This charmingly illustrated book is an inspiring collection of prayers and wishes that any child will love to use. Containing verses that are suited to every mood and occasion, the book offers blessings on waking, thoughts for times of joy and thankfulness, devotions to the wonders of nature, hopes for the future, and prayers to help those in need and to end suffering. Pretty pictures on every page convey the beauty of God's creation, including animals, family and friends, and will fill young readers with a sense of peace and happiness.

A beautiful clothbound hardback gift edition of the world's most celebrate fairy tales. Every man's life is a fairy tale, written by God's fingers. - Hans Christian Andersen. A delightful selection of stories from Hans Christian Andersen, translated by the eminent writer and critic, Naomi Lewis. All the best-known and most-loved stories are included - 'Thumbelina', 'The Snow Queen', 'The Emperor's New Clothes' etc, as well as the less familiar - 'The Goblin at the Grocer's' and 'Dance, Dolly, Dance'. Puffin Clothbound Classics is a series of much-loved stories from classic children's literature, brought together by Puffin Books in beautiful hardback volumes.

Who lives in the pond? Is it a butterfly, a cat, a kangaroo or a frog? Dive beneath the ripples of water to find out! Who spins a web? Is it a snail, a spider, a monkey or a hamster? Peek under the flower pot and see! Who builds a nest? Is it an elephant, a fish, a bird or a dog? Lift up the leaf and all will be revealed! Who flies from plant to plant? Is it a pig, a bee, a snake or a penguin? Pick a flower and take a look underneath! Who plays with the boy in the park? Is it a giraffe, a turtle, a dog or a crab? Look behind the bush to discover the answer! Who rests under the ground? Is it a sheep, a duck, a fish or a rabbit? Dig up the soil and see! With exciting flaps to lift, cute animals to look at and something to laugh at and talk about on every page, this interactive question and answer book combines fun and learning for the very young.

This book is intended as a text for a course in programming languages. The pre requisites for such a course are insight in structured programming and knowledge as well as practical experience of at least one (e.g., Pascal) of the programming languages treated in the book. The emphasis is on language concepts rather than on syntactic details. The book covers a number of important language concepts that are related to data struc tures. The comparison of the programming languages Pascal, Algol 68, PL/1 and Ada consists in investigating how these concepts are supported by each of these languages. Interesting evaluation criteria are generality, simplicity, safety, readability and portability. The study of programming languages is based on a simple model called SMALL. This model serves as a didactic vehicle for describing, comparing and evaluating data structures in various programming languages. Each chapter centers around a specific language concept. It consists of a general discussion followed by a number of language sections, one for each of the languages Pascal, Algol 68, PL/1 and Ada. Each of these sections contains a number of illustrating program fragments written in the programming language concerned. For each program fragment in one language, there is an analogous fragment in the others. The book can be read "vertically" so that the programming languages Pascal, Algol 68, PL/1 and Ada are encountered in that order several times. A "horizontal" reading of the book would consist in selecting only those sections which only concern one language."

Honorable Mention, Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Nonfiction, 2006 Grover Lewis was one of the defining voices of the New Journalism of the 1960s and 1970s. His wry, acutely observed, fluently written essays for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice set a standard for other writers of the time, including Hunter S. Thompson, Joe Eszterhas, Timothy Ferris, Chet Flippo, and Tim Cahill, who said of Lewis, "He was the best of us." Pioneering the "on location" reportage that has become a fixture of features about moviemaking and live music, Lewis cut through the celebrity hype and captured the real spirit of the counterculture, including its artificiality and surprising banality. Even today, his articles on Woody Guthrie, the Allman Brothers, the Rolling Stones concert at Altamont, directors Sam Peckinpah and John Huston, and the filming of The Last Picture Show and One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest remain some of the finest writing ever done on popular culture. To introduce Grover Lewis to a new generation of readers and collect his best work under one cover, this anthology contains articles he wrote for Rolling Stone, Village Voice, Playboy, Texas Monthly, and New West, as well as excerpts from his unfinished novel The Code of the West and his incomplete memoir Goodbye If You Call That Gone and poems from the volume I'll Be There in the Morning If I Live. Jan Reid and W. K. Stratton have selected and arranged the material around themes that preoccupied Lewis throughout his life-movies, music, and loss. The editors' biographical introduction, the foreword by Dave Hickey, and a remembrance by Robert Draper discuss how Lewis's early struggles to escape his working-class, anti-intellectual Texas roots for the world of ideas in books and movies made him a natural proponent of the counterculture that he chronicled so brilliantly. They also pay tribute to Lewis's groundbreaking talent as a stylist, whose unique voice deserves to be more widely known by today's readers.

