When author and artist David Shannon was five years old, he wrote a semi-autobiographical story of a little kid who broke all his mother's rules. He chewed with his mouth open (and full of food), he jumped on the furniture, and he broke his mother's vase! As a result, all David ever heard his mother say was "No, David!" Here is his story.

If a hungry little traveler shows up at your house,you might want to give him a cookie.

If you give him a cookie, he's going to ask for a glass of milk

If a big hungry moose comes to visit, you might give him a muffin to make him feel at home. If you give him a muffin, he’ll want some jam to go with it. When he’s eaten all your muffins, he’ll want to go to the store to get some more muffin mix.

Three baby owls, Sarah, Percy and Bill, wake up one night in their hole in a tree to find that their mother has gone. So they sit on a branch and wait... Darkness gathers and the owls grow anxious, wondering when their mother will return. But, at last, she does and they bounce up and down with joy, welcoming her home.

While watching a caterpillar brought to school in a glass jar slowly change into a beautiful butterfly, the class and the reader learn the basics about the mystery of metamorphosis

Thirty years after the publication of the much-loved classic There was an old lady who swallowed a fly comes There was an old lady who swallowed the sea ; a fantastic prequel to the original title. Here the old lady swallows more and more creatures from the sea to try and catch the initial fish.

Chrysanthemum thinks that she has a perfect name. That is until she goes to school. Victoria points out that her name only just fits on her badge and that she is named after a flower. School gets worse until she meets the music teacher, Mrs Delphinium Twinkle. And suddenly Chrysanthemum blossoms.

As the ants go marching by, children are introduced to the concept of repeated addition! This creative nursery rhyme & counting book features predictable text kids can sing along to, die-cut pages with big, bold illustrations, plus a hundreds table & activities so kids can explore everything from identifying spelling patterns to recognizing the different parts of an ant’s body!

Bouncy illustrations, innovative die cutting and popular rhymes make Books with Holes a must for every child. Available in three formats, suitable for babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers and the nursery or classroom.

Once there was a pedlar who sold caps. But he was no ordinary pedlar - he carried his wares on top of his head! One day he fell asleep and woke up to find his caps had been stolen by a tree-full of naughty monkeys.

A small child creeps, runs, leaps, swings and finally wades through the jungle. As he goes he hears various animal noises, the perpetrators of which are revealed on the following page. The torn-paper collage illustrations offer an accompaniment to this traditional rhyme.

Set in Africa, this picture book is about a girl's eventful journey with a basket of fruit. As she walks, carrying the basket on her head, various creatures steal her fruits. First published in paperback in 1995, illustrated in full colour.

This big-book version of a popular picture book tells the story of Neligan's pig, who sits by the pond and watches the ducks play in the cool water. As the pig gets hotter and hotter, he does something quite unheard of and jumps in the pond.

There were ten in the bed and the little one said "Roll over, roll over!" But who were the ten? And what happened to them all after they rolled out of bed? All is revealed in this bedtime tale featuring a small child and an assortment of soft toys.

Hannah loves gorillas but has never seen one. Her father's too busy to take her to the zoo - or for anything else come to that. For her birthday, Hannah asks her father for a gorilla - but is disappointed when she discovers that the gorilla she's got is just a toy one.

This big book is used to introduce key elements of grammar to the whole class in a fun and engaging way and is the ideal accompaniment to The Grammar Handbook 1.There are extensive introductions explaining how to use the big books and relating them to their respective Handbooks. 12 topics covered in each book, corresponds to teaching in The Grammar Handbooks.

In this bedtime book for children, Rabbit says goodnight to all the things in the nursery before he falls asleep.