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PICTURE BOOKS (Ages 3 - 7 years)
NANUARK
NEW RELEASE
Nanuark is an Inuit word –
it means ‘he who goes to the sea’. And that is what
Nanuark, a small polar bear cub, does. Only when the blizzard comes
he loses sight of his mother and two sisters, and becomes lost and
afraid – especially as the legend of the terrible Man Beast
keeps whirling round and round in his head. It can’t be true
– can it?
THE STRAY KITTEN
Have you ever been on holiday abroad,
and see thin, scraggy kittens that follow tourists around for food?
And have you ever wondered what happens to those kittens in the
winter time, when those tourists who have been feeding them go home?
THE STORM SEAL
The Storm Seal was chosen by the QCA
to be the key stage 1 SATS book in 2002.
Based on a true story, when a seal pup gets washed
up on a beach in Cornwall, he is saved by a kind old man –
an ex-fisherman. At first everything is wonderful, and the seal
pup gains in confidence and strength, but what happens when the
old man grows ill? Who will take care of the seal cub then?
MOUSE LOOK OUT
Winner English Association 4-11 Awards
1998
Winner Nevada Young Readers Award 2001
Winner Florida Book Award 2000
A small grey field mouse seeks shelter in a
deserted house. But as he creeps from room to room, looking for
somewhere to settle, a dark shadow is following him …
FOX BEWARE
Written for schools, to use with groups of
children particularly during Literacy Hour, Fox beware is a lyrical,
rhyming story about a fox’s search for a new home, dealing
at a simplified level with issues such as environment and ecology.
Fox Beware is available in ‘Big Book’ format.
I WISH I HAD
A MONSTER
Written for schools, to use with groups of
children particularly during literacy hour, it uses rhythm and repetition as it travels through Max’s fantasies of owning a terrible, tooth gnashing monster …
I Wish I had a Monster is available in
‘Big Book’ format.
DIGGING FOR DINOSAURS
Dan is crazy about dinosaurs, and wants to
spend the whole day digging for them. Only Mum had different ideas
– she wants to drag Dan off to a boring, snoring museum …
Look Out The Window Picture book
Big Book Rigby USA 4 – 7
years Reading Scheme October 2003
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