What happened to you? Was it a shark? A burglar? A lion? Did it fall off?
Every time Joe goes out the questions are the same . . . what happened to his leg? But is this even a question Joe has to answer?
A ground-breaking, funny story that helps children understand what it might feel like to be seen as different.
Richard Scarry’s beloved Busylande meets the Middle Ages – and the result is a joyful reworked fairy tale starring knights on horseback, wandering minstrels, intrepid peasants, a beautiful princess and a frightening dragon!
Busylande is a very busy, happy kingdom – until a roaring dragon kidnaps Princess Lily. Who will save her? The knights do try, but everything goes wrong. Now it’s all up to Peasant Pig and Lowly Worm . . . but they’ve not faced a challenge like this – ever!
Jump into Busy Town and learn your ABCs with Richard Scarry and his friends!
Each double page spread is packed with words starting or finishing or including a specific letter of the alphabet. The letters are highlighted in bright pink to emphasise the learning point. It’s busy and it’s bright and it makes learning your alphabet fun.
Scarry captures all the hustle and bustle of Busytown through a series of delightful, brightly illustrated stories. Flossie, Big Hilda, Mother Cat, Squeaky Mouse and a cast of Scarry’s most popular characters are off to pick spring flowers, watch fireworks at the Pig family picnic, help the postman deliver letters, and celebrate holidays, family and friends. This is the perfect introduction to everyday grown-up life – ever!
Lowly Worm is one of Richard Scarry’s best loved characters, and the star of this lively collection of stories, in which he takes an unexpected ride on a hot-air balloon; helps Huckle find just the right gift for Mother Cat; rides the roller coaster at the fair and builds a castle at the beach. With everything from bike crashes to a big birthday surprise, these stories show exactly why Lowly is one special worm, loved the world over. Every page has something to delight over and discuss.
‘…Out glides a limo, as sleek as a plane,
With big gleaming hubcaps as bright as champagne’
Children will delight in this silly tale of a dog prince in his truck with a very special delivery . . .
With each page turn a new vehicle pops out of the last. This book has all the ingredients to charm and enthrall first readers and parents alike.
The fastest police cars and motorbikes . . .
The most powerful trucks . . .
Firefighting helicopters . . .
A thrilling book packed with full-colour technical illustrations and information about emergency vehicles from around the world.
Glastonbury with veg! From the bestselling picture book team behind Kitchen Disco.
The vegetables start waking up
They stretch and rise and shine –
They set up lots of stages,
Cos it’s VEGGIE PARTY time!
Mud, rain, vegetables. A winning combination!
Mummy’s going away for three whole days!
She’s bound to miss home very much, so Ruby Roo decides to pack a suitcase with all the things she knows Mummy loves best.
Uh-oh. Mummy’s in for a wicked surprise!
It’s raining, it’s pouring.
And Daddy is snoring.
Mummy is working.
Oh, EVERYTHING’S BORING.
What can Ruby Roo do on a rainy day? Use her imagination! This jaunty, thrilling rhyming text sees these two intrepid explorers jet off to the jungle in their cardboard seaplane, and swing through the exotic pot plant canopy . . . encountering some strangely familiar characters on their way!
