A. H. Benjamin

One by one, the animals on the farm try but fail to confront the horrible, shocking, dreadful, ghastly, hideous thing in the barn.

Giraffe is taller than all the other animals and he is always telling them so! They decide to teach him a lesson.

A new animal has arrived on Buttercup Farm and everyone from Rooster to Cat worries that she will take his or her job, but when they discover Kangaroo's talent, they gladly welcome her into their home.

Princess Reverie never stops daydreaming about her Prince Charming. But she never seems to find him! Join in with her hilarious attempts to find her true love. Race Ahead with Reading is the perfect introduction to reading chapters with brand new page turning reads in five short bite size chapters, to encourage children to take the driving seat with their reading.

Let s play hide-and-seek! said everybody. Oh, no, said Elephant. I m not good at that. But he tried. I can see you! said Monkey. There you are! said Leopard. I ve found you! said Zebra. It was hard for Elephant to hide. He was too big. Poor elephant wants to play, but his size makes it very difficult. Skipping, hop-scotch, leap froghe is too slow, too large, or too clumsy. But tug of war? Now that is a different story.

Jaguar is brilliant at just about any sport ... except for the javelin! For some reason he can't quite get the hang of it, no matter how hard he tries! That is, until he discovers the perfect javelin. Maybe the Olympic gold medal is possible ... The Froglets series is perfect for children who are reading on their own, with fun stories of no more than 200 words.

Betrayed by his first wife, Simon Grimshaw won't marry again. But sultry nights in Singapore can be lonely--nothing a beautiful English mistress wouldn't fix! Bethan Conway answers an advert to become a wife, believing it will help her secret search for her missing brother. But Simon isn't the ugly old man she was expecting. He's a hot-blooded bachelor who wants a woman in his bed--a position Bethan's more and more tempted to fill!

The farm animals are skeptical when a chicken promises to fulfill the wake-up duties of a sick rooster.

Forest animal friends are shaken by a huge vibration and fear for their lives. Soon they realize what is happening and in the end they take a risk and find they are having a great time.

When the other ducks laugh at Duffle for being too small to do anything at all, he tries unsuccessfully to imitate Kingfisher, Stork, and Woodpecker, but finally he finds something useful that only he can do.

Réédition. Volume publié en 1988 aux éditions Flammarion sous le titre "Sa majesté l'oiseau" et en 1993 dans la collection "Rayon bleu. Cadet" chez le même éditeur. Le roi aime les oiseaux jusqu'à en posséder des milliers dans son palais. La reine, agacée d'être ainsi envahie, use d'une formule magique qui les fait disparaître complètement. Le roi organise sa revanche dont les résultats sont aussi surprenants que comiques. Texte alerte, souligné d'illustrations pleines de mouvement et d'humour.

19 pages : 22 cm

Giraffe can't see very well. But when her animal friends make her a pair of glasses, she decides she would look silly with them! Instead of wearing them, and to prove to her friends she doesn't need glasses, Giraffe starts putting on protective clothing to stop her hurting herself every time she trips up or stumbles. After a series of mishaps, Giraffe is wearing a helmet, trousers, boots, a rubber ring, a bell and a ladder and the other animals think she looks ridiculous! They put the glasses on her at night, and when Giraffe catches her reflection in the water pool in the morning she is shocked! After taking off all the new clothes, she is left with the glasses - and finds she looks rather smart!