Download or read book The Great Snortle Hunt written by Claire Freedman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fabulous new picture book from the bestselling author of Aliens Love Underpants. On a hill bumpy-steepy, there's a house scary-creepy, And it's said that a Snortle lives there... One moonlit night, Mouse, Cat and Dog set off on a great Snortle hunt - do you dare join them? Praise for The Great Snortle Hunt "This is mirrored brilliantly by the illustrations, particularly by the ingenious use of the space on the page. Kate Hindley is a newcomer in the picture book world but definitely one to watch. Her style is sleek and child-friendly, with plenty of detail throughout, and she uses a beautiful palette of colours which is enhanced by the use of mat paper, to wonderful effect." Armadillo, Winter 2012 "This charmingly illustrated book is guaranteed to make reading time extra exciting." Creative Steps, Summer 2012 "Will delight young readers. The beautiful illustrations by Kate Hindley are modern and scenic…a real treat for word lovers of all ages." We Love this Book, Summer 2012 "Young readers will love the build-up of excitement... Freedman knows what children like and her words are well-matched by Hindley's spikey images... the page shape too is used to maximum effect in this affirming production"Books for Keeps, July 2012 Praise for Claire Freedman's 'Underpants' series "Will make kids laugh" The Sun "This fantastic rhyming story [...] is simply pantastic!" Galaxy British Book Awards 2008 "Daft and absurdly amusing book." Prima Baby & Pregnancy A charmingly illustrated rhyming text with twists and turns right up to the end!

Download or read book Oliver and Patch written by Claire Freedman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of the ALIENS LOVE UNDERPANTS series and award-winning illustrator Kate Hindley comes a lovely new adventure. Oliver is finding the big city a lonely and scary place but when he finds a little lost dog he makes his first friend in the city. The trouble is, he knows that somewhere out there someone is missing the little dog just as much as he is loving having him, So, with a heavy heart, Oliver sets about doing the right thing. "Anyone, really, would enjoy this lovely friendship story." The Bookbag "Kate Hindley's absolutely gorgeous illustrations take kids on a whimsical adventure" Kids' Book Review A beautifully told story with a lovely, uplifting ending that will warm hearts everywhere. Praise for The Great Snortle Hunt: 'Kate Hindley is a newcomer in the picture book world but definitely one to watch. Her style is sleek and child-friendly, with plenty of detail throughout.' Armadillo 'This charmingly illustrated book is guaranteed to make reading time extra exciting.' Creative Steps 'Will delight young readers. The beautiful illustrations by Kate Hindley are modern and scenic…a real treat for word lovers of all ages.' We Love this Book 'Young readers will love the build-up of excitement... Freedman knows what children like and her words are well-matched by Hindley's spikey images' Books for Keeps Praise for Claire Freedman's Underpants series: 'Will make kids laugh' The Sun 'This fantastic rhyming story [...] is simply pantastic!' Galaxy British Book Awards 2008 'Daft and absurdly amusing book.' Prima Baby & Pregnancy

Download or read book Florence Frizzball written by Claire Freedman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A funny, heart-warming sibling story from Claire Freedman, author of the bestselling Aliens Love Underpants series and picture books Oliver and Patch and The Great Snortle Hunt. Florence’s curly-whirly, wild and crazy hair couldn’t be more different from her brother Ben’s sleek and shiny do. She begs her mum to let a hairdresser try and tame it, but when she gets the restyle she's after, will Florence be happy with the outcome? Claire Freedman's rhyming text and Jane Massey's gorgeous illustrations perfectly combine to create laugh-out-loud moments and deliver an important message about being comfortable in your own skin.

Download or read book How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth written by Michelle Robinson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young freckled girl shows step-by-step how to give a bath to her pet woolly mammoth.

Download or read book The Knight Who Said No written by Lucy Rowland and published by Nosy Crow. This book was released on 2020-07-02 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ned the knight ALWAYS does exactly what he's told. When his parents ask him to pick up his toys, dig up the cabbages or go to bed on time, he does it all with a smile. And when the dragon swoops into town every night, he always runs inside just as he's asked. But one morning, instead of saying,"yes," he says, "NO!" He will NOT help his dad find his shield, his arrow or his bow, and he will certainly NOT let the butcher go past. That night, he refuses to go inside, and in doing so he confronts the dragon, making a very unlikely friend . . . A perfect picture book for toddlers just learning their first words, especially when they turns out to be - 'No!'.

