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Pearl's Mermaid Shoes
It's the last day of the holidays. Pearl walks along the beach and finds something extraordinary in the sand - a pair of mermaid shoes. Pearl tries on the shoes, which in fact are scuba flippers. They fit perfectly. She really is a mermaid. Back home, Pear l wears her mermaid shoes everywhere. The children at school laugh at her but she's not discouraged. She makes a fishy mermaid tail and sets off to find the sea. After much searching, Pearl finds a different kind of home just right for a young mermaid - th e city fountain. A tender and gently inspirational story. This delightful picture book quietly captures the heart.
Vypredané
12,83 €
13,50 €
Island
Shipwreck! A father, daughter and their dog wash up on a small island. Little do the castaways know that the island isn't what it seems at all.
The island shows the family the wonders of life at sea. Colourful fish dart in the waves and birds swoop in the sky. Island life is full of the unexpecte d. The i sland protects the family against all kinds of dangers, from tropical storms to arctic snow. Menacing animals lurk underwater, too. The island has its own secret, too. Eventually, the family is rescued. And there's a heart - warming surprise when the little girl says farewell to the large kind turtle - the real island - whose shell has provided the family with their happy island home.
Island is a wordless picture book. Children are encouraged to study the wonderful illustrations and tell the story in their own words. Mark Janssen 's painterly illustrations come alive on the page. S un hi ts the water and sparkles. S plashes of paint become shoals of fish. This is a charming picture book full of imagination.
Vypredané
12,83 €
13,50 €
Dinos Don´t Exist
Warning! Unfold this book for scary dino saur surprises! Two brothers set off on a pretend expedition to find dinosaurs. Of course, everyone knows dinos don't exist, so there's no need to be scared - or is there? T he reader soon see s the brothers climb through rocks that are really dinosaur teeth and mountains that are sharp dinosaur horns . Then, as each page unfolds, the landscape reveals itself to be full of dinosaurs! Mark Janssen's plays visual tricks with scale.
He creates a world of bold colourful illustrations where nothing is quite what it seems. Watch out and look closer ... that tree or hill might be a dinosaur, too.
Vypredané
15,15 €
15,95 €
The Tiny Mouse
A picture book based on the song The Tiny Mouse by Grammy award - winner Janis Ian. Follow the romping adventures of a tiny dapper mouse, who runs away to sea, suffers from sea sickness, narrowly escapes a grisly end at the paws of the ship's captain - a cat - and escapes back to shore where he settles down in married bliss. The moral of the tale, it's better to be at home than someone's dinner at sea.
Illustrations by Ingrid & Dieter Schubert are full of quirky detail and humour.
Vypredané
12,83 €
13,50 €
King Lion's Feast
Who has stolen the treat from the very top of King Lion's birthday cake?
Tarantula has made a delicious birthday cake for King Lion - from meat! On top, he places an extra - tender joint of beef, but t he moment Tarantula turns his back , the treat disappears. Who is the beef thief? Tarantula sets off to find out. He looks inside the mouths of all the animals going to the king's party. He finds Gorilla tasting banana soup, Hornbill drinking fig - pip punch and Bat testing crunchy beetle snacks, but he doesn't discover the surprising beef thief until the party is just about to start.
Marlies Verhelst 's story is full of pace and humour. Chi ldren will relish the dishes the animals prepare for the feast. Linde Faas' illustrations are full of a sketchy energy and capture the cheeky character of each animal.
Vypredané
12,83 €
13,50 €
Scaredy Sam
Perhaps Scaredy Sam is braver than he thinks? Scaredy Sam is scared of absolutely everything, from wearing his favourite flowery dungarees in public to the ghost he thinks lives under his bed. Sam makes an appointment with the Magic Tree to become less cowardly, but first he must travel through the woods, where all the wild creatures live. Step by step, Sam becomes less afraid.
He politely and boldly confronts a dragon, a giant spider and a gnarled witch. By the time Sam reaches the Magic Tree, he's no longer afraid. Scaredy Sam has become Brave Sam.
A quietly inspirational story to help children realise they are braver than they think. Atmospheric and cheerful illustrations with a distinctive painterly style help create a world of magical adventure and self - discovery.
Vypredané
12,83 €
13,50 €
Lets Go!
`Let's go,' says the boy in the red jumper. The reader does just that, and becomes the centre of the action in this unfolding adventure. A young boy with a wild imagination makes a trip to the corner shop to buy apples.
It isn't far. Indeed, it's just a quick walk through the garden, but the boy's sense of wonder transforms an everyday errand into an odyssey. In the garden, a small coppice becomes a huge, dark wood with fire-breathing dragons and a sleeping giant.
A pond becomes the high seas teeming with sharks and marauding pirates. There's a clever twist too. The boy asks the reader to join him on the expedition.
Illustrations full of glorious detail show the scenes from above. The reader uses this birds - eye perspective to guide the boy through the adventure and even lends a hand by turning the pages to escape looming danger!
