Best Selling Books by Laurence Anholt

Discover the world''s greatest artists, including Frida Kahlo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Vincent van Gogh, and the stories of the real children who knew them. Now, for the first time, Laurence Anholt''s beloved children''s art book series, which has sold millions of copies around the world, has been compiled into one inspirational volume.

In this version of the classic fairy tale "Rapunzel," the daughter of two hairdressers is locked in a tower by the Bad Hair Witch.

In this large-format book, the Anholt''s turn their attention to all aspects of family life. Here are families at home and on holiday; fighting families and happy families; big families and small families. There are sections on brothers and sisters, mums and dads, grannies and grandads and more.

Because Marie helps her poor parents by modeling for an ill-tempered artist, she becomes a famous ballerina but not in the way she had dreamed.

Hansel and Gretel''s evil stepmother sends them into space - and into the clutches of the even more evil Space Witch!

C.1 KIRKLAND FUNDS. DEMCO. 4-28-2006, $12.49.

A brief biography of the English girl whose discovery of an Ichthyosaurus skeleton in 1811 when she was twelve led to a life-long interest in fossils and other important discoveries.

WINNER OF THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION''S YOUNG QUILLS AWARD 2017 Jack has left his native Ireland and is making a new life as Professor of Neurology at a university in the American South. He has certain skills, honed over his lifetime, that he mostly keeps hidden. Skills in hypnotism and mind control . . . Thirteen-year-old Pip is plucked out of an orphanage by a farmer, hired as a farm-hand, and as carer for the farmer''s wife. But Pip is black. The farmer and his wife are white. And this is 1960s America, where race defines you and overshadows everything. As racial tensions reach boiling point with a danger closer to home and more terrifying than either thought possible, Jack and Pip''s lives become inextricably linked. And Jack''s hypnotic skills are called on as never before . . .

In this version of the classic fairy tale "Snow White," pop stardom is the sought-after prize, and seven singing aliens are Snow White''s back-up singers.

Once upon a time there was a Big Bad Girl, a miller''s daughter and a teeny-tiny turnip - but did they all live happily ever after? Open up to find out what happens next in these brain-ticklingly brilliant Seriously Silly Stories! They''re scarily silly! Includes Little Red Riding Wolf, Rumply Crumply Stinky Pin and The Rather Small Turnip.

Sylvette was a shy girl with many secrets. She dreamed of being an artist, but no-one knew of her plans. Then one summer, the famous Picasso came to Sylvette''s town, Vallauris. This tale is based on the true story of Sylvette David, who modelled for Picasso in 1954.

Part of the highly-successful Anholt''s Artists series about great painters, which tells the stories of real meetings between world-famous artists and the children who knew them. Zoro is the young pupil of the amazing painter, sculptor, scientist and inventor, Leonardo da Vinci. Every day he works hard in Leonardo''s workshop, mixing colours, cleaning paintbrushes and practising his drawings. But he is never allowed inside the secret locked room, where Leonardo spends hours hammering and sawing at a mysterious invention. One day Leonardo brings a mischievous boy named Salai to work for him. He is so intrigued by the secret room that he steals the keys to find out what is inside... Leonardo and the Flying Boy provides an exciting introduction to the great genius of the Italian Renaissance, with reproductions of Leonardo''s own work.

In this modern twist on the classic story of "The Three Little Pigs," Eco-Wolf and his woodland warriors save the forest and valley from three polluting pigs.

In this version of the classic fairytale, "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," Ghostyshocks confronts her fears and finds friends with her new neighbors, the bears.

In this humorous version of "Jack and the Beanstalk," Jack trades in the family cow for a can of beans.

Jack trades his favourite creepy-crawly for a magic spider''s egg - and goes on a wriggly, wormy, gigantic insect adventure!

Meet Ruby - the rudest of all the relations! Join her for a hilarious tour of her crazy family in this delightful new spin on Laurence Anholt''s much-loved series. With the original fabulous illustrations by Tony Ross, these popular books have been refreshed for a vibrant and contemporary feel.

Camille is the son of the local postman, and the yellow man is a painter called Vincent in this story based on the life of Vincent van Gogh. The book includes several reproductions of Van Gogh''s work, including Vase with 14 Sunflowers. Laurence Anholt is the author of The Forgotten Forest.