New Releases by Emily Gravett

A fantastic, funny story from the reliably brilliant, multi-award-winning creator of Tidy, Meerkat Mail and Monkey and Me that children will love to join in with. All Bear wants is a quiet nap... but he can't work out who is keeping him awake with their cheep cheeping. An increasingly frustrated bear leaves his cosy cave to ask the other animals, but none of them cheep. Maybe the culprit is closer to home? Everyone will love meeting all the animals, and joining in with their familiar noises, in this very funny, warm, and beautifully-illustrated story. Multi-award-winning Emily Gravett is at the height of her powers in this wonderful rhyming tale with a surprise comic ending.

Get ready for bedtime with Bear''s Nap, a fantastically funny story about an adorable bear trying to get to sleep, full of animal noises that children will love to join in with. From the reliably brilliant creator of Tidy and Monkey and Me. All Bear wants is a quiet nap . . . but he can''t work out who is keeping him awake with their cheep cheeping. An increasingly frustrated bear leaves his cosy cave to ask the other animals, but they none of them cheep. Maybe the culprit is closer to home? Everyone will love meeting all the animals, and joining in with their familiar noises, in this very funny, warm, and beautifully illustrated story. Multi-award-winning Emily Gravett is at the height of her powers in this wonderful rhyming tale with a surprise comic ending.

In Bothered By Bugs, Pete the Badger is choosing a delicious recipe from his new fruit cookbook when his peace is interrupted by a teeny tiny fly. The fly becomes a swarm and soon all the animals are being bothered by bugs and insects of all kinds - so they help Pete rid the forest of/capture every single one. But . . . disaster! Now nobody's around to clean up the poo, and come autumn, there's not a berry or a cherry to be found. Will Pete and the other animals learn their lesson and restore order to the forest? Richly detailed, wonderfully humorous illustrations will keep readers coming back for more. Twice Kate Greenaway Medal winner Emily Gravett's delightful rhyming story is a colourful celebration of nature's equilibrium and promises fun, laughter and learning. The perfect book to read aloud.

A very funny picture book story in which Pete the Badger, star of Emily Gravett''s award-winning books Tidy and Too Much Stuff!, learns valuable lessons about the importance of all creatures, big and small, in maintaining the harmony of nature. In Bothered By Bugs, Pete the Badger is choosing a delicious recipe from his new fruit cookbook when his peace is interrupted by a teeny tiny fly. The fly becomes a swarm and soon all the animals are being bothered by bugs and insects of all kinds – so they help Pete capture every single one. But . . . disaster! Now nobody''s around to clean up the poo, and come autumn, there''s not a berry or a cherry to be found. Will Pete and the other animals learn their lesson and restore order to the forest? Richly detailed, wonderfully humorous illustrations will keep readers coming back for more. Twice Kate Greenaway Medal winner Emily Gravett''s delightful rhyming story is a colourful celebration of nature''s equilibrium and promises fun, laughter and learning. The perfect book to read aloud.

Award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator Emily Gravett delivers a hilarious tale of mishap and mayhem as ten dogs pursue a chain of sausage links. From dachshund to dalmation, every dog wants a piece of the prize. Follow this high-stakes adventure as the scales tip from one dog with all the sausages and nine dogs with none to nine dogs with all the sausages and one dog with none. Will ten hungry dogs ever find a way to share ten tasty treats? Gravett''s playful art and clever plot twists create page-turning suspense, perfect for repeat read-aloud fun.

Ten gorgeous dogs chase, hide and play with ten juicy sausages in this funny, original book about numbers by the multi-award-winning, bestselling Emily Gravett. Bursting with energy and fun, children will love to count the dogs and the sausages, as well as looking out for all the funny details on each page. The book explores numbers one going up to ten, and ten going down to zero, touching on several simple concepts like half, all, more, less along the way.

A family of playful kittens jump, slide and splatter paint everywhere in this entertaining introduction to numbers and colors from award-winning author of Me and My Monkey, Dogs and The Mysterious Egg. Little readers won''t stop laughing and pointing from page one to the last page.

Colours, counting, cats and chaos! Ten cats discover three cans of paint and blotches, splotches and splats go everywhere! A funny exploration of colour from award-winning author/illustrator Emily Gravett, 10 Cats is a wonderfully simple and engaging picture book. While learning about counting and colours, very young children will delight in the adorable kittens on every spread and the simple text that is perfect for reading aloud.

It''s nearly Cedric the dragon''s bedtime – there''s just time for his mum to read him his favourite book. Unfortunately for her, Cedric likes the story so much that he wants to hear it again . . . and again . . . and again . . . A cross dragon is a fiery dragon, and Cedric ends up burning a hole right through the book! Again! is a typically funny and irresistible book from star author and illustrator, Emily Gravett, twice winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.

