Young children just love things that go, and here is a book they will spend hours pushing along the floor as well as reading! Follow the black taxi around the streets of London visiting the sights, with an extra detail to spot on every page. Then close the book and push it along on its four moving wheels and go on your own journey! The perfect way for young visitors to London to remember their trip.
In the tick-tock quiet, a shaft of moonlight tickles the nose of something sleeping. It`s a stuffed, stripy horse. He twitches. Then an enormous dusty sneeze echoes round the room. He`s awake. So begins this charming story, all about a forgotten toy who can`t remember his name. He is befriended by Muriel (a hummingbird who flutters off the pattern on a lamp), Hermann (a daft draught excluder), and Wedgie and Woodie (penguin-shaped salt and pepper shakers), and embarks on an adventure to meet Ming, a wise and ancient Chinese vase cat, who is the only person in the shop who might be able to tell him who he is. Thrills, spills, and some seriously silly situations await him on his adventure.
ISBN: 978-1-4052-2729-2
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Perfect for the youngest naturalist, Who Lives Here? is an engaging visual journey to the habitats of a variety of creatures. I`m very tiny and I have a long beak, just right for drinking the nectar from flowers. What am I? Inviting riddles introduce facts about each creature and invite children to guess which animal the clue is for. Lift-the-flaps reveal the answers. Includes a glossary with more information in the back of the book.
More than 200 spectacular photographs catch and define the energy, intoxication, rebellion, and magic of rock and roll. This work explores the photographs and the photographers who captured rock`s message of freedom and personal reinvention.
ISBN: 978-0-307-27016-0
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Santa Claus has a big job to do on Christmas Eve, and he needs a team to help with the sleigh. He tries out a myriad of thirteen different kinds of animals, including tigers (but they almost eat him), mice (too weak), kangaroos (too jumpy), turtles (too slow), cheetahs (too fast), rhinos (too rough), and even monkeys (too playful). But what Perfect! This humorous peek behind the scenes at the North Pole is told in Jerry Pallotta`s kid-friendly style and beautifully illustrated in glorious color by David Biedrzycki.
Santa Claus needs help in his workshop, so he advertises for applicants. But the mermaids get the toys wet and the wizards turn Santa into a frog. Just when things look desperate, the elves arrive to save the day, in this humorous peek behind the scenes at the North Pole.
This series consists of simple illustrated guides to answer children`s questions about history and invite comparisons with life today. This particular title deals with castles.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-5256-3
Издательство:
Usborne Publishing
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Tina Daniels is thirteen years old and a star. She sings beautifully, and everyone loves her. Her mother has big ideas about Hollywood, but Tina is not happy. One day she goes away on a train. Who does she meet? What does she see? Read about Tina’s new life.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8073-2
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Sam Sylvester is a teacher who wants his class to have ambition, and to do great things in life. So he enters them for a sporting competition against the rich students of Greycoats School. The team that he has chosen for the competition think Sam has gone crazy. \`Who, Sir? Me, Sir?\` says little Hoomey, his eyes round with horror. \`We\`ll never beat Greycoats,\` the others cry. \`Never in a million years!\` But you don\`t know what you can do - until you try ...
ISBN: 978-0-19-479136-6
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: март 2011
The new novel from Patrick Gale, author of Richard & Judy-bestseller Notes from an Exhibition. When forty-something Laura Lewis is obliged to abandon a life of stylish independence in Paris to care for her elderly mother in Winchester, it seems all romantic opportunities have gone up in smoke. Then she runs into Ben, the great love of her student days - and, as she only now dares admit, the emotional touchstone against which she has judged every man since. She`s cautious - and he`s married - but they can`t deny that feelings still exist between them. Are they brave enough to take the second chance at the lasting happiness that fate has offered them? Or will they be defeated by the need to do what seems to be the right thing? Taking its...
