustrated with images of the book. It is suitable for children aged 2-5 years. Alain Gree's beautiful illustrations from the 1960s and 70s are known throughout the world. With their naivety of form and bold use of colour, their charm is undeniable. Aimed at children aged 2 to 5 years, Numbers is a beautiful arlin-covered hardback with embossed artwork and jacket. Clear, easy-to-read text is presented alongside the illustrations to teach a range of numbers and simple sums featured throughout as examples to reinforce and learn from. Despite their simplicity, there is a richness of content in the illustrations that children will be fascinated by, and this wealth of information will be a joy for adults to share and discuss, making the potential for learning endless.

Alain Gree's beautiful illustrations from the 1960s and '70s are known throughout the world. With their naivety of form and bold use of colour, their charm is undeniable. Part of a delightful series of books under GMC's exciting new imprint, Button Books, My First Book of Sounds features Alain Gree's stunning vintage illustrations on every page. Aimed at children aged 0 to 2 years, My First Book of Sounds is a robust, wipeable board book with rounded corners. Its vibrant pictures and large, bold text will make learning about noises in the world around them fun and absorbing for babies and toddlers.

Alain Gree's beautiful illustrations from the 1960s and 70s are known throughout the world. With their naivety of form and bold use of colour, their charm is undeniable. Part of a delightful series of books under GMC's exciting new imprint, Button Books, My first book of Nature features Alain Gree's stunning vintage illustrations on every page. Aimed at children aged 0 to 2 years, My first book of Nature is a robust, wipeable board book with rounded corners. Its vibrant pictures and large, bold text will make learning about the natural world around them fun and absorbing for young children and toddlers.

Packed with over 50 activities compiled by Alain Gree himself using a huge number of his illustrations created over the years, the Alain Gree Activity Book will keep a child busy for hours on end (and some adults too!). The activities include spot the difference, matching games and mazes as well as activities involving cutting out, folding and creating objects such as an old style television with a scrolling image and building a paper house. All of the pages are incredibly absorbing with Alain's unmistakably rich style of illustration. Each page of the activity book is printed single sided and also glued rather than stitched allowing the pages to be removed and displayed. Certain activities will appeal more to younger children (3+) while other will appeal to slightly older children.

This title contains durable laminated cards. It features delightful retro-style illustrations that make these cards ideal for learning numbers and sums. Helpful notes for teachers, parents and carers are included. It is suitable for ages 3+. The laminated flashcards in this pack are ideal for teachers, parents and carers to teach the numbers 0 to 50 to children aged 3+ and to teach sums to young school children. The cards have the number on one side and the word on the other. The plus, minus, multiply, divide and equals signs are included. Notes provide handy suggestions for a variety of games and activities with the cards.

This is a new title in bestselling series from world-renowned illustrator Alain Gree. It teaches children to recognise a range of colours with the help of stunning vintage illustrations. Reverse of jacket is a wall poster illustrated with images of the book. It is suitable for children aged 2-5 years. Alain Gree's beautiful illustrations from the 1960s and 70s are known throughout the world. With their naivety of form and bold use of colour, their charm is undeniable. Aimed at children aged 2 to 5 years, Colours is a beautiful arlin-covered hardback with embossed artwork and jacket. Clear, easy-to-read text is presented alongside the illustrations to teach a child to recognise a range of colours. Short sentences that use the colour are featured throughout as examples to reinforce and learn from. Despite their simplicity, there is a richness of content in the illustrations that children will be fascinated by, and this wealth of information will be a joy for adults to share and discuss, making the potential for learning endless.

Leading on from the very successful Alain Gree board books, also published by Button Books, comes this set of four mini board books beautifully presented in their own slipcase. The titles chosen for this set are: Colours, Animals, Numbers and Letters. Each mini book uses the same design and content as the original, larger format board books. The small size of each title will be very appealing to little children and the set will make an ideal gift. The back cover of each book doubles up as a puzzle showing one quarter of an image, put the books in the right order to create one of Alain's illustrations!

In this title, the reverse of the jacket has been printed to be used as a wall poster. In this delightful series of books, under GMC's exciting new imprint, Button Books, Alain Gree's stunning vintage illustrations leap out from every page. With three titles, "Alphabet", "Transport" and "Nature", aimed at 2-4 years, children will love to be taught their first words with the aid of such absorbing and vibrant illustrations. Despite their simplicity there is a richness of content that children will be fascinated by, and this wealth of information will be a joy for adults to share and discuss, making the potential for learning endless. As an educational tool and a pleasure to own, this fabulous series of books is a wonderful investment for families.

In this title, the reverse of the jacket has been printed to be used as a wall poster. It is suitable for ages 2-4 years. In this delightful series of books, under GMC's exciting new imprint, Button Books, Alain Gree's stunning vintage illustrations leap out from every page. With three title, "Alphabet", "Transport" and "Nature", aimed at 2-4 years, children will love to be taught their first words with the aid of such absorbing and vibrant illustrations. Despite their simplicity there is a richness of content that children will be fascinated by, and this wealth of information will be a joy for adults to share and discuss, making the potential for learning endless. As an educational tool and a pleasure to own, this fabulous series of books is a wonderful investment for families.

