Nick Ward

p. : 26cm

When someone takes Little Bear's breakfast, he and Little Bill Goat Gruff follow footprints to discover the culprit.

No one knows the full story of Charlie Small. At least, not yet. His battered journal was found washed up on a remote, windswept shore. And at first we thought it an elaborate hoax. Surely no 8-year-old could have had so many wild adventures, witnessed so many extraordinary things, lived such an incredible life--and still only be eight. And yet . . . there was something so vivid in the telling that we were persuaded to send the journal and some of its boggling content for analysis. And only one conclusion could be drawn. Everything in the journal of Charlie Small is true! In his first adventure, Gorilla City, Charlie wrestles a deadly river croc, rides a steam-powered rhino, and becomes tribal chief in a city of gorillas.From the Trade Paperback edition.

A continuation of the purported journal of a young adventurer who is kidnapped and forced to retrieve a pearl from the oyster beds of the Pangaean Ocean, a diamond-encrusted tiara from a mummy, and a gold quill from a rare golden porcupine.

"In this journal you'll find out...What to do if chased by a two-headed vulture...Who is the most wanted outlaw in the wild and wicked West...Why it's best not to lasso a cougar by the tail..."--p.of cover.

"Many, many years ago when fierce dinosaurs ruled the earth, the fiercest dinosaur of all was ... TINYRANNOSAURUS. Because he wasn't as big as some of the other dinosaurs, Tiny had to be especially fierce to make up for it. Enter the manic world of by far and away the grumpiest little dinosaur EVER!" (from back cover).

A variety of nursery rhyme characters, including the three little pigs and the littlest Billy Goat Gruff, come to Little Bear's door in order to escape the "fierce" wolf they think is after them.

When the villagers threaten to chase the Naughty Fairy out of town if she doesn't start being nice, she vows to be well-behaved, but despite the good she tries to do, her magic continually backfires.

Harum Scarum was the biggest, baddest, hairiest, scariest wolf in the city, and he loved to frighten people! But after a really good day of frightening little children, old people, and even a builder, Harum Scarum gets back home and finds he's lost his teddy bear. Oh no! he HAS to be him back!

"Me llamo Charlie Small y tengo, por lo menos, cuatrocientos años, pero en tantisimo tiempo no he crecido. He viajado al fin del mundo y hasta el centro de la Tierra y he visto criaturas que no podriais ni imaginaros que existen. Quizá os parezca que todo esto es fantasia, VERDAD. Creéroslo y compartiréis el viaje más asombroso que jamás haya hecho nadie. ¡SOCORRO! Atrapado en una neblinosa ciénaga, Charlie se encuentra con un misterioso personaje enmascarado. ¿El Halcón es un amigo o un enemigo? ¿Y a quién tienen prisionero en la torre de la mansión La Halconera?,"--page of cover. "Something happened to Charlie when he was just eight years old. He went on a journey - and he's been trying to get back for over four hundred years! Crikey! Poor Charlie is trapped on a wind-swept, rain-lashed moor with every single one of his blood-thirstiest enemies out to get him. Can Charlie outwit them all? And will he EVER get safely back home? EVIL GENIUSES, MECHANICAL MONSTERS, FOREST SPRITES ... No adventure is too BIG for Charlie Small!,"--Amazon.com.

Baby Duck overcomes his hesitancy about swimming when his teddy falls in the pond.