ISBN: 978-0-00-730601-5
Издательство:
Collins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Nicolas Creel, a super-rich arms dealer, decides that the best way to boost his business is to start a new cold war - and he won`t let anything or anyone get in his way. As international tensions rise and the superpowers line up against each other, the lives of three very different people will never be the same again. As intelligence agent Shaw, academic Anna Fischer and ambitious journalist Katie James are all drawn into Creel`s games. can anything stop the world from spiralling out of control? This terrifying global thriller delivers all the twists and turns. emotional drama, unforgettable characters and can`t-put-it-down pacing that Baldacci fans expect - and still goes beyond anything he`s written before. Формат: 11 см х...
ISBN: 978-0-330-45652-4
Издательство:
Picador USA
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
David Baldacci made a big splash on the literary scene with the publication of his first novel, ABSOLUTE POWER. A major motion picture adaptation followed, with Clint Eastwood as its director and star. In total, David has published 27 novels, all of which have been national and international bestsellers; several have been adapted for film and television. His novels have been translated into more than 45 languages and sold in more than 80 countries; over 110 million copies are in print worldwide. David has also published four novels for children. David received his Bachelor`s degree in political science from Virginia Commonwealth University and his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, after which he practiced law in...
How do you ever know the whole story? How do you ever know even part of the story? How do you find meaning when chance and coincidence could, just be chance and coincidence? Presenting connections and missed connections, this collection of stories is an inquiry into things ranging from flies and trees and books to sex, art, drunkenness, and love.
ISBN: 978-0-14-029680-8
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Who`s that flying over the treetops? Whoosh! It`s the witch and her cat and a very tall hat. Fly through the sky with the witch and her friends and bring the story to life with a specially-designed `whoosh` sound. Whoosh! Went the Witch is a fun and interactive introduction to one of the UK`s favourite story books, Room on the Broom from the superb partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
An A to Z of the most gruesome people who have ever lived! What do the following have in common? The Cross-Eyed Lambeth Poisoner, the Teenage Butcher, Juana the Mad and Ismail the Bloodthirsty? Answer: they are all horrors! People who have tortured, murdered, died in a revolting manner, or practise a particularly horrid habit. This book lists these and dozens more, each with its own Horror Rating, as well as their Horrible Deed, Horrible End and Specialist Skills. Read on and shudder.
We are not birds but we can fly. We like to sleep beneath a leaf high in the trees. What are we? Engaging riddles introduce key facts about each animal with more information in a glossary in the back. The perfect book for the inquisitive young naturalist! A member of the Society of Wildlife Artists and an illustrator for the London Zoo, Maggie Silver has illustrated several books for children, including Nature Hide & Seek: Woods & Forests. She lives in England.
Who can you find down on the farm?Based on Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks` bestselling picture books, What the Ladybird Heard and What the Ladybird Heard Next, children will love lifting the large flaps in this bright and cheery board book to find all their favourite characters. Lanky Len and Hefty Hugh have fallen into a heap of muck (yuk!) and the hairy hog is behind a haystack, but who could that be hiding behind a leaf? Might it be a certain ladybird ...Full of farmyard fun and with a gorgeously glittery cover, Who`s on the Farm? is sure to delight.
Marvin Kreitman lives for sex, or at least he lives for women. Charlie Merriweather, on the other hand, loves just the one woman, also called Charlie. Once a week, the two friends meet for a Chinese lunch, contriving never quite to have the conversation they would like to have - about fidelity and womanising, and which makes happier.
ISBN: 978-0-09-943737-6
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Ever wondered how some people seem to have an opinion on every book ever published? Nowadays, there are so many books: how can anyone be well read anymore? Well, help is at hand. Let Henry Hitchings educate you in the invaluable skill of literary bluffing in this survivor`s guide to talking about books you haven`t read. With tips on how to bluff with confidence using quotable insights and invaluable trivia, Henry Hitchings covers all the great books you ought to have read but haven`t got round to yet. If you want to be able to hold your own in a debate about Stephen Hawking or Philip Roth or perhaps you find Shakespeare or Dostoevsky intimidating, then look no further. Including literary heavyweights such as Ulysses, Bleak House and War...
ISBN: 978-1-84854-019-4
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: август 2011
