Best Selling Books by JAN ORMEROD

''Dad does his best to straighten up after a messy baby''.

This baby book contains four studies of the special relationship between a mother and a young child.

Emily the ostrich and Albert the elephant share a friendship in which they compare noses, dance, read together, and more.

Baby plays over, under, and around Dad while he is reading.

Meet Maudie, a plucky young girl, and her friend Bear, a gentle giant with a heart of gold. In The Bike Ride, Maudie''s endless planning is as tiring as the bike ride itself.

The second book in a fun new series about two sisters who love ballet! Sylvie and Bonnie are sisters who love to dance, but Sylvie is too young for ballet school. One day, Sylvie follows Bonnie to class and can''t help peeping her head in! Miss Trisha sees her. "Can you point your toes?" she asks. With her sister''s encouragement, Sylvie steps into the spotlight and proves herself a dedicated ballerina ready for lessons. Sylvie earns a spot in Miss Amy''s ballet class, and Bonnie congratulates her with a present--her own leotard and tights! Acclaimed author and illustrator Jan Ormerod pairs simple text with charming illustrations for a fun easy-to-read story.

Written to show parents how children learn to read and help them develop their child''s reading skills.

Five stories about a playful, sometimes bossy, little girl and her dependable bear friend.

A follow up to the picture-book phenomenon that is Doing the Animal Bop - a second riotous animal romp that will have toddlers stamping their feet and joining in with gusto.

A follow up to the picture-book phenomenon that is Doing the Animal Bop - a second riotous animal romp that will have toddlers stamping their feet and joining in with gusto. The energetic rhyming text encourages children to make animal movements and noises as they join lions and lambs, meerkats and ponies, peacocks and koalas.

Jan Ormerod''s classic wordless picture books, SUNSHINE and MOONLIGHT, are back in print at last, in these special 40th anniversary editions. It''s morning, and the first rays of sunlight shine into a little girl''s bedroom and wake her up. She gets out of bed, goes to wake her parents and soon she is ready to start the day. ''I depend on the adult to create the right atmosphere and help children read them. When this happens, it is a time for physical closeness and comfort, a quiet time for sharing ideas and feelings, for laughing and learning together.'' -- Jan Ormerod Children''s Book Council of Australia -- Winner of Picture Book of the Year, 1982

A very busy family engages in such activities as school, soccer, piano playing, and cooking.

"El hermanito bebé de Carolina Cocodrilo pasa todo el día babeando, pero aún así, mamá Cocodrilo a cada instante dice que es preciosísimo. Carolina está muy celosa, así que decide ir a la tienda de bebés y hacer un cambalache por un nuevo hermanito: uno justo a su medida. ¿Habrá alguno que le guste de verdad? La historia cuenta con altas dosis de humor los sentimientos que pueden acompañar la llegada de un nuevo hermanito."--Amazon.com.

Caroline is VERY jealous. So she goes to the Baby Shop and tries to swap her dribbly brother for new baby. The trouble is, there''s something not quite right with any of thema

Billedbog med kort tekst og letaflæselige illustrationer. I små præcise hverdagssituationer fortælles om samværet mellem far, mor og den lille lege- og kælesyge Mads

When Mom comes back from shopping, a baby enjoys going through her shopping basket.

A girl feeds, plays with, and admires her kitten, who will some day become a grown-up cat, a "sit-upon-my-lap cat."

Touring the zoo, two children pet, ride, and observe a variety of animals.

Baby and cat have a lot of fun playing with a saucepan.

All kinds of animals sing their own peculiar version of Here we go round the mulberry bush.

An illustrated collection of nursery rhymes and simple poems, including "Two Little Dicky Birds", "Turtle", and "What Are We to Do?"

I Can Skate is one of eight new titles in the Beginning to Read phase of Cambridge Reading. Written by leading children''s author/illustrator Jan Ormerod, the stories feature contemporary children in familiar settings. Language is simple, with lots of repetition of high frequency sight vocabulary - ideal for young readers aged 4-5. Cambridge Reading is a new reading scheme for key stages 1 and 2, developed specifically to help teachers raise standards in literacy. Teachers appreciate the scheme''s easy-to-use framework and wealth of integrated support material, while children simply want to read the books again and again.

Getting dressed can be a colourful experience and so too can getting dirty. This is an introduction to the concept of colour.

In Play with Me is one of eight new titles in the Beginning to Read phase of Cambridge Reading. Written by leading children''s author/illustrator Jan Ormerod, the stories feature contemporary children in familiar settings. Language is simple, with lots of repetition of high frequency sight vocabulary - ideal for young readers aged 4-5. Cambridge Reading is a new reading scheme for key stages 1 and 2, developed specifically to help teachers raise standards in literacy. Teachers appreciate the scheme''s easy-to-use framework and wealth of integrated support material, while children simply want to read the books again and again.