New Releases by Jan Ormerod

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.

If you sometimes dance, and you like to sing, the animal bop is just your thing. Jump and jiggle, jive and wriggle... this will make you laugh and giggle. Free access to Welsh spoken word audio and music to accompany the book via the Book Trust website. Suitable for Early years and children aged 18 months plus

Meet Maudie, a plucky young girl, and her friend Bear, a gentle giant with a heart of gold. Bear has to earn Maudie''s forgiveness after unintentionally hurting her feeling.

Caroline Crocodile goes to a baby shop to see if she can exchange her drooly brother, but finds that the baby panda is a fussy eater, the baby elephant too squirty--and her brother has reason to drool.

A lively, noisy, funny text that encourages very young children to walk and talk like the animals - including waddling like a penguin, stomping like a rhino and jiving and jiggling and jumping and wiggling to the monkey bop! Hugely entertaining with plenty of scope for interaction and play. Doing the Animal Bop is narrated over a catchy calypso melody and punctuated with boisterous animal noises - it''s pure, infectious fun!

"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.

Everyone knows that the wheels on the bus go round and round. But what happens when the bus trundles into a wildlife park? Forget ''the wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish'', this rhyme has far more excitement to offer: bouncing baboons, happy hippos, leaping lemurs and more are here to entertain a bus-load of children in this riotous romp!

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Make bedtimes special by sharing this lovely collection of animal stories. Bear cubs, rabbits, guinea pigs, and animals galore are all here, ready to curl up with you. What better way to end the day?

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.

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

101 Things to Do with a Baby shows the many ways in which a little girl deals with a new baby in the family from much-loved and award winning children’s author Jan Ormerod. In Jan Ormerod’s warm, sympathetic and reassuring picture book on family life, and of an older child’s role in it, parents can find the perfect way to share the joys of a new arrival with their eldest child. The little girl in 101 Things discovers that even chores like washing and bathing turn into new games with her baby brother. But how delightful it is when he finally goes to sleep and she can have her parents to herself . . . An ideal children’s book for families expecting a new addition.

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

The children are sure that Gramps would never feel lonelyif he had a dog of his own.They say the dog should be called Rex, but what wouldRex look like?So they play "Looking for Rex," and pretend to see Rex, butwhenever they think they find Rex...it is never really theright Rex.Where is he?

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.

Mariettas bester Freund: Marietta hat einen wunderbaren Freund, der ihr jeden Wunsch von den Lippen abliest. Ein bisschen verwöhnt ist sie zwar schon, die niedliche Kleine, und so kann es geschehen, dass der Bär ewig lange warten muss, bis sie endlich ihren Fahrradausflug starten können, denn erst muss sie noch ihre Brille suchen, dann fehlt der Hut, der Schal, die Sonnencreme und der Mückenspray. Mit einer Bärengeduld lässt er sich herumkommandieren. Sogar wenn sie schlechte Laune hat, schafft er es, sie wieder zum Lachen zu bringen. Natürlich streiten sie sich ab und zu, aber die Versöhnung bleibt glücklicherweise nie aus, dann wird gemeinsam Rumba und Walzer getanzt. Na, so einen lieben Freund wünscht sich wohl manches kleine Mädchen, das vielleicht ebenso starrköpfig ist wie Marietta. Mit viel Herzlichkeit wird diese Geschichte um Freundschaft und Konfliktelösen erzählt, wobei der gutmütige Bär eine eher unterwürfige, aber bewundernswert geduldige Rolle spielt. Die heiter präsentierten Bilder versetzen den fünf Streitgeschichten, die dennoch zum Nachdenken anregen sollen, einen humorvollen Anstrich. Ab 4 Jahren, ****, Silvia Zanetti.

A unique picture book collaboration about having fun, sharing culture and the power of story and dance. A picture book to get the whole town dancing.

''Over in the forest, in a cave so snug, one cubby bear gives his mummy a hug.'' So begins this fun-filled picture book where children will meet busy beavers, tumbling tigers, shuffling warthogs and many more in a count-along rhyme from one to ten that they''ll want to join in with again and again! A lively, noisy, funny text that encourages very young children to imitate animal movements as they join in a rhythmical text that takes its inspiration from the well-loved nursery rhyme ''Over in the meadow''. Children will love hugging, digging, rolling, hopping, stretching, flapping and wiggling and, while they''re having all this fun, they will also be learning to recognise and count their numbers from 1 to 10. A kind of rebus abacus on the last spread reinforces the counting concept.

MOLLY AND HER DAD is a story of modern families‚ of the unfamiliar becoming familiar‚ fathers and the overarching theme of a child wanting to belong. Jan Ormerod employs fun‚ humour and tenderness in the telling. Carol Thompson′s illustrations provide a buoyancy and childhood approach. Molly loves to tell stories‚ especially stories about her dad‚ who lives a whole plane ride away. Ages 4−8

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.

Chinese edition of Lizzie Nonsense - a Bccb Blue Ribbon Picture Book Awards winner. Her mother calls it nonsense when Lizzie pretends that their house is pretty or that a bath is the sea, but it turns out that imagination runs in the family.

Little Sylvie likes to play dress-up and dance in the garden with her big sister. But Sylvie is too young for ballet class. And Sylvie does NOT want to be an elf in games of pretend. When an unintentional haircut leaves Sylvie''s hair too short for braids, big sister comes to the rescue by creating a set of braids from an old pair of tights!

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