A stunning, lyrical story of childhood, memory and the power of imagination, perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime – or at any time at all!
A string of paper dolls go on a fantastical adventure through the house and out into the garden. They soon escape the clutches of the toy dinosaur and the snapping jaws of the oven-glove crocodile, but then a very real pair of scissors threatens . . .
The Paper Dolls is a beautiful and evocative story from Julia Donaldson and Rebecca Cobb, the talented creative partnership behind The Everywhere Bear. This audio edition features a fantastic reading of the story by Lauren Laverne, and a read-along track.
A boy travels to an alternate world where kids get to choose their own parents in this zany, internationally bestselling adventure, which combines the be-careful-what-you-wish-for humor of The Chocolate Touch with the classic appeal of Roald Dahl.
Barry Bennett is sick of his parents. They're boring, they're too strict, and it's their fault his name is Barry. So he makes a wish for better ones-and is whisked away to the Parent Agency, where kids get to pick out their perfect parents.
For Barry, this seems like a dream come true. But as he's about to discover, choosing a new mom and dad isn't as simple as it sounds...
The Parent Agency is the first children's book by British author and comedian David Baddiel.
A young man seeks to understand the strange connection he feels to the wolves that live hear his village.
Originally published in the anthology WEREWOLVES, edited by Jane Yolen. Republished in Bruce Coville's solo collection, ODDLY ENOUGH.
Valerie Flournoy and Jerry Pinkney created a warmhearted intergenerational story that became an award-winning perennial. Since then children from all sorts of family situations and configurations continue to be drawn to its portrait of those bonds that create the fabric of family life.
Best friends Agnes and Honey live at Mount Blessing, a religious commune. Agnes lives with her parents, and her little brother Benny. Honey, abandoned at birth, stays with Winky, the groundskeeper.
The commune, headed by the charismatic Emmanuel, is orderly, well run. But its hiding a dark secret, a secret discovered by Agnes's grandmother, Nana Pete, on her annual visit.
When a medical emergency forces Nana Pete into action the girls begin a painful journey of discovery that threatens to break their bond forever.
Inspired by the author's own experiences, this is a powerful novel of faith and betrayal, loss and redemption.
Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. This title is part of "Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 2, published by Dreamscape Media. LLC.
Don't get yourself noticed and you won't get yourself hanged.
In the faery slums of Bath, Bartholomew Kettle and his sister Hettie live by these words. Bartholomew and Hettie are changelings-Peculiars-and neither faeries nor humans want anything to do with them.
One day a mysterious lady in a plum-colored dress comes gliding down Old Crow Alley. Bartholomew watches her through his window. Who is she? What does she want? And when Bartholomew witnesses the lady whisking away, in a whirling ring of feathers, the boy who lives across the alley-Bartholomew forgets the rules and gets himself noticed.
First he's noticed by the lady in plum herself, then by something darkly magical and mysterious, by Jack Box and the Raggedy Man, by the powerful Mr. Lickerish . . . and by Arthur Jelliby, a young man trying to slip through the world unnoticed, too, and who, against all odds, offers Bartholomew friendship and a way to belong.
Part murder mystery, part gothic fantasy, part steampunk adventure, The Peculiar is Stefan Bachmann's riveting, inventive, and unforgettable debut novel.
Whether it's waking up to find toads in their shoes, becoming trapped on the roof, or searching for cheese when their cow only makes lemonade, the Pepin family always seems to get into the most bizarre scrapes. Lucky for them, they have an author with large psychic antennae and great problem-solving listeners who can join the Pepins on their hilarious adventures. And they need all the help they can get!
In this joyfully absurd romp Polly Horvath is in top comedic form.
Improved posture has many positive effects on our lives. This useful book offers methods that can bring these advantages into ordinary life – including decreasing the effects of pressure and injury on the body.
This book will appeal to mothers, fathers, and educators that are higher concerned about the fast decline of their children's posture, who are often leaned over counters and computers, as well as their own posture. It will also be of excellent benefit to scientists, experts, and physiotherapists, who already understand that posture is a significant portion in most healthcare, plus those in physical training all types of games and the martial arts. And last but not least, the work will be of valuable benefit to all those who hurt from a wide variety of muscular-skeletal difficulties, including osteoarthritis, backache, and cephalalgias, and also a whole range of other common illnesses.
With more and more people becoming aware of the role that healthy posture plays in healing sick health, this is the ideal baptism to achieving its benefits in your personal living.
When Rabbit finds a coin on his step he looks for the perfect place to hide it. He finally figures out the perfect place to put it--in the peanut machine. And he can share his snack with his friend.
