An ingenious doodle, fold and colouring in book from the great art publishers Thames & Hudson, use the slit in the front cover and draw through the holes, turn pages to find the surprises, turn the book around and upside down and on its side and follow the arrows and fold backwards and forwards. Fill your book with funny faces and add hats, glasses, big ears, and join Marcia having a cup of tea with Martians on a spaceship or fold the pages to make Mr Bee's nose grow. Draw what smells so good or other characters who live in the tree besides the owl and the squirrel. Fill in the speech bubble with words that Nathan and Natalie are nattering about and fill in the characteristics of identical twins Sam and Charlie and decide if they are boys or girls. We meet Princess Portia and her pooch and can draw in her jewellery and open the huge double double page spread to make noises and use your loudest colours as we tweet and woof and miaow with the animal characters. Best of all are the section of pages cut into three strips where you can mix and match faces and ideas and shapes and colours and hairstyles. 64 large pages, colour, ages three and up.

Far from fading with time, Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation. Rat, Mole, Badger and the preposterous Mr Toad, have brought delight to many through the years with their odd adventures on and by the river, and at the imposing residence of Toad Hall. 192pp. Paperback.

A big, beautiful heavyweight tome with jungle green foil embossed leathering on a cutaway bright white decorated cover and with metallic green page edges and satin green pagemarker, here is the complete Jungle Book featuring all your favourite characters from Mowgli to Baloo and including both The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. Mowgli's Country As Seen by Chil the Kite, How to Say the Names in this Book, A Glossary, The Cat Who Walked by Himself, Pussy Can Sit By the Fire and Sing, If - the Story of the Complete Jungle Book and Publisher's Note, all included in this beautiful volume. It is exquisitely illustrated by Stuart Tresilian who was commissioned by the publishers Macmillan during the 1930s and whose sharp line drawings we all remember from our first copies. Tiger! Tiger!, Rikki-Tikki Tavi, Kaa's Hunting, and Mowgli's Brothers, here is the youth, beauty and culture of many Indian villages, their people, manners and customs. From the 1902 Macmillan edition of Just So Stories is The Cat Who Walked by Himself and of course If - is Kipling's most famous poem, 470 very large quality pages including rare material from Macmillan's historical archive around the publication of the stories and Kipling's home and study in rare photographs and original jacket designs and cover art. Beautiful big green edged pages, exquisite colour artworks and woodcut illustrations, foreword by Katherine Rundell.
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A parody of the popular seafaring narrative of his time, Jonathan Swift's masterpiece was written 'to vex the world rather than divert it.' Lemuel Gulliver, English surgeon turned ship captain, embarks on four fantastic voyages, each a clash with strange beings and cultures, from the eccentric to the odious. Island by island he meets the savage but tiny Lilliputians, the hideous Yahoos, a stable of talking horses, a race of decrepit immortals, and the ghosts of Julius Caesar and Homer. This very much abridged introduction is for little tots ages 5-8, and much of the enjoyment is from the full page beautiful colour artwork which is especially attractive even to adult collectors of children's books. Slim softback, 48pp.

Jack and the Beanstalk, The Magic Bird, The One-Inch Prince, The Billy Goats Gruff, The Brave Little Tailor, Hop-On-My-Thumb, Theseus and the Minotaur, The Giant Princess, The Princess and the Ogre, and The Valley of Diamonds retold by Sam Baer and others for preschoolers. Bursting with funny and fantastic characters from all around the world including stomping giants, angry ogres, a very greedy troll and a snorting, snarling minotaur lurking in a labyrinth. Boldly coloured appealing new illustrations decorate every page with text wrapped around in fairly large print on bright white quality heavyweight paper in an impressive and collectable hardback of 144 pages with satin pagemarker. Ages 5-8.

The extraordinary, effervescent Clarice Bean is back with her trademark heart and humour in this beautifully illustrated story by former Children's Laureate Lauren Child, a delightful summer read for the whole family. 'Nothing ever happens except for sometimes. And only on rare-ish occasions, which is hardly ever. I mainly always find something to do even if there is nothing going on, which might be cutting up things and turning them into something else.' But one day in the holidays that began as a nothing day everything happened. Absolutely nearly everything. The unforgettable Clarice Bean finds herself escaping the danger of boredom when she meets an actual real-life DOG who will not scram! From one of the most distinctive comic voices of children's literature, with dancing text and elegant, light-hearted illustrations, some line art, much in colour. Ages 7-11 years, 176pp.

Olive, Betsy, Mable - give your new dolly a name as you stroke her very soft plush velveteen skin and sit her upright, long legs extended, on your armchair as you meet and greet your new friend. Beautifully dressed in a lace-trimmed embroidered and patterned fine cotton dress with lacy collar, velvet decorations in their hair, stitches for bootees, the 'hair' is a contrasting textured fabric. She has smiling closed eyes, little tiny pink cheeks and a huge flat round head, floppy arms and legs and big round white bottom! That makes the dolly sit upright very easily. There is no choice of colours, we have available a dolly dressed in blue, pink or yellow. Each measures a generous size 40cm tall and has a little label attached to one arm which must be removed before gifting. CE safety approved.

Contains all 13 books published in 1894. The Jungle Book has become Kipling's most famous work; it was followed by The Second Jungle Book in 1895. The two works contain short stories and poems about the animal world and include Mowgli's Brothers, Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack, Kaa's Hunting, Tiger! Tiger!, Mowgli's Song, Rikki-tikki-tavi, Toomai of the Elephants and Shiv and the Grasshopper among them. We recall fondly the unforgettable tale of Mowgli the man-cub abandoned in the Indian jungle and his animal friends and foes including Bagheera the black panther, Baloo the sleepy brown bear, and murderous tiger Shere Khan, which are some of the most famous and iconic in all of children's literature. Kipling was born in Bombay in 1865 and spent his first six years of life in India, hence the rich affinity with the country reflected in his words. 327pp.

One of the bestselling adventure series for young readers with a pleasing collection of goodies, baddies and incompetent adults, McCall Smith's writing style is as charming and educational as ever. Join Ben and Fee MacTavish and the rest of the crew on the School Ship Tobermory as they set off for the Caribbean to explore some of the finest waters in the world for sailing, snorkelling, kitesurfing and diving. All this is soon interrupted when Captain Macbeth comes into possession of a mysterious nautical chart. When the map is stolen and a new recruit jumps ship, the friends decide to investigate but danger lies all around as they follow their quarry to the sinister Shark Island. 250pp lovely pen and ink illustrations.

The award-winning Abridged classic adapted for younger readers to enjoy of this timeless tale of friendship. When Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and heads up into the open air, he embarks on a series of exhilarating adventures with his new friends - the laid-back Ratty, the gruff yet kindly Badger and the self-satisfied, irrepressible Mr Toad. The impulsive Toad leads the friends from one escapade to the next, from upturned gypsy caravans to stolen motorcars, a daring prison escape and finally to a heroic confrontation with the sinister inhabitants of the Wild Wood. An exquisitely illustrated large picture book edition, 64 pages, 22.2 x 26.7cm, for ages 4-10 years. Would make a collectable children's book for all who adore exquisite artworks.