Meet Raa Raa the noisy lion who loves going on noisy adventures with his little jungle friends! This delightful little library introduces youngsters to the wonderful stars of the noisy new series
- Raa Raa Zebby Huffty Topsy Ooo Ooo & Crocky. Featuring six beautiful mini board books in a slipcase
- this title is perfect for presents pocket money & party bags! This delightful storybook is based on the amazing new animated pre-school show which encourages youngsters to play with the sounds around them to develop their communication skills.

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Meet Raa Raa the noisy lion who loves going on noisy adventures with his little jungle friends! Today in the Jingly Jangle Jungle Raa Raa wants to make friends with a lovely little butterfly
- but he keeps scaring it away by being too Loud! Can he learn that there is a time to be loud & a time to be quiet too? This delightful storybook is based on the amazing new animated pre-school show which encourages youngsters to play with the sounds around them to develop their communication skills.
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Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Brutally honest beautifully written THE RABBIS DAUGHTER is the compulsive story of a woman trying to find love & struggling to make peace with her faith her parents & ultimately herself. Reva Mann was a wild child. Granddaughter of the Chief Rabbi of Israel & daughter of a highly respected London Rabbi she rebelled strongly & so began a desperate search to discover who she was. In a whirlwind of sex & drugs Reva strove to leave her strict family life behind her & find her own path. When years later Reva decides she wants to return to her Jewish faith she leaves London & enters a womans yeshiva in Jerusalem. Driven by a strong yearning to return to a higher level of spirituality she is determined to find a strictly orthodox holy man to marry & have children. So Reva begins a new life wanting to suppress her former desires & needs & to find her way to God. In this honest & often shocking memoir Reva presents to us the secret world of ultra Orthodox Judaism. Fascinating insights into modern day matchmakers ritual baths sexual codes of conduct & Jewish practice are depicted & Revas journey is brought to life in stunning detail. ...

The first book in his award-winning Rabbit" series John Updike's " Rabbit Run" contains an afterword by the author in " Penguin Modern Classics". It's 1959 & Harry ' Rabbit' Angstrom one time high school sports superstar is going nowhere. At twenty-six he is trapped in a second-rate existence
- stuck with a fragile alcoholic wife a house full of overflowing ashtrays & discarded glasses a young son & a futile job. With no way to fix things he resolves to flee from his family & his home in Pennsylvania beginning a thous&-mile journey that he hopes will free him from his mediocre life. Because as he knows only too well 'after you've been first-rate at something no matter what it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate'. John Updike (1932-2009) was born in Shillington Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954 & spent a year at Oxford England at the Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of staff at " The New Yorker". Updike was the author of twenty-one novels as well as numerous collections of short stories poems & criticism & is one of only three authors to win more than one Pulitzer Prize. His most famous works are the Harry ' Rabbit' Angstrom series all of which are published in " Penguin Modern Classics": " Rabbit Run" (1960) " Rabbit Redux" (1971) " Rabbit is Rich" (1981) & " Rabbit at Rest" (1990). If you enjoyed " Rabbit Run" you might like Don De Lillo's " Americana" also available in " Penguin Modern Classics". " It is sexy in bad taste violent & basically cynical. & good luck to it". (Angus Wilson " Observer"). " That special polish that brilliance; Updike is among the best". (Malcolm Bradbury). " Brilliant & poignant... By his compassion clarity of insight & crystal-bright rose [ Updike] makes Rabbit's sorrow his & our own". (" Washington Post")."
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Its 1969 & the times are changing. America is about to land a man on the moon the Vietnamese war is in full swing & racial tension is on the rise. Things just arent as simple as they used to be
- at least not for Rabbit Angstrom. His wife has left him with his teenage son his job is under threat & his mother is dying. Suddenly into his confused life
- & home
- comes Jill an eighteen-year-old runaway who becomes his lover. But when she invites her friend to stay a young black radical named Skeeter the pairs fragile harmony soon begins to fail.


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This is a wonderful new series for 5-7 year olds about magical teddies talking toys & terrific adventure from working Partners the team that created the best-selling Rainbow Magic" " Beast Quest" & " Animal Ark". " The Rabbit Rescue": Willow is very excited when Clemmie comes to stay in Summertown. Shes got her own pretty bunny rabbit called Smooches. But naughty Croc is trying to steal Smooches magical pocket heart. Can Willow & her Hoozle friends come to the rescue in time?" ...

Born on a Somerset pea-field in 1941 the second of eight children in a Romani family Maggie Smith-Bendell has lived through the years of greatest change in the travelling communitys long history. As a child Maggie rode & slept in a horse-drawn wagon picked hops & flowers & sat beside her fathers campfire on ancient verges poor but free to roam. As the twentieth century progressed common land was fenced off & the traditional ways disappeared. Eventually Maggie married a house-dweller & tried to settle for bricks & mortar but she never lost the restless spirit the deep love of the land & the gift for storytelling that were her Romani inheritance. Maggies story is one of hardship & prejudice but also unforgettably it recalls the glories of the travelling life in the absolute safety of a loyal & loving family. ...

The rabbits came many grandparents ago. They built houses made roads had children. They cut down trees. A whole continent of rabbits... THE RABBITS offers a rich & immensely valuable perspective on the effect of man on his environment. Visually loaded & told with a passion for truth & understanding THE RABBITS aims to promote cultural awareness & a sense of caring for the natural world. ...

Rabbit enjoys doing rabbity things but he also loves un-rabbity things! When Rabbit suddenly disappears no one knows where he has gone. His friends are desolate. But as it turns out Rabbit has left behind some very special gifts for them to help them discover their own unrabbity talents! This is a stunning debut picture book by author/illustrator Jo Empson. Rabbityness celebrates individuality encourages the creativity in everyone & positively introduces children to dealing with loss of any kind. ...