Delightful chaos ensues when a young boy gets his kite stuck up a tree in this laugh-out-loud new picture book from award-winning, internationally best-selling author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers! Floyd gets his kite stuck up a tree. He throws up his shoe to shift it, but that gets stuck too. So he throws up his other shoe and that gets stuck, along with! a ladder, a pot of paint, the kitchen sink, an orang-utan and a whale, amongst other things! Will Floyd ever get his kite back? A hilarious book with a wonderful surprise ending. 0 – 5 year olds
The Story of the Olympics
The quirkiest guide you will ever read to the history of the world’s most famous celebration of sport. From the story of how ethos of the games of ancient Greece has been carried down and into the twenty-first century, to the individual tales of heroes and heroines, this is a lively, witty and entertaining guide for young readers everywhere. As always with Richard Brassey’s popular books, there are comic strips, fact boxes, hilarious captions and speech bubbles, in a book that’s packed with amazing information and entertaining insight. For 6 – 12 year olds
Mr. Men: A White Christmas
When Father Christmas receives a letter from a little boy in Australia wishing for a white Christmas he knows just who to ask. The little boy’s white Christmas will be more exciting than he could have ever imagined thanks to the Mr. Men! Another great ‘Mr.
Men Christmas story’, complete with snowy kangaroos, an ice-skating Mr. Bump and a snowball fight with Father Christmas!
My Very Jolly Pirate : A Sound Book
“My Very Jolly Pirate” is a fun, interactive sound book for little boys and girls who love pirates! With a jolly sea-shanty sound button, this sturdy board book is full of exciting pirate things. You can look at the pictures and choose your pirate outfit, a ship to be captain of and even which treasure you would like to dig up! It is a perfect gift for under-fives.
George and the Big Bang
Eric is involved with a big experiment in Switzerland, looking to explore the earliest moment of the universe. But, there is a group of people who don’t think this experiment should go ahead and are planning to sabotage the Grand Switch-on. Will they suceed? Whose side is Reeper on this time? And why does he want to speak to Annie and George so desperately?