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Loved by listeners around the UK and the rest of the world, singer-songwriter Nick Cope's work takes on a new form in this series of illustrated books. Nick's hilarious, uplifting, and sometimes poignant writing has garnered acclaim from audiences, including comedians Stewart Lee and Lucy Porter, and can now be experienced by children alongside his playful and distinctive illustrations. As much praised by parents for the freshness of his content, the storytelling element of Nick's work finds a natural place on the page, ideal to be read with or to young children as a contemporary alternative to traditional tales. Very Silly Dog begins with an inevitable mishap by its titular character, with some very amusing consequences...
Loved by listeners around the UK and the rest of the world, singer-songwriter Nick Cope's work takes on a new form in this series of illustrated books. Nick's hilarious, uplifting, and sometimes poignant writing has garnered acclaim from audiences, including comedians Stewart Lee and Lucy Porter, and can now be experienced by children alongside his playful and distinctive illustrations. As much praised by parents for the freshness of his content, the storytelling element of Nick's work finds a natural place on the page, ideal to be read with or to young children as a contemporary alternative to traditional tales. Why Is The Sky Blue? is an entertaining and endearing take on the inquisitiveness of young children, featuring Joe and his dad and all the weird and wonderful questions Joe has about the world.
Nick's hilarious, uplifting, and sometimes poignant writing has garnered acclaim from audiences, including leading comedians Stewart Lee and Lucy Porter, and can now be experienced by children alongside his playful and distinctive illustrations. As much praised by parents for the freshness of his content, the storytelling element of Nick's work finds a natural place on the page, ideal to be read with or to young children as a contemporary alternative to traditional tales. I Don't Wanna Do That is the story of young Joe, who, put off all the range of activities his mum suggests, would rather have fun at home instead. How endearing a choice this is in the end is really down to any parents reading!
Read Leo's journal for some wickedly wild lion secrets. Meet lucky the lion cub and follow his first shaky steps and his struggles to stay alive. Relive the drama, dangers and distgusting details as you find out: .Why lions roll in dung .Which lions have big noses .If lions are lazier than humans .What a lion's biggest enemy is.
Animals can be cute ... and cruel Read Tara's diary for some extremely exotic tiger secrets. Meet Twiggy the tiger cub and join the jungle battle to save her from poachers. Relive the drama, dangers and disgusting details as you find out: - Which tigers eat frogs and snails - How to talk like a tiger - Why a tiger can lick your hair off - How to put a tiger off its dinner Wild Lives - animal action, with bite As with all WILD LIVES titles, the book will take the form of a diary and contain an exciting combination of dangerous action, humour and lots of facts. In Talking to Tigers, Tara, our brave teacher, arrives at Ranthambhore National Park in India ready for some thrilling encounters with tigers, one of the most exotic creatures in the jungle. And she is not disappointed...
This is the first book to treat the impact of religious, philosophical and psychological traditions of the East on Western intellectuals, artists, travellers and spiritual seekers in the twentieth century. Addressed to both general readers and scholars of religion, it is especially valuable for its penetrating and inter-religious analysis of two of the most compelling themes now facing the world: the emergence of cross-cultural religious understanding of the natural order and ecological crisis and the metaphysical basis for both the formal diversity and essential unity of religious traditions of both East and West. The West has long romanticized the "mysterious" East, but it has, also, judge...
Everyone who came to the strange gym class was looking for something else. What they found was the mysterious Mrs Powell and Pashki, a lost art from an age when cats were worshipped as gods. Ben and Tiffany wonder: who is their eccentric old teacher? What does she really want with them? And why are they suddenly able to see in the dark? Meanwhile, in London's gloomy streets, human vermin are stirring. Ben and Tiffany may soon be glad of their new gifts. But against men whose cunning is matched only by their unspeakable cruelty, will even nine lives be enough?
A hairy mammoth takes a cheeky little baby on a thrilling ride through a moonlit landscape populated by a sabre-toothed tiger, a leaping hare, a laughing hyena and even, just maybe, by a big brown bear . . . But where are they going? And what has it to do with the baby's scribblings on the cave wall?Created by the critically acclaimed author Julia Donaldson and Kate Greenaway medal winner Emily Gravett, Cave Baby is a future classic picture book.
Shortly after Teresa gave birth to her second son, Nick, he was diagnosed with Down syndrome. Early infant and child intervention helped Nick reach developmental milestones in his own time. But there was more to come when Nick hit third grade. A wave of fire alarm-pulling along with other serious and dangerous behaviors signaled that this was something more than just Down syndrome. At last, a book that takes a deep dive into the complexities that families face raising a child with a dual diagnosis of Down syndrome and autism (DS-ASD) and other intellectual and developmental disabilities. A New Course is a hybrid of a memoir combined with valuable lessons following each chapter and in the app...
Modern-day motherhood is hard and discrimination against women who are, have been or could be pregnant is on the rise. Pregnant Then Screwed tells us what the barriers to motherhood and work are, and how we can work together to overcome them.