Should you require a comprehensive guide to mythical and magical creatures, Believe’s knowledgeable narrator, Sage Brightwing, is here to help! Doyle’s obvious affection for fantasy characters in combination with Hartas’s vivid, colourful illustrations results in a book with an absorbing level of detail.
This engaging and inspiring book for young aspiring skateboarders, written by Olympic medallist Sky Brown, is a fun introduction to the world of skateboarding. It features a variety of short, comic-style panels that showcase Brown’s journey in the sport, highlighting both her achievements and the challenges she has faced along the way. The book also includes some fun skateboard tricks that readers can try for themselves!
Welcome to the Touchwood Academy of Magical Thinking! This beautifully designed and illustrated book, takes what could have been a straightforward non-fiction book of home experiments and creates a world of magic and scientific spells.
The story of Peter Pan, the boy who wouldn’t grow up, is so permeated within the culture of childhood that it’s often easy to forget that the story itself was first and foremost a play. Since it was first performed in 1904, successive generation’s experience of Neverland has often been mediated first through literary adaptation, and more recently film, so it is pleasing to see the story revisited in a book form which attempts to somewhat capture the magic of the theatre.
Everybody in the neighbourhood thinks that Mr Wilson is just a normal guy doing normal things like riding his bike, wearing a hat and working in the local bakery. Indeed, everybody thinks that the only remarkable thing about him is that he’s really, really good at baking delicious cakes. Everybody that is, except for dinosaur expert, Liz.
From feasts to fetes, join the cat family and friends as they celebrate the four seasons in this visually stunning and incredibly fun lift-the-flap book. Each of the four seasons is generously given three spreads, exploring a wide variety of traditions, activities, foods and changes in nature.
Imagine holding the key to hundreds of different adventures in your hands. That’s what you’ll find in 500 Dreams, where every turn of the page reveals a new universe to explore, from ocean realms to toy shops, beastly bugs and more. This is a different take on bedtime stories. Rather than reading a story you are given a starting point, then it is up to your imagination to decide what happens next, and where the story takes you. Not just ideal for bedtime, this is a book that can easily be enjoyed for day-dreaming journeys too.
This is a beautifully illustrated guide to gardens and their plants. A broad interpretation of ‘garden’ is provided in the book, which is demonstrated through the wide variety depicted, such as an alpine garden, an ancient woodland, soil, and native hedges, to name but a few. The book is divided into seven separate sections under different headings, for example, ‘Trees’, ‘Water’, and ‘Exotic Plants’.
In this modern fairytale, the reader learns of the trials and tribulations of a young fairy who is growing up with an extraordinary talent for football. The author skilfully draws the reader into the world of Femi, who loves exploring the sea and plunging for pearls. She lives an idyllic life but kicking her ball leads to different unexpected mishaps. These accidents are humorous, as Femi accidently kicks the beautiful things that belong to the king and queen.
This charming book for young readers celebrates the excitement of Christmas. Five children from different parts of the world - England, Germany, France, the USA, and Japan - write letters to Santa Claus, each requesting an inventive Christmas gift and asking him a unique question. In a magical turn of events, Santa writes back! The book includes replicas of these letters from Santa, complete with official North Pole stationery and draft drawings for the inventions. With Christmas just days away, will Santa make their dreams come true?
