CHILDRENS BOOKS

From the creators of the New York Times bestseller? Invisible Things, this hands-on board book leads toddlers on a whimsical and reassuring journey from chaos to calm. <p> When you feel wound up, how do you get the knots out? Follow along to unwind the tangled mess of ups, downs, and loop the loops and find the way back to calm. With this book in hand, take a moment to pause, take a deep breath, and practice mindfulness and grounding techniques perfectly suited for young readers.Invisible Things introduced the wonderful concept of exploring the invisible things that make up the human experience, encouraging us to look past the visible and connect with the things that are not seen. This inviting board book brings the idea into an interactive format, offering kids a great way to explore and take charge of their emotions. </p>FEELINGS BOOK: Educators, therapists, and caregivers looking to have nuanced or challenging discussions with kids about their experiences can use this as a jumping-off point for conversation: What are your chaos feelings? What helps you feel calm? SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING: One common exercise teachers use is to ask kids to point to their emotions on a chart and then name them, for which this book will be a powerful tool. REVIEWED BY MENTAL HEALTH EXPERT: This book was vetted by a licensed independent clinical social worker specializing in mental health for kids. Pair it with the Invisible Things book or Invisible ThingsFeelings Flash Cards to create an effective home or classroom resource. POPULAR AUTHOR: Andy J. Pizza is one of the creative minds behind several children’s books, including the bestselling Invisible Things, A Pizza with Everything on It, and A Sundae with Everything on It. He also hosts the popular podcast Creative Pep Talk.Perfect for: <ul> <li> Parents, grandparents, caregivers, teachers, and educators </li> <li> Anyone interested in social-emotional learning (SEL) and entertaining ways to explore emotions with kids </li> <li> Anyone looking for interactive books about emotional health for babies and toddlers </li> <li> Young readers who enjoy tactile board books like Press Here and Mix It Up!</li> <li> Fans of Pixar's Inside Out</li> <li> Fans of Andy J. Pizza, the Creative Pep Talk podcast, or his bestselling books, including Invisible Things and A Pizza with Everything on It</li> </ul>

<p>The feathery crime-fighters are POWERING UP for some spooky adventures in book 12 of their hilarious blockbuster series!</p><p> The REAL PIGEONS are all about pigeon powers. But what happens when a CURSED HOLE opens up in the park, a TONGUE MONSTER terrorises the city, and the pigeons discover that their powers have suddenly DISAPPEARED? There's only one thing to do, and that is for the Real Pigeons to figure out where their powers come from ... so that they can hopefully get them back! </p><p> This best-selling Australian series is beloved by readers worldwide, with over 600,000 books in print in 25 languages. With three hilarious, silly and engrossing mysteries in every Real Pigeons book, it's perfect for fans of Bad Guys and Dog Man. Real Pigeons is now in development with major studio Nickelodeon for animated film and TV, to be produced by James Corden and Ben Winston! </p><p> 'Combining the best of a graphic novel and traditional narrative, McDonald's text charms and entertains, while Wood's often hilarious illustrations kick it to next-level fun!' –CBCA Reading Time</p><p>Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It's because they're out there chasing the bad guys and saving your butts! Read the whole REAL PIGEONS series now:</p><ol reversed><li>Real Pigeons Fight Crime</li><li>Real Pigeons Eat Danger</li><li>Real Pigeons Nest Hard</li><li>Real Pigeons Splash Back</li><li>Real Pigeons Peck Punches</li><li>Real Pigeons Get Bready</li><li>Real Pigeons Flex Feathers</li><li>Real Pigeons Spy High</li><li>Real Pigeons Duck Trouble</li><li>Real Pigeons Stay Coo</li><li>Real Pigeons Flap Out</li><li>Real Pigeons Power Up</li></ol>

Little people love to explore little worlds! Explore the hidden spaces and sounds across the sand dunes with this beautiful board book for our smallest nature-lovers, from the CBCA award-winning creators of In the Rockpool and Jetty Jumping, Andrea Rowe and Hannah Sommerville.

In this hilarious story from the best-selling first-reader series, Peggy races to help others!Peggy's legs help her to read and climb and jump and run with speed! When chaos breaks out during the school play, can Peggy – and her guide pet – save the day? Welcome to the School of Monsters: the funniest, silliest and most accessible series for first readers, by Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin! Start by reading only the last word on every line and work your way up to reading the whole story. With tumbling rhymes and an infectious sense of humour, the weird and wonderful students at the School of Monsters are guaranteed to spark a love of reading! <ul><li>DR SEUSS MEETS SESAME STREET: The perfect series to engage and encourage emerging readers, with bouncing rhymes, simple vocabulary and a colourful cast of characters. </li><li>BESTSELLING AND BELOVED DECODABLE SERIES: With over a million books in print and a dozen languages in translation, School of Monsters has fans all over the world and plenty of titles in the series for hungry new readers! </li><li>STAR AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR DUO: Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin and much-loved illustrator Chris Kennett have created an enticing monsters' universe together. </li><li>BONUS CONTENT: Every book features a decodable word game based on the story, a guide to fostering early literacy, and a how-to-draw spread for the main character! </li></ul>Readers will love other books in the School of Monsters series: <ul><li>Mary Has the Best Pet </li><li>Hairy Sam Loves Bread and Jam </li><li>Pete's Big Feet </li><li>Tish Learns to Swim </li><li>Zorro's Tasty Treat </li><li>Milly's Family Fun </li><li> and many more! </li></ul>

