New Releases by Jan Ormerod

Meet Maudie, a plucky young girl, and her friend Bear, a gentle giant with a heart of gold. Bear has to earn Maudie''s forgiveness after unintentionally hurting her feeling.

Caroline Crocodile goes to a baby shop to see if she can exchange her drooly brother, but finds that the baby panda is a fussy eater, the baby elephant too squirty--and her brother has reason to drool.

Everyone knows that the wheels on the bus go round and round. But what happens when the bus trundles into a wildlife park? Forget ''the wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish'', this rhyme has far more excitement to offer: bouncing baboons, happy hippos, leaping lemurs and more are here to entertain a bus-load of children in this riotous romp!

Make bedtimes special by sharing this lovely collection of animal stories. Bear cubs, rabbits, guinea pigs, and animals galore are all here, ready to curl up with you. What better way to end the day?

Caroline is VERY jealous. So she goes to the Baby Shop and tries to swap her dribbly brother for new baby. The trouble is, there''s something not quite right with any of thema

The children are sure that Gramps would never feel lonelyif he had a dog of his own.They say the dog should be called Rex, but what wouldRex look like?So they play "Looking for Rex," and pretend to see Rex, butwhenever they think they find Rex...it is never really theright Rex.Where is he?

A follow up to the picture-book phenomenon that is Doing the Animal Bop - a second riotous animal romp that will have toddlers stamping their feet and joining in with gusto.

Mariettas bester Freund: Marietta hat einen wunderbaren Freund, der ihr jeden Wunsch von den Lippen abliest. Ein bisschen verwöhnt ist sie zwar schon, die niedliche Kleine, und so kann es geschehen, dass der Bär ewig lange warten muss, bis sie endlich ihren Fahrradausflug starten können, denn erst muss sie noch ihre Brille suchen, dann fehlt der Hut, der Schal, die Sonnencreme und der Mückenspray. Mit einer Bärengeduld lässt er sich herumkommandieren. Sogar wenn sie schlechte Laune hat, schafft er es, sie wieder zum Lachen zu bringen. Natürlich streiten sie sich ab und zu, aber die Versöhnung bleibt glücklicherweise nie aus, dann wird gemeinsam Rumba und Walzer getanzt. Na, so einen lieben Freund wünscht sich wohl manches kleine Mädchen, das vielleicht ebenso starrköpfig ist wie Marietta. Mit viel Herzlichkeit wird diese Geschichte um Freundschaft und Konfliktelösen erzählt, wobei der gutmütige Bär eine eher unterwürfige, aber bewundernswert geduldige Rolle spielt. Die heiter präsentierten Bilder versetzen den fünf Streitgeschichten, die dennoch zum Nachdenken anregen sollen, einen humorvollen Anstrich. Ab 4 Jahren, ****, Silvia Zanetti.

A unique picture book collaboration about having fun, sharing culture and the power of story and dance. A picture book to get the whole town dancing.

Chinese edition of Lizzie Nonsense - a Bccb Blue Ribbon Picture Book Awards winner. Her mother calls it nonsense when Lizzie pretends that their house is pretty or that a bath is the sea, but it turns out that imagination runs in the family.

Little Sylvie likes to play dress-up and dance in the garden with her big sister. But Sylvie is too young for ballet class. And Sylvie does NOT want to be an elf in games of pretend. When an unintentional haircut leaves Sylvie''s hair too short for braids, big sister comes to the rescue by creating a set of braids from an old pair of tights!

In Aesop''s ''The Lion and the Mouse'' Lion spares the life of the little mouse never thinking that one day the mouse might save his life. In the Tibetan fables ''The Hare''s Revenge'' Hare is fed up with the bullying Lion and finds a way to outwit him.

A frog is nice to a princess and keeps his promises so he gets a big surprise.

A little girl and various animals sing their own version of this popular rhyme.

It''s bath time. But first baby has to get undressed, starting with hat off, then mittens off - until baby''s ready for some bath time fun.

Als op een morgen Muisje dood is, leert een jongetje zijn verdriet hierover te verwerken door het met een ritueel te begraven. Prentenboek met grote tekeningen in zachte kleuren. Vanaf ca. 3 jaar.

A child shares the bed with a collection of stuffed animals in this story told with simple rhythmic text and beautiful full-color illustrations.

There''s always someone to walk with in our street, always someone willing to lend a hand, to keep an eye on the children, or play with in the park. With her talent for capturing the minutiae of everyday life, the award winning Jan Ormerod has created a marvellous insight into the lives of three sets of neighbours.

By lifting flaps and pulling tabs, the reader can make Emily demonstrate the movements she does in dance class.

Written to show parents how children learn to read and help them develop their child''s reading skills.

A very busy family engages in such activities as school, soccer, piano playing, and cooking.

In Play with Me is one of eight new titles in the Beginning to Read phase of Cambridge Reading. Written by leading children''s author/illustrator Jan Ormerod, the stories feature contemporary children in familiar settings. Language is simple, with lots of repetition of high frequency sight vocabulary - ideal for young readers aged 4-5. Cambridge Reading is a new reading scheme for key stages 1 and 2, developed specifically to help teachers raise standards in literacy. Teachers appreciate the scheme''s easy-to-use framework and wealth of integrated support material, while children simply want to read the books again and again.

Skate with Me is one of eight new titles in the Beginning to Read phase of Cambridge Reading. Written by leading children''s author/illustrator Jan Ormerod, the stories feature contemporary children in familiar settings. Language is simple, with lots of repetition of high frequency sight vocabulary - ideal for young readers aged 4-5. Cambridge Reading is a new reading scheme for key stages 1 and 2, developed specifically to help teachers raise standards in literacy. Teachers appreciate the scheme''s easy-to-use framework and wealth of integrated support material, while children simply want to read the books again and again.

"Chicken Licken" is retold with illustrations of school children performing the story as a play on stage.