Most Popular Books by Jan Ormerod

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.

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!

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

Billy, his big sister Jilly, and their mother all find different situations alarming and must try to be brave.

Collection of first baby rhymes designed to help a baby''s developing perception.

With the gentlest touch of humour Jan Ormerod uses animals to highlight the special qualities which makes each child unique.

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.

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.

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.