New Releases by Janet Ahlberg

This is a sad story- but it has a very happy ending. Once, there was a baby with no mummy- but he wanted a mummy very much. Deciding to take matters into his own hands, he set off to find one. Along the way he met lots of new friends, none of whom could be his mummy but wanted to help him find one. When they met a lady with a pram and no baby, the baby finally found his mummy- there was just one more thing he needed- a daddy! A beautiful story about finding your family, it can be used to talk about adoption, fostering and changing families. This Janet and Allan Ahlberg classic is a must for every bookshelf.

Penguin presents Funny Bones: The Collection by Allan Ahlberg, read by Stephen Mangan. An audio collection of the perennially popular Funny Bones books by Allan Ahlberg Featuring: Funnybones, The Pet Shop, The Black Cat, Bumps in the Night, Give the Dog a Bone, Dinosaur Dreams, Skeleton Crew and Mystery Tour.

A new edition of this beloved and bestselling Hallowe''en classic. Description This is how the story begins. On a dark dark hill there was a dark dark town. In the dark dark town there was a dark dark street . . . Janet and Allan''s frightfully funny Hallowe''en classic tells the story of three skeletons - a big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton - who venture out of their cellar one night to find someone to scare, only to find that everyone is in bed. Who will they scare now?!

Mums and Dads, breakfasts and bedtimes, pets and toys and prams and swings - and lots and lots of other fascinating things! The Baby''s Big Box of Little Books includes everything that is familiar to a young child. From Janet and Allan Ahlberg, the creators of Burglar Bill and The Jolly Postman and adapted from their classic picture book, The Baby''s Catalogue, this little collection is perfect for babies at any and all times of their busy day. Janet Ahlberg''s iconic illustrations present a vast array of baby paraphernalia that should be instantly recognizable and absorbing to a young child. The liberal sprinkling of wit and charm will appeal to every adult too! Books in the box: Mornings, Night-times, Toys, Baby, Games, Family, Inside, Outside and Pets.

It''s Christmas Eve and the JOLLY POSTMAN is delivering greetings to various fairy-tale characters - there''s a card for Baby Bear, a game appropriately called ''Beware'' for Red Riding Hood from Mr Wolf, a get-well jigsaw for hospitalised Humpty Dumpty and three more surprise envelopes containing letters, cards, etc. Everyone''s favourite postman keeps on peddling his bicycle up hill and down dale . . . and into everybody''s hearts.

Janet and Allan Ahlberg''s classic picture book, The Baby''s Catalogue The bestselling picture book The Baby''s Catalogue by the iconic British husband and wife picture book team Janet and Allan Ahlberg, creators of Peepo!, is filled with easily recognizable objects - perfect for your baby or toddler! Mums and Dads, breakfasts and bedtimes, pets and toys and prams and swings - and lots and lots of other fascinating things! Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children''s books and with his late wife Janet, created many award-winning children''s picture books. The Baby''s Catalogue was inspired by their daughter, Jessica. The Ahlbergs'' books are nursery bookshelf standards and have been the recipient of worldwide acclaim and awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal. Look out for these other classics by Allan Ahlberg: Burglar Bill; Cops and Robbers; Each Peach Pear Plum; The One and Only Two Heads; Son of a Gun; The Little Worm Book; Two Wheels Two Heads; Funny Bones; A Pair of Sinners; Happy Families; Peepo!; The Ha Ha Bonk Book; Help Your Child to Read; Ten in a Bed; Please mrs Butler; Daisy Chains; Yum Yum; Playmates; Foldaways; Woof; The Cinderella Show; The Jolly Postman; The Jolly Christmas Postman; The Jolly Pocket Postman; The Clothes Horse and Other Stories; The Mighty Slide; Starting School; Heard it in the Playground; The Bear Nobody Wanted; It was a Dark and Stormy Night; The Giant Baby; Baby Sleeps; Blue Buggy; Doll and Teddy; See the Rabbit; Please Mrs Butler; The Better Brown Stories; The Boyhood of Burglar Bill

Mr Biff and Mr Bop are boxers and famous rivals too. Mr Bop is fit and lean and Mr Biff . . . Biff! Bop! Biff! Biff! Well, Mr Biff likes a cream cake or two. Will he ever be able to toughen up in time for the big charity match. Gulp! A hilarious Happy Families picture books from Janet and Allan Ahlberg ''The Ahlbergs belong, with A.A. Milne and Lewis Carroll, to the greatest tradition of children''s books.'' Sunday Times

Peepo! is the much-loved picture book classic by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Peepo! is a modern classic that continues to delight generations of babies and toddlers and their parents A perfect gift for new babies and parents, no home should be without a copy! Here''s a little baby One, two three Standing in his cot What does he see? Praise for Peepo! ''The best book ever published for babies'' - Books for Your Children ''Surely no one - baby, child or adult - could fail to enjoy Peepo!'' - Sunday Telegraph ''A book to last a lifetime . . . this is a perfect book for sharing'' - Nursery World Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children''s books and with his late wife Janet, created many award-winning children''s picture books. The Baby''s Catalogue was inspired by their daughter, Jessica. The Ahlbergs'' books are nursery bookshelf standards and have been the recipient of worldwide acclaim and awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal.

