David Litchfield

***30 ország, 200 ezer gyermek kedvence*** Egy nap egy fiatal medvebocs olyat látott az erdőben, amilyet azelőtt még soha. Nem tudta pontosan, mi lehet az, de csodálatos hangokat csalt elő belőle. Ahogy telt-múlt az idő, megtanult játszani ezen a furcsa hangszeren. Egy nap egy kislány és az apukája éppen az erdőben sétáltak. Ahogy meghallották a szépséges muzsikát, elindultak a zene irányába. Mackó nagyon vágyott rá, hogy megismerje a világot az erdőn túl is, ezért új barátaival New Yorkba ment, hogy része legyen egy fantasztikus kalandban. Mindene megvolt, amire korábban vágyott: siker, hírnév és zene. De hiányoztak a barátai és a családja, akik az erdőben maradtak. A bájosan illusztrált mese egy megindító történet a felfedezés öröméről és a valahova tartozás fontosságáról.

'Another guaranteed bestseller from this remarkable artist' - DAILY MAIL Hector and his dog Hugo have made music together through good times, bad times and even some crazy times. But when Hugo learns to play the fiddle, and gets the chance to play with Bear's Big Band, Hector's jealousy gets the better of him. Can Hector swallow his pride and learn to be for happy for his friend? Set in New Orleans with a new cast of animal musicians, this big-hearted sequel to the best-selling The Bear and the Piano teaches that friendship, like good music, lasts forever.

One day, a young bear stumbles upon something he has never seen before in the forest. As time passes, he teaches himself how to play the strange instrument, and eventually the beautiful sounds are heard by a father and son who are picnicking in the woods. The bear goes with them on an incredible journey to New York, where his piano playing makes him a huge star. He has fame, fortune and all the music in the world, but he misses the friends and family he has left behind. A moving tale of exploration and belonging from an exciting debut author-illustrator.

Hear the best-selling book The Bear and the Piano come to life with this special gift-edition sound book. One day, a young bear stumbles upon something he has never seen before in the forest. As time passes, he teaches himself how to play the strange instrument, and eventually the beautiful sounds are heard by a father and daughter who are picnicking in the woods. The bear goes with them on an incredible journey to New York, where his piano playing makes him a huge star. He has fame, fortune and all the music in the world, but he misses the friends and family he has left behind in the woods. Enjoy this moving tale of exploration and belonging from a prize-winning author-illustrator, now brought to life with real piano sounds that tie in with the story.

Once, in an old rusty bin in an old rusty playground in an old empty park. . there lived a little tortoise. But Tortoise is lonely. He's never seen any other tortoises, and wonders where they could all be hiding. Then, one day, he looks up and the night sky, and sees a million blinking lights winking at him. "That must be where the other tortoises are - at the top of the sky! I wish I could join them." But how can a little tortoise get to the top of the sky? And so begins a magical journey... A beautiful, moving and heartwarming tale about bravery, kindness and welcoming strangers, from the team behind The Building Boy.

Sadness has come to live with me and I am building it a shelter. I am building a shelter for my sadness and welcoming it inside. A small boy creates a shelter for his sadness, a safe space where Sadness is welcome, where it can curl up small, or be as big as it can be, where it can be noisy or quiet, or anything in between. The boy can visit the shelter whenever he needs to, every day, sometimes every hour, and the two of them will cry and talk or just sit, saying nothing. And the boy knows that one day Sadness may come out of the shelter, and together they will look out at the world, and see how beautiful it is. A poignant and heart-warming picture book exploring the importance of making space and time for our own griefs, small or large, sensitively visualized with David Litchfield's stunning illustration. Anne Booth was inspired to write this book by the words of Etty Hillesum, a Holocaust victim who wrote: 'Give your sorrow all the space and shelter in yourself that is its due, for if everyone bears grief honestly and courageously, the sorrow that now fills the world will abate. But if you do instead reserve most of the space inside you for hatred and thoughts of revenge-from which new sorrows will be born for others-then sorrow will never cease in this world. And if you have given sorrow the space it demands, then you may truly say: life is beautiful and so rich.' (Esther 'Etty' Hillesum (15 Jan 1914 - 30 Nov 1943)

From the bestselling, award-winning author of SKELLIG comes a vivid and moving story, beautifully illustrated, which commemorates the hundred-year anniversary of the end of the First World War. "I am just a child," says John. "How can I be at war?" It's 1918, and war is everywhere. John's dad is fighting in the trenches far away in France. His mum works in the munitions factory just along the road. His teacher says that John is fighting, too, that he is at war with enemy children in Germany. One day, in the wild woods outside town, John has an impossible moment: a meeting with a German boy named Jan. John catches a glimpse of a better world, in which children like Jan and himself can come together, and scatter the seeds of peace. Gorgeously illustrated by David Litchfield, this is a book to treasure.

Dojímavý, nádherne ilustrovaný príbeh rozprávačského majstra, autora oceňovaných románov Nebeské oči, O chlapcovi, ktorý plával s piraňami a Príbeh Angelina Browna Davida Almonda je pohľadom na svetovú vojnu detskými očami. Píše sa rok 1918 a vo svete zúri vojna. Johnov otec bojuje v zákopoch v ďalekom Francúzsku a mama pracuje v zbrojovke na okraji mestečka, kde rodina býva. John má plnú hlavu otázok, na ktoré mu nikto nevie odpovedať. Prečo je vlastne vojna? Prečo si ľudia ubližujú? Má aj on nejakých nepriateľov? A koho vlastne? Učiteľ v škole Johnovi povie, že aj on je vlastne vo vojne s nepriateľskými deťmi z Nemecka. Je to naozaj tak? A kedy sa tá vojna skončí? Jedného dňa v lese za mestom John zažije čosi neuveriteľné: stretne sa s nemeckým chlapcom menom Jan. John nechápe, prečo sa deti ako on a Jan nemôžu stretávať. Túži po lepšom svete, v ktorom budú spoločne rozsievať semienka mieru. Kniha vznikla pri príležitosti 100. výročia ukončenia prvej svetovej vojny.

A Close Encounters-inspired story for under-fives from best-selling picture book creator David Litchfield.