Early chapter readers from a bestselling & critically acclaimed author Winner of Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the Most Distinguished Book for Beginning Readers Told entirely in speech bubbles with a repetitive use of familiar phrases this highly original book from the award-winning author of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! is perfect for children just learning to read Gerald & Piggie are best friends In There's a Bird on Your Head! Gerald discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head
- two birds on your head!
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Winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2017 Did you ever want to waddle with a colony of penguins? Wriggle with an army of caterpillars? Or march with a troop of monkeys? Legendary illustrator Lane Smith takes us on a colourful adventure through the natural world following a child as he weaves through the jungle dives under the ocean & soars into the sky Along the way he makes friends & causes mischief with a dazzling array of creatures both large & small
- but can he find a tribe of his own? Full of warmth & humour There Is a Tribe of Kids is a sumptuously detailed portrayal of wild childhood to be pored over for hours on end A witty & playful exploration of curiosity discovery & what it means to belong ideal for sharing with children of all ages With a beautiful jacket glinting with gold foil this gorgeous book makes the perfect gift for any occasion
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Winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2017 Did you ever want to waddle with a colony of penguins? Wriggle with an army of caterpillars? Or march with a troop of monkeys? Legendary illustrator Lane Smith takes us on a colourful adventure through the natural world following a child as he weaves through the jungle dives under the ocean & soars into the sky Along the way he makes friends & causes mischief with a dazzling array of creatures both large & small
- but can he find his own kind? Full of warmth & humour There Is a Tribe of Kids is a sumptuously detailed portrayal of wild childhood to be pored over for hours on end A witty & playful exploration of curiosity discovery & what it means to belong ideal for sharing with children of all ages Sprinkled with beautiful gold flecks & specially designed peek-through flaps at the front & back
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Poor old dragon Nobody wants him in their story Not Goldilocks not Hansel & Gretel
- no one But Dragon will not give up! He shall
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In 1986 the legendary fell runner Joss Naylor completed a continuous circuit of all 214 Wainwright fells in the Lake District covering a staggering distance of over 300 miles
- plus many thousands of metres of ascent
- in only seven days & one hour Those in the know thought that this record would never be beaten It is the ultimate British ultramarathon The person taking on this superhuman challenge would have to be willing to push harder & suffer more than ever before There is no Map in Hell tells the story of a man willing to do just that In 2014 Steve Birkinshaw made an attempt at setting a new record With a background of nearly forty years of running elite orienteering races & extreme-distance fell running over the toughest terrain if he couldn't do it surely no one could But the Wainwrights challenge is in a different league aspirants need to complete two marathons & over 5000 metres of ascent every day for a week With a foreword by Joss Naylor There is no Map in Hell recounts Birkinshaw's preparation training & mile-by-mile experience of the extraordinary & sometimes hellish demands he made from his mind & body & the physiological aftermath of such a feat His deep love of the fells phenomenal strength & tenacity are awe inspiring & testimony to athletes & onlookers alike that 'in order to attain the impossible one must attempt the absurd'

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A remarkable story about love loss & the power of the imagination from an award-winning celebrated writer for children On a frozen Christmas Eve Mouse Mallory & his family set off across a snow-white valley to visit his grandparents They never arrive As the wheels skid off the icy road Mouse is thrown from the car When he wakes he finds himself in a magical landscape with only a talkative sheep & a very bossy horse for company And they tell him this is your story now So begins Mouse's extraordinary quest through a world of wonder A world of monsters minstrels dangerous knights & mysterious wizards; a world of terrifying danger but also more excitement than Mouse has ever known All to find a castle somewhere beyond But why is Mouse looking for a castle? As thoughts of his family back at the car begin to surface Mouse realises this might be the most important journey he will ever make This is a novel about love & death It's about the power of stories to change the way we view the world
- & it's about the power of a child to change their own world Emotionally arresting but ultimately uplifting this is a remarkable novel for our times
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Unseen for over fifty years this exceptionally rare feature sees comedy legend Norman Wisdom at his best playing a naïve explosives expert who finds himself involved with a criminal gang after uncovering nefarious dealings by a prominent industrialist! Hailed as one of Wisdom&s finest films it was one of two features he made independently & marked a departure from his more familiar & endlessly popular comic creation &the Gump& Co-starring Alfred Marks & Susannah York There Was a Crooked Man was directed by the BAFTA-nominated Stuart Burge ...

On the day the Second World War broke out Frank White was a 12-year-old schoolboy in Manchester On the day it ended he was serving on a Royal Navy warship in the Indian Ocean In 20113 he started to write this novel' What I wanted to do' he says 'was to capture that feeling of those times & remind people of what the country went through'' Fabulous often funny the authentic freewheeling atmosphere of a time when all bets were off' Daily Mail As Churchill & the nation face their darkest hour in 1940 a Lincolnshire village wakes up to a glorious summer's morning Following Dunkirk the fate of the whole war will soon rest with the RAF & their desperate effort to win the Battle of Britain If they fail Hitler's next step will be invasion And as the scene comes to life before us over the next six months this shadow of war will not disappear From the pub to the church struggling single mother to the lady of the manor the paper boy to a traumatised bomb disposal volunteer this superb jewel of a novel portrays a community of people & weaves together their stories with passion betrayal intrigue & suspense There Was a Time is a triumph of the storyteller's art This edition

Includes:: a new Author's Note & additional illustrations by the author

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This is a gift set containing a plush doll & a mini edition of the book ' There was a wee lassie who swallowed a midgie I don't know why she swallowed the midgie So teeny & squidgy!' In this hilarious twist on a much-loved rhyme the wee lassie swallows a succession of Scotland's favourite creatures to catch that peskie midgie -- including a puffin a Scottie dog a seal & even Nessie! After all that she can't still be hungry Can she? Kate Mc Lelland's funny engaging illustrations bring to life this uniquely Scottish version of a classic rhyme ...

' There was a wee lassie who swallowed a midgie I don't know why she swallowed the midgie So teeny & squidgy!' In this hilarious twist on a much-loved rhyme the wee lassie swallows a succession of Scotland's favourite creatures to catch that peskie midgie -- including a puffin a Scottie dog a seal & even Nessie! After all that she can't still be hungry Can she? Kate Mc Lelland's funny engaging illustrations bring to life this uniquely Scottish version of a classic rhyme ...