PEEPO! has become a classic for babies and toddlers. It follows a baby through the day in a style full of wit, charm and ingenuity. A series of holes peeping through to the next page leads the child on to the next stage in the day, giving a hint of what is to come. An original book that has long delighted young children and now with a gorgeous soft plush teddy.

Describes a day in the life of a baby. Featuring tough board pages and detachable strap and clip, this board book is suitable for little ones on the go.

Once more the Jolly Postman rides - and flies - and shrinks! The Jolly Postman is setting off on his third adventure. . . but nothing goes quite to plan when he suffers a bump to the head, and shrinks to the size of a postage stamp! And from then it just gets curiouser and curiouser. . . Featuring a whole host of familiar characters and of course, beautiful pull-out letters and a magnifying glass, The Jolly Pocket Postman is the third story in the bestselling and award-winning series by Janet and Alan Ahlberg.

The earliest and greatest works of Greek literature - The Iliad and The Odyssey, have been attributed since antiquity to the poet Homer. This concise book is an introduction to the poet and his two great epics. Assuming no prior knowledge of Greek, the author supplies all the background information necessary to understand the poems. The book presents an overview of the Homeric question - considering the authorship, composition and transmission of the poems. It provides the historical background to the epics, literary readings of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and an analysis of the poet''s plotting, narrative technique, and characterization. The author uses comparisons between the two poems to illustrate Homeric poetics. A final section reviews the important secondary literature on Homer and offers a guide to further reading. Throughout the author makes use of his own original research, especially on the relations between Greek alphabetic writing and the origins of Greek literature.

Janet and Allan Ahlberg''s hilarious picture book, Burglar Bill. Burglar Bill is an entertaining picture book by the iconic British husband and wife picture book team Janet and Allan Ahlberg, creators of Peepo Perfect as a bedtime story and for children learning to read Who''s that creeping down the street? Who''s that climbing up the wall? Who''s that coming through the window? Who''s that? ... It''s Burglar Bill. Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children''s books and with his late wife Janet, created many award-winning children''s picture books, including Cops and Robbers, It was a Dark and Stormy Night, Each Peach Pear Plum and the Kate Greenaway Medal winning The Jolly Postman. Look out for these other classics by Allan Ahlberg: Kicking a Ball; The Baby''s Catalogue; Cops and Robbers; Each Peach Pear Plum; The One and Only Two Heads; Son of a Gun; The Little Worm Book; Two Wheels Two Heads; Funny Bones; A Pair of Sinners; Happy Families; Peepo ; The Ha Ha Bonk Book; Help Your Child to Read; Ten in a Bed; Please Mrs Butler; Daisy Chains; Yum Yum; Playmates; Foldaways; Woof; The Cinderella Show; The Jolly Postman; The Jolly Christmas Postman; The Jolly Pocket Postman; The Clothes Horse and Other Stories; The Mighty Slide; Starting School; Heard it in the Playground; The Bear Nobody Wanted; It was a Dark and Stormy Night; The Giant Baby; Baby Sleeps; Blue Buggy; Doll and Teddy; See the Rabbit; Please Mrs Butler; The Better Brown Stories; The Boyhood of Burglar Bill

This thesaurus promotes success in writing in all school subjects, from starting secondary to completing exam coursework. The book features an easy-to-use format with an alphabetical indicator on each page; a clear, open layout that makes it easy to find information; thousands of synonyms and antonyms based on Bank of English evidence; short definitions for all main entry words that guide users to the right sense; examples for all synonyms to show how they are used and help students choose the right one for their context; and a Word Power feature designed to help extend students'' vocabulary at the next level.

A simple text with natural pairings that feature in a baby''s life such as bricks and ball, and cups and cakes.

Nursey rhyme story book about a baby playing peek- a - boo with his family.

Derived from The Jolly Postman series of books, this CD-ROM has been developed with an educational consultant to cover a broad range of early learning development skills. It supports Key Stage 1 of the National Curriculum in a number of areas including Geography, Maths, Art and English, as the interactive activities enable children to help the Jolly Postman mend parcels, sort letters, calculate postage and send postcards overseas. A stationery section is included, allowing the user to design, customise and print cards, stamps and notes, and there is a connection to the Internet, where stamps created by users of the disc worldwide can be collected.

While on his rounds, the Postman gets knocked on the head with a giant rattle which gives him a dream that sends him down a rabbit hole to meet Alice and then onto Oz to meet Dorothy.

Antonio, a small boy who has been kidnapped by brigands, passes the dark and stormy night in thier cave weaving incredible stories for their own exploits - and solves his own problem of how to escape.