What could be more exciting than a visit to Whispering Island and a chance to investigate a few of the creepy stories about it? But Enid Blyton's The Famous Five get stranded there, and realise they're not the only ones on the island. This edition features a new cover and revised text to bring the d[...]
As a young Japanese boy recovers from a bad chill, his mother busily folds origami paper into delicate silver cranes in preparation for the boy's very first Christmas. "A gift from artist to child that indicates a ripe maturity in both its illustrative and textual elements. Serving as a bridge betwe[...]
A picture book masterpiece from Caldecott medal winner Allen Say now available in paperback
Lyrical, breathtaking, splendid--words used to describe Allen Say's Grandfather's Journey when it was first published. At once deeply personal yet expressing universally held emotions, this tale of one m[...]
The author of King Leopold's Ghost offers a stirring account of the first great human rights crusade, which originated in England in the 1780s and resulted in the freeing of hundreds of thousands of slaves around the world. Reprint.[...]
Medavhengige på arbeidsplassen handler om rusmisbrukernes pårørende (de "medavhengige") og deres arbeidssituasjon. Håndboken er et nyttig redskap om hvordan en kan hjelpe de medavhengige på arbeidsplassen, og formidler en spesiell og nødvendig kompetanse om hva en kan og bør gjøre for å hje[...]
Through compelling reminiscences of his grandfather's life in America and Japan, Allen Say gives us a poignant acount of a family's unique cross-cultural experience. He warmly conveys his own love for his two countries, and the strong and constant desire to be in both places at once. "The immigrant [...]
Early one morning a boy comes into town looking for work. He meets a sign painter who takes him on as a helper, and they are commissioned to paint a series of billboards in the desert. Each billboard has only one word, Arrowstar. They do not know its meaning. As they are about to paint the last sign[...]
Little Rabbit likes to say, "Moo", but Calf points out, "You're not a cow." Soon, Little Rabbit gets the other farmyard animals to join in with their favourite noise. Moo, baa, oink, hee-haw, and quack along to Jonathan Allen's delightful illustrations. Little ones will want to shout out their favou[...]