This cute set of six boardbooks makes a perfect gift for young children. They can read about Cinderella, whose fairy godmother makes it possible for her to go to a royal ball, but only until midnight...They can see what happens when a little mermaid falls in love with a human man, and must make a dreadful deal in order to walk on land...They can meet Beauty, who is cursed to sleep by a bad fairy, and the brave prince who releases her...With three other stories and bright illustrations on every page, these chunky little books will provide babies and toddlers with hours of fun. They can also flip the books over to put together a simple picture puzzle!

Join Tina and Tim as they meet lots of different animals in lots of different places. See if you can match all the listed names to the illustrations, which are shown separately and within the big picture scenes. Count all the sea creatures, from one dolphin to ten fish. Can you name the beasts who live in snowy lands, such as an animal with antlers and a bird that cannot fly? See all the many shades of animals that inhabit the rainforest. This fun first word book will help children to recognize, read and spell 100 animal words while they play.

This lift-the-flap novelty boardbook is packed with wonderful things to look at. Open the kitchen door to see two fairies carrying an enormous cake, and gaze through a gateway to the party as things get into full swing. Special die-cut holes show views through windows - and even a mystical mirror! With sparkly fairy dust on the front cover, this cute book is sure to delight all young fairy fans. Fairies from all over Fairyland are hurrying to the Fairy Palace for the party of the year! Peer through windows and open doors to watch the little fairies (and mice) at work as they get things ready. Inside the palace, invitations are being written. Rugs are shaken - phew, what a lot of dust! Outside, the fairy gardeners are making everything look beautiful. Some are collecting pretty petals to make into party dresses. Others are picking flowers to decorate the grand ballroom. Open the door that leads into the kitchen...where fairy cooks are busy mixing magic party food. Friendly dragons help with the baking by using their fiery breath. Gaze out of the windows and you will see dragonfly limos and tiger moth taxis flitting to and fro. Don't worry - they do dragonfly valet parking here!Finally, the Fairy Queen welcomes everyone to her palace. Come in and join the fun...

This book helps you learn to count from 1 to 100! This is a first counting book for babies and toddlers, with big bright illustrations on every page. It offers lots of familiar objects to look at: 4 cars, 10 butterflies, 15 drums, 17 fishes and 70 bananas...all the way up to 100 knives and forks. Fun question-and-answer pages challenge readers to count the sides of shapes, work out the next number in the sequence, and pair up the mismatched footwear. It is designed for children and grown-ups to enjoy together, with a wipe-clean padded cover and sturdy board pages. This interactive book will help young children to count, add up and take away. It will also encourage them to group items, put things into pairs, talk about what they see, and develop simple number skills. The first 14 pages cover the numbers 1 to 100, with the figure in question shown big and bold, to aid learning. The rest of the book includes visual games, such as finding the 5 starfish in an underwater scene, or counting the slices of toast in the kitchen. With hundreds of brightly painted pictures, this chunky boardbook makes learning to count fun!

Little children love nursery rhymes, and as they learn and repeat the words, they develop speech, vocabulary, concentration, and memory skills - all while having fun. You can follow the little pigs as one of them heads off for the market, while another remains behind to wash dishes, as one looks forward to delicious roast beef, while another poor pig has none...and as for the final little pig...Well, youngsters will already be familiar with what happens to him - or they soon will be! The classic nursery rhyme is presented with bright and amusing pictures in this padded boardbook. This little pig...went to market. This little pig...stayed at home. This little pig...had roast beef. This little pig...had none. And this little pig...went ee-ee-ee all the way home!

This is a traditional story that is retold in rhyme in this chunky padded boardbook. When a couple of tailors offer to make a suit from material so wondrous that only clever people can see it, the vain Emperor hires them - a decision he will regret...Big, bright illustrations and simple rhyming text make this book perfect for reading aloud to small children, or for more confident readers to enjoy by themselves. Youngsters can also have fun counting how many times the happy ginger cat appears in the story. The Emperor is always dressed In gorgeous clothes, the very best. He changes his garb six times a day, And walks about in proud display. Two sneaky weavers come to call, One is short and one is tall. They bow very low and say, "Sire, We can make you much grander attire." Is this offer too good to be true? The Emperor will see - and so will you!

This book includes all the best-loved aspects of the famous story, from the appearance of the Angel Gabriel before the virgin Mary, to the arrival of the shepherds and wise men at the stable. It retells key moments from the first Christmas, such as the journey to Bethlehem, Jesus sleeping in a manger, and the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. This special padded boardbook is ideal for babies and toddlers to hold, look at, and talk about. Bright, appealing illustrations and simple rhyming text make this the perfect introduction to the Nativity. When a glowing angel informs Mary that she is going to have a son, the woman frets, because she is not yet married to her fiance Joseph. The angel tells her not to worry, because the baby will be a holy child - the Son of God. However, when the Roman emperor orders a count of all his subjects, Joseph and the pregnant Mary are forced to travel from their home in Nazareth to the little town of Bethlehem...The words and pictures in this sturdy little boardbook have been carefully chosen to help little ones share and treasure the Christmas message.

