0. Captain Small Pig - Paperback
£5.99 by Martin Waddell
(Books/All genres)
(ISBN:9781842708194) 'I'm Captain Commander!' Small Pig said.
'Aye-Aye, Captain Small Pig!' yawned Old Goat. 'You are in charge of this boat!'
But Small Pig soon tires of rowing and falls asleep, and before they know it the boat is drifting across the lake, and grumpy Turkey is in for a soaking...
Martin Waddell, award-winning author of
Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? , perfectly captures the magic of a day out.
Badger is so old that he knows he will soon die. He tries to prepare his friends for this event, but he does die, they are still grief-stricken. Gradually they come to terms with their grief by remembering all the practical things Badger taught them, and so Badger lives on in his friends’ memories of him.
0. Captain Small Pig - Hardback
£10.99 by Martin Waddell
(Books/All genres)
(ISBN:9781842707043) I'm Captain Commander!' Small Pig said.
'Aye-Aye, Captain Small Pig!' yawned Old Goat. 'You are in charge of this boat!'
But Small Pig soon tires of rowing and falls asleep, and before they know it the boat is drifting across the lake, and grumpy Turkey is in for a soaking...
Martin Waddell, award-winning author of
Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? , perfectly captures the magic of a day out.
Rabbit wants to know why the sky is blue. He always asks about everything! His old friend, Donkey, knows a lot of things, and promises to teach him. But in the end their roles are reversed in this delightful tale of friendship.
Princess Camomile is Not Allowed ever so many things. Nanny Nettle is too strict - why, she even forbids her sweets at her own birthday party! So she slips out of the castle, and heads for Bagseye the bad cat’s sweet shop – and a most unexpected adventure follows! As she tells Nanny, it’s not sweets that make her sick – it’s too many sweets!
0. Monster Bed, The - Paperback
£5.99 by Jeanne Willis
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(ISBN:9781842702222) Little Dennis doesn't want to go to sleep because there might be something under his bed. Dennis isn't afraid of monsters – after all, he's a monster himself. He's afraid that
humans will get him. His mother says that humans are only in made-up stories, but Dennis is not convinced. Rollicking rhyme and delightfully detailed illustrations make this story of a bedtime surprise the perfect book for little monsters.
0. Time Spinner - Paperback
£4.99 by Roy Apps
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(ISBN:9781842702314) If you were light years ahead in the future, living on Taurus IV, perhaps your parents would let you spin the family travel vehicle for 20 minutes - it's just like riding a bike, to them. But to use the time-travel facility on it, that is NOT allowed, not even to replace Gran's special sparkly glass artefact from the Elizabethan age (the 21stth century!). So when Rosemary breaks the glass, and then breaks all the rules to get a new one, she has some surprises in store!
A tiny vole stood on the Royal Rock and squeaked as loudly as he could:'Today, I will be King.'Rabbit, Hedgehog and Fox all thought he was being very silly indeed - and sure enough when the real king of the forest comes, Vole was much too scared to insist. Well, the King was the biggest, blackest, fiercest looking bear you ever saw - and unfortunately he couldn't see very well because he'd lost his glasses. In a generous mood, King Bear put Vole on his head (inside the crown), and took him for a ride. The poor little vole was flung about within the crown, and had to cling on very tightly. But he was able to warn the bear when he was about to tread on Fox, and then on Hedgehog, and finally on Rabbit. When they returned to the royal rock, all the animals were there to cheer their hero, Vole. And even though Vole wasn't the King of the Forest, he thought that being a real hero was every bit as good.
Badger is so old that he knows he will soon die. He tries to prepare his friends for this event, but he does die, they are still grief-stricken. Gradually they come to terms with their grief by remembering all the practical things Badger taught them, and so Badger lives on in his friends’ memories of him.
Awards & Reviews
Out of Shadows
by Jason Wallace
'Excellent. [Out of Shadows is] the
Independent
Elmer's Special Day
by David McKee
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