In this delightful story, the king refuses to leave his bathtub and rule the kingdom. “Beauty aside, this also has a panache and sly wit that will please children and their parents, who will be called
Surely there's somewhere a bear can go away from prying eyes?When a shy bear feels the urge to go, there's only one thing on his mind: finding a private place where he can poo in peace. But a whole host of woodland animals - who have no qualms about pooing wherever they please - just won't leave him alone. Providing an answer to the age-old question, Does a Bear Poo in the Woods? is a funny, laugh-along picture book, brought to life by Jonny Leighton's hilarious rhyming text and Mike Byrne's firmly tongue-in-cheek illustrations.
On a momentous visit to the aquarium, Elliot discovers his dream pet: a penguin. It's just proper enough for a straight-laced boy like him. And when he asks his father if he may have one (please and t
A special book and CD edition of the bestselling A Squash and a Squeeze. "Wise old man, won't you help me, please? My house is a squash and squeeze." A little old lady lives all by herself in her ho
In this delightful story, the king refuses to leave his bathtub and rule the kingdom. “Beauty aside, this also has a panache and sly wit that will please children and their parents, who will be calle
From the author-illustrator of Children's Choice Book Award Winner I'm Trying to Love Spiders: a plea to please give bees a chance!Not sure whether to high-five bees or run away from them? Well, maybe
Antoine de Saint-Exupery's tender and magical classic fable, adapted for picture book readers for the very first time! Please - draw me a sheep. I blinked. The voice belonged to a charming little prince.The characters of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic tale have captured the hearts of generations of readers. Meet the pilot stranded in the desert. Meet the Little Prince who tends his beautiful rose on a planet of his own.Follow him as he embarks on a strange and wonderful journey to puzzling new planets and finally to Earth, where he discovers the nature of love. Adapted by award-winning poet Louise Greig, author of the Greenaway-medal-nominated Sweep and The Night Box, with enchanting new artwork from the critically acclaimed illustrator of The Velveteen Rabbit and Star in the Jar.
The Little Princess needs to learn some manners but, several tantrums later, once she’s mastered ‘please’ and ‘thank you’, she finds that not everyone else is so polite! She’s certainly not going to g
In an era of economic stress, rapid change, and social networking, customers are distracted, disgruntled, and harder to please than ever. Picky, Fickle, Vocal, Wired, and Vain they have very little to
Mary Wrightly is the best-behaved little girl around. She always politely says please and thank you and even “I’m sorry” when something isn’t her fault. But when a shopper comes between Mary and the b
In this delightful story, the king refuses to leave his bathtub and rule the kingdom. “Beauty aside, this also has a panache and sly wit that will please children and their parents, who will be called
Get your empty bottles and cans ready--Maisy's here to recycle them! A shaped-board-book adventure to please every truck-loving fan. It's trash day today, and here come Maisy and Tallulah in a big, noisy recycling truck. Quick, Charley, they're only one house away! Whoosh--his bin goes up into the truck. Next it's Cyril's bottles and cans, making a clink-clank-clunk noise. Eddie's old cardboard gets squished, and Dotty adds her yogurt and juice containers to the mix. Everyone's on board to send their old things to a factory to be made into new things. Recycling can be fun!
Meet a cat, in need of a nap! The start of an exciting new picture book series for young children - and their parents! From award-winning author and illustrator, Steve Antony.Cat Nap marks the launch of a new, young, character-led picture book series from award-winning Steve Antony, the best-selling creator of Please Mr Panda, a series that has sold over 1 million copies Worldwide!This little cat needs a nap, but it’s hard to find time for sleep when you’re busy playing! Will he ever close his eyes?Style, simplicity and humour combine to make this original and engaging look at naptime a real must-have for all young children and their grown-ups. Fresh, funny and utterly relatable, with a playful, pitch-perfect text. The start of a brilliant new series that will delight young and old, from an undeniable picture book talent.
