When the National Animal Chorus gathers to perform the immortal works of Mr. Herbert Timberteeth, the performance doesn`t go exactly as planned. Mr. Timberteeth has some preconceived notions of what animals like to do that are reflected in his songs, but it turns out that lions prefer flower-arranging to prowling & shrimp would rather ski than swim! With all the dissension & mayhem, will the show still go on? This hilarious picture book delivers a subtle message about stereotyping that kids, who are so often pigeon-holed themselves, will appreciate. ...

What Are You Looking At? by Will Gompertz
- a wonderfully lively & accessible history of Modern Art by the BBC Arts Editor. ” An
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What are you wearing today? Well, it depends! In this new addition to the Flip Flap Pop-up book series, young children are invited to help each character in the book decide what to wear. The result is a highly entertaining book that is packed with flaps to lift, tabs to pull, & plenty of surprises. ...

On an unseasonably warm autumn day, an American teacher walks down a staircase beneath Sofia`s National Palace of Culture, looking for sex. Among the stalls of a public bathroom he encounters Mitko, a charismatic young hustler. He returns to Mitko again & again over the next few months, & their trysts grow increasingly intimate & unnerving as the enigma of this young man becomes inseparable from that of his homel&, Bulgaria, a country with a difficult past & an uncertain future. Garth Greenwell`s What Belongs to You is a stunning debut about an American expat struggling with his own complicated inheritance while navigating a foreign culture. Lyrical & intense, it tells the story of a man caught between longing & resentment, unable to separate desire from danger, & faced with the impossibility of understanding those he most longs to know. ...

On an unseasonably warm autumn day, an American teacher enters a public bathroom beneath Sofia`s National Palace of Culture. There he meets Mitko, a charismatic young hustler, & pays him for sex. He returns to Mitko again & again over the next few months, their relationship growing increasingly intimate & unnerving. As he struggles to reconcile his longing with the anguish it creates, he`s forced to grapple with his own fraught history: his formative experiences of love, his painful rejection by family & friends, & the difficulty of growing up as a gay man in southern America in the 1990s. Startlingly erotic & immensely powerful, What Belongs to You tells an unforgettable story about the ways our pasts & cultures, our scars & shames can shape who we are & determine how we love. ...

The razor-thin line between reality & madness is transgressed in this Faulknerian masterpiece, Antonio Lobo Antunes`s first novel to appear in English in five years. What Can I Do When Everything`s On Fire?, set in the steamy world of Lisbon`s demimonde a nightclub milieu of scorching intensity & kaleidoscopic beauty, a baleful planet populated by drag queens, clowns, & drug addicts is narrated by Paolo, the son of Lisbon`s most legendary transvestite, who searches for his own identity as he recalls the harrowing death of his father, Carlos; the life of Carlos`s lover, Rui, a heroin addict & suicide; as well as the other denizens of this hallucinatory world. Psychologically penetrating, pregnant with literary symbolism, & deeply sympathetic in its depiction of society`s dregs, Lobo Antunes`s novel ventriloquizes the voices of the damned in a poetic masterwork that recalls Joyce`s Ulysses with a dizzying farrago of urban images few readers will forget. ...

What do animals do all day? Find out in this fully illustrated book that features more than 100 animals. Little ones can explore fourteen scenes set in diverse habitats--including the jungle, the desert, & the savanna--then turn the page to find out what each animal is called, & what it gets up to in the wild. This funny companion title to What Do Grown-ups Do All Day? Is the perfect book to introduce little ones to animals big & small, & to explain how they work together in nature. ...

Featuring more than one hundred jobs & fifteen busy scenes, such as farm, hospital & school, this book gives children a fascinating insight into what grown-ups do all day. Explore fifteen diverse work places such as a farm, hospital, & school, then turn the page to find out what each person`s job entails. Packed with detailed scenes & information, this is a sure-fire instant classic. ...

Richard Scarry`s classic title, What Do People Do All Day? is packed with pictures & things to spot on every page, this classic book brings the world of Richard Scarry to a new generation of readers. What do people do all day? Everyone is busy in Busytown
- from train drivers to doctors, from mothers to sailors, in police stations & on fire engines. Follow a colourful collection of busy people working through their busy days. Captain Salty & his crew are getting ready to go on a voyage; Doctor Lion is busy at the hospital; Sergeant Murphy is working very hard to keep things safe & peaceful; & engineers are building new roads. Another busy day in Busytown!
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Along with the beautiful Eric Carle art work that children know & love, this book features a real magnifying glass equiped with sound buttons to help them look for hidden critters. As children explore page after page they can press the 5 sound buttons to bring the adventure to life. With this interactive book set, your little explorer can get a closer look at click beetles, ladybugs, fireflies, & more! ...