A collection of familiar bedtime rhymes and nursery poems, including Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. The book features colourful, charming illustrations and is designed for young children to enjoy during quiet reading or bedtime.
Bertie is chased by a bear, and soon a whole group of people begins chasing after the bear. As everyone makes increasingly loud noises, the chase turns into a lively and humorous adventure. The repetitive action and sounds make it especially suitable for read-aloud and interactive storytelling.
A collection of funny poems, rhymes, wordplay and jokes by Michael Rosen, accompanied by Clare Mackie’s quirky illustrations. It is a sequel to Michael Rosen’s Book of Nonsense and encourages children to enjoy the playful and imaginative side of language.
A lively collection of funny poems, rhymes, limericks, wordplay, repetition, and nonsense verse by Michael Rosen. The poems explore silly and imaginative subjects, including football, dinosaurs, and wonderfully absurd characters and situations. The collection encourages children to play with language and create their own poems.
Billy and Mary are always complaining, “It’s not fair!” Their parents warn them about the mysterious It’s Not Fairy, a fairy who listens to children’s complaints and has had enough of all the whining. When the fairy finally visits their house, the whole family learns that they need to be kinder, more considerate, and fairer to one another.
Long, long ago there lived a very tiny kitten, with very big ideas! A heartwarming, triumphant tale celebrating the teeny, tiny things that the BIG things are made of. When the kitten drops in to a caravan filled with circus squirrels, they do their very best to build him into their act, but the kitten can't quite get the hang of it. However, his big ideas soon become ENORMOUSE, and the kitten…
When Jess goes to stay at Grandad’s house she thinks it’s awfully bare and lonely. But then she discovers a special bear, wrapped in brown paper and hidden away in a cupboard, which whisks her away on a magical adventure. Soon Jess is marching with a set of tin soldiers, dancing with a beautiful china doll, and riding on a gleaming toy train.
Roald Dahl gives six classic fairy tales a darkly comic and mischievous twist, rewriting them in lively rhyming verse. The collection includes Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, and The Three Little Pigs.
A little pig is walking down the street, unaware of the hungry wolf waiting around the corner, when SUDDENLY the pig remembers he has left something behind and turns away at the last second, leaving the wolf to fall flat on his face. The wolf pursues the little pig throughout the day, but each time, quite unaware, the pig evades him until in the end the wolf gets his come-uppance in an unexpect…
Three greedy goats escape into Mr. Farmer's turnip field, and nobody seems able to get them out. Mr. Farmer tries to solve the problem with the help of Dog, Horse, Cow and Pig, but all their attempts fail. Finally, a little bee comes along with a clever solution.