Another laugh-out-loud adventure from the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. ... Hare finds it hard to share... Bear and Hare have gone for a walk, but every nice thing they find on the way, Hare wants all for himself. He even gobbles up a lovely ice cream without offering a bite to his best friend. Naughty Hare! Can Bear teach Hare how to share? "Still the brightest illustrator of the bunch, Gravett delights as always." Independent ... |
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Another laugh-out-laud adventure from the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. ... It's snowing... and Hare loves snow! He sets out to show his friend Bear just how much fun it can be with an action-packed whirlwind of winter activities. From building a snowman to hurling snowballs, Hare's having a great time, but Bear doesn't seem so sure. Maybe a sledge, a steep slope and an almighty shove will change his mind... "Still the brightest illustrator of the bunch, Gravett delights as always." Independent ... |
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Bestselling author of "The Bear and the Nightingale". ... For a young woman in medieval Russia, the choices are stark: marriage or life in a convent. Vasya will choose a third way: magic. The court of the Grand Prince of Moscow is plagued by power struggles and rumours of unrest. Meanwhile bandits roam the countryside, burning the villages and kidnapping its daughters. Setting out to defeat the raiders, the Prince and his trusted companion come across a young man riding a magnificent horse. Only Sasha, a priest with a warrior's training, recognises this 'boy' as his younger sister, thought to be ... |
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The Sunday Times Bestseller and New York Times Bestseller. A book of hope for uncertain times. Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons. The conversations of the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared thousands of times online, recreated in school art classes, hung on hospital walls and turned into tattoos. In Charlie's first book, you will find his most-loved illustrations and some new ones too."The World that I am required to inhabit is this one. But the world that I long to inhabit is the one that Charlie Mackesy has ... |
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The book is part of "Ladybird tales" collection. Illustration by Yunhee Park. ... This beautiful hardback "Ladybird books" edition of "Beauty and the Beast" is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers. The tale is sensitively retold, retaining all the key parts of the story beginning with Beauty's father traveling to the beast's castle through to the day Beauty returns to the castle to find the beast alone in the rose garden. "Ladybird Tales" are based on the original Ladybird retellings by Vera Southgate , with beautiful ... |
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Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening its doors at last! For decades, no one has gone into Willy Wonka's chocolate factory... and no one has come out. Finally, after finding the much sought-after golden tickets, five lucky children from around the world will be the first to walk through its doors after all this time. Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, Mike Teavee, and our hero Charlie Bucket, are in for the ride of their lives, as the fantastic cholocate factory is not as it seems, and is wilder than any rumors they've ever heard. ... |
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A landmark in the development of psychological realism, Stendhal's masterpiece chronicles a young man's struggles with the dualities of his nature. Julien Sorel, a young dreamer from the provinces whose imagination is afire with Napoleonic ideals, sets off to make his fortune in Parisian society of Restoration France. His encounters and experiences along the way incite constant inner conflict, drawing him back and forth between sincerity and hypocrisy, idealism and cynicism, humility and pride, love and ambition. ... |
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The book is part of "Ladybird tales" collection. Illustration by Erica - Jane Waters. ... This beautiful hardback "Ladybird books" edition of "The Princess and the Pea" is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers. The tale is sensitively retold, retaining all the key parts of the story beginning with the princess finding her way to the castle one stormy night, through to her sleepless night on top of twenty mattresses! "Ladybird Tales" are based on the original Ladybird retellings by Vera Southgate , with beautiful pictures of the kind ... |
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The book is part of "Ladybird tales" collection. Illustration by Marina Sarah Preston. ... This beautiful hardback "Ladybird books" edition of "The Elves and the Shoemaker" is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers. "Ladybird Tales" are based on the original Ladybird retellings by Vera Southgate , with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail. Children have always loved, and will always remember, these classic fairy tales and sharing them together is an experience to treasure. "Ladybird ... |
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The book is part of "Ladybird tales" collection. Illustration by Yunhee Park. ... "Ladybird" has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children. This classic version of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is based on the original "Ladybird" retelling by Vera Southgate , with beautiful new illustrations of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail. An essential part of any child's bookshelf, "Ladybird Tales" are perfect for sharing together and creating memories to treasure ... |
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The Prince and the Pauper is a classic adventure of mistaken identity set in Tudor London and told with Mark Twain’s trademark humour and concern for social justice. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library - a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an afterword by author and journalist Nicolette Jones. Penniless Tom Canty wonders what it would be like to be a prince. Heir to the throne Edward Tudor dreams of a life outside the royal palace walls. When the two boys ... |
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And other Illustrated classics. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. ... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's book by British author Roald Dahl. This story features the adventures on the new products. At that time (around the 1920s), Cadbury and Rowntree's were England's two largest chocolate makers and they each often try to steal trade secrets by sending spies, posing as employees, into the other's factory. Because of this, both companies became highly protective of their chocolate-making processes. It was a combination of this secrecy and the elaborate, often gigantic, machines in the ... |
