Young children should enjoy having the tales in this series read out to them. They are pefect for sharing and the pictures and simple text on every page aim to encourage children to read independently
One brown bear saw one yellow bee. And one yellow bee saw one brown bear. One brown bear thought, "Where there's a bee there must be honey, I'll follow this bee as quietly as can be." And so the chase
"What's that quacking sound I can hear?" asks Lily. "Sorry" says a Golden-eyed Duck, and he sings the most beautiful duck lullaby he knows. But just as Lily is drifting off to sleep, she hears, "Tu-wh
Archie can't sleep. Grandma sings lullabies and tells him a story. She makes a warm milky drink and they cuddle up and count fireflies. Archie feels cosy and happy - but still not in the least bit sle
Because she sleeps all the time, the Very Lazy Ladybird doesn't know how to fly. One day she wants to sleep somewhere else, but what can she do? So she hops on to the kangaroo, but that is too bouncy.
Gooseberry is practising his flying. "Look at me!" he calls. But his friends are too busy to watch for long: they're all collecting food, or making cosy nests, getting ready for winter. Shouldn't the
Little Brown Bear has a very special wish. He wants to find the best birthday present in the whole world for his mummy. And then he sees it - a glittering, magical star. Perfect! But how does one litt
The birds are flying south and the world's under layers of heavy snow. Nanuark and his family are on a long journey to the Great Water before the Big Freeze. As they travel Nanuark and his sisters tel
First LadiesLemonade Lucy. The Lady Bird Express. Queen Nancy. The two Mrs. Wilsons. The Petticoat Government. Abigail Adams, who according to Harry Truman, "would have made a better president t
In this extraordinary Baedeker—accessible, up-to-date, and prodigiously illustrated with photographs from Mariner 9, Viking, Pathfinder, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the ongoing mars Global
Mrs Rabbit's baby is still a bubbly, hoppity, run-around-the-house bunny. Mrs Rabbit must try all the tricks she knows to coax him to sleep. Will anything work?
Bertie has shockingly dirty habits, from nose-picking to weeing on the flowerbed! Whenever he does anything dirty, Bertie's family shouts "No, Bertie! That's dirty, Bertie!". Will Bertie ever kick his
Sid is a sausage dog without an owner. He longs for someone to love and care for him. Maybe if he shows everyone how very clever he is they'll want to give him a home. But things don't go quite as Sid
Alfie Bear doesn't want to go to bed. He's not at all sleepy. The fish and the owls and the wolves are all still awake and Alfie wants to be like them - splashing and swooping and howling into the nig
George and Jess live on their own little islands in the middle of a huge ocean. They really want to meet up and share yummy milkshakes and cake but there's one big problem - sharks! Will George and Je
"Quiet!" roars Pa Lion. And all is quiet in the jungle. Not a rumble nor a grumble, not a chitter nor a chatter, not a pitter nor a patter, not a teeny, tiny squeak. Now Pa Lion must make sure it stay
Great way to help children learn about numbersUseful to play matching games and ordering gameCan be used as an introduction to adding and subtractingEncourage children to learn about numbers with thes
From the day it was released in 2000, Keeping a Nature Journal has struck a profound chord among professional, casual, and occasional naturalists of all ages. In response to this groundswell of enthu
Do you know what would happen if the Earth's atmosphere suddenly disappeared? Deprived of oxygen and bombarded by ultraviolet radiation, our bodies would swell, our blood would boil, and our eardrums