Vypredané
12,30 €
12,95 €
I Want a Lion
Jules has a plan, a wild plan. He wants a pet, but first he has to convince his reluctant mum. Jules asks for a lion! Then he tries for a hippo.
He even says he wants a goat. `OK, so what about a parrot?' Jules asks ... Mark Janssen's noisy, boisterous i llustrations bring this romping story to life.
Animals from Jules' imagination swing and stomp on to the page, from a grinning gorilla to a huge hippo with yellow teeth. Children will love the fun premise of the book. And it won't be long before parents ar e asked, `Please may I have a pet lion?'
Vypredané
12,30 €
12,95 €
I Feel a Foot!
Imaginations run wild as five friends try to find out who is making night noises... Turtle and friends are fast asleep in their hammock. Suddenly, Turtle wakes up and whispers, `Do you hear what I hear?' And so begins a detective tale with a twist.
Who's making the noise? The animals in the hammock - Turtle, Bat, Octopus, Bird and Goat - let their imaginations run riot. Is it a giant bat? Or a bird with a huge beak? Perhaps it's a tur - bat - octo - bird - billy? After much guessing, it turns out to be a friendly elephant. The animals invite Elephant to join them in their hammock and soon new wild imaginings about the night noises begin all over again.
A witty nocturnal guessing game from the author - illustrator team who created Tangram Cat.
Vypredané
12,30 €
12,95 €
Come with Me
inde Faas, a virtuoso of humorous drawing, surprises, amazes and enchants her readers with her picture book debut Come with Me.
A girl enters the bedroom of a boy carrying a balloon, drawing paper and pencils. Did he just wake up? Is he having a lazy day? Is he ill? You can make up your own story in this wordless picture book.
Let your imagination guide you while the children are whirled around the world – by the big balloon and their fantasy – past tropical birds and winter landscapes full of penguins, and from a colourful underwater world to a vibrant green jungle, until it is time to return home.
A book that will inspire thousands of stories: about reality and fantasy, about adventures and friendship, about the magic of drawing – the possibilities are endless.
Vypredané
12,30 €
12,95 €
Friends
Friends charts the emotional ups and downs of friendship through a group of loveable monsters, from fighting and teasing to laughing and cuddling . Each spread features one emotionally charged word and a characterful scribbly illustration. There’s plenty to explore in the expressions of the monsters, whether it’s the mischievous delight of pinching a friend or the meaningful glance that says just how much you miss a special monster. Little monsters of all ages will love this book. Friends is Mies van Hout’s follow - up title to the hugely successful Happy.
Vypredané
12,30 €
12,95 €
How Much Does the Grey in an Elephant Weigh
When you visit at the zoo,
Do youwonder like I do . . .
Why does a giraffe have spots of brown,
And do zebra's stripes go up, or down?
The wonder and variety of zoo animals is explored in this book, which is as full of questions as Kipling's Elephant's Child. From an elephant to a peacock, a rhinoceros to a flamingo, an inquisitive child and his grandfather visit and ponder each animal.
Vypredané
12,30 €
12,95 €
Stop! Monsters!
Mark Janssen is a master in creating worlds where everything is possible. Previously we joined two brothers on a dinosaur hunt in a magical forest in Dinos Don't Exist and travelled the oceans on the back of a giant turtle in Island.
This time Mark Janssen invites us to help two sisters who want to get rid of a trolley full of what seems to be rubbish. But on their way, big scary monsters try to stop them...
What are these terrifying creatures after? Will the girls manage to defy them? Find out in this thrilling, fun picture book, that features just one word: Stop!
From the author of I Want a Lion.
Vypredané
12,30 €
12,95 €
The Child Cruncher
'Got you!' growled a harsh voice. 'You're coming with me!'
But I said, 'One moment, please. I have to ask my dad first...Dad! I'm being kidnapped by a big, ugly villain. Is that all right?'
'Oh, that's fine,' Dad replied. 'Just remember to brush your teeth. Have fun.'
One summer evening, Molly is so bored that she dreams up an adventure with a fierce villain. But if her dream comes true -and she is kidnapped by an ogre -life is not as exciting as Molly had hoped. She even has to rescue her clumsy captor! And then her big ugly villain turns out to be an ordinary child cruncher. What a disappointment! Instead of going on all sorts of adventures, he only wants to eat her up. Luckily Molly knows just what to do...
Vypredané
12,30 €
12,95 €
The Island
A new wordless picture book that renders you speechless.
The award-winning father& daughter team, Marije and Ronald Tolman, conquered the world with their fairy-tale like pictures of The Tree House. Now, this golden team again creates a world without words with a polar bear's dreamy journey along awe-inspiring islands and colourful animal friends.
Vypredané
12,30 €
12,95 €
Opposites
From the first moment of seeing the terrier in The Umbrella, it was clear that the Schuberts have a knack for capturing expressive animals. In Opposites, the Schuberts have a blast as they present contrasts far beyond big and small. Best of all, the Schuberts let their imaginations fly as high as a crocodile - or perhaps flying crocodiles only occur in Schubert books? A multitude of details will ensure requests for repeat readings.
Vypredané
12,30 €
12,95 €