Can you imagine spending a freezing cold Antarctic winter outside, with no food for miles around--maybe even a hundred miles? This is what the male emperor penguin does. After his mate has laid her egg, she takes off for the ocean where she swims about, getting plump on squid and fish, while Papa stands around keeping the egg warm for two entire months! Martin Jenkins's remarkable picture book …
When there is a problem, Charlie and his friends always find an answer. But it is not always the one you expect!
'Vile Victorians' gives the reader all the terrible truth about revolting events affecting everyone not so very long ago - from the vile Victorian queen herself, to some vicious Victorian villains.
After fifteen fearsome years on the page, Horrible Histories are coming to the small screen - with all the nasty bits intact - of course. Twelve classic Horrible Histories are being reissued with a tie-in cover. In Gorgeous Georgians readers can discover the full story: Gangs who made a living selling dead bodies. Husbands who sold their wives at auction. Doctors who cured toothache with squash…
On Christmas Eve, the Gravenstein family stays for a few weeks in Valleby Hotel. They have a very valuable Japanese Apple Hound. The hotel personnel prepares a big traditional Christmas celebration, but soon the problems begin. The dog has dissapeared. Billy and Maya again has a tricky case to solve.
Faithful Dog Tom has woken up Farmer Skiboo. It is the middle of the night, but all the farm animals think it is morning. Have they gone mad?'
Ronald is a little lamb, but he isn't white as snow. Ronald wants to be tough. Is he tough enough for the Big Bad Wolf.'
Who is the uninvited guest wearing a creepy costume at Prince Prospero's ball? Can a man be driven mad by the "sounds" of the crime he has committed? These spine-tingling stories and others by Edgar Allan Poe are adapted for a first chapter book reader.