Is something that happened to you weighing you down? If so this picture book for adults is the pick-me-up you need With Richy K Chandler's artistic flair warmth & humour it shows how to face the past & embrace the future providing pragmatic advice about how to get back on your feet 56 pages Fully illustrated Chandler Richy K ...

The jackdaw wants all his friends to come to his party but when he calls out his invitation the animals just touch their heads Why won't they answer? & what do their actions mean? Luckily a brown owl can help him with the puzzle! This book about friendship & sign language was created by Julia Donaldson author of The Gruffalo with a group of deaf children in a workshop organised by the not-for-profit organisation Life & Deaf which helps deaf children to explore their identities through poetry film performance & art Featuring Nick Sharratt's bright & accessible illustrations What the Jackdaw Saw is another beautiful picture book from the team behind Goat Goes to Playgroup & Toddle Waddle ...

Oink! said the cats With all the MOOing & HISSing & BAAAing & CLUCKing the farmyard is full of noise But when Hefty Hugh & Lanky Len hatch a plot to steal the fine prize cow it's the quietest animal of all who saves the day! Spot the glittery ladybird on every page of What the Ladybird Heard a wonderful rhyming tale from Julia Donaldson & Lydia Monks the creators of the bestselling The Princess & the Wizard & Sharing a Shell ...

Two crafty robbers one crime-busting ladybird & a whole farmyard of fun
- a brilliant rhyming adventure perfect for reading aloud
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Once upon a farm lived a ladybird And these are the things that she saw & heard Those crafty robbers Hefty Hugh & Lanky Len are out of jail & they're heading back to the farm with another cunning plan to cause trouble They've been stealing eggs from the fat red hen but now they're setting their sights higher & are planning to steal the fat red hen herself! Fortunately the quiet clever ladybird is on their trail & she & her farm animal friends have a plan of their own Join the cow the goose the horse the sheep the cat & everyone's favourite ladybird in this fantastically funny farmyard caper
- a much anticipated sequel to the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard which has sold over a million copies worldwide This board book edition is perfect for little hands
- children will love the gorgeously glittery eye-catching cover & spotting the sparkly ladybird on every page With slapstick action animal noises & a mysterious Snuggly Snerd bird What the Ladybird Heard Next is destined to become yet another classic in the Julia Donaldson & Lydia Monks collection Praise for What the Ladybird Heard" Bursting with colour & verve"
- Daily Telegraph"A terrific & witty adventure"
- The Guardian



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Those two bad men Lanky Len & Hefty Hugh are back! They may be in the city instead of the farm but they haven't changed their thieving ways In fact they've got even more ambitious They're planning to steal a monkey from the zoo & use it to pinch the Queen's crown It's a pity for them that a certain crime-busting ladybird is holidaying in the very same city & she's got a good idea that will ensure the dastardly pair won't get away with it! With a whole host of noisy new zoo-animal characters to meet & even a cameo from the Queen What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday from stellar picture book partnership Julia Donaldson & Lydia Monks is a sure-fire hit Featuring glitter on every page & a gorgeously glittery cover Praise for What the Ladybird Heard " Bursting with colour & verve"
- Daily Telegraph"A terrific & witty adventure"
- The Guardian Praise for What the Ladybird Heard Next" Donaldson's trademark rhyming couplets bounce along & are perfectly complemented by Lydia Monks's bright & sparkly illustrations"
- Mail on Sunday


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A delightful addition to the stuff-you-think-you-know-that's-wrong genre a la Freakonomics Outliers & The Black Swan' Kirkus The world is filled with curious facts intelligent women tend to marry men who are less intelligent Students who get the highest scores in year-three generally get lower scores in year-four Pilot trainees who are praised achieve worse results in their next exercise while trainees who are shouted at perform better later on But it would be wrong to assume that smart women are more attracted to unintelligent men or that schools are failing their students or that shouting is the best way to get results The unifying reason for each of these curious cases is a concept called regression to the mean' which explains how we can be easily misled by random chance in our daily lives Luck can wreak all kinds of havoc in sports business education politics & everywhere in between so that we attach meaning to the meaningless & make ill-advised decisions In What the Luck? statistician Gary Smith & authorof Standard Deviations (The Times Book of the Week) explains how an understanding of luck changes the way we see the world so we can make better choices by using statistics to our advantage ...

The White Wolves brand is known for providing engaging books that children want to pick up at a range of different reading levels The new non-fiction strand reflects the range of non-fiction texts that children will come across in the real world from guidebooks to cookbooks They provide a fresh high-interest look at core geography history & science topics & are ideal for classroom & topic libraries & for teaching non-fiction literacy skills in a curriculum context ...

Mark Mc Cormack dubbed 'the most powerful man in sport' founded IMG (International Management Group) on a handshake It was the first & is the most successful sports management company in the world becoming a multi-million dollar worldwide corporation whose activities in the business & marketing spheres are so diverse as to defy classification Here Mark Mc Cormack reveals the secret of his success to key business issues such as analysing yourself & others sales negotiation time management decision-making & communication What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School fills the gaps between a business school education & the street knowledge that comes from the day-to-day experience of running a business & managing people It shares the business skills techniques & wisdom gleaned from twenty-five years of experience ...

Learn to tell the time with Peter Rabbit! When is bedtime for Peter Rabbit? What time does Jeremy Fisher stop for a butterfly sandwich? Peter & his friends are busy at all times of the day Turn the clicky-clacky clock hands to show the time of day on every page This book is a brilliant way to start learning how to tell the time Beatrix Potter is regarded as one of the world's best-loved children's authors of all time From her first book The Tale of Peter Rabbit published by Frederick Warne in 1902 she went on to create a series of stories based around animal characters including Mrs Tiggy-winkle Benjamin Bunny Jemima Puddle-duck Mr Jeremy Fisher & Tom Kitten ...