Download or read book The Porridge of Knowledge written by Archie Kimpton and published by Hot Key Books. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic gloop, evil baddies and a ridiculous amount of food abound in this super-silly story Milk lives in the grubby seaside town of Slopp-on-Sea - a rubbish name for a rubbish town. But Milk's life is pretty rubbish too, so it fits. She loves her Granddad, but nowadays he's always wandering off somewhere, or asking her befuddled questions. Then one day, he comes back from one of his jaunts with a battered book in his hand containing a recipe for THE PORRIDGE OF KNOWLEDGE. Intrigued, Milk enlists the help of her friend Carp to try the recipe. At first it looks like all they've managed to create is a lump of malodorous goo - but then they notice the ants (who have been nibbling the porridge) building a mashed potato replica of the leaning tower of Pisa... So they decide to try it out on themselves. And the results are incredible! Suddenly Milk and Carp are the cleverest people in town - and Granddad is back to his normal self. Milk and Carp are about to discover that sometimes a little bit of knowledge goes a long way...

Download or read book The Queen s Wardrobe written by Julia Golding and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Queen Elizabeth II, who famously said ‘if I wore beige, no one would know who I was’, told through her clothes and jewellery. The Queen’s Wardrobe is a gorgeous gift to treasure, celebrating a long life devoted to service. This book tells the story of a young princess who grew into one of the world's best-loved and longest-serving royals, touching on wartime truck-fixing, ration-book wedding dress making, splendid gowns, the Crown Jewels, and her trusty wellies. Includes a foreword by Michele Clapton, costume designer for series one of Netflix's The Crown, giving a peek behind the scenes at the recreation of some of the Queen's most famous outfits. Written by the Waterstones Children's Book Prize-winning Julia Golding, The Queen's Wardrobe is full of fascinating stories from the long life of our record-breaking Queen. The detailed and colourful artwork from bestselling Kate Hindley shows what it's really like to grow up as a princess.

Download or read book The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland Film Tie In written by Carys Bexington and published by MacMillan Children's Books. This book was released on 2024-10-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Same But Different Too written by Karl Newson and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Charming pairs of human and animal characters celebrate their similarities and differences...Entertaining.” —Kirkus Reviews I am me, you are you. We’re the same, but different too. There’s something about each of us that makes us special. But while everyone is unique, we all have many things in common as well. Explore the ways that we are all the same but different, too, in this joyful and simple celebration of individuality and camaraderie. Filled with children and their animal friends, this rhyming text illuminates the wonderfully different and similar things that make us who we are.

Download or read book You Must Bring a Hat written by Simon Philip and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only rule for attending this party is . . . you MUST bring a hat. But what if you don’t own a hat? Will bringing a monkey wearing a hat be enough? Find out in this tale that builds to a gloriously surreal and hilarious ending.

Download or read book The Royal Rabbits written by Santa Montefiore and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect Easter gift for readers age 7+! The adventure begins for brave little Shylo and his Royal Rabbit friends in this charming series from bestselling authors Santa Montefiore and Simon Sebag Montefiore and illustrator Kate Hindley, that proves even the smallest rabbit can be the biggest hero. Life is an adventure. Anything in the world is possible – by will and by luck, with a moist carrot, a wet noise and a slice of mad courage! Shylo has always been the runt of the litter, the weakest and quietest of all of his family. His siblings spend their days making fun of him for not being like the rest of them. But when Shylo stumbles across a band of ratzis and overhears their evil plan to take a photo of the Queen in her nightie, it's up to this unlikely hero to travel to London and inform the Royal Rabbits of London about the diabolical plot! The Royal Rabbits have a proud history of protecting the royal family and now the secret society need to leap into action to stop the ratzis... But can a rabbit as feeble and shy as Shylo convince them that Queen is in danger? Praise for The Royal Rabbits: ‘Packed with fun, fantasy and the sort of adventure guaranteed to have sticky little fingers hungrily turning the pages’ The Mail on Sunday ‘The Royal Rabbits is sweet, funny and beautifully illustrated' The Times

Download or read book Uno s Garden written by Graeme Base and published by Picture Puffin. This book was released on 2013 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Uno arrives in the forest one beautiful day, there are many fascinating and extraordinary animals there to greet him. And one entirely unexceptional Snortlepig. Uno loves the forest so much, he decides to live there. But, in time, a little village grows up around his house. Then a town, then a city . . . and soon Uno realises that the animals and plants have begun to disappear . . . From the creator of the international bestsellers Animalia, The Waterhole and Jungle Drums, here is an illuminating blend of storybook, puzzle book and numbers book - a moving and timely tale about how we all unknowingly affect the environment around us, just by being there, and how we can always learn from our mistakes and find ways of doing things better. Join Graeme Base in this beautifully illustrated, funny and moving story about environment, ecology, and human's ability to affect the world around them - for better and for worse - and learn basic maths concepts along the way, as Uno learns that it's all a question of balance.

