Mr Wolf is back & he has one thing on his mind
- a great big enormous turnip! When Mr Wolf finds an enormous turnip it is just
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Mr Wolf is having a party! The Three Bears have come round for Baby Bear's birthday. Even Grandma Wolf has even come to help. & then the worst party guest EVER barges in. Who invited her? It's time for Grandma to come to Mr Wolf's rescue & save the day. ...

Mr Wolf fancies some tasty pancakes but he doesn't know how to make them. Asking his neighbours is no use
- they're a mean & horrible
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Moo moo! Hoo hoo! Cock-a-doodle-doo! Oh the wonderful sounds Mr. Brown can do. Now see if you can do them too! This fabulous book is ideal for teaching young children all about noises! This delightful book forms part of the second stage in Harper Collins major Dr. Seuss rebrand programme. With the relaunch of 10 more titles in August 2003 such all-time favourites as How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? & Dr. Seuss Sleep Book boast bright new covers that incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels: Blue Back Books are for parents to share with young children Green Back Books are for budding readers to tackle on their own & Yellow Back Books are for older more fluent readers to enjoy. Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? belongs to the Blue Back Book range. ...

Mr Gumpy has decided to go for a ride in his motor car. It's a nice day & the sun is shining so off he goes. But he only gets as far as the lane before the children the rabbit the cat the dog the pig the sheep the chickens the calf & the goat ask if they can come along too. As the motor car & its passengers make their way across the field the weather begins to turn & the rain is soon pouring down. The tyres cannot grip the muddy ground so Mr Gumpy asks for volunteers to push the car. But everyone has an excuse until it gets so bad that they all have to get out & help. Eventually the sun shines once more as they drive across the bridge
- & there's time for a swim on the way home.
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Mrs Alis much loved home is suddenly under threat
- a road widening scheme threatens to destroy both it & the family business the
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When Uncle Cosmo buys himself a motorbike & gives Mrs Armitage his boring old car it soon becomes obvious that her driving skills leave a lot to be desired. Mrs Armitage & Breakspear cause havoc bumping into bollards bedsteads lorries a crane & bedoinging over some extremely uneven roads. As the bumper the doors the mudguard & even the roof disappear along the way the car is transformed into a mean machine & Mrs Armitage becomes Queen of the Road! ...

Poultry is a big part of our daily diets
- but how adventurous are we with our cooking? Mrs Beeton brings together those dishes
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Isabella Beeton was born in 1836 the eldest of twenty-one children & died at the age twenty-eight. Despite the shortness of her life she managed to produce not only her world-famous book of Household Management but also this lesser known but equally comprehensive book of Garden Management. The subjects covered are familiar to all those who read modern journalism & books on gardening or watch gardening programmes on television: soil structures manures & compost planning & landscaping walls & fences ornamental features tools sowing planting & transplanting. There are chapters on trees shrubs flowers vegetables herbs & fruit growing; on frames & glasshouses; & finally twelve chapters covering the gardening year. Mrs Beeton first published Household Management & Garden Management in the 1860s at a time when Victorian middle-class families had money to spend but little or no previous experience of owning or managing houses & gardens. Mrs Beetons guidance proved extremely useful & popular. Her information & wisdom were so sound that many of her precepts remained rules well into the middle of the twentieth century. Mrs Beetons Garden Management is not only packed with horticultural advice on the use of traditional methods
- always with an eye to new ideas
- but it is also a social document providing an insight into the art of gardening as it was so enthusiastically practised in the past.

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A classic of domestic literature Isabella Beeton's Book of Household Management is both an entertaining curiosity & an important social document providing an invaluable insight into the day-to-day workings of a Victorian household. Encyclopaedic in its range the book contains 2 751 entries covering (besides its countless recipes) advice on childbirth fashion home remedies animal husbandry & the management of servants & even dealing with the sensitive subjects of violence cruelty illness & death & contentious issues still current such as factory farming. Born in 1836 the eldest of twenty-one children Isabella's upbringing was far from conventional & she was never the stately matron of our imaginings. She was already a working journalist when at the age of twenty-one she began to write her epic work in the form of magazine supplements; these were published in the famous single volume of 1861. When she died at only twenty-eight her book had already met with phenomenal success & to this day it remains legendary the world over. ...