The countdown begins and the birds line up for the annual Fantastic Flying Competition, but one by one each team runs into trouble... Hijinks and fowl-play abound in this dazzling picture book, where only the reader can judge who the real winner is. Welcome to The Fantastic Flying Competition for birds! All the teams are ready to go, all except one, that is... Where are the owls? Team Owl is late! Did those night birds oversleep again this year? The countdown begins: three...two...one... In a gorgeous, whacky race-style story join this motley menagerie of hawks, chickens, owls, bats, toucans and many more flying animals as they all compete to be the winner of The Fantastic Flying Competition! With every flying contraption under the sun, who's invention will take them to the finish line and who will be trailing behind?

Every parent knows the drill: tuck in; well, okay, one story then, but short... and so it starts. This is a short story. Why short? You need to go to sleep. The story is about you. You went to sleep. End of story. Yes, but first I caught a monster. A monster? Just watch. A boy keeps outsmarting his father who wants to finish the story. But in the end, the father doesn't want to stop narrating either. This picture book is not just for reading. It is also a wonderful read-together book: the interaction between the hurried adult and the child, who pushes him to continue storytelling, will bring much joy. Kees deBoer brings a boy's fantasy to life in a fun and unique way: monsters, soldiers, more monsters... Tjibbe Veldkamp wrote a story that continues forever. An ode to the imagination and the magical power of stories: the ideal book for every child that can never get enough of bedtime stories!

Once upon a time there was an orphanage with 22 orphans. They did as they pleased and played with whatever came in handy: a handrail or a rope... or even with nothing. But one day a new director shows up. She d oesn 't like wild games and sen ds the children to bed. Life at the orphanage bec omes very boring... until a big elephant appears in the dormitory! An enchanting, hilarious story by the duo that created Tom the Tamer , that children will delight in.

Tom's father is so afraid of animals - even snails and butterflies scare him - that won't come out of the house. Tom decides to take drastic measures. First, he trains a polar bear and sneaks it into the house. Then he smuggles in a tiger, a squid, a tortoise, a snake, two peacocks, three hippos and a small flock of flamingos. His father doesn't seem to notice, but what will happen when he does?