Most Popular Books by Alan Baker

The dog should never have been in the Lab in the first place. Once again, the bundle of canine energy had nosed past its owner and into the lab. In its mouth was a tennis ball that he dropped on the floor in the hope someone would play fetch with him. The ball bounced, and the dog chased it, hitting it with his paw, which caused it to bounce even more. Inevitably it bounced into the screen and disappeared with a bright sparkle and a sound later described as a fizz and plop. The dog jumped after the ball and disappeared with the same fizz and plop. Thus began the fantastic discovery of Fenga. another world reached through a wormhole. At a time when the whole world was going mad, and England and the rest of the UK was joining in the madness.

One worm, two toucans, three bears - play and count with Grey Rabbit.

Help Little Rabbit search the garden for his favorite snack, carrots! Lift the flaps to reveal familiar garden animals and learn the sounds they make, together with some of the foods they eat. First let''s try the doghouse... "woof, woof!" barks dog as he chews on a bone. Maybe behind the shed door?..."squeak, squeak!" It''s mouse eating an apple. Each page reveals a new surprise and a new animal until Little Rabbit peeks into the vegetable patch..."Crunch! Crunch!"...there''s Brown Rabbit, and it''s time for a carrot lunch!

The cute and cuddly rabbits help young children to recognise all sorts of shapes.

WELCOME TO LONDON, 1899It has been six years since the discovery of intelligent life on Mars, and relations between the two worlds are rapidly developing. Three-legged Martian omnibuses stride through the streets and across the landscape, while Queen Victoria has been returned to the vigour of youth by Martian rejuvenation drugs. Victorian computer technology is proceeding apace, thanks to the faeries who power the ''cogitators'' while the first aether zeppelins are nearing completion, with a British expedition to the Moon being planned for the following year.Everything seems to be going swimmingly until Lunan R''ondd, Martian Ambassador to the Court of Saint James''s, dies while attending a banquet at Buckingham Palace. The discovery of strange, microscopic larvae in his breathing apparatus leads Queen Victoria to suspect that he may have been the victim of a bizarre assassination.The Martian Parliament agrees, and they are not pleased. No Martian has ever died in such suspicious circumstances while on Earth. An ultimatum is given: if Her Majesty''s Government cannot solve the crime and bring the perpetrator to justice, the Martians will!Enter Thomas Blackwood, Special Investigator for Her Majesty''s Bureau of Clandestine Affairs. Along with Lady Sophia Harrington, Secretary of the Society for Psychical Research, Blackwood is charged with the task of solving the mystery of Ambassador R''ondd''s death, before the Martians take matters into their own hands, possibly igniting an interplanetary war in the process!

A simple introduction to the variety of animals living in the ocean, including the seahorse, octopus, and swordfish.

Delivers an encyclopedic discussion of spirits of long ago--poltergeists, travelers'' tales, spiritualism, crisis apparitions, faces, and voices, psychic recordings, and more.

This illustrated picture book reveals a different desert animal on each spread who is being watched by another. A whole menagerie is revealed at the end of the book showing all the creatures in their distinctive habitat, including: scorpion, kangaroo rat, roadrunner, woodpecker, gila monster, iguana, puma, spadefoot toad, kit fox and locust. The book also features an informative map and picture index to facilitate learning on animals and their habitats.

Variations on Painting a Room brings together ten years of small press publications by the poet Alan Baker, together with a large body of new and uncollected work. His poetry, as Todd Swift notes, "turns the British lyric subtly, and offers new angles on a how a line may be shaped, or allowed to spin off in another direction." "Elizabeth Bishop wrote, "The three qualities I admire in the poetry I like best are: Accuracy, Spontaneity, Mystery." These are the qualities I find in Alan Baker''s poems. The precise particulars that create a very real, clear and believable writing, a willingness to take risks, and an awareness that what matters is not to be found in the obvious but in the half glimpsed, half said, half understood" (Lee Harwood)

Evocative illustrations and fascinating rhymes, stories, and legends introduce youngsters to the magical realm of strange and wondrous creatures of mythology

Mother Mouse searches for her child above and below the ground, asking the different animals she meets if they have seen him. The book features die-cut pages and is bound as an accordion that opens to make a frieze.

An investigation into UFO sightings compiled under the guidance of Britain''s leading Ufologist. Every year thousands of people report sighting unidentified flying objects or UFO''s. In approximately 90% of cases these soon become IFO''s- Identified flying objects... but what are we to make of the remaining 10%? Speculation as to whether or not these mainfestations are the ships of alien spacemen, secret Russian or American spy planes, or just strange quirks of natural light and weather conditions has been going on for decades. UFO Sightings examines the evidence and gives you the facts.