Little Door Books

The debut chapter-book from award-winning picture book author AlanWindram with fabulous line drawings throughout by Giulia Cregut. A fast-paced, laugh out loud story of feline frolics, friendly, and not so friendly,forest encounters, tasty treats and some explosive poo. Everybody says it is a dog's life, but Sparky and George both knewthat was just rubbish. Dogs were soooo silly, always running aroundafter their humans, doing what they were told, chasing things, andBRINGING THEM BACK! Why on earth would you want to do tha? hereas being a cat was the absolute very best. Tasty treats, lots of nap's AND the whole wide world was just waitingto be explored on the other side of the cat flap. Full of adventure, ingenuous inventions, new friends, and some scaryencounters, join Sparky and George as they take their first steps onan adventure that will change their lives forever. Alan shares this exuberantly funny story of the imagined adventures ofhis two cat's, Sparky and George, as they journey out through the catflap and into the big bad world. With themes of friendship, resilience and bravery.

The debut picture book from Dougie Payne, the multi platinum sellingbassist and backing vocalist, with Scottish indie rock band, Travis. Beautifully illustrated by debut picture book illustrator Rachel Seago. For anyone who loves dog's and music. The heart-warming story of Pete, a lonely, scruffy pooch whowas born with enormous feet which are always getting in the way ofall he tries to do. With all of the chaos he leaves behind because of his big feet no onewants to be his friend and he longs to find his place in the world. It's not until he discovers a music shop, and it's helpful owner, HenryLarge, that he finds his own song and the place where his heart trulybelongs. A fabulous rhyming tale full of heart, with themes of individuality,creativity, friendship, bravery and joy. Dougie is planning to write original songs for his book.

Rory the dragon and his best friend Flora share a love of flying andbicycles, so they are shocked when they discover a mountain ofdiscarded bikes, and appalled when they realise that rust from thatmountain is running into the dragon clan's drinking and gardeningwater. More and more children start discarding their old, sturdy bikes infavour of brightly-coloured, plastic, inflatable, single-usereplacements which look great (they even sort-of fly) but pop easilyand cause injuries on impact - facts which are of no concern toEvilyn the Entrepreneur. It's up to Rory and Flora to put an end to Evilyn's schemes and repairand recycle all the damaged old bikes, before anyone gets seriouslyhurt. A magical adventure story for children aged 6+, with themes ofresilience, teamwork and sustainability.

Uncle Pete's plane is missing, AGAIN! It's been shot down by evil wildlifehunters and has sunk deep into the cold Arctic sea. That means Uncle Pete and TM will have to go and find it, fix it and bring ithome. But how? By Squirrel Submarine, of course!But wait! The crew of the Squirrel Submarine are having a well-earned rest atthe NutLand Holiday Park after their last adventure, which means Uncle Peteand TM will have to drive the submarine themselves. How hard can it b? retty hard, as it turns out! Uncle Pete and TM get themselves into all kindsof crazy underwater adventures and dilemmas as they search the deep fortheir plane. MEANWHILE, the lost plane has been discovered at the bottom of the oceanby a clever and curious octopus who decides to fix it and use it to explore hisworld, helping other sea creatures along the way.

"I LOVE DOGS!" says Ava, who desperately wants a dog. Any dog. Tall, small, saggy or waggy. Every day, she asks her parents for a dog and is told they need a lot of looking after. Dogs are forever, not just for Christmas. Just like her Papa's big baggy knitted jumpers. Believing she will never get a dog, Ava makes one out of recycled junk, but it can't eat or walk. When its newspaper tail falls off, Ava spies a photo of sad dogs at the DOGGY DEN, a rehoming centre. Once there, Ava sees dogs of all shapes and sizes, but the one she loves most is Max, a big, sad,dog who has had five names and six homes, and just longs to be loved. Their adventure together is about to begin.