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Aunt Millicent does not allow music in her house, so when Sparkle hears a beautiful song coming from the forest, she wants to find out where it is coming from. Following a songbird, she discovers something magical that will change her life forever. This is a special gift book with a story about the magic of music and stunning gouache illustrations.

Please Bear is having a party and all his friends are invited. Please Bear's Birthday helps children to learn about manners in a birthday party situation. The series teaches manners using a different nice bear and naughty bear on each page. With easy to remember rhymes and soft watercolour illustrations.

In the third book in the series, Dectective Jack and Detective Poco Loco are exploring the sights of London. London is doomed! The guardians of the city, six black ravens, have gone missing from the Tower of London. The Dog Dectectives must search the streets of London and find the ravens before it is too late!

In the second book of the series, the Dog Detectives are off on their next adventure and this time it is in the wild north of Canada. Before the Great Rocky Cycling Race all the bicycles go missing and it is up to the Dog Detectives to find the culprit and show him the error of his ways.

The fearsome beastie is searching for something to eat and the children are at the top of the menu. Will they be fooled by the fearsome beastie and his clever tricks? Written in rhyme, this story is reminiscent of the cautionary fairy tales of the past but with a happy ending!

A humorous story, with illustrations and hilarious rhymes that children love. The silliness of the situations carry an underlying message in a very funny way.

This novelty book combining a rattle with a book takes babies on a noisy ride around toy. Simple words and images introduce babies to a world of four wheels.

This novelty book combining a rattle with a book takes babies on a noisy ride around toy. Simple words and images introduce babies to a world of four wheels.

This novelty book combining a rattle with a book takes babies on a noisy ride around toy. Simple words and images introduce babies to a world of four wheels.

This novelty book combining a rattle with a book takes babies on a noisy ride around toy. Simple words and images introduce babies to a world of four wheels.

Children will delight in helping Kitty & Puppy find each other in these two Lift-A-Flap books. Each book contains fun-to-read rhymes that encourage early language development; lift-a-flap activities to build essential motor skills; and cuddly characters illustrated on soft chunky pages.

This cloth book with a small detachable puppet rabbit that can be inserted into slots on each page is ideal for educating and entertaining toddlers.

This cloth book with a small detachable puppet bear that can be inserted into slots on each page is ideal for educating and entertaining toddlers.

A fun first step toward literacy, this soft cloth book is full of exciting sounds and interactive parts, including flaps and fun-to-feel textures. These activities keep children engaged and help develop fine motor skills. Hide and Seek Puppy will delight young children and put them on the path to reading and learning.

A fun first step toward literacy, this soft cloth book is full of exciting sounds and interactive parts, including a rattle, fun-to-feel textures and movable pieces. These activities keep children engaged and help develop fine motor skills. Elmo Has a Little Lamb retells a classic nursery rhyme in a whole new way. This little lamb is a very close friend, who is always right there by Elmo's side as he goes from crawling to walking - and even dancing!

This interactive felt playset makes the story of Noah and the Ark so much fun. Children will enjoy acting out their favourite Bible story. The text is easy to read. Also, as young children act out the story, they will "read" to you. The centrefold props up to show the interior of the Ark and the pieces can be displayed upright. The interactive felt format provides hours of imaginative play. This is also a zip pocket for storage and a parent guide written by an educator.

Big art for little hands, these enchanting activity books allow young artists to explore the world's masterpieces on their own terms and with plenty of space to color outside the lines. In this book, you'll find wonderful calligraphy, fantastic ornaments, book illustrations, decorative objects, and architecture. The pictures to colour and draw are as varied as the development of Islamic art since the seventh century.

If seeing is believing, then artists might be the biggest liars of all. Painters, sculptors, and photographers often try to convince their audiences that the paint is wet; the fruit is real; the window is open; the figure's eyes are following you around the room. This fun and informative book takes young readers on a thematic tour of art as illusion. From the Parthenon through examples from nearly every major movement and culture, vibrant works of art are revealed to contain visual tricks, puns, hidden clues and just plain deceit. Seurat's pointillism, da Vinci's mysterious Mona Lisa, Magritte's playful paintings-within-paintings, and Duane Hanson's eerily realistic statues are all explored in detail to discuss the techniques, styles, use of perspective and composition that implore us to look at them again and again. Filled with ideas for do-ityourself optical projects, each chapter focuses on a theme such as color, hidden pictures, and surrealism. Designed with the curious eye in mind, this book will introduce young readers to beguiling works of art with fresh insight and a new way of appreciating some of the world's most important works of art.

Big art for little hands, these enchanting activity books allow young artists to explore the world's masterpieces on their own terms and with plenty of space to colour outside the lines. Andy Warhol was the superstar of Pop Art. He was an American artist who painted pictures of everyday objects: fruit, animals, banknotes, flowers and comic heroes.

Big art for little hands, these enchanting activity books allow young artists to explore the world's masterpieces on their own terms and with plenty of space to colour outside the lines. Vincent van Gogh's paintings are famous for their glorious colours: the famous Sunflowers are just one example. But he also portrayed his friends and his surroundings in pictures which blaze with bright colours. In this book, you will find lots of pictures by Vincent van Gogh which you can colour and complete. Use the colours you like best and paint the pictures as you would like to see them.