交通安排×用餐結帳×客房服務×購物血拼 國界好不容易開放了，什麼地方都想去， 卻擔心自己英語不好不能玩得盡興？ 別擔心！早就幫你整理好實用單字跟例句！ 用英語去旅行，開口就是English！ ▎About Traffic 想飛去紐約玩，卻不知道該選哪一天的航班？ 抵達目的地後，不知道該如何前往下一個行程？ 事先幫你查好實用問句，我想你需要的都在這裡！ ◎How many flights go to New York each week, please? 請問每週有幾次到紐約的航班？ ◎One flight every day except Friday. 除了星期五，每天都有一次航班。 ◎Am I still in time for the connecting flight? 我還來得及轉機嗎？ ◎Where can I take the airport shuttle bus? 我可以在哪裡搭機場接駁巴士？ ▎Having Meals 身在異地，想要吃點異國風情的美食， 走進餐廳，卻被不熟悉的語言嚇個半死？ 去之前就該先背些簡單的單字、句子， 套餐or單點、中餐or西餐，隨便你點！ 但也要注意，別把dessert記成desert，吃了滿口沙！ ◎Where is the nearest restaurant? 最近的餐廳在哪呢？ ◎Would you like a set menu or à la carte? 您想要吃套餐還是單點呢？ ◎Would you like to have some dessert? 您想來些甜點嗎？ ▎Problems in the Guestroom 國外的月亮比較圓，國外的飯店或許也比較好睡， 但畢竟不是在自己家裡，房間東西壞了就是難受， 勇敢拿起電話打下去，出門玩別讓瑣碎事擾亂心情。 ◎It is broken. 這個壞了。 ◎The toilet doesn't flush. 馬桶不能沖水。 ◎We'll send someone to repair it right now. 我們會馬上派人去修。 ◎The water tap dripped all night long. I could hardly sleep. 水龍頭滴了一夜，我很難入睡。 ▎Go Shopping 在臺灣買不夠，出國還要瘋狂搶購， 好好好，這些品牌
'Tongueless is a slow-burn social horror that deftly captures the way human cruelty always returns to destroy its originator.' Molly McGhee, author of Jonathan Abernathy You Are KindWai and Ling are secondary school Chinese language teachers in Hong Kong, both crumbling under the pressure of a forced transition from using Cantonese to Mandarin as a medium of Chinese-language instruction. Apolitical and focused only on surviving their professional environment, Wai and Ling approach the challenge differently: Wai, awkward and unpopular, becomes obsessed with Mandarin learning, only to fail the qualification exam, lose her job, become mentally ill, and kill herself by inserting a drill into her head. Ling is polished and cunning, she knows how to please her superiors and believes she can tactfully dodge the Mandarin challenge through her social savviness.Ling sees herself haunted and mirrored by Wai's tragedy: things around her slowly spiral out of control and her colleagues begin to shun
From award-winning creator Sergio Ruzzier, an oddball “squirrel” forges his own path in this comical tale about being yourselfCustard the Squirrel, aren’t you a duck?Will you please quack?Will you do anything you don’t want to do?“NO!” said Custard the Squirrel. From the brilliant mind of author-illustrator Sergio Ruzzier comes this delightfully wacky story about rejecting others' expectations of who you should be and being unapologetically, authentically you. Simple, universal, and hilarious, this rollicking read-aloud is an ode to free spirits everywhere.
I'd like a huggly, snuggly pet please. Here's a squeaky, beaky budgie. That's a huggy,snuggly pet. Here's a squawky, talky parrot. That's a huggly, snuggly, snuggly pet.......
WINNER OF WATERSTONES NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARDA TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT OF THE YEAR‘If you haven’t read it, you’re missing out’ Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY'One of the best debuts I've read in recent years . . . please rush out and buy it' ELIZABETH DAY_____In 1914, war feels far away to Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. They're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming infatuation with the dreamy, poetic Ellwood - not having a clue that his best friend is in love with him too.When Gaunt's mother asks him to enlist, he signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings. But Ellwood and their classmates soon follow him to the front. Ellwood and Gaunt find love in the trenches – but just as war brought them together, it can tear them apart…An epic, unforgettable love story between two soldiers in the First World War, In Memoriam is a breath-taking d
Drumroll, please: Judy Moody is about to become a poop-scooping, hinny-riding, one-girl band extraordinaire as she takes on her very own Bucket List.Judy is visiting Grandma Lou one day when she accid
連大人都想排隊報名的「葳姐親子英語共學」版主葳姐領軍！ 橫跨金融、電子科技、英語教學界最強專業師資群！ ★隨書附贈！發音示範！QR Code線上音檔，現學現說！ ◎please代表請，但如果說：「Give me some water, please.」你就會被當成奧客。 ◎別再跟部屬說：Do you understand?（你懂我意思嗎？）， 更好的說法是：Do you get it? ◎點餐要用哪個動詞？別用order，你得說：I’d like to have… ◎say、tell、talk，都是「說」，用法差在哪？see、look、watch，又該怎麼分？ 本書作者周昱葳（葳姐），成立「葳姐親子英語共學」線上平臺近5年， 因為簡單說故事，且具有MBA商學院背景， 她設計的英語線上課程，實用到連大人都搶報名。 本書從心智圖、片語動詞、時態變化、助動詞、基本句型， 搭配超過200組的生活例句、實戰練習題， 告訴你，英文要學好，這6個動詞就夠了！ ◎ 六大動詞，10天英語表達能力速成 介紹六大動詞：be、have、do、say、get、make， 教你用你早就會的簡單動詞，食衣住行玩，完整表達自己的想法、經驗。 問同事午餐哪裡吃？have lunch比eat lunch更道地！ like只代表喜歡？美國明星泰勒絲曾在致詞典禮上，提到了20次的like。 本書特別收錄like六大用法 ╳ 大明星金句 ╳ 獨創心情溫度計（第4天）。 ◎ 職場、考試、生活，一定會用到的動詞 用圖像式記憶，教你從核心字義掌握，一學就懂！例如： ‧打開（關掉）電視，用open（close）？正確是：turn on（turn off）。 ‧交報告怎麼說？你可以用turn in the report，或是submit the report。 ‧take（拿） ＋ off（離開）＝請假： I want to take two days off.（我想要請假兩天。） ‧搭公車用get on、搭乘計程車則是用get into。 ‧倒垃圾、外帶食物，都是用take out。 ◎ 職場英文好好聊！疑問詞＆附加問句 只要用5W1H，就能輕鬆打開話匣子，跟別人聊不停！例如： Who’s calling?（電話中，請問你是誰？） Who will join us?（誰會跟我們一起去？） When will the
