Useful as a resource and suitable as a gift, this collection of poems ranges from seeing shapes in clouds to the colourful peacock, and from the silly old baboon to the sounds of the sea and the rhythm of the banjo dance. The poets include Edward Lear, Ogden Nash, Ted Hughes, Charles Causley, James Berry, Eleanor Farjeon, and Spike Milligan.
This is a must-have selection of timeless classics, brought gloriously to life by the award-winning Tony Ross. The collection includes favourites such as The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Henny-Penny, The Gingerbread Man, Three Little Pigs, The Enormous Turnip, Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks. The stories have been specially selected for their read-aloud qualities. The large type and full colour, integrated illustrations on every page make this a wonderful book to share with even the very youngest child.
ISBN: 978-1-84270-972-6
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
More in the exciting Gruffalo baby and toddler series from the bestselling Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, featuring all your favourite characters from the deep dark wood. Learn about colours, numbers, opposites and animals with this fabulous set of four bold, bright board books, now available in a miniature slipcase. A perfect gift for young Gruffalo fans!
ISBN: 9780230756052
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2019
A true masterpiece of book design and illustration for beginning readers, this collection pairs well-known nursery tales with uniquely beautiful period illustrations that look as fresh and vital today as they did six decades ago, when the book was first published in Great Britain. Never before published in the United States, My First Nursery Book features four beloved stories: Who Killed Cock Robin?, The Gingerbread Man, Three Little Pigs, and The Three Bears. Franciszka Themerson, a Polish avant-garde artist and filmmaker who turned to childrens book illustration as a refugee in London in the 1940s, is regarded as one of the great talents in classic childrens book , American children can experience and enjoy this remarkable volume,...
ISBN: 978-0-8109-7978-9
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Help Goose go through the maze to find his chocolate mousse, use your stickers to fill Mole`s garden with flowers and butterflies, and play search-and-find at Goat`s playgroup! Packed with games, activities and extra-large stickers that are easy for small hands to use, this book is perfect for birthdays, rainy days and holidays-a great gift for any young child. This must-have activity book is based on Julia Donaldson and Nick Sharratt`s wonderful books for toddlers, including One Mole Digging a Hole, Goat Goes to Playgroup, Animal Music, Hippo Has a Hat and Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose.
The launch of an exciting new Gruffalo baby and toddler series from the bestselling Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, featuring all your favourite characters from the Deep Dark Wood! Learn all about opposites with the Gruffalo in this bold, bright and chunky board book.
ISBN: 978-0-230-75317-4
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
On New Year`s Day 1964, the now-legendary English TV show "Top of the Pops" premiered on the BBC, featuring the Rolling Stones, the Hollies, and the Dave Clark Five. Over the next two decades virtually every major rock and pop act from Britain and the alike - from the Beatles and Bob Dylan to Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and David Bowie - appeared on "Top of the Pops", and every one was captured by the show`s official photographer, Harry Goodwin. Goodwin recorded the evolution of the era at a time of enormous social change, as music progressed from beat to protest, from Motown and psychedelia to glam rock and heavy metal. "My Generation: The Glory Years of Rock "tells the story of the people who provided the soundtrack to those momentous...
ISBN: 978-1-85177-597-2
Издательство:
V&A Publishing
Дата выхода: август 2011
In the late eighteenth century, plantation owner Damien du Bourg struck an unholy bargain with a fallen angel: an eternity of inspiring lust in others for the gift of immortality. But when Marley Turner stumbles upon Damien`s plantation searching for her missing sister, for the first time in two hundred years it`s Damien who can`t resist the lure of a woman. But his past sins aren`t so easily forgotten-or forgiven.
ISBN: 978-0-515-14348-5
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
Никола Тесла - легендарный изобретатель в области радиотехники и электроники, великий учёный, который "изобрёл XX век". Мои изобретения" - это биография Теслы, написанная им самим, с долей самоиронии, но в то же время с чётким пониманием своей значимости. Книга содержит множество любопытных фактов, технических предвидений и размышлений о том, как изобретения могут повлиять на политику и устройства мира в...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05781-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2017
Exploring the events of her life and the country in which she lived until Pinochet`s military coup, Isabel Allende takes us on a highly personal tour through Chile, bringing it to life: a place of love charms and ghosts; of grandparents and great-grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends with whom readers of Allendes fiction will feel immediately at home. Rebellious and passionate, feminist long before she knew what feminism was, her love for (and sometimes exasperation with) Chile informs every line. Формат: 11 см x 17,5 cм.
ISBN: 978-0-00-717963-3
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Takes you on a trip around the Island of Sodor with the world`s Number 1 Engine - Thomas the Tank Engine. Suitable for engine-mad fans, this book contains little-known facts, stickers, a collector`s postcard, double-sided map/poster, a passport and your very own ticket to ride.
ISBN: 978-1-4052-5149-5
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Cora Cash, possibly the wealthiest heiress in 1890s America, has been raised to believe that money will open every door to her. But when her mother whisks Cora to England to secure her an aristocratic match, Cora is dismayed by the welcome she at first receives. The great English houses in which she is entertained are frosty and forbidding, dogged by intrigue above stairs, and gossip below. And it is only when she loses her heart - to a man she barely knows - that Cora realises the game she is playing is one she does not full understand, and that her own future happiness could be the prize.
ISBN: 978-0-7553-4808-4
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: август 2011
My Learning Library is a delightful collection of eight chunky first-concept board books for young children. Stored within a sturdy carry case, these mini books are perfect for small hands to hold and explore. The vivid photography and bright design will engage young imaginations, while helping to promote observation skills, language skills, and a love of reading. Scholastic Early Learners: Interactive books for hands-on learning. Perfect for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and first graders, too!
Meet Will Kelly. English teacher. Film fan. King of sandwich construction. Still in love with The One, desperately searching for An-Other One. In his decrepit flat, Will’s lifeline is the telephone. There’s Alice (who remembers his birthday), Simon (who doesn’t), Martina (the one-night stand), Kate (the previous tenant of his rented Archway fleapit) and of course Aggi - the inimitable Aggi. His Legendary Girlfriend. Or is she? Two men, three women and a donkey called Sandy...basically it’s your classic love hexagon.
ISBN: 0-340-71816-1
Издательство:
Hodder
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
Sarah Wode-Douglas is an aristocratic Englishwoman making her living in literary London, until she impulsively journeys across the world to Kuala Lumpur. Here, she encounters the strange and forgotten poet Christopher Chubb, whose secrets Sarah is compelled to discover.
President Bill Clinton`s "My Life" is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided in early life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. It is the fullest, most concretely detailed, most nuanced account of a presidency ever written, and a testament to the positive impact on America and on the world of his work and his ideals. Here is the life of a great national and international figure, revealed with all his talents and contradictions. Filled with fascinating moments and insights, it is told openly, directly, in President Clinton`s completely recognizable voice.
ISBN: 978-0-09-944135-9
Издательство:
Harvill Press
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
This delightful mini library features four books of rhymes accompanied by adorable full colour pictures of animals by Holly Webb illustrator Sophy Williams. Throughout the year, kittens and puppies play and explore the world, as the seasons change from spring through to winter.
