Jeanne Willis

"Simple text invites the reader to find items hidden in children's game-themed photographs"--Provided by publisher.

Rex wants a pet for his birthday, but in this absurd picture book, Rex is a dog and he wants a pet person. "It'll ruin the furniture," says his mother. "They smell," says his father. "They can be vicious," says his uncle, and his grandmother hints that people develop embarrassing habits. Undeterred, Rex goes to the park where he meets a stray boy.

A retelling of the adventures of a nosy, naughty, and sassy little girl who finds the house of the three bears and helps herself to their belongings.

In Poles Apart, Galen Rowell takes us on an exhilarating visual journey to the top and the bottom of the world, using the parallel visions of his camera to reveal the fascinating differences between these polar opposites. The Arctic, home of the polar bear, takes its name from the Greek arktos, meaning bear. The Antarctic - anti-arktos - is a realm devoid of bears, a place where penguins live on the ice unthreatened by land predators. Other differences abound: the North Pole sits in the middle of an ocean surrounded by land, while the South Pole is at 9,300 feet above sea level in the middle of a continent surrounded by oceans. The Arctic has hundreds of species of flowers and thousands of insects; the Antarctic has only two species of flowering plants and almost no flying insects. Boreal forest extends north of the Arctic Circle; Antarctica has no trees and its Dry Valleys are the most lifeless regions on earth. Humans have inhabited the Arctic for thousands of years; in the Antarctic every human is a visitor. In Part One, Rowell's side-by-side photographs highlight the contrasts between North and South. The photo essays of Part Two continue the comparisons but in a different rhythm and with alternating themes, such as Arctic and Antarctic science, polar bears and penguins, and visits to the North and South Poles. Part Three provides detailed information on the story behind each photograph as well a technical data of interest to photographers.

Issues such as friendship, shyness, boys, date tips, sex education. Fun facts, tips, witty illustrations and useful advice. 11 yrs+

Meet Tiger, an ordinary, tubby tabby cat. But Tiger has a secret! Just one lick of a toxic sock and he transforms into SUPERCAT!

On Penguin's first day of play school, he won't share the slide with others until Crocodile teaches him a lesson.

The new boy in class wears a long blue blazer which he refuses to take off for any activity. Only later does a classmate inadvertently discover his secret.

When Hyena puts a banana skin in Giraffe's path, causing a chain reaction of accidents that Hyena finds hilarious, he soon learns what it is like to be the butt of a joke.

Cecelia meets a mermaid who assures her that her bedwetting problem will soon be solved.

1 volume (unpaged) : 16 x 19 cm

When the Stegosaurus family, Mr and Mrs Stigson and their son Darwin, throw a party for Uncle Loop's 150th birthday, it is gate crashed by Clint Beastwood, the gangster like T-Rex and his thuggish side kick Mr Cretaceous (a terrifying Dinosuchus) and Terry O'Dactyl (a psychotic Pteranodon). War seems to be on the horizon for the carnivores and the herbivores as kidnaps and thefts follow. Boris, the Mayor, (a Triceratops) proposes Olympic Games to bring peace and stop the fighting. But can the dinosaurs settle their differences through sport or will it only make things worse? Jeanne Willis's madcap characters and story with Arthur Robins' inspired illustrations are certain to delight everyone's funny bone!