Marie Kondo is for the birds in this hilarious picture book about expectant magpie parents and the dangers of having too many things! Magpies Meg and Ash want to build the perfect nest for their eggs. They use the usual mud, sticks, and grass, but are soon convinced that it’s not enough! Meg and Ash collect all kinds of things—cuckoo clocks, mops, socks, and more—and put them in an ever-growing pile of what they might need to make a home for their chicks. But as the tower of things grows more and more wobbly, the birds might just find out they have too much stuff!

From the creator of modern classic Meerkat Mail comes a very funny woodland story showing the dangers of having too much stuff. Too Much Stuff is set in the same forest as Gravett’s award-winning Tidy, it features a host of gorgeous woodland animals, including Pete the badger. Meg and Ash are a pair of magpies who are building a nest for their perfect eggs. Although they begin their nest construction using the usual mud, sticks and grass, Meg and Ash are soon convinced that their nest doesn’t have enough stuff and begin to collect more things to add to an ever-growing pile. From cuckoo clocks to mops and socks, a pram and even a car – their need for stuff seems endless. Until – crash! – the inevitable happens. Emily Gravett''s engaging, exquisitely illustrated story will appeal to fans of Tidy and of such classics as The Animals of Farthing Wood . The perfect story for young eco-warriors . . . and for everyone.

Meg and Ash are a pair of magpies who are building a nest for their perfect eggs. They are soon convinced that their nest doesn't have enough stuff and begin to collect more and more things... A very funny story showing the dangers of having too much stuff.

"En esta ocasión, la autora británica nos cuenta la historia de un pato que decide incubar un extraño huevo que ha encontrado. Un huevo enorme, con motas verdes y que, además, tarda mucho en eclosionar. Mientras sus amigos dan la bienvenida a sus polluelos, Pato se pregunta qué saldrá de su huevo ..."--Casadellibro

From author-illustrator Emily Gravett comes a warm and funny picture book about friendship and loving someone different from yourself. Cyril is a squirrel. Pat is a rat. They have a lot of adventures and fun together. But no one else thinks they should be friends. In Emily Gravett’s brilliantly funny story, two friends learn that some things are more important than being the same, or following others.

Cyril est un écureuil. Pat est un rat. Ils ne devraient pas être amis. Et pourtant... A partir de 4 ans.

From the creator of Wolves, Dogs, Tidy, and the Bear and Hare series and twice-winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, Emily Gravett comes a fresh, funny, and punchy picture book about the futility of fads and the joy of learning to be yourself. Harbet had a hat. His Nana had knitted it for him when he was little. Harbet likes his comfy knitted hat, but the others keep jeering at him—OLD HAT! OLD HAT! No matter what headwear he buys—be it a towering fruit platter hat, an old-boot-on-the-head hat, or a brightly lit traffic cone hat, Harbet cannot keep up with the latest fashions. As soon as he gets a brand new hat it is already…OLD HAT! It seems that Harbet will never fit in. But when one day he decides to go his own way, Harbet discovers just how much more fun it is to stop following others and think for yourself.

Pete the badger learns that being tidy isn’t always the best thing in this save-the-environment picture book from award-winning author and illustrator Emily Gravett. Pete the badger likes everything to be neat and tidy at all times, but what starts as the collecting of one fallen leaf escalates quickly and ends with the complete destruction of the forest. Will Pete realize the error of his ways and reverse his tidying habit?

Vitalidad, diversion y risas garantizadas de principio a fin en este cuento que lleva el sello personal, artistico e inconfundible de Emily Gravett. Esta vez el lobo no mordera ni aterrorizara, en vez de ello se vera perseguido, amenazado y ridiculizado por tres cerditos divertidos y resolutivos.

"El oso y la liebre vuelven con una nueva aventura, ADaonde estaa el oso?, y esta vez juegan al escondite. La liebre sabe muy bien contar hasta diez y cerrar los ojos, pero el problema es que el oso no sabe esconderse, no le sale nada bien. Cuando se es tan grande como un oso no es faacil ocultarse debajo de una laampara, y querer pasar desapercibido detraas del cristal de un acuario no es ciertamente una buena idea. Pero, de repente. el oso ha desaparecido! ADaonde estaa?"--Casadellibro.

El oso y la liebre emprenden una excursión para pescar, y van preparados con cañas y redes. ¡Al oso le encanta la pesca! A la liebre, por el contrario, le interesa mucho más la merienda que llevan. Pero después de una gran espera, los dos aventureros consiguen mucho más de lo que anhelaban.

"Friends Bear & Hare learn that sharing is better than being selfish"--

Originally published: Great Britain: Macmillan Children''s Books, 2014.

A esta niñita y a su monito de peluche les encanta jugar a imitar a diferentes animales, hacer lo que ellos hacen: desde saltar como los canguros, a caminar de forma patosa como los pingüinos. ¡Abre el libro y juega con ellos! ¿Sabes qué animal están imitando ahora?

Ours et Lièvre sont les meilleurs amis du monde. Aujourd'hui, ils jouent à cache-cache et ils s'aperçoivent qu'ils sont en fait...inséparables ! (4ième de couverture)

Friends Bear and Hare go out and play in the snow.