A superb book with gorgeous illustrations that has all the hallmarks of a modern classic children's book. The animals on Buttercup ...

A new animal called a kangaroo is arriving at Buttercup Farm & all the animals are very worried. What does a kangaroo do? In turn the animals express their fears that Kangaroo might take over their jobs. Oh no! What will they do then? They are so worried that they don't notice the baby animals wandering off, one by one... ...

Join Babar, Celeste, Arthur, Zephir, & all the other characters of Celesteville as they take young readers on a romp through the alphabet. In this book, crocodiles chase crows, geese go through the garden gate, kittens love kisses, & pigs wear violet pyjamas. ...

Babar & his friends help children count from one to 20. During a walk with Zephir the monkey, they spy one maribou bird, two hot-air balloons, three race cars, & so on. At the end of the book there is a special reward: a royal certificate that affirms the reader's new skill
- counting to 20.
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The latest from venerable storyteller & brilliant artist Laurent de Brunhoff has Babar's family on a world tour! They visit a number of countries around the globe. First stop is Italy where they learn to say Buon giorno! Hello! After that, it's off to Germany, Spain, Russia, India, Japan, & Thail&. ...

Bother those noisy birds! muttered Babbity. " And bother the sun as well!" Oh Dear! What a bad mood Babbity is in! His friends try everything to cheer him up: cloud-gazing, silly tricks, even rolling down the hill. Until at last Babbity's bad mood disappears. But where could it have gone...? This paperback book has 24 pages & measures: 25 x 25 x 0.2cm Product Information: • ISBN: 9781848695979 • Author: M. Christina Butler, Frank Endersby • Publisher: Little Tiger Press • Format: Paperback • Pages: 24 • Dimensions: 25 x 25 x 0.2cm ...

Hugely successful 'talking animals' pic, in which a loveable pig is saved from the butcher's knife when Farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell) wins him in a raffle. Adopted by the farm's sheepdog fraternity, Babe begins to display mutton herding skills of his ow ...

Deservedly acclaimed as one of 1998's best films, this sequel to the beloved 1995 live-action fantasy proved a commercial catastrophe & a source of dismay to parents expecting another bucolic, sweet-natured fable. Every bit as sly & visually stunning as its predecessor, Babe: Pig in the City is otherwise a jolting ride beyond the Hoggetts' farm into a no less vivid but far darker world the allegorical city of the title, which for the diminutive "sheep pig" proves truly nightmarish. Australian filmmaker George Miller (Mad Max, The Road Warrior), who produced & co wrote the first film, this time takes the director's reins, & he ratchets up the pace & the peril as effectively as he did on his influential trilogy of apocalyptic, outback sci-fi thrillers. From the opening scene, Babe: Pig in the City means to disrupt the reassuring calm achieved by the conclusion of the previous film. Babe's prior triumph proves short-lived, & within moments Miller has us literally peering into the depths as he sets up a horrific well accident that nearly kills the taciturn but good-hearted Farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell), Babe's beloved " Boss." Journeying with the equally pink, even plumper Mrs. Hoggett (Magda Szubanski), the young pig finds himself in a city where animals are outcasts, staying in the lone hotel that allows pets. When Mrs. Hoggett is detained, Babe must contend with the suspicions & rivalries of the hotel's other four-legged guests. The film's G status doesn't fully telegraph the shock Miller induces: bad things happen to good animals, & Babe's new acquaintances are a far cry from his colleagues on the farm. In particular, he must contend with a cynical family of chimps given wonderful, dead-pan voice characterisations by Steven Wright & Glenne Headly. Miller's use of effects to transform his animals into "actors" is even more seamlessly integrated than in Babe. The sequel's production design is crucial to the creation of a complete, absorbing world, & purely visual ideas such as a deluge of blue balloons during the climactic ballroom battle--achieve a splendour & originality that a room full of computer-graphics desktops couldn't muster. Ultimately, though, the film does more than amaze: as Babe's compassion & courage transform those around him, we're moved in ways that purveyors of by-the-numbers family fare can only dream of. ...

Double bill of the hugely successful 'talking animals' movies. In ' Babe' (1995) a loveable pig is saved from the butcher's knife when Farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell) wins him in a raffle. Adopted by the farm's sheepdog fraternity, Babe begins to display m ...

Trio of children's films. ' Babe' (1995) is the hugely successful 'talking animals' pic, in which a loveable pig is saved from the butcher's knife when Farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell) wins him in a raffle. Adopted by the farm's sheepdog fraternity, Babe be ...