Push, pull and slide the tabs to hop aboard in Busy Trains ! Enjoy watching the steam puff out of an engine, going through a crossing and chugging along the railway.Young children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with a gentle rhyme and wonderful illustrations by Jo Byatt. Busy Trains has been endorsed and recommended by Dr Amanda Gummer's Good Toy Guide.Discover more…
At the start of the summer, Tia is excited to see all the visitors arriving for their holidays on Gull Haven Island, and she’s delighted to make a new friend. But Tia’s feelings change when some selfish tourists upset a newborn seal pup and its mother, and then she sees how people are carelessly leaving their rubbish on the beach. Can Tia find a way to show people how to respect the island …
From Newbery Honor and Walter Award–winning author Rajani LaRocca comes a gripping middle grade fantasy perfect for fans of The Serpent’s Secret and The Last Mapmaker . Though music is outlawed in the land of Devia, Sona hears it everywhere. Sona is a Malech, a member of the ruling class that conquered Devia centuries ago. Malechs forbade music to prevent the native Devans from using their …
Design is central to the appeal, messaging, and usefulness of books, but to most readers, it’s mysterious or even invisible. Through interiors as well as covers, designers provide structure and information that shape the meaning and experience of books. In The Design of Books, Debbie Berne shines a light on the conventions and processes of her profession, revealing both the aesthetic and mark…
Deep in the African heartland Way out on the hot sunny plains, There lived a small lion who didn't fit in And Leo was this lion's name. Now lions are usually fierce And lions are meant to be strong, But Leo just wanted to love everybody And play with his friends all day long.