This cute set of six boardbooks makes a perfect gift for young children. Each book retells a classic story from the Old or New Testament, with straightforward language and appealing illustrations throughout. See Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, find out about Noah's big boat, and discover the baby Moses in the bulrushes. Meet the shepherds who were visited by an angel at the time of Jesus's birth, learn how Christ fed thousands of his hungry followers at one of his sermons, and read how Jesus lives on after death. This is the ideal introduction to the Bible for little children, who can also turn the books over to put together a simple picture puzzle!

What colour is a banana? Is it yellow, red, orange or blue? Push aside a green leaf and find out! What colour outfit does Father Christmas wear? Is it yellow, green, red or purple? Lift the lid of the brightly wrapped present and see! Is grass pink, grey, blue or green? Open the gate to the next field and all will be revealed! Do you know what colour the ocean is? Is it blue, pink, orange or red? Draw aside the curtain of the hotel window and discover whether you are right! What's the pattern on a penguin? Is it green and grey, brown and yellow, black and white, or purple and red? Look behind the whale's fountain of spray to learn the answer! With exciting flaps to lift, words to recognize and something to laugh at and talk about on every page, this interactive question and answer book combines fun and learning for the very young.

Specially designed to be fun to learn, this novelty die-cut book will encourage babies and toddlers to talk, focus, and learn the alphabet - with a twist! Can you find the apple? Does it have four legs? No, of course not! Turn - turn - Does it wear a crown? Try again! Twist - twist - Is it yellow and bendy? Keep going! Spin - spin - There it is - delicious! There are eight cardboard wheels built into the book, which revolve to show a variety of pictures. What does a zebra look like? Is it pink with a curly tail? No! Turn - turn - Is it fluffy with a bobble on top? Try again! Twist - twist - Is it flat with a picture on it? Keep going! Spin - spin - There it is, a horse with stripes! Jan Lewis's bright drawings of everyday objects, food and toys, friendly people and cute animals make this a wonderful aid to learning that small children will want to return to again and again.

Turn the wheels, learn to count! Eight easy-to-turn wheels make learning to count fun. Interactive pages teach numbers - from one toy boat to twenty mugs of tea. Engaging games help children to add and subtract - rotate the dial to find the correct numbers, seek out seven mice, add up the apples, pair up the boots, take away Tom's balloon, and much more. It is divided into basic themes such as In the Toyshop, Count the Animals, Farm Fun, and How Many Shapes? It is built to last, with sturdy board pages that will stand up to repeated use. Specially created to be fun to learn, this novelty die-cut book will encourage babies and toddlers to talk, focus, and learn about numbers - with a twist! How many dinosaurs are there? One? No! Turn...turn...Two? Keep going! Twist...twist...What's a cow doing there? Try again! Spin...spin...That's right - four dinosaurs! There are eight cardboard wheels built into the book, which revolve to show different numbers and pictures and are visible on every page. How many ducks are there in the farmyard? One? No! Turn...turn...Eight? Try again! Twist...twist...Wait a minute, those are fish, not ducks. Keep going! Spin...spin...There they are - that makes ten ducks in total. Well done! Jan Lewis' bright drawings of everyday items, friendly people, cute animals and toys make this book a wonderful aid to learning that small children will want to return to again and again.

This book lets you follow the adventures of a little mermaid, who falls in love with a human prince, but must make a deal with an evil sea witch in order to walk on land. This traditional story is retold in rhyme in this special padded boardbook. You can count how many times the bright little fish appears throughout the story. Lively illustrations and amusing rhyming text make this book ideal for reading aloud to small children, or for more confident readers to enjoy by themselves. When a prince's ship is lost at sea, A mermaid swims to him speedily. She takes him by his royal hand, And tows him safely to dry land. She gazes at the prince, now asleep, And falls in love, true and deep. She swims away, with a cry, "I must marry him or die." Read on to find out how she plans, To gain some legs and get her man...

This is a first word book for babies and toddlers, with eye-catching images on every page. It features lots of familiar and fun things to look at, from a cuddly teddy bear and a bright bouncy ball to an exciting pile of presents and a yummy birthday cake. The illustrations are grouped into popular themes, including toys, actions and the outside world. Everyday items such as balloons and toy bricks contrast with more imaginative ones like a dinosaur and the stars. It is designed for children and grown-ups to enjoy together, with a wipe-clean padded cover and sturdy board pages. Specially created to be fun to learn, this soft-to-touch first book encourages babies and toddlers to talk, focus, and learn new words. The pages are grouped by subject, such as animals and things that go. Little pictures on the top or bottom of each page show more items of that kind, encouraging children to make connections and to say the words for those things too. The bright drawings of exciting toys, friendly people and cute creatures make this a wonderful aid to learning that small children will want to return to time and time again.

