Children's

Squirrel gathers acorn seeds, sturdy little oak nut seeds. Anticipating future needs, she gathers acorn seeds. What makes an oak (read more)

Squirrel gathers acorn seeds, sturdy little oak nut seeds. Anticipating future needs, she gathers acorn seeds.

What makes an oak tree an oak tree and what makes a squirrel a squirrel? In Squirrel's Family Tree, things aren't always what they seem.

As squirrel searches for, finds, and hides her acorn treasures beneath the shadows of the great oak trees in the forest, little does she know the role she plays in creating the very environment she forages in. (hide)

Stack the Cats is a charming book about counting and organizing cats in various formations. But when the cats decide to go their (read more)

Stack the Cats is a charming book about counting and organizing cats in various formations. But when the cats decide to go their own way-as cats often will-it's time to count down until there's only one proud cat and bird left. Counting forward and backward, understanding when there is more or less of something, and grouping and recognizing items are key early math skills for toddlers, making these books as developmentally sound as they are visually engaging.

Published:8 May 2018
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As the daughter of well-known mathematicians, Flora loves to count more than anything in the world. She counts all the things around (read more)

As the daughter of well-known mathematicians, Flora loves to count more than anything in the world. She counts all the things around her, all the animals, grains of sand on the beach and letters in her Dad's newspaper. When Dora looks at the Milky Way, she begins to wonder how to count the mesmerising number of stars.

Is it even possible? Is the night sky so full of stars that even all the numbers she knows would not be enough to count them? Dora soon learns that she needs to deal with such a complicated task by starting with the simplest of steps, and who knows, maybe one day, she will achieve her dream. (hide)

This is a comprehensive book covering all the basics of cooking, perfect for children or beginner cooks of any age. It is fully illustrated (read more)

This is a comprehensive book covering all the basics of cooking, perfect for children or beginner cooks of any age. It is fully illustrated with colour photographs, and clear step-by-step diagrams show what to do at each stage of a recipe. Dishes included range from simple sandwiches, salads, soups, stews and desserts through to straightforward classics such as roast chicken, homemade bread, sponge cake, chocolate chip cookies and even profiteroles.

Each recipe is marked clearly with allergy advice, and variations on recipes are also included to cater for different food preferences and tastes. Each recipe also comes with a difficulty rating, indicating clearly which are very easy and which require a bit of extra time or effort. (hide)

Emily is not your average thirteen year-old girl. She wears the same black dress every day. She loves maths and science. Her best (read more)

Emily is not your average thirteen year-old girl. She wears the same black dress every day. She loves maths and science.

Her best friends are four black cats and she's into old rock and punk music. Emily is anything but typical and so is this exciting new series of novels about her life. In her second adventure, Emily accidentally duplicates herself! Chronicled in her quirky diary entries and trademark black and red artwork, events quickly turn sinister.

Is each copy of Emily perfect, or is each one fundamentally!strange?

Series:Emily the Strange (hide)

This is an exciting re-imagining of the early years of the boy who would become King Arthur. John Matthews has imagined a quartet (read more)

This is an exciting re-imagining of the early years of the boy who would become King Arthur. John Matthews has imagined a quartet of books under the title Red Dragon Rising, of which this is the first volume. We meet Arthur, Merlin, the Questing Beast, the Green Knight and the mysterious Nine women who rule the castle of Avalon, with its ever-shifting rooms and prophetic bronze mirror.

There are horrific enemies such as Amangons and the hideous Fir Bolg. And stalwart companions in the shape of the four Eldest: the shape-shifting Salmon, Stag, Eagle and Blackbird. And there is Mabon, the shining golden boy-god, whom Arthur and his companions must rescue from an underground dungeon which quenches his powers.
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This great-value Tales from Acorn Wood: Hide and Seek Pig Book and Jigsaw Set contains a board book edition of the bestselling lift-the-flap (read more)

This great-value Tales from Acorn Wood: Hide and Seek Pig Book and Jigsaw Set contains a board book edition of the bestselling lift-the-flap book Hide and Seek Pig, as well as a giant twenty-piece floor puzzle that teaches you ten different colours with all your favourite characters from Acorn Wood. Collect all four Tales from Acorn Wood books: Rabbit's Nap, Fox's Socks, Hide and Seek Pig and Postman Bear, by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, the award-winning creators of The Gruffalo.
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Published on10/03/2016 - Learn to count with all your favourite characters from Acorn Wood in Tales from Acorn Wood: Counting a first (read more)

Published on10/03/2016 - Learn to count with all your favourite characters from Acorn Wood in Tales from Acorn Wood: Counting a first book of numbers based on the bestselling toddler series by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. One pig playing hide-and-seek. Two socks that Fox has lost.

Three letters for Bear to deliver. And four mice keeping Rabbit awake. Join in the fun in Acorn Wood as you learn to count from one to ten.

Based on the bestselling lift-the-flap toddler books: Postman Bear, Fox's Socks, Hide-and-Seek Pig and Rabbit's Nap. (hide)

Storytelling is a vital skill for everyone in ministry of any kind. Everything we are and everything we do revolves around the big (read more)

Storytelling is a vital skill for everyone in ministry of any kind. Everything we are and everything we do revolves around the big story of God's love for us and how we respond to it. Tell It Together combines stories that have been written to read well aloud with tools for groups to share them effectively.

The stories can be used on their own, to enhance a theme or Bible passage, or alongside other activities as the basis for clubs or creative worship gatherings and festivals.

Pub Date:01/01/2017 (hide)

Pub Date:08/01/2015 - In 2001, Quentin Blake - the first Children's Laureate - chose twenty-six of his favourite paintings for an (read more)

Pub Date:08/01/2015 - In 2001, Quentin Blake - the first Children's Laureate - chose twenty-six of his favourite paintings for an exhibition at the National Gallery. Very different artworks were chosen, some by fine artists and some by children's illustrators, but they all had one thing in common: a story to tell. The accompanying book urges children to use their imaginations and look for the stories in the pictures.

Reissued with a new introduction from the author, Tell Me A Picture will show a new generation the adventures that await in looking at art. (hide)