Most Popular Books by Elizabeth Laird

When bad weather prevents the children from going to the beach, they turn their bedroom into a beach and pretend they are on a boat and a desert island.

The Cubby Bears have fun making a mask, playing pretend, walking in the woods, and putting on a magic show. Includes directions for activities.

Duncan the tractor comes to the rescue of Stan the farmer when a nosy calf disturbs a nest of hornets.

The police are looking everywhere for a spy. Simon Simple is so busy trying to start a holiday romance with Samanatha that he doesn''t see what is right in front of his nose.

Peter Castle, on holiday in France with his parents, gets left behind by mistake and finds himself without food, money or means of communication. Elizabeth Laird is the author of Kiss the Dust, winner of the Children''s Book of the Year in 1991.

Beatrice''s mum has asked her to take a bunch of bananas to Grandad. On her path through the jungle, Beatrice meets a giraffe who accidentally flicks them into a stream. Whoops! But the giraffe picks some flowers for Beatrice to take instead. As her journey continues flowers are swapped forhoney, honey is swapped for some mangoes . . . and so it goes on until a friendly elephant swaps a feather for . . . a beautiful bunch of bananas! A lovely circular story, based on an African folktale, about family, friendship, and teamwork. Written by best-selling author Elizabeth Laird, andillustrated by Liz Pichon, creator of Tom Gates.

Picked as ''Children''s Mental Health Week Scheme'' by The Reading Agency There''s a monster hiding under the bed! This classic bedtime fear is hilariously brought to life by award-winning author Elizabeth Laird and Finnish illustrator Jenny Luncander. Amir thinks that a monster will come and eat him up! And maybe the monster will have a mum and dad too! But Dad reassures Amir that if the monster family comes to play, then the parents will have a good old chat whilst Amir makes a new friend.

Fahali anafanya kazi ngumu lakini Punda hamuamini.

Voici un beau livre où les enfants découvriront mille idées pour fêter tous les anniversaires. Comment organiser une fête, à la maison ou au jardin, confectionner une carte pour son meilleur ami, préparer un gâteau en forme de cœur pour sa maman, imaginer un déguisement, réaliser un cadeau tout simple mais original : tout cela vous sera expliqué dans ce livre. Satomi Ichikawa et Elizabeth Laird vous souhaitent un joyeux anniversaire !

An Ethiopian retelling of the events surrounding the birth of Jesus illustrated with traditional works of art.

This book aims to improve social work training and practice by arguing that a thorough understanding of people''s values, social norms and family arrangements are crucial to achieving culturally sensitive practice.

Grade level: 2, 3, 4, p, e, i.