Download or read book The Eighth God written by Paul S. Lavender and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For thousands of years, five great fortresses have stood sentinel between the Borderlands and the rapacious Orcs, but the Orcs have allies, and these allies are about to set a chain of events in motion that will lead to war... Heroes will rise to answer the call. Saethryth has just returned from the Orc Lands where he has been killing them for over twenty five years. He is one of the last Orcslayers left alive. Melress is a Half-Elven Battle Mage newly promoted to Captain and sent to the fortress of Knight's Perch, where there is a rumour of a traitor. Tierra has been sleeping with the enemy and now she wants revenge. And Bazak-Kul, well he just wants to get home alive. They, and others will face the onslaught at Knight's Perch, but battle is the least of anyone's problems, because The Eighth God is on the rise and everything can change.

Download or read book The Building Boy written by Ross Montgomery and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All at once, it was as if the stars leapt closer.Grandma grabbed the boy, raising him high above the rooftiles on her head.She was alive!The boy's grandma was a famous architect. Her garden is still full of old building materials. Unwilling to accept she has gone, the boy builds a giant structure from the bricks and girders he finds. And then ... Grandma comes to life! The boy is whisked away on an epic adventure across fields, through oceans and atop roofs. But where is Grandma taking him?Beautiful, thrilling and extremely moving: the extraordinary debut picture book from much-loved author, Ross Montgomery.

Download or read book The Lost Penguin written by Claire Freedman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The welcome return of Oliver and Patch - this time with Ruby and a lost baby penguin too! Everyone fell in love with these special characters in Oliver and Patch, finding their way in a big city and making new friends. In this story the three friends visit the zoo. They growl at the tigers, smile at the meerkats and laugh at the funny penguins. But when Peep, a little penguin who’s new to the zoo, goes missing, the friends must set off together to bring him home. But it isn't always easy to agree on a plan, and the friends have to overcome some disagreements before everything works out. Another heartwarming tale of friendship and working as a team from the wonderful picture book partnership of Claire Freedman (author of the ALIENS LOVE UNDERPANTS series) and the brilliant Kate Hindley. 'A touching story about the importance of friendship ... Another heartwarming tale of friendship and working as a team from this bestselling duo. Relaxing and reassuring, this is a gentle read.' Parents in Touch 'A sweet, thoughtful tale of friendship and teamwork, with plenty to linger over in Hindley's detailed artwork' Fiona Noble, Bookseller Praise for Oliver and Patch: ‘Children will enjoy this moving addition to their picture book library that leaves jokes aside to say something a little more thoughtful’ Books for Keeps ‘This is a beautiful story about the power of friendship, but also of love for animals’ Once Upon a Bookcase ‘This is a sweet story about friendship and new beginnings that children will warmly appreciate’ Kids’ Book Review

Download or read book Monstersaurus written by Claire Freedman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monty LOVES inventing But things don't always work - His walking toaster ran away And the robot went BERSERK! But then one day Monty found a book with instructions on how to create inventions very rare... read it if you dare! 'Fun, colourful and dynamic for 3+. It will brighten Halloween no end.' The Times 'This brand new picture book from the Aliens Love Underpants creators is great...This book will be enjoyed again and again.' We Love this Book 'A fabulous book combining fun, rhythmic text and bright, dynamic illustrations.' Creative Steps 'Brilliantly zany illustrations tell you the story along with the rhyming text. There's a big - and hilarious - surprise at the end. A really enjoyable book.' Parents in Touch 'A monstrous new tale…full of riotous rhyme and boy appeal.' The Bookseller 'No Aliens this Christmas, but fans can look forward to a monstrous new invention from the award-winning author and illustrator team.' The Bookseller Children's Buyer's Guide 'It's a cracking read, very grisly and very compelling.' The Bookseller Children's Buyers Guide 'The brilliant Aliens Love Underpants pair have dreamed up a big, bold thriller of a picture book...this is a guaranteed favourite.' Daily Mail

Download or read book Aliens Love Underpants written by Claire Freedman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Aliens love underpants, in every shape and size, But there are no underpants in space, so here's a big surprise...." This zany, hilarious tale is delightfully brought to life by Ben Cort's vibrant illustrations. With a madcap, rhyming text by award-winning Claire Freedman, this is sure to enchant and amuse the whole family! Perfect for joining in, this story is fantastically fresh and funny - you'll laugh your pants off!