Click-clack clicketty-clack whoo.. .eee! Disaster! The fast rain to Pebblecombe has broken down. Everyone on the train wants to get to the fair & enjoy a great day out but now they're all stuck on the tracks. It is up to the Little Red Train & Duffy Driver to save the day. Do the little Red Train speeds up & is determined to get her passengers to the fair on time. As Duffy remarks at the end of the journey ' You're the Little Red Express now!' Follow the train on its speedy journey & marvel at the wealth of detail in every picture. ...

All aboard! The Little Red Train is in for a very busy day. There's post to deliver rails & sleepers for the new track a flock of sheep for Hilltop Farm & lots of passengers for Barnacle Bay! Keep your eyes peeled on the journey
- there's lots of added fun! Peek inside the Little Red Train's engine & East Sidings station with fun cut-aways! Can you spot the landmarks bridges tunnels & signals along the way? Count all the sheep at Hilltop Farm &.. .use the map to follow the Little Red Train on his very busy day! You'll never have a dull journey with the Little Red Train"!"
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When Duffy the driver is told to keep on going until the lights change that's exactly what he does
- so he doesn't even notice
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The first charming tale in The Little Red Train" series which will appeal to all little boys & girls obsessed with engines trains & things that go! Oh no! Duffy has forgotten to put on the brake & the Little Red Train has set off down the track without its driver! Can Duffy catch up with the runaway train? Maybe with a little help from his friends." ...

When a lorry driver scoffs at the Little Red Train for looking old & useless Duffy is quite upset. But the Little Red Train soon proves its worth when terrible traffic breakdowns & faulty lights stop the lorries being able to deliver. & the Little Red Train doesn't look quite so useless or little after all! Ben Blathwayt's Little Red Train" books with minimal text & big busy pages full of intricate detail have enormous appeal for young children." ...

Another charming tale in The Little Red Train" series which will appeal to all little boys & girls obsessed with engines trains & things that go! The nasty Swish Train drivers have challenged Duffy & Jack to a race & the winner gets to keep the Little Red Train's very last route! When the flag goes down the Swish Train speeds straight out of sight but there's worse to come.. . There's oil on the tracks sheep on the line & someone has switched the points! Can Jack's quick-thinking save the day?" ...

' Huffitty-chuffitty.. .huffitty-chuffitty.. .huffitty-chuffitty puff went the smoke from the Little Red Train's funnel.' When a lorry driver scoffs at the Little Red Train for looking old & useless Duffy is quite upset. But the Little Red Train soon proves its worth when terrible traffic breakdowns & faulty lights stop the lorries being able to deliver. & the Little Red Train doesn't look quite so useless or little after all! Ben Blathwayt's Little Red Train" books full of intricate detail have proved a big hit with children. With a minimal text & big busy pages Ben's books have enormous appeal for young children. Now enjoy this classic picture book with the accompanying audio CD read by Richard Briers with music & sound effects." ...

The Little Shadows" tells the story of three sisters making their way in the world of vaudeville before & during the First World War. Setting off to make their fortune as a singing act after the untimely death of their father the girls Aurora Clover & Bella are overseen by their fond but barely coping Mama. The girls begin with little besides youth & hope but evolve into artists as they navigate their way to adulthood among a cast of extraordinary characters
- charming charlatans unpredictable eccentrics & some who seem ordinary but have magical gifts. Marina Endicott lures us onto the brightly lit stage & into the little shadows that lurk behind the curtain & reveals how the art of vaudeville
- In all its variety madness melodrama hilarity & sorrow
- echoes the art of life itself."


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Marina Endicott presents the three graceful Avery girls the sister act to take vaudeville by storm starring: Aurora Clover & Bella. As they set off on the road to fame & fortune the Avery sisters join a cast of extraordinary & unforgettable characters
- charming charlatans unpredictable eccentrics & some who seem ordinary but have magical gifts. Taking us behind the curtain & into their lives The Little Shadows" reveals how the art of vaudeville
- in all its variety madness melodrama hilarity & sorrow
- echoes the art of life itself."


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In May 1940 many countries in Europe were at war with Nazi Germany. Half a million British & French soldiers were trapped on three sides in northern France by German troops & tanks. The only escape for the Allied army was the sea. An incredible armada of over 800 craft including Royal Navy ships & a flotilla of small river & coastal boats thereafter known as the little ships" was assembled on the south-eastern coast of Engl&. They sailed across the English Channel to Dunkirk in France to rescue the beseiged troops. The wide Dunkirk beach was covered with men who were hungry & thirsty with horses running loose from their French riders with dozens of barking dogs with trucks & equipment
- the disarray of an army on the run. In her vivid & deeply moving text Louise Borden tells the story of one small fishing craft from Deal that was part of the armada. It is told from the point of view of a young girl who donned her brothers old clothes & sailed with her father on the family boat the Lucy. The story of that incredible venture is part truth part fiction. It could have happened. Michael Foreman who as a boy during World War II lived in a small fishing town on the English coast has created remarkable pictures that together with Louise Bordens spare & dramatic text & an interesting introductory note by Christopher Dreyer who commanded the Royal Navy ship MTB 102 in the armada bring vividly alive this historic rescue in which over 300 000 men were saved."
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