New Releases by Michelle Robinson

Bearspotting is a dangerous business – you ought to take it seriously, you know. So here''s what you need to know for starters – black bears are dangerous and black, brown bears are dangerous and brown. Although sometimes black bears can be a little brown, and brown bears can be a little black. Are you following? You really need to focus here. If you do, this guide will tell you all you need to know when walking in BEAR COUNTRY. Don''t leave home without it. Are you ready? Good! Let''s go ... A Beginner''s Guide to Bearspotting is the laugh-out-loud, essential guide for all would-be bearspotters. To be studied with due care and attention. Don''t say we didn''t warn you ... This eBook comes with a gloriously entertaining audio accompaniment, read by the award-winning actor Lenny Henry.

Monkey’s mischief causes mayhem! The hilarious follow-up picture book from the creators of Elephant’s Pyjamas.

My name is Nugget. Chicken Nugget . . . It''s not easy being the smallest chick in the family, but Nugget has had some good news: he''s going to be a big brother! Little baby Benedict is still an egg at the moment and it''s Nugget''s job to look after him. What could possibly go wrong? Another cracking story from bestselling duo Michelle Robinson and Tom McLaughlin.

My name is Nugget. Chicken Nugget. This is my family. I''m the smallest. And when you''re the smallest, nobody ever listens. When Nugget''s long-lost-cousin Franz turns up, all isn''t quite as it seems. There''s definitely something fishy - or foxy - about this chicken. This is Nugget''s chance to save the day, because sometimes the bravest hero of all is just a little chicken. A hilarious and commercial new picture book by Michelle Robinson, fantastically illustrated by Tom McLaughlin.

Jolly Town Adventures by Michelle Robinson JOLLY TOWN ADVENTURES introduces us to Jolly Town and the characters who live there. Cassie and her computer, Roger, work at the Jolly Merchant. The other characters shop there and go there while experiencing adventures of their own. Read JOLLY TOWN ADVENTURES to experience a real adventure for yourself!

This book is designed to encourage you to believe in yourself. Regardless of what you are facing; this book will inspire you, challenge you and release restoration to you. In this book, you will nd hope. You will nd yourself clothed in strength. You will nd ways to bring power and authority in your life. You will realize that I CAN do... And you will learn how to step out in faith and walk into your destiny. The winner in you will break through.

Sleepovers have never been so silly! A hilarious animal story from award winning children’s author, Michelle Robinson and debut picture book illustrator, Emily Fox.

Explores U.S. detective fiction''s deep engagement with the shifting dynamics of race and labor in America

Suki and Sosh love their life. Each day they go to work together on their pair of feet, and each night they snuggle together in their sock drawer. But then disaster strikes: Sosh spots that Suki has a hole. Darn it! Sure enough, his warm, woolly wife starts to unravel, until one day Suki is nowhere to be found. The rest of the underwear warn him not to go it alone – no one likes an odd sock. But Sosh swears to find her.

Sleepovers have never been so silly! A hilarious animal story from award winning children''s author, Michelle Robinson and debut picture book illustrator, Emily Fox. Elephant has been invited to a pajama party. He can''t wait! There''s just one problem... he doesn''t have any pajamas. Poor Elephant searches high and low, often with embarrassing results, but he can''t find anything suitable. What can Elephant''s friends do to make sure he joins in the fun?

A little boy says goodnight to all his toys, but who is the favourite? Why, it''s Tractor of course! With a rhyming text, atmospheric illustrations and plenty of animal sounds to join in with, Goodnight Tractor will help your little darlings go to bed and stay there. This beloved and popular book is now reissued in a sturdy board-book format.

Sainsbury''s Children''s Book Award winner for Best Picture Book; A Guardian Best New Children''s Book; The Sunday Times'' Children''s Book of the Week If you ever see a box of cornflakes offering a free lion, ignore it! This is the hair-raising story of two brothers who didn''t – and then ended up with a grizzly bear, a cranky old crocodile, and a huge gorilla! Now if only they could get a free tiger... This hilarious and whimsical picture book is sure to be a hit with kids and adults alike!

