He has no literary precedent & he also appears to have no imitators. He mines a seam that no one else touches on every sentence in every book having a Magnus Mills ring to it that no other writer could produce
- Independent". In " Hark the Herald" a guest stays at an eerie guesthouse over Christmas without encountering any other residents despite constant reassurance from the landlord that he would see them if only he arrived for breakfast slightly earlier; in " Only When the Sun Shines Brightly" Aesops fable about a competition between the Sun & the Wind to get a man to take his coat off gets a new look involving a railway arch a builder & a piece of plastic sheeting; & in " Once in a Blue Moon" a man arrives home to find the family house under siege with his mother armed dangerous & firing at the police with a shotgun & attempts to appease her with an invitation to seasonal hospitality. In the title story rivalry between three cousins over a faulty toy gets out of hand as the cousins unwittingly imitate the toy theyre fighting over. Magnus Mills has published two collections of stories
- " Only When the Sun Shines Brightly" & " Once in a Blue Moon"
- which are collected here together with four new stories for the first time to make a set of twelve."


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Herve Tullet is one of the best-known & best-loved childrens authors & illustrators working today. He has enchanted devotees of his unique style in previous award-winning books including Night & Day" " The Five Senses" & " Imagine"." The Scribble Book" is an entirely new venture one in which his young readers are invited to participate! Encouraged by Herve to pick up a crayon & scribble alongside him they will lose all inhibitions & unlock their own creativity. They will feed scribbles to a hungry monster scribble water to put out a fire scribble flames coming out of a volcano spaghetti for lunch & ski-tracks in the snow." The Scribble Book" does away with the traditional rules of the pre-school colouring book encouraging children to cross boundaries & experiment for themselves. Gradually as the book unfolds the scribbles evolve into puzzles to be solved & finally into genuine drawings. Full of wit & humour irreverent & enchanting " The Scribble Book" is destined to become the latest success from the colourful mind of Herve Tullet." ...

Taro Gomi continues the best-selling series that

Includes:: Scribbles Doodles Squiggles & Doodle All Year.

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Bailey arrives in a new neighbourhood with his extraordinary family. He has no friends but receives a mysterious invitation to join the Scribbleboy Fan Club. The one & only founder member is Ziggy Fuzz. His vital mission is to spread the word about Scribbleboy & his amazing scribbles which years ago transformed the gloomy grey concrete of the neighbourhood. Swept along in plans to discover the identity of the mythical artist Bailey carries on his work so the scribbles start again & eventually he discovers the scribbleboy is in fact a scribblegirl! ...

Noel Fieldings book channels the creative influences of Henri Rousseau Roy Lichtenstein & Salvador Dali through the comedians strange & singular not to say surreal mind. Hilarious & beautifully produced the book is a visual feast which will delight & entertain Noels millions of fans. Growing up in the jungles of India there was no need for drawing or painting. I would sometimes arrange ants into primitive still lives or scratch out portraits onto the trunks of trees. Things changed when I was 11 a lame tiger who owned a stationery shop gave me the keys to his stock room I would roll around in acrylic & oil pastels in reverie licking canvases & tucking coloured pencils into my wild hair. It was here I learned how to draw & paint well enough to be accepted into Croyden Art College. There Dexter Dalwood (Turner Prize nominee) taught me & after two years under his supreme tutelage & much hard graft he adviced me to become a comedian." Noel Fielding" ...

From wedding announcements to IOUs there are hundreds perhaps thousands of scripts some classic others eccentric. Derived from handwriting these are typefaces that are stylized to suggest imply or symbolize certain traits linked to writing. Drawn from the Golden Age of scripts from the 19th to the mid-20th century this is the first compilation of popular rare & forgotten scripts from Britain Italy France Germany & the USA. This title is filled with examples from a broad spectrum of sources advertising street signs invitations type-specimen books & personal letters. This collection is a delightful trove of long-overlooked material & will be an invaluable sourcebook for anyone with an interest in graphic design. ...

A collection of material from theatre radio & TV playwrights that are short enough for use in a single lesson or literacy hour for reading or performance. The scripts & sketches expose students to a wide range of genres & styles & help students explore dramatic forms & issues. ...

Scripts & Strategies in Hypnotherapy Volumes 1 & 2 have been combined to create the single most comprehensive source of scripts & strategies that can be used by hypnotherapists of all levels of experience to build a successful framework for any therapy session. It covers inductions deepeners & actual scripts for a wide range of problems from nail-biting to insomnia sports performance to past life recall pain management to resolving sexual problems. There is a particularly comprehensive section on smoking cessation. All scripts can be used as they stand or adapted for specific situations. Provides an imaginative source of scripts covering the most commonly met cases. For the newly qualified therapist it is a useful addition & for the more experienced it is a source of inspiration."
- European Journal of Clinical Hypnosis"
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One day a tiny insect no bigger than a freckle climbs into Miss Calypso's classroom. Nobody notices until... Polly scritches Joshua scratches & soon the whole classroom is scritching & scratching. An irresistibly catchy text & zany artwork
- head lice have never been so much fun! ' It won't help you get rid of the little critters but at least it will make you laugh as you scratch. A really jolly gift for all those children & parents (and grandparents) who get uptight about nits.' The Guardian
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