There are lots of things Joe would wish if he had the chance - that his family hadn't moved from the city to the country, that his mum hadn't bought two ponies no one could ride, and that one day he might have a dog of his own. So when he finds a lucky horseshoe in his garden, he makes some wishes just for fun. After all, there's always a chance they might come true...
The first in a pony trilogy for boys and girls from the author of the KATY'S PONIES trilogy.
Akimbo lives with his family on a game reserve in Kenya. His father is the head park ranger, and he tries to protect the animals that roam the reserve. One day, Akimbo and his father find a dead mother elephant killed by poachers. Akimbo can't stop thinking about the baby elephant left without a mother. What can he do to stop the cruel poachers?
Genius cow Professor McMoo and his trusty sidekicks, Pat and Bo, are star agents of the C I A - short for Cows in action! They travel through time, fighting evil bulls from the future and keeping history on the right track... In Ancient Egypt, a monstrous moo-my has come to life and kicked the Pharaoh off his throne.
A very ordinary boy. Nobody noticed him, he was just like everyone else.
But Fred knew he was different.
He just didn't know quite how different.
And when he did....
Well, what then?
'A rare pleasure … a true story of adaptation and hope.' - Wall Street Journal
'Moth … is a stunning visual experience.' - Books for Keeps
'Moth … is another picture book with inbuilt growing room, an introduction to the concept of evolution in language both scientific and poetic, full of thrill and peril.' - Times Literary Supplement
""This is a story of light and dark.""
Powerful and visually spectacular, Moth is the remarkable evolution story that captures the struggle of animal survival against the background of an evolving human world in a unique and atmospheric introduction to Darwin's theory of Natural Selection.
Against a lush backdrop of lichen-covered trees, the peppered moth lies hidden. Until the world begins to change ...
A clever picture book text about the extraordinary way in which animals have evolved, intertwined with the complication of human intervention.
Along come people with their magnificent machines which stain the land with soot. In a beautiful landscape changed by humans how will one little moth survive?
Powerful and visually spectacular, Moth is the remarkable evolution story that captures the struggle of animal survival against the background of an evolving human world in a unique and atmospheric introduction to Darwin's theory of Natural Selection.
Winner of the 2020 AAAS Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books and chosen for the CLPE Power of Reading Project 2019-20. Shortlisted for the English Association Best Picture Book Awards 2019 and English 4-11 Picture Book Awards 2019.
Poor Bill! He is a bull with a passion for fine china. But, as we all know, bulls and china don't really go together too well - or is that just prejudice? In fact, Bill is a perfect collector of the most charming china cups, and only starts to break things when he is made to feel nervous. This is a delightful book about a bull, a china shop and three very kind old ladies.
