From award-winning author and illustrator Jeanne Willis and Susan Varley comes this brave look at why being in love doesn't always mean choosing to be together. "Mole, why won't you marry me?" sang a lonely bird in the maple tree. Bird and Mole are in love. Mole lives underground and loves to be in the dark under his hill, but Bird lives in the trees and loves to be high up in the sky... so when Bird asks Mole to marry him, will they be able to make it work? Will love be enough?

Badger is so old that he knows he must soon die, so he does his best to prepare his friends. When he finally passes away, they are grief-stricken, but one by one they remember the special things he taught them during his life. By sharing their memories, they realise that although Badger is no longer with them physically, he lives on through his friends. Celebrating the 35th anniversary of this quintessential and multi award-winning picture book about losing a loved one. Features a helpful reading guide from Child Bereavement UK that provides tips for reading Badger's Parting Gifts with children and helping them better understand grief. Endorsed by Child Bereavement UK.

A collection of 11 best-loved Grimm fairy tales featuring animal characters, including The Bremen Town Musicians, The Hedge King, The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids, The Hare and the Hedgehog, and more, translated by Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winner Kevin Crossley-Holland and wonderfully illustrated by Susan Varley, and bound together in a lavish hardback treasury.

Badger's friends are sad when he dies but treasure the memories he left them. "The gentle message holds particular validity for children and is conveyed in a tenderhearted. ..manner."-- Book1ist.

Squirrels Sage and Sorrel are just the same: the like the same games, sing the same songs and say the same things at the same time. They even have the same stripe on their tails! But when Sage invites her friend for a sleepover, Sorrel discovers they aren't the same at all - while Sage has a huge family and an even bigger treehouse home, Sorrel lives with her mum in a tiny tree. Sorrel must hide how different she is, otherwise Sage won't be her friend, will she?

Sorrel had never had a friend who was just the same, until she met Sage. But can one sleepover ruin a whole friendship? Squirrels Sage and Sorrel are just the same: they like the same games, sing the same songs and say the same things at the same time. They even have the same stripe on their tails! But when Sage invites her friend for a sleepover, Sorrel discovers they aren't the same at all - while Sage has a huge family and an even bigger treehouse home, Sorrel lives with her mum in a tiny tree. Sorrel must hide how different she is, otherwise Sage won't be her friend, will she? A celebration of what friendship really means, no matter how rich or poor you are, from the creator of classic bestseller Badger's Parting Gifts.

Lenny the lion loves his grandpa, King Lion. But when King Lion starts to forget things, Lenny begins to worry. He can't understand why grandpa keeps getting muddled and doesn't want to play any more. Lenny doesn't know what to do, but with a little help from grandpa's old friends, perhaps he can find a way to help him remember...

From award-winning author and illustrator Jeanne Willis and Susan Varley comes this brave look at why being in love doesn't always mean choosing to be together. "Mole, why won't you marry me?" sang a lonely bird in the maple tree. Bird and Mole are in love. Mole lives underground and loves to be in the dark under his hill, but Bird lives in the trees and loves to be high up in the sky... so when Bird asks Mole to marry him, will they be able to make it work? Will love be enough?