In Ten Lessons from the Road Alistair Humphreys sums up what he learned from his 46, 000-mile cycle trip round the world, described in his two books Moods of Future Joys & Thunder & Sunshine. This pocket size hardback, illustrated with numerous photos from the author’s challenging journey, would make a lovely little present to encourage converting a hesitant dream into exciting reality! ...

Nothing is sweeter, as everyone knows, than tiny baby fingers & chubby baby toes! All over the world, babies are different. Yet in some ways they are very much the same: each one has ten little fingers & ten little toes
- to play with, to tickle, to wave. & each child is very, very special to its parents... With Mem Fox`s gently rhyming text illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, best loved as the illustrator of the classic nursery join-in picture book We`re Going on a Bear Hunt, Ten Little Fingers & Ten Little Toes will fast become the essential book for baby playtime
- & the perfect gift for a new arrival!

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Ten little monsters set off in search of adventure. But what will the ten little monsters do when they meet a howling werewolf, a giant spider & other scaries in the night? A monster stomp of a book with lots of things to spot & count on every page, this noisy rhyming story from the creators of the bestselling Ten Little Pirates is perfect for sharing again & again. Praise for Ten Little Pirates: `A rollicking read with an easy rhythm & jaunty illustrations.. .an excellent addition to books that help with counting.` Guardian ` Ties together its counting lessons & bobbing rhymes with intricate neatness.. . Lots of humorous details to discover on every page.` Time Out ` Hilarious. Will have both child & reader laughing out loud.` Angels & Urchins ` This book is wonderful.` Child-Led Chaos ...

Ten little pirates sailing out to sea, Looking for adventure, happy as can be. Are they hunting treasure? Are they going far? Ten little pirates all say, ` Arrrrrr!` Ten little pirates set out to sea in search of adventure. But what will the ten little pirates do when they meet a hurricane.. .and a giant squid.. .and a HUNGRY SHARK? This fun-filled rhyming story, which incorporates counting backwards from ten to one, is great to share with young children who are learning about numbers. The colourful, humourous illustrations feature objects to spot & count on every page. With a bouncy, rhythmic text & lots of great sound words, this piratical adventure is perfect for sharing again & again. ...

Ten little princesses going to the ball, Trotting on their ponies, past the castle wall. Are they looking for ward to their very special day? Ten little princesses all shout, ” Yay!” Ten little princesses set off on a journey to a magical fairy tale ball. But on the way to the ball there`s a dark & spooky forest, & a wicked witch, & a big bad wolf, & a sneaky troll, & a hungry giant! Will any of the little princesses get to the ball on time? Meet all your favourite fairy tale characters in this perfectly princessy adventure: Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Snow White & more! With lots of things to spot & count on every page, this bouncy rhyming story from the creators of the highly acclaimed Ten Little Pirates is perfect for sharing again & again. Praise for Ten Little Pirates: ` Hilarious. Will have both child & reader laughing out loud`
- Angels & Urchins ` Hugely entertaining...an absolute joy to read aloud`
- Library Mice ` This book is wonderful`
- Child-Led Chaos


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Life on planet earth is not weirder than we imagine. It`s weirder than we are capable of imagining. And we`re all in it together: humans, blue whales, rats, birds of paradise, ridiculous numbers of beetles, molluscs the size of a bus, bdelloid rotifers who haven`t had sex for millions of years & creatures called water bears: you can boil them, freeze them & fire them off into space without killing them. In this breathtakingly audacious book, Simon Barnes opens our eyes to the real marvels of the planet we live on. ...

Life on Planet Earth is not weirder than we imagine. It`s weirder than we are capable of imagining. & we`re all in it together: humans, blue whales, rats, birds of paradise, ridiculous numbers of beetles, molluscs the size of a bus, the sexual gladiators of slugs, bdelloid rotifers who haven`t had sex for millions of years & creatures called water bears: you can boil them, freeze them & fire them off into space without killing them. We`re all part of the animal kingdom, appearing in what Darwin called ”endless forms most beautiful & most wonderful”. In this breathtakingly audacious book, Simon Barnes has brought us all together, seeking not what separates us but what unites us. He takes us white-water rafting through the entire animal kingdom in a book that brings in deep layers of arcane knowledge, the works of Darwin & James Joyce, Barnes`s own don`t-try-this-at-home adventures in the wild, David Attenborough & Sherlock Holmes. Ten Million Aliens opens your eyes to the real marvels of the planet we live on. ...

Ten Poems about Cats set from a charming “ Instead of a card” series of pamphlets from Candlestick Press, consisting of an attractively produced booklet with the poems, a bookmark left blank for that special message & an envelope – an imaginative alternative for all who still regard sending a card as a more proper, warm & friendly way of offering greetings for those special occasions. The booklet is illustrated by Beth Krommes & contains poems by Elizabeth Coatsworth, Thom Gunn, William Cowper, Grace Nichols, Anna Wigley, Anne Stevenson, Jen Hadfield, & Walter de la Mare. To see the list of all the titles in this lovely series please click on the series link. ...

Ten Poems about Dogs set from a charming “ Instead of a card” series of pamphlets from Candlestick Press, consisting of an attractively produced booklet with the poems, a bookmark left blank for that special message & an envelope – an imaginative alternative for all who still regard sending a card as a more proper, warm & friendly way of offering greetings for those special occasions. The booklet has an introduction by Jenni Murray & poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Lord Byron, Billy Collins, Susan Hamlyn, Ogden Nash, Linda Pastan, Andrew Barton ‘ Banjo’ Paterson, Siegfried Sassoon, Stevie Smith & Paul Yandle. To see the list of all the titles in this lovely series please click on the series link. ...

Ten Poems about Fathers set from a charming “ Instead of a card” series of pamphlets from Candlestick Press, consisting of an attractively produced booklet with the poems, a bookmark left blank for that special message & an envelope – an imaginative alternative for all who still regard sending a card as a more proper, warm & friendly way of offering greetings for those special occasions. The booklet has an introduction by Di Slaney & poems by Coral Bracho, Lewis Carroll, C. Day Lewis, Louise Glück, Tony Harrison, Seamus Heaney, Tariq Latif, Joanne Limburg, Roger Mc Gough & Michael Rosen. To see the list of all the titles in this lovely series please click on the series link. ...