New Releases by Audrey Wood

Matthew''s shoelaces always come untied, until he swaps for magic laces that won''t untie at all.

Oxford Instruments is one of the UK''s success stories - a science-based company which from the earliest beginnings in a garden shed has become a successful quoted company and a world leader in applied superconductivity. Its success is due in major part to the entrepreneurial skill of Sir Martin Wood, and the company has become a model for the new science-based university spin-offs. Audrey Wood has written a first-hand account of its evolution which provides real evidence of the challenges of entrepreneurship, innovation, technology transfer, and raising finance.

On their way to school, the little letters of the alphabet have to rescue little "i" and then find his dot before they can proceed.

When Honey Bear does not feel like playing with any of her toys and cannot stop sighing, the doctor gives her a special prescription.

When Cully the cowboy, a friend and a father figure to Evan, fails to show up at the ranch on an icy Christmas Eve, Evan goes out into the night to find and rescue him.

Jubal Bullfrog wishes for happiness for his animal friends and finds that sometimes wishes come true in an unexpected way.

A contemporary story based on the Chumash Indian legend about the origin of dolphins.

A young boy comes to accept his parents'' unusual behavior which includes packing surprises in his lunch box and greeting strangers they meet on the street.

Réédition. Volume publié en 1986 dans la collection ##Contes, histoires## aux Editions des Deux coqs d''or. [SDM].

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Beatrix the butter maid and her best friend, Gerda the cow, live in a cozy cottage in a happy valley.Life is peaceful ...until the day two rude giants move into a nearby castle.When Gerda is snatched up by the giants, Beatrix must rescue her.This is a warm and humorous tale of friendship and cleverness that children will want to share with their best friends--or rudest neighbors.

Children hear bird calls native to their areas as they go through their daily activities.

A rhyming nonsense tale featuring a series of impossible occurrences, such as a bald-headed baby with hair hanging over its eyes and an egg-laying rooster.

Nona wants a new bicycle more than anything else in the world, but first she has to get rid of her old bike.

Cuando una pulga despierta sube a la cama, todos que duermen reciben una sorpresa.

In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite.

A celebration of a child''s growing self awareness, and a prime example of how books can contribute to this. Whether brave or shy, strong or weak, in the end the young boy celebrates all different, apparently contradictory parts of himself.

A mother saves her seven children from Heckedy Peg, a witch who has changed them into different kinds of food.

Alf''s cousin Mert comes for Christmas and makes his life horrible.

Baby Bear discovers he is now old enough to dress himself, feed himself, and give himself a bath . . . but he is never too old for a good-night kiss from Mama and Papa Bear.

Two picture books, stories and dramatised retellings. 3 yrs+

Two picture books, stories and dramatised retellings. 3 yrs+

A frolicsome trio of sisters twirl their way through three escapades.

When Mother Cat sends her two youngest kittens to do an errand in town, their imaginations run wild with scary possibilities.

After shocking the elegant garden party by using a bad word, Elbert learns some acceptable substitutes from a helpful wizard.

A moonbeam turns into a magic flute and takes Firen on a journey through the night sky to find out what the moon has done with her lost sleep.