Will people ever learn to accept a snake as a friend? Anna and Otis the snake are great friends and they love having fun together. But Otis knows people are scared of snakes, so he usually just plays
A uplifting and touching story about curiosity and caring that is perfect for sharing. Stella is a great detective. She can't help noticing everything around her - clouds shaped like horses, wheelie bins with faces, a lonely glove on a fence, people that look like their dogs and even a man with a furry hat that looks like a cat on his head.Stella tells Dad about everything she's seen but Dad is worried that she's going to hurt people's feelings. But when Stella spots a sad lady in the park she knows that speaking up is just the right thing to do.
In a town where a lot of poor people suffer and where there are a lot of miseries, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter, meets the statue of the late ‘Happy P
You probably know the feeling. You’re playing happily by yourself in the park, when you’re suddenly told, ‘Go and say hello to that little boy over there!’But what if you don’t want to say hello? What if the little boy isn’t really a little boy at all? What… what if he’s a MONSTER in disguise?Welcome to a weird and wonderful ‘what if?’ story where saying hello can lead to all sorts of surprising adventures...
Perfect for fans of Shirley Hughes, I'm Actually Really Grown Up now is a warm and funny story from the creator of Anna and Otis."Inclusive illustrations are bright, busy and drawn with charming naive
A hugely endearing, very funny story about kindness, friendship and overcoming fears for fans of Shirley Hughes and Laura Carlin, from award-winning illustrator Maisie Paradise Shearring.Anna and Otis
On his first day of preschool, Dimitri’s vocal affection for everything is met with wary reactions—until his guileless words begin to take root and grow.Dimitri may be small, but his heart is as big a
A sweet and charmingly illustrated picture book about the ways we express love. "I love you," Dimitri tells everyone, from his friends at nursery to the big tree in the playground. But why does no one
Shortlisted for the ‘Best book for children 5-8 years old’ - Made for Mums Awards 2018In a town where a lot of poor people suffer and where there are a lot of miseries, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter, meets the statue of the late ‘Happy Prince’, who in reality has never experienced true sorrow, for he lived in a palace where sorrow isn’t allowed to enter. Viewing various scenes of people suffering in poverty from his tall monument, the Happy Prince asks the swallow to take the ruby from his hilt, the sapphires from his eyes, and the golden leaf covering his body to give to the poor. As the winter comes and the Happy Prince is stripped of all of his beauty, his lead heart breaks when the swallow dies as a result of his selfless deeds and severe cold. The statue is then brought down from the pillar and melted in a furnace leaving behind the broken heart and the dead swallow and they are thrown in a dust heap. These are taken up to heaven by