This features 44 double-sided, laminated cards. It is fun and easy to use one-on-one or with a group. Helpful notes for teachers, parents and carers are included. It is suitable for ages 3+. Phonics is a way of teaching children to read and write by using the sounds (phonemes) that we put together to form words. Ideal for practising phonics with young children aged 3+, these laminated cards introduce 44 basic phonemes along with carefully selected examples. Each card has a phoneme on one side and a simple word and picture on the other side. Fun and easy to use with individuals or a class group, these attractive cards make an excellent tool to support the development of this important skill. The notes, games and activity cards included provide all the information needed for teachers, parents and carers to guide and encourage a child's learning journey.

The reverse of the jacket has been printed to be used as a wall poster. It is suitable for ages 2-4 years. In this delightful series of books, under GMC's exciting new imprint, Button Books, Alain Gree's stunning vintage illustrations leap out from every page. With three titles, Alphabet, Transport and Nature, aimed at 2-4 years, children will love to be taught their first words with the aid of such absorbing and vibrant illustrations. Despite their simplicity there is a richness of content that children will be fascinated by, and this wealth of information will be a joy for adults to share and discuss, making the potential for learning endless. As an educational tool and a pleasure to own, this fabulous series of books is a wonderful investment for families.

This title includes durable laminated cards. It features delightful retro-style illustrations that will help children to remember the letters. Helpful notes for teachers, parents and carers are included. It is suitable for ages 3+. The laminated flashcards in this pack are ideal for teachers, parents and carers to teach the alphabet to children aged 3+. There are two sets of cards. One set has the letters of the alphabet and delightful illustrations by Alain Gree. The second set has the letters in lower and upper case. Notes are included with handy suggestions for games and activities with the cards.

In this title, the reverse of the jacket has been printed to be used as a wall poster. In this delightful series of books, under GMC's exciting new imprint, Button Books, Alain Gree's stunning vintage illustrations leap out from every page. With three titles, "Alphabet", "Transport" and "Nature", aimed at 2-4 years, children will love to be taught their first words with the aid of such absorbing and vibrant illustrations. Despite their simplicity there is a richness of content that children will be fascinated by, and this wealth of information will be a joy for adults to share and discuss, making the potential for learning endless. As an educational tool and a pleasure to own, this fabulous series of books is a wonderful investment for families.

Packed with more than 50 activities compiled by Alain Gree himself, using a huge number of his illustrations created over the years, this activity book will keep a child busy for hours on end (and some adults too!). The activities include spot the difference, matching games and mazes as well as ones involving cutting out, folding and creating objects such as building a paper house. All of the pages are incredibly absorbing with Alain's unmistakably rich style of illustration. Each page of the activity book is perforated and single sided, allowing the pages to be removed and displayed. Certain activities will appeal more to younger children (3+) while others will appeal to slightly older children.

In this bestselling series, the reverse of the jacket has been printed to be used as a wall poster. It is suitable for ages 2-5 years. In this delightful series of books, under GMC's exciting new imprint, Button Books, Alain Gree's stunning vintage illustrations leap out from every page. With five titles, Alphabet, Transport and Nature, Seaside and Exploring aimed at 2-4 years, children will love to be taught their first words with the aid of such absorbing and vibrant illustrations. Despite their simplicity there is a richness of content that children will be fascinated by, and this wealth of information will be a joy for adults to share and discuss, making the potential for learning endless. As an educational tool and a pleasure to own, this fabulous series of books is a wonderful investment for families.

The reverse of the jacket has been printed to be used as a wall poster. It is suitable for ages 2-5 years. In this delightful series of books, under GMC's exciting new imprint, Button Books, Alain Gree's stunning vintage illustrations leap out from every page. With three title, Alphabet, Transport and Nature, aimed at 2-4 years, children will love to be taught their first words with the aid of such absorbing and vibrant illustrations. Despite their simplicity there is a richness of content that children will be fascinated by, and this wealth of information will be a joy for adults to share and discuss, making the potential for learning endless. As an educational tool and a pleasure to own, this fabulous series of books is a wonderful investment for families.

Glasgow. 2007. Emo culture is thriving, but fifteen-year-old Cathy O'Kelly's world couldn't be more insular. It's her first day at high school. Bullied out of primary, she's got a new start after two years being taught at home by her Mammy. She's dreaming of getting the marks she needs to be a proper Scots writer and avoiding getting on the wrong side of the neds. Again. But her bully doesn't wear a tracksuit. Mark's a third year in an oversized hoodie and Converse. A poet. Or so he wants to be. When he learns of Cathy's dream, he's makes it his mission to tear it down - and win her admiration. Will a chance encounter with a punk band at Glasgow's seminal underage club save her? Or will a different kind of bully push Cathy further into herself?

From Banks's brewery's yeasty stink to groaty pudding to spicy curry, Sebastian Groes and R. M. Francis have assembled a new literary history of the smells and (childhood) memories that belong to the Black Country. This often overlooked region of the United Kingdom at the frontlines of post-industrial upheaval is a veritable treasure trove for studying the relationship between olfaction and place-specific memory. Smell, Memory, and Literature in the Black Country is an interdisciplinary exploration of the relationship between smell and memory in which the contributions consider both personal and communal memory. Drawing on psychology, neuroscience, memory studies, literary studies and philosophy, the critical essays reconsider psychogeography through cutting-edge sensory and philosophical engagements with physical space, smell, language and human behaviour. The creative contributions from writers including Liz Berry, Narinder Dhami, Anthony Cartwright, and Kerry Hadley-Pryce meditate on the senses, place, and identity. Not only does this book illustrate the rich cultural heritage of the Black Country, it will also appeal to those interested in place writing. The book is prefaced by Will Self.