If you took a Bear to the cinema, what could possibly go wrong? EVERYTHING! Daisy loves the cinema, but Bear has never been. As the film starts, she munches, crunches and slurps through her treats. She needs the loo. She laughs, in all the wrong places,and takes a phonecall. Everyone is fed up with the bear, but when the film suddenly stops, Bear knows just how to get the crowd cheering... A stylish picture book about the joys of going to the cinema by Fabi Santiago, whose TIGER IN A TUTU was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Price in 2017.
Daisy and Bear live in a small house and do the same ordinary things every day ? or do they? Follow the adventures of this delightful brother and sister duo as they find the sparkle and fun in the daily routine of family life. With charming pencil illustrations by Bianca Pozzi, this is a delightful book that values innocence, imaginative play and love.
Written for her son by an American heiress whose family survived the 1912 sinking of the "Titanic", this account of the Edwardian life and of the disaster is told through the eyes of the young boy's teddy bear. Illustrated with watercolors and family photographs, this book makes an ideal read-aloud.
With Mama's warm, steady gaze and patient smile, she conveys to readers that parents are with their children every step of the way---even when those steps may be tentative. And, in the book's final pages, when Daisy finally hops, skips and jumps, the happiness that radiates from the tip of her floppy ears to the bottoms of her paws proves that persistence really does pay off.
Otto lives in a book and is happiest when his story is being read. But Otto has a secret: when no one is looking and the mood strikes, Otto walks right off of his book's pages! Full color.
Fire sweeps along the wall of a circus tent while inside thousands of people enjoy a Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey matinee. Within minutes, flames consume the canvas and vast sections collapse, killing 168 people and injuring hundreds more. Inspired by the 1944 Hartford Circus Fire, the interconnected stories in Michael Downs's The Greatest Show explore the aftermath of a disaster in a world of clowns, elephants, and childhood fantasies. In the opening story, Ania Liszak, a young Polish housemaid, steals circus tickets from her employer to take her three-year-old son, Teddy, to the matinee. The fire nearly kills both and leaves them scarred in different ways: Teddy's mother enjoys the beautiful strangeness of the scar on her face, but the patches across Teddy's body inspire cruel schoolmates to call him "Lizard Liszak." Over time, his mother transforms her pain into drama, while Teddy, having no memory of that day, seeks ways to return to it. These and other captivating characters appear throughout the book, creating a portrait of an American city and its people over five decades, raising questions about wounds and healing, memory and forgetting, and about the human capacity for kindness -- with all its futility and power -- in the midst of great loss.
Logan and Hannah have just finished building their tree house in the backyard. Trouble strikes fast when a storm suddenly overtakes their neighborhood! Their family seeks shelter in their basement, but unfortunately, many of their neighbors dont fare so well. Houses are destroyed, and people need their help. The storm is just the start of their troubles, though. A bear soon arrives, and this bear is hungry. Luckily, Logan and Hannah have food to share with the bear and his lady bear. They make friends with them and even build them a cabin of their own. Then, big news arrives: the bears are expecting a baby, so of course, they need help building a nursery. When the baby bear arrives, everyone is thrilled. The kids and their parents pitch in to help the bear family, especially since a baby bear is a lot of work. Baby bears are curious, which is why the kids must rush to its aid when it eats poisonous berries. Truly, life in a tree house is filled with adventureand even danger. Its a good thing Jesus is watching over them!
The second thrilling instalment of Adam Simcox's 'wildly entertaining' (Adam Hamdy) THE DYING SQUAD series. There's a new serial killer on the streets of Manchester - and only a dead cop can stop them. Detective Joe Lazarus works for the Dying Squad, solving crimes the living police can't. When the Generation Killer starts wiping out Manchester's innocents, Joe and his new partner Bits have mere hours to catch the murderer. A young woman's life depends on it. Joe's former partner Daisy-May has her own problems. Children are going missing in the afterlife, and she's the only one who seems to care. Her investigation uncovers a conspiracy so vast, it threatens both the living and the dead. Her predecessor the Duchess can't help this time; she's tracked her treacherous sister, Hanna, to Tokyo, where she's been recruiting the dead. The Duchess must enlist the help of a local detective if she's to have any choice of stopping her. Time is running out for the Dying Squad. And if they can't crack their cases, it's the living that will pay...
