New Releases by Tony Mitton

release date: Sep 15, 2005

Amazing Machines: Amazing Airplanes by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker

Join our wacky animal crew for the flight of a lifetime! From the airport terminal to the flight deck, the zippy text and zappy art take children through how a plane flies, safety rules, in-flight entertainment and air traffic control. This action-packed picture book will delight all children who love things that go!

Amazing Machines: Truckload of Fun (10-Book Set)

Amazing Machines: Truckload of Fun (10-Book Set) by Tony Mitton, Illustrated by Ant Parker

The bestselling Amazing Machines series is now available in a charming box set. With ten mini editions inside, this collection is the perfect gift for any preschooler who loves machines. From airplanes to rockets to tractors, these critically acclaimed picture books are full of fun rhyming text, bright artwork, and wacky animal characters that will engage and delight young children as they learn about machines. Each book includes a helpful illustrated glossary of technical words to help build vocabulary.

Riddledy Piggledy

by: Tony Mitton, Paddy Mounter

RIDDLEDY PIGGLEDY IS is a unique nursery rhyme book that young children will love. Award-winning poet Tony Mitton has chosen a selection of well-known nursery rhymes, including Humpty Dumpty and Jack and Jill, and for each one has written a clever, rhyming riddle containing clues to help the reader guess which classic rhyme is on the next page. Each rhyme and each riddle is beautifully illustrated by Paddy Mounter. The combination is delightful.

Terrific Trains (Amazing Machines)

by: Tony Mitton, Ant Parker, Ant Parker

Join a wacky animal trio on a terrific journey by train as they whizz along the track, slow down for a level crossing, rumble through a tunnel and pull up finally at the station in this picture story book for the youngest of readers.'

Dinosaurumpus

by: Tony Mitton, Guy Parker-Rees

Shake, shake, shudder, near the sludgy old swamp. The dinosaurs are coming. Get ready to romp. Join in with Triceratops, Stegosaurus, and friends as the dinosaurs stir up a Dinosaurumpus!

Where can you find a Deinosuchus that practically pirouettes on its tail and a T-Rex that bounds gracefully through the air? Between the pages of Tony Mitton's Dinosaurumpus, where dinosaurs run, boom, shake, and shudder their way to the "sludgy old swamp" and rock the night away. Mitton's delightful rhyme and Parker-Rees's whimsical illustrations will make children want to join in the dance while they learn about some of their favorite prehistoric pals. By the time the romp is over, and the dinosaurs are fast asleep, kids won't be able to shake that jumping, thumping Dinosaurumpus beat!

Dazzling Diggers (Amazing Machines)

Dazzling Diggers (Amazing Machines) by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker

Diggers are noisy, strong, and big. Diggers can carry and push and dig. Diggers have shovels to scoop and lift, blades that bulldoze, shunt, and shift. Sloshing and squelching, and smashing and bashing, the construction machinery does its work - manned by a friendly animal gang - in this lively picture book. Young children will adore it as will the adults who get to read aloud these irresistible rhymes!

Roaring Rockets (Amazing Machines)

Amazing Machines: Roaring Rockets by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker

Rockets have power. They rise and roar. This rocket's waiting, ready to soar. Rockets carry astronauts with cool, white suits oxygen helmets and gravity boots. Blast off with more out-of-this-world couplets! This time it is machines that fly. In bright and bold illustrations that are as witty as the text, the animal crew roars and whizzes into outer space.

Amazing Machines Story Box: 5 Paperbacks in a Carry Case