: Only Daniel can make baby Louise stop crying, although the rest of the family tries everything from rocking her to dancing a jig, in a book about the special relationship between a big brother and a little sister.
: Captain Teddy Bear's ship is picking up passengers from the island. Soon it will set off again on its ocean cruise. See how small the yacht looks, behind it.
: The two years before he wrote Crime and Punishment (1866) had been bad ones for Dostoyevsky. His wife and brother had died; the magazine he and his brother had started, Epoch, collapsed under its load of debt; and he was threatened with debtor's prison. With an advance that he managed to wangle for an unwritten novel, he fled to Wiesbaden, hoping to win enough at the roulette table to get himself out of debt. Instead, he lost all his money; he had to pawn his clothes and beg friends for loans to pay his hotel bill and get back to Russia.
: O. Henry’s short stories captivate the reader with their witty narration of everyday issues and win hearts with their surprise endings after a series of sharp twists and turns. Mostly set in his own era, with characters inspired from his own life and experiences, the stories are stirred with realism. Selected Stories is a collection of short stories taken from each of his collections published across a decade. Almost a century after their publication, these continue to be loved and appreciated by the readers.
: When it’s time for a story, there’s no better place to find one than in this wonderful collection of original tales, written especially for two year olds. Told in a gentle and humorous way, the stories are beautifully illustrated and full of adorable characters that children will love. Meet the bear who can’t find his teddy, a tiger who doesn’t like the postman and a hippo who loves jumping in puddles! Come and join in the fun and make story time a special time for your two year old.
: Who Lives Here (A fun lift-the-flap book) (No:7105)
: Michael Terry
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: Curious young readers will have hours of fun peeking behind the flaps to discover lots of animals in their natural habitats. Birds and monkeys, ducks and donkeys, hippos and crocodiles ...all jostle for space in these animal-fun-packed pages.Flaps, animals and discovery - a perfect book for infants learning about the animal world.