New Releases by Colin McNaughton

Preston sets off to take a basket of food to his granny''s, wearing a red coat and hood, and looking very much like Little Red Riding Hood. As ever, Mister Wolf is in hot pursuit, but he can''t think which story Preston''s red coat and hood reminds him of, and so he can''t remember what he is supposed to do... "This will be very popular with three-to-seven year olds." --Daily Telegraph

A collection of poems that take a look at the grosser, weirder, funnier side of life, including A Giant Gorilla Came Up to Me, Itchy Feet, and If Ever Aliens.

Preston Pig uses is amazing soccer skills to help him escape from hungry Mr. Wolf.

A volume of verse for a merry Christmas. Meet the intrepid pudding hunters, see a snowman fly, find out what fat Pig wants for Christmas and discover the truth about Santa Claus. Originally published as Santa Claus is Superman.

A group of not-so-nice aliens speed toward Earth looking for a fight--until something terrible scares them away.

A tour through a very peculiar neighborhood where an assortment of monstrous neighbors reacts to the arrival of their new neighbors, a normal human family.

Shortlisted for the 1991 Earthworm Award.

Winner of the 1991 Emil/Kurt Maschler Award.

First published in 1985, in three sections: there is a big, fat frog to meet, a whole sum of boys is to be added up, and someone gets a jumbo-sized leg-up.

Includes vocabulary for young readers for actions, parts of animals, and going to bed. Suggested level: junior.

Winner of the 1988 British Book Award and shortlisted for the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award and the Smarties Prize in the same year.

A collection of humorous poems about eccentric characters.

Simple text and illustrations demonstrate in brief vignettes such concepts as cause and effect, adding, parts of a whole, opposites, and the meaning of words.

Labelled action pictures with a light story line introduce such concepts as cause and effect and opposites.