Best Selling Books by John Burningham

Simp is a small, fat, ugly dog; nobody loves her and she hasn''t got a home. So she sets out in search of a friend and finds a family - and some hidden talents that make her really rather special.

God made the planet Earth into a paradise. But when he came to see how things were going he was appalled to find the sea had been made filthy, the air filled with fumes, forests burned, natural habitats destroyed, polar regions melting, half the world starving; men were quarrelling and making bombs whilst the rest of the people took no notice. He entrusts two small children to spread his message that the world must be put right - and his message is adhered to; the lovely world returns.

Discovering a magical door in her bedroom that leads her to the zoo, a little girl is tempted to bring just one little bear back to her room, and then a menagerie of smaller animals, and then an irresistible medley of big animals, until pandemonium ensues.

While high in the mountains with his parents, Albert falls off a cliff and ends up in Cloudland, where he enjoys playing with the cloud children, but misses his parents.

A long day is drawing to a close, and several creatures are ready for sleep. A cat with a stroller full of kittens needs a place to rest, as does the baby who’s been sailing a boat on the sea. The man in the moon is exhausted, and three tired bears make their weary way up a flight of stairs. Soon, though, each has found a place for the night where they can sleep and wake up ready for a new day. Featuring a simple story and the repeated refrain “Hushabye hush hush,” John Burningham’s latest is the perfect lullabye to soothe even the most restless little one.

Easy-to-read text and drawings describe a young boy''s relationship with his best friend Arthur.

Que préférerais-tu ? Prendre ton petit-déjeuner avec des ours, ton déjeuner avec un lion ou ton dîner avec des canards ? Voler avec des pélicans ou nager avec des poissons ?Et qu''est-ce qui serait pire ? Casser le vase préféré de Mamie, rayer la voiture ou renverser de la peinture sur la moquette ? A partir de 3 ans.

A teacher regrets his decision to disbelieve a student''s outlandish excuses for being tardy.

Mr. Gumpy accepts more and more riders on his boat until the inevitable occurs.

In this delightful book John Burningham makes learning about colours a pleasure for young children.

Album - enfant - rêve - nature - animal.

Mr. Gumpy''s human and animal friends squash into his old car and go for a drive -- until it starts to rain.

Young children learn subtraction through the story of a horse which loses its riders one by one.

Introduces the concept of opposites through labeled pictures of a boy interacting with a thin pig and a fat pig, a hot dragon and a cold snowman, and other creatures and situations.

A single pig is joined by a second, and then by another and another, as humorous difficulties are overcome and children learn to add one pig to the others.