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.

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 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.

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

The song tells the story of an old woman who swallowed increasingly large animals, each to catch the previously swallowed animal. There are many variations of phrasing in the lyrics, especially for the description of swallowing each animal. The spider and fly are described each verse, but the other animals are only described when they are introduced.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

This original counting book uses familiar ob jects to introduce young children to basic maths concepts an d to reinforce visual literacy.

Complement to The Grammar Handbook 2. Allows teacher to introduce new elements of grammar to whole class. Contains a comprehensive introduction to using the big book and relating it to the handbook.

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.

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!

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.

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.