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Anthony Browne
This story is all about a very clever white bear and his magic pencil. Everything Bear draws becomes real! He draws a circle and it becomes a hole through which…
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She’s nice, my mum … My mum’s a fantastic cook, and a brilliant juggler. She’s a great painter, and the strongest woman in the world! She’s really nice, my mum…
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My dad can wrestle with giants, eat like a horse, swim like a fish …Can yours? This book looks at fatherhood from a child’s point of view.
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When their dog goes missing, Cy and Poppy play hide and seek to distract themselves. Poppy counts to ten and looks for Cy - but she can’t find him anywhere…
Celebrate the 30th birthday of this classic story about a gentle chimp fed up of being bullied.
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On a family outing to the zoo, who wants to be caught in traffic, look at the boring animlas first and have your dad tell embarrassing jokes. Will a lunch…
A wonderfully original story of children overcoming adult snobbery. Told from four radically different perspectives, each voice telling a different version of the same walk in the park.This simple story…
A boy and his dog head to the beach and find that appearances can be deceiving in this story of an unexpected hero from former British Children's Laureate Anthony Browne.
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Joe is nervous about his first big party, and as Mum walks him along the darkening street to his friend’s house, his imagination starts to run wild. They search for…
Suitable for adults and children, this title pays tribute to brothers.
Learn all about opposites through internationally renowned master picture book-maker Anthony Browne's beloved primates. What's the opposite of old? Young! What's the opposite of sad? Happy! But what's the opposite…
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A poignant picture book about a boy and his dog finding adventure where they least expect it, from the acclaimed Kate Greenaway Medal-winning author-illustrator and former Children's Laureate, Anthony Browne…
She’s nice, my mum … My mum’s a fantastic cook,and a brilliant juggler. She’s a great painter,and the strongest woman in the world! She’s really nice, my mum. A warm…
JaNay Brown-Wood
In rhyming text, siblings search for the perfect birthday gift for their grandmother.
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The Oxford Handbook of W. E. B. Du Bois is a work detailing the life and works of the twentieth century scholar and activist, W. E. B. Du Bois. It…
A stunning Willy book with spectacular, surreal paintings - by one of the most acclaimed of all picture book artists.
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Anthony Brown
Embark on a profound journey into the mysteries of Revelation Chapter 13, with this enlightening book. Often overlooked for its vivid depictions of the end times, was Apostle John's revelation…
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She’s lovely, our girl! A joyful and empowering celebration of daughters, granddaughters, sisters and girl-children everywhere - showing all the many things that girls can be. A brand-new picture book…
Eric doesn’t like to talk. His secret friend, the Night Shimmy, says everything for him. Then Eric meets Marcia, who doesn’t mind that Eric is quiet. And Eric discovers he…
A first book about feelings, for very young children.
A celebration of grandads everywhere!
Grandads - all different and all a little bit the same... We love our grandads and they love us!
Award-winning author and illustrator and former…
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A magical celebration of stories and the imagination from the multiple award-winning Anthony Browne. Where will Willy’s imagination take him next?
Anthony Browne is back with a brilliantly funny story with a moral message at its heart.
If you had three wishes, what would you wish for? Anthony Browne is back…
The perfect gift for Father’s Day He’s all right, my dad. But that’s not all that’s great about my dad . A warm, hilarious, witty and very personal tribute to…
Anthony Browne lends his singular talent for rendering primates to a lovingly detailed concept book that will captivate readers both young and old.
What's the opposite of old? Young! What's…
Nicholas Anthony Robertson
Welcome to "Nurturing Your Faith: A Guide to Discipleship and Spiritual Growth." This guide is not just another book on spirituality; it is a roadmap-a compass to help you navigate…
A book for boys and young men, full of classic quotes and sayings to lead a boy into manhood.
Author Anthony Tony Brown is a native of Portsmouth Virginia who between the years 1990 and 1998 worked for super-producer Teddy Riley, founder of NEW JACK SWING as an A&R…
Simplified edition of Voices in the Park by award winning writer Anthony Browne. In Simplified Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…
Japanese edition of Little Beauty. A gorilla who seems to have everything he needs one day showed in sign language that he is lonely and would like to have a…
First published by Walker Books Ltd. (U.K.) 2019 –Copyright page.
Back by popular demand! A little white bear and his magic pencil make wonderful things happen in this early work from Kate Greenaway Medalist and Hans Christian Andersen Award winner…
The four seasons in a city park are represented by apes in human clothing: a rich, uptight woman in the fall; a sad, unemployed man in the winter; the woman’s…
Simplified Chinese edition of I Like Books. It’s a 2000 Hans Christian Andersen Award winner. The bold colors, lines, and the rich text evoke children’s imagination.
A poignant story about a baby elephant who gets lost in a mysterious jungle, from the acclaimed Kate Greenaway Medal-winning author-illustrator and former Children’s Laureate.
Ernest is a happy baby…
Painting and riding a bike, building sandcastles, watching TV, playing with friends - in this book, Anthony Browne depicts a toddler’s favourite activities.
A story about a family caring for a daughter stricken with this disease that has no cure. The family confronts the disease, dealing with failures and successes as they try…
‘I was a little boy and I didn’t know what to expect. It turned out to be a day that changed my life forever.’ A family reluctantly visits an art…
A scholarly exploration and critique of why non-canonical texts are excluded from the biblical canon which might involve examining factors such as the texts' historical and cultural context, their authorship…
A gorilla who seems to have everything he needs one day shows in sign language that he is lonely and would like to have a friend. So his keeper brings…
This is the terrific story of true perseverance by a girl who got pregnant as a result of rape by an unknown assailant. Although being persuaded by family members and…