What does the B in Billie B Brown stand for? Ball! Join soccer star Billie B Brown in her favourite soccer stories, with a bonus Hey Jack! football story! This collectible hardback contains: <ol reversed><li>The Soccer Star</li><li>The Grumpy Neighbour</li><li>The Winning Goal</li></ol> Written by the Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin, Billie B Brown is the perfect first chapter-book series. Every down-to-earth story follows bold, brilliant Billie as she uses her imagination to tackle a new challenge, whether it’s about friends, family or feelings. With her best friend, Jack, by her side, there’s nothing Billie can’t do! Hey Jack! shows new stories from Jack's perspective. Jack's adventures are designed to help support the reader in developing emotionally literacy, with each story focussing on a specific emotion. Whether happiness, excitement or disappointment, Jack can work through it all with the help of his friends! With more than ten million books in print around the world, Billie B Brown and Hey Jack! have helped a generation of readers love learning to read. Each book is carefully designed with short chapters, decodable vocabulary and lots of illustrations, and there are no mountains of text or super-tricky words to intimidate the early reader. And there’s plenty of books in the Billie B Brown and Hey Jack! series to explore! For more wonderful series by Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin, check out the School of Monsters and Polly and Buster series.

Caldecott Honor–winning illustrator Brendan Wenzel’s irresistible animal images take the spotlight in this new series of concept board books for young children, based on his award-winning picture book Hello Hello. Say HELLO to learning fun! Little ones will learn about opposites with the help of a heavy walrus and light butterfly, a tough rhino and gentle fawn, a loud tiger and quiet salamander, and many more delightfully different pairs! A parade of wild animals walks, swims, and flies across the sturdy pages of this colorful book. Read the playful text. Find the opposites. Marvel at the incredible array of animals—big and small—that populate our planet. A key at the end of the book identifies each animal for those who want to learn even more.

Enter Citiesville, the golden metropolis (no, not that one) guarded by Hero-Man! When Hero-Man uncovers a plot by the Mayor to take advantage of Hero-Man's protection, his whole world is changed. He'll need the help of Kid-Lad, Hero-Lass, and all the citizens of Citiesville to help him overcome his greatest challenge: himself. Join Hero-Man on his first adventure as he makes you reconsider everything you've ever thought about comic books and the world around you. AUTHOR: Lyndon Radchenka is a writer, award-winning letterer, and (sometimes, but not-right-now) lawyer from Winnipeg. You may have read his words, seen his letters, or watched him act. He's written Infinite Universe, What Will Not Last, The Laundrymen, and There Was Another Life. As a comics letterer, Lyndon has put his name to too many projects to list, but you may have seen his work in The Eye Collector, alongside Jonathan Ball and G.M.B. Chomichuk. In 2020 he won the Sequential Magazine Award for Favourite Letterer. In his free time, Lyndon enjoys not having free time. Zach Schuster is an Alberta based comics creator and illustrator. He is the artist on the forthcoming At Bay Press graphic novel Hero-Man. He graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design in 2018 with a Bachelor of Design. Zach likes comics and board games, and is only afraid of spiders the normal amount.

Explore the coral reef in this hide-and-seek adventure, now in Barefoot Baby-Proof format! Follow an elusive seahorse as he swims through different underwater environments, meeting a colorful kaleidoscope of sea creatures - including sea anemones, crabs, starfish, eels and octopuses - along the way. The seek-and-find theme featured throughout invites the reader to hunt the seahorse on every page, encouraging interaction with the text and illustrations. Barefoot Baby-Proof books are chewable, bendable, and washable. AGES: 0 to 2 AUTHOR: Award-winning author Stella Blackstone has written many of Barefoot's best-selling titles, including the Bear series and the Cleo the Cat series. She has been writing for children for over twenty years. Stella lives in Somerset, UK. Clare Beaton has gained international recognition for her distinctive collages: she hand sews her illustrations using felt, vintage fabrics, buttons and sequins - whatever she can find that can be reused and given a new life. She is an award-winning children's writer and illustrator who lives and works in North London, UK. SELLING POINTS: . BABY-PROOF FORMAT: Barefoot Baby-Proof books are chewable, bendable, and washable. . EARLY LEARNING: Interactive seek-and-find develops early skills with a focus on sea creatures.

