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This is My Dad celebrates families of all shapes and sizes in a
heartfelt, beautifully illustrated story that parents and carers
will love sharing with their children. Most of the time, Leo loves
Show and Tell at school. But when his teacher announces that next
up is Tell Us About Your Dad Day, his tummy ties into knots and he
tries to disappear into the corner of the classroom. His classmates
can't wait but all Leo can think is ... 'how can I celebrate
someone I've never met?' Leo is an only child living with his
mother, and has never known a father figure. His mother is his
hero: as a children's author, she spends most of her time battling
monsters and creating awesome new worlds! When Tell Us About Your
Dad Day comes around, Leo worries that he won't have anything to
present to his class. After fruitlessly searching high and low for
clues about his father, he realises that he already knows someone
cool, courageous and clever - someone who's not his dad, but is his
everything. This is My Dad is a timely, important and heart-warming
look at modern family dynamics. It highlights that families come in
all shapes and sizes, and they are all worthy of celebration. With
one in four children in the UK living with a single parent, and 90%
of those parents being a woman, Leo's family situation will
resonate with millions of children, and will provide a valuable
insight for millions more.
Flick is just like any other youngster. She loves to chase
butterflies and jump in autumn leaves. But life at the end of
Holyrood Lane is often violent and unpredictable due to the
constant storms that plague her home, causing her to cringe with
dread and flee whenever they strike. Flick tries her best to quell
her fears and endure the storms' persistent wrath until, one day,
with nowhere left to hide Flick summons the courage to face her
fears by asking for help to overcome them. At the End of Holyrood
Lane provides a sensitive glimpse into one aspect of domestic
violence and how it can affect young lives. Designed to be visually
arresting, emotionally incisive, and ultimately uplifting, it is a
tale of anxiety shown through the eyes of a small child with an
intense dislike for thunderstorms - a fear shared by many young
children. This clever duality of meaning is able to evoke a gentle
awareness for young readers who may be suffering their own domestic
torment but who are too scared or unsure of how to seek help and
shelter from their own storms, whatever their nature. This is the
second book by the acclaimed author-illustrator team of Dimity
Powell and Nicky Johnston, who specialise in handling difficult
subjects with sensitivity and hope.
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Pippa (Paperback)
Dimity Powell; Illustrated by Andrew Plant
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R327
Discovery Miles 3 270
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Pippa is a little pigeon with big blue-sky ambitions: to fly solo
and explore the world beyond her nest. Her parents are less than
thrilled with their risk-taking feathered fledging and smother her
with well-meant yet suffocating warnings until one day she ignores
them all, and takes the leap into the unknown... alone.
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Circus School (Paperback)
Dimity Powell; Illustrated by Beatriz Mello
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R370
Discovery Miles 3 700
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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