New Releases by Jonathan Allen

This novelty flap book tells the beloved story of the ugly duckling, who is different than all the other ducks, but grows up to be a beautiful swan. Mr. and Mrs. Duck are appalled by their strange-looking new offspring and they send him off to find his real parents. Toddlers and young children will love helping Ugly Duckling look behind all the flaps to meet the various countryside animals who might be his mummy. There''s a very near miss with a naughty fox before he meets the swans and sails merrily off down the river with his real family.

When Dad watches the baby while Mom is out for the evening, he tries, unsuccessfully, to be quiet so he will not wake up the baby.

Ideal for use in the Literacy Hour, a LARGE FORMAT version of a split-page story in which the three pigs try to outwit the big bad wolf who appears at their door in a number of disguises. Illustrated in colour throughout.

What''s yellow and hot and bothered? The Keep-Fit Canaries, that''s who! And the seven superfit birdies (plus Neville, the parrot) aren''t just hot. They''re steaming when they discover that exotic birds are being snatched abroad and then smuggled into the country. It''s up to the crime-busting canaries to rescue the caged birds and put the baddies where they belong - behind bars! A riotous sequel to the popular The Keep-Fit Canaries, which is also scheduled for reissue.

An hilarious book of animal nonsense,puns and poems,by an author who has a bad case of it.

This is the sixth book in this series about the adventures of the internationally famous weaver of spell s, Wizard Grimweed. Mr Crump, the chocolate maker, is at his wit''''s end because he can''''t get rid of the large, chocoholic dragon. ''

The animals on Noah''s ark pass the time in a variety of useful and ridiculous ways.

Princess Imelda is determined to marry Prince Norman, but when she gives him some of Grimweed''s new love potion things don''t go as smoothly as she had hoped. Suggested level: primary.

The concepts of big and little are illustrated by such rhyming pairs of words as "big chair, little bear" and "little mole, big hole".

The numbers from one to ten are illustrated by simple rhymes such as "two making stew" and "eight on a gate." Suggested level: preschool.

This book describes a comprehensive system designed to convert English text to intelligible and natural sounding synthetic speech.