This book features over 300 everyday words and pictures. It is a first reading book for babies and toddlers, with big bright illustrations on every page. There are lots of familiar objects to look at and name: parts of the face and body, clothes, food, the home and garden, animals on the farm and in the wild, and much more. Fun question-and-answer pages challenge readers to match words to pictures and to think about what different things can do or are used for. It is designed for children and grown-ups to enjoy together, with a wipe-clean padded cover and sturdy board pages. This special book will help young children to recognize everyday words and talk about what they see. Subjects covered include rooms in the home, things that go, the weather, shapes and numbers. The pages are full of interactive questions, such as what clothes do you wear on your hands, how many flowerpots can you see, what do you carry when it rains, and where does the horse live? With hundreds of brightly painted pictures, this chunky boardbook will provide children with hours of fun while improving their language skills and reading abilities.

The traditional counting-out song is presented with bright and attractive pictures by illustrator Jan Lewis in this special padded boardbook. You can see the classic verse brought to life as an amusing story of mischievous mice playing tricks on a hapless cat and dog, then helping out some cute fluffy chicks. Little children love nursery rhymes, and as they learn and repeat the words, they develop speech, vocabulary, concentration, and memory skills - all while having fun! It is designed for youngsters and grown-ups to enjoy together, with a wipe-clean cover and sturdy board pages. One, two...Buckle my shoe. Three, four...Knock at the door. Five, six...Pick up sticks. Seven, eight...Lay them straight. Nine, ten...A big, fat hen!

Join Tim and Tina as they begin their first day at school. See if you can match all the listed words to the illustrations, which are shown separately and within each big picture scene. Spot the various shades of paint in the classroom. Count all the items in the cafeteria at lunchtime - from one container of juice to ten plates. Find the pictures that go with the underlined words and concepts at the swimming pool and during story time. It all adds up to an educational and entertaining day at school for Tim and Tina - and for youngsters everywhere!

The classic nursery rhyme is presented with bright and amusing pictures in this padded boardbook. You can meet Old Macdonald and all his noisy farmyard animals, including a mooing cow, a barking dog, a bleating sheep and a quacking duck. The animals all 'sing' at the same time, so youngsters and grown-ups can join in as different characters. Little children love nursery rhymes, and as they learn and repeat the words, they develop speech, vocabulary, concentration, and memory skills - all while having fun! Old Macdonald had a farm, E-aye! Ee-aye-oh! And on that farm he had a cow Ee-aye! Ee-aye-oh! With a moo moo here And a moo moo there...Here a moo, there a moo Everywhere a moo moo...And a woof woof, baa baa and quack quack too On Old Macdonald's farm!

Little ones will enjoy learning their ABCs when they look at Jan Lewis's cute drawings of a long-nosed Anteater, bright red Boots, a yummy Cake...and things beginning with all the other letters of the alphabet. The interactive content, which includes a quiz at the back of the book and questions on every page, encourages kids to talk about what they see. How many pots of paint are there? What do you put in a vase? Find something beginning with J that is red, and much more. This is a book that small children will want to return to again and again.

Specially created to be fun to learn, this novelty die-cut book will encourage babies and toddlers to talk, focus, and find out about animals - with a twist! Can you find the tiger? Does it have antlers? No, of course not! Turn - turn - Does it have a hard shell? Try again! Twist - twist - Is it big, fat and hairless? Keep going! Spin - spin - There it is - roar! There are eight cardboard wheels built into the book, which revolve to show different pictures on each page. What does an owl look like? Does it have a fancy frill on its neck? No! Turn - turn - Does it live in the water? Try again! Twist - twist - Is it green without any legs? Keep going! Spin - spin - There it is, a brown owl - too-wit, too-woo! Jan Lewis's bright drawings of cute creatures make this a wonderful aid to learning that small children will want to use time and time again.

The traditional fingerplay song is presented with bright and attractive pictures by illustrator Jan Lewis in this special padded boardbook. You can see the classic verse brought to life as a little teddy bear sneaks up on and tickles his daddy...and ends up getting tickled right back! Little children love nursery rhymes, and as they learn and repeat the words, they develop speech, vocabulary, concentration and memory skills, all while having fun. It is designed for youngsters and grown-ups to enjoy together, with a wipe-clean cover and sturdy board pages - though readers must provide their own tickles! Round and round the garden, Like a teddy bear. One step...Two steps...Tickle you under there! Round and round the garden, In the wind and rain. One step...Two steps...Tickle you there again!