New Releases by Jez Alborough

Number Wonders is a game built around 100 amazing facts about our wonderful world. Each fact has 5 related questions, each question has 3 possible answers. If you pick the right answer, you advance on the board. It’s a race to the 100th fact – on the way you’ll find some things you know, and discover many things that you don’t!

A phenomenal bestseller about a teddy bear mix-up celebrates twenty-five years in print with a refreshed anniversary edition and a special note from Jez Alborough. Eddy’s lost his teddy, Freddy, so he goes off into the woods in search of the missing bear. The dark, horrible woods hold a gigantic surprise for Eddy, who discovers his teddy bear has grown much too big to cuddle. Could it be a case of mistaken identity? Fast-paced and fun, this comedy of errors from beloved children’s illustrator Jez Alborough has spent two and a half decades delighting young readers — and earning its place among the picture book classics.

A young chimpanzee preparing for bedtime learns to say "Yes" when things suit him and "No" when they do not.

Illustrations and just a few words depict how various jungle animals help a very little chimp to feel that he is tall.

Duck''s truck is stuck in the muck. Who will help him out? First, frog lends a hand. Then sheep helps push, too. But duck''s truck won''t come unstuck! Can anyone help him get out of the muck? Or is duck out of luck? Find out in this rollicking read-aloud by the inimitable Jez Alborough.

"A crew of animals learns that size is relative in the gleeful, impressively simple romp." — Publishers Weekly Quick! Everybody Hide! Big Bro''s coming! He''s rough, he''s tough, and he''s Really, Really BIG... Well, he''s pretty big. Okay, he''s a mouse, but if you were a mouse too, well, then, he''d be BIG all right! Jez Alborough, creator of the bestselling Where''s My Teddy? and It''s the Bear!, sets this slapstick sidesplitter in the jungle, fills it with colorful animals of every size, and gives it a surprise ending certain to send very small readers — and really big readers, too — into fits of giggles.

"The picture book crowd is often spellbound by stories of lost teddy bears, and this delightful book is just such a tale."--BOOKLIST Yikes! Eddie''s in for the surprise of his life when he discovers that his teddy bear has grown much too big to cuddle! But there''s fun in store when Eddie meets up with a real bear who has just the opposite problem. Could it be a case of mistaken identity? This fast-paced comedy of errors, illustrated with Jez Alborough''s quirky artwork, is guaranteed to have children--and bears alike--looking very closely at their teddies!

When a small boy named Eddie goes searching for his lost teddy in the dark woods, he comes across a gigantic bear with a similar problem.

A young boy bravely follows his father''s advice and invites various animals to come in and play.

Eddie and his mom go into the woods for a picnic and meet a very large, very hungry bear.

Dudley the penguin is so cuddly that he finds himself continually surrounded by a crowd of huddling, waddling, cuddling brothers and sisters. Fed up, Dudley slips off to find refuge in a secluded spot--only to be faced with something worse (and more hilarious) than his affectionate siblings.

When a small boy named Eddie goes searching for his lost teddy in the dark woods, he comes across a gigantic bear with a similar problem.

Lincoln the lamb is left behind when the other sheep go off in search of greener pastures, but he does not end up munching alone.