Now in Barefoot Baby-Proof format! Little ones love things that go - introduce first vocabulary about modes of transportation with this essential baby book. The appealing, textured illustrations compare slow-moving vehicles like hot-air balloons and bikes with speedy machines like cars and rockets. Barefoot Baby-Proof books are chewable, bendable, and washable. AGES: 0 to 2 AUTHOR: Britta Teckentrup is an award-winning illustrator, author and fine artist. She was born in Germany and moved to London in 1988 to study illustration and fine arts at St Martin's College and the Royal College of Art. Her technique is a combination of handmade printed textures and digital collage. Her awards include a nomination for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis and two special mentions for the BolognaRagazzi Award. Britta's work has been exhibited frequently in London galleries and at art fairs all over the world. She now lives and works in Berlin with her husband, son and their cat. SELLING POINTS: . BABY-PROOF FORMAT: Barefoot Baby-Proof books are chewable, bendable, and washable. . EARLY LEARNING: Reinforces vocabulary and basic concepts with focus on transportation.

Now in Barefoot Baby-Proof format! Join Bear as he tries out different forms of transportation and has an adventure with each one. Part of the beloved Bear series that's delighted children for 20 years. Rhyme and repetition support the learning layers of travel and transportation, as Bear pilots a raft, a rocket ship, a sailboat, a bike, a steam train, and a carriage. Barefoot Baby-Proof books are chewable, bendable, and washable. AGES: 0 to 5 AUTHOR: Award-winning author Stella Blackstone has written many of Barefoot's best-selling titles, including the Bear series and the Cleo the Cat series. She has been writing for children for over twenty years. Stella lives in Somerset, UK. Debbie Harter has illustrated over 20 books for Barefoot, including the beloved Bear series. As a child, Debbie would "lose herself in books (as long as they had pictures)" and hopes to continue doing so until she's very old. She lives in Cornwall, England. SELLING POINTS: . BABY-PROOF FORMAT: Barefoot Baby-Proof books are chewable, bendable, and washable.

From how to make a friend - and be one - standing up for yourself, the importance of looking up, award-winning author Meg McKinlay provides the seeds of good advice, and Nicky Johnston's illustrations prove to be the perfect examples, all wrapped up in a luxury hardback gift edition. There are so many wonderful things to know, as you grow... From award-winning creators Meg McKinlay and Nicky Johnston, a gentle, generous and surprising guide to growing up.

<p><strong>A brand-new and hilarious illustrated series for children aged 7+ from the creators of the bestselling Fartboy series!</strong></p> <p>Noah, Jordie and their GOLF Squad friends are still trying to rescue Grandpa Galileo. And now the most incredible golf course in the universe is threatening to swallow THEM whole!</p><p>Will they be squished by giant cabbages?Will they be turned into huge hand-burgers?Will anyone survive this snacktacular quest?</p><p>There's only <em>bun </em>way to find out ...</p><p>But BEWARE!</p><p>If you keep reading, YOU might get sucked into THE MOST INCREDIBLE GOLF COURSE IN THE UNIVERSE too ...</p><p><strong>A hilarious golfing fantasy adventure by the creators of Fartboy!</strong></p>

Join Tiny Jenny, a mischievous fairy born to a family of wrens, as she sets out to find where she truly belongs. Mr and Mrs Wren are surprised when a tiny, wingless fairy hatches from one of their eggs. But they lovingly name her Tiny Jenny and raise her as their own. Tiny Jenny – like all fairies – grows to be a menace in the woods. She digs up squirrel nuts and blocks mole hills. The other forest creatures are not happy. So Tiny Jenny decides it is time to leave her home and seek out her fairy family. But it turns out the fairies are anything but welcoming! Oh, where does Tiny Jenny truly belong?

From the animator of The Corpse Bride, Coraline and Isle of Dogs, comes a hilarious, illustrated tale about Gramps's life as a magician. Gramps had what they call a ‘Chequered Career’ which he insists on regaling to his sceptical grandson. He’s been a stuntman and a deep-sea diver, but his most exciting, and discombobulating, career was when he was a magician. Known as The Astounding Alfredo, and he became famous throughout the world, especially for the disappearing trick with his dove – Montgomery, The Mysterious Bird of Mystery. Unfortunately, Montgomery is not just mysterious, but malevolent, envious and ambitious. And Gramps and Montgomery discover that fame has a way of changing people – and places. Expect the unexpected and believe the unbelievable in this hilarious debut novel from acclaimed animator Antony Elworthy.