Jump inside the imagination of one unforgettable little girl who likes to pretend she's babysitting her daddy, when really he's looking after her! (And possibly being an astronaut, if she can come too.)This uplifting tale of a stay-at-home father and his daughter is guaranteed to melt your heart.
Shortlisted for the 2018 Waterstones Childrens Book Prize.
A dragon with a short temper is not a good combination, as Fergal's family and friends soon find out. He burns the dinner (literally), reduces the football goal to ashes and absolutely cannot play a nice, quiet board game. It is only when he starts to notice other animals have clever tricks to calm down that Fergal begins to win back his friends, especially when he discovers dragons can cool off in a very handy way.
Three funny stories about a young boy and his pocket-sized alien friend, perfect for children learning to
read.
When Charlie finds a tiny alien in his pocket, he's thrilled to make a new friend. But Zak's excitement soon makes a mess of the house. Can the pair tidy up before Mum comes home?
The Reading Ladder series helps children to enjoy learning to read. It features well-loved authors, classic characters and favourite topics, so that children will find something to excite and engage them in every title they pick up. It’s the first step towards a lasting love of reading.
Level 2 Reading Ladder titles are perfect for readers who are growing in confidence and are beginning to enjoy longer stories.
• Clear type
• Up to 8 lines per page
• Bright, appealing pictures for added interest
• A variety of sentence structures
• A wider range of vocabulary
• Strong themes and characters to discuss
All Reading Ladder titles are developed with a leading literacy consultant, making them perfect for use in schools and for parents keen to support their children’s reading.
Book band: Orange
Get ready to do your best dad dancing and celebrate Father’s Day with
this joyful rhyming picture book.
Children and adults swap places in this hilarious follow up to School for Dads. Full of fun and silliness, this is the perfect picture book gift for Father’s Day celebrating all kinds of different dads. With bouncy rhyming text, this story is great for reading aloud with children aged 3 years and up and perfect for encouraging them to join in the story.
One morning, Anna cried, ""Whoopee!
Today's your special day!…
She gave her dad a card and said,
""Come on – it's time to play!""
Poor Anna’s dad has to go to work on his birthday, so she decides to throw him a surprise party and teach him how to really have some fun. She invites her friends and all of their dads to join in the best birthday party of all time, full of games, cake, fancy-dress costumes and awkward dad dancing!
Can her dad learn to embrace his inner child and have some fun?
Collect them all!
Find out what happens when children take their dads to school …
Has your dad started getting a bit slack? Always late to pick you up, looking at his phone too much? Then you need to get him down to School for Dads right away! And you might learn that he’s a really brilliant dad after all …
Nia is disappointed when she is given the part of the Cowardly Lion
in the school production of The Wizard of Oz. Snooty Jade Miller
will play the main part, Dorothy - the role Nia wanted.
But when her parents bring home naughty kitten Pearl, Nia certainly
has her hands full! She decides to enter Pearl in a local cat
competition - only to find that the judge is Jade's mum, who only
seems to like the poshest of pedigree cats - can Pearl still triumph?
And will Nia find that she'll love playing a lion - and could even
be the star of the show?
Henry's got a secret . a big one!
And he doesn't know what to do with it.
Grandpa suggests he should keep it under his hat - and he's got just the hat for the job. But when Henry puts it on he discovers that Grandpa has some secrets of his own!
A lyrical and heart-warming story celebrating the magical bond between a child and a grandparent, with full colour illustrations on every page.
Designed to introduce young children to unfamiliar situations in an amusing and friendly way. Features Stephen Cartwright’s delightful illustrations, providing lots to look at and talk about. An ideal starting point for young children and adults to discuss first experiences.
An aadorable and funny love story between aardvarks.
Aardvarks Aalfred and Aalbert both need a pal. But Aalfred sleeps in the day, and Aalbert sleeps at night. How will they ever get the chance to meet?
Bird conjures up a series of sillier and sillier schemes to get the two aardvarks into the same place, but their paths simply refuse to cross. Until one day, when they find each other in the most unexpected way – and now Aalfred and Aalbert will never lose each other again.
Aalfred and Aalbert is as funny and memorable as Morag Hood's previous books, Colin and Lee, Carrot and Pea, I Am Bat and The Steves. With its sweet and natural portrayal of love accidentally blooming between two aardvarks, it makes a brilliant gift for a loved one.
Mrs Vickers is just pegging out her favourite knickers when – whoosh – they are caught in a gust of wind and fly away. That’s the end of them, thinks Mrs Vickers. But she is wrong. This is just the beginning …
Mrs Vickers’ Knickers are whisked and whirled on the breeze; on and on they sail, over the building site, through the town (where they cause traffic chaos) and round and round the rollercoaster! Will Mrs Vickers’ ever be united with her favourite pair of frilly pink knickers?
A pair of frilly knickers make a hilarious journey in this exhilarating story!
Save the universe in the awesome and hilarious new space-themed adventure series from bestselling authors Katie and Kevin Tsang!
Suzie Wen LOVES gadgets and inventing things – but her inventions don’t always turn out how she expects . . . And when Suzie invent the Super 3DTV Gizmo she ends up getting transported into her favourite TV show – Space Blasters! On board the space ship with Captain Jane, Spaceman Jack and alien with attitude Five-Eyed Frank, Suzie is soon exploring new planets – like the smelly Planet Cheddar – and meeting plenty of aliens. But when moons start disappearing, it’s up to Suzie to save the universe. Can she put her inventing skills to use? And will she ever get home?
Funny, accessible and highly illustrated stories, perfect for readers aged 6 and up and fans of Bunny vs Monkey, Grimwood, Kitty Quest – and space!
STEM themes woven throughout, including real mindbending space facts and pages from Suzie’s inventors’ notebook