People with psychiatric disabilities such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression are at risk for premature mortality and morbidity related to chronic health conditions. Physical activity improves health and quality of life, and shows promise for supporting mental health recovery. Physical activity is a complex behavior with many correlates. To date, no unifying theoretical model has fully explored the motivational constructs of physical activity in persons with psychiatric disabilities. Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) includes multiple correlates and predicts physical activity in many populations, including those with chronic health conditions. A proposed SCT model was tested to predict self-report exercise in persons with psychiatric disabilities. Recruitment of 120 persons from community mental health centers and supported housing programs in New Jersey completed nine self-report measures related to SCT variables, health, psychiatric distress and demographics in a cross-sectional design. Hierarchical multiple regression was used to test the hypothesis that the model would predict physical activity. Correlation and linear regression was used to test the secondary hypotheses regarding the relationships within the model. The proposed social cognitive model variables of social support, self-efficacy, outcome expectations, barriers and goal-setting practices in conjunction with the correlates of gender, age, number of health conditions and distress from psychiatric symptoms predicted 25% of the variance in self-report exercise. The model was significant overall, however SCT correlates did not show a significant prediction of exercise after controlling for gender, age, number of health conditions and distress from psychiatric symptoms. As predicted, amount of physical activity is related to the SCT correlates, except number of barriers. Depressive symptoms and female gender were both significant predictors of reduced physical activity, and less motivation for exercise. Self-efficacy for exercise was confirmed to have strong relationships with outcome expectations and goal-setting practices, with moderate relationships to barriers and social support. Exercise interventions based upon SCT should address gender and psychiatric symptom differences for best outcomes. Focused interventions providing goal-setting and goal-tracking skills may improve self-efficacy, and in turn increase the amount of weekly exercise. Additionally, mental health providers must consider type of social support necessary to encourage increased physical activity.

Things can get a bit messy when you try to wash a woolly mammoth. Follow this step-by-step guide to successfully clean up your hairy friend. Be forewarned! A mammoth''s tummy is terribly tickly. Young readers and parents alike will appreciate this hilarious bath time adventure from Michelle Robinson and Kate Hindley.

Are apples not your thing? Not bonkers about bananas? Not great with grapes? What you need is a fruit bat. Get one of these adorable little creatures and they will eat all your fruit for you. Now, you just have to find a fruit bat of your very own. That should be easy...right? Beware, this adventure-filled journey into a jungle might just leave you batty for blackberries after all!

A little boy has a lot of explaining to do when a gorilla makes a mess of his house...and that''s not even the BAD news! Ding Dong! Aha! That must be the pizza we ordered—MMMM!—the great BIG one with extra cheese. Hang on...that''s no pizza! It''s a great big GORILLA and he''s here to have...FUN! Ding Dong! Gorilla! is a story that grows louder and bolder with every page. This fabulously funny, contemporary tall tale is filled with unexpected twists and turns that will have readers laughing out loud. A surefire hit to be shared again and again.

The perfect bedtime book from Nick East and Michelle Robinson - Goodnight Princess As a little girl says goodnight to her dressing up clothes and dolls she is transformed into a princess in a magical realm. A beautiful rhyming text is accompanied by atmospheric illustrations which will delight and soothe all little girls as they snuggle up in bed. A follow-up to the wonderful Goodnight Tractor and Goodnight Digger, this is the perfect bedtime book. Michelle Robinson has always wanted to be an author like her hero Roald Dahl, but all they had in common was the same birthday and a love of chocolate. Now at last, Michelle is a real author too. She lives in Frome, Somerset with her husband, son and daughter. Visit her at www.michellerobinson.co.uk. Nick East has been working as a museum designer for the past 16 years but has always been a storyteller, whether as a child, filling sketchbooks with quirky characters, or as a designer displaying a collection of ancient artifacts. Nick lives near York with his wife and two children and, when he isn''t drawing, he is out riding bikes and spending time with his family.

A hauntingly surreal account of tragedy, determination and courage against insurmountable odds. As a young, fragile child fights for her life, her mother faces harsh challenges, discovering the true essence of the human spirit in surprising, mysterious moments. The painfully intertwined lives of many are revealed as truths about spirituality, intuition and humanity are placed in a glaring, pure light. An astonishing experience is exposed through listening to the whispers of "Sierra''s song," revealing the true zen of crisis.

A witty jungle romp for the adventurer in every kid Safari etiquette can be tricky. Fortunately, our trusty narrator can help. Sort of. From what to do if an elephant stands on your foot ("Keep calm. Panicking will only startle it!") to how to escape the attentions of a crocodile ("Well? What are you waiting for? Wave your arms around and shout for help!"), our plucky guide leads our unlucky hero on a jungle adventure, barely avoiding tigers, a rhino, snakes, and--uh-oh. What’s that? Well thank heavens the monkeys are friendly at least! Debut author Michelle Robinson teams with bestseller Peter H. Reynolds for a Monster at the End of This Book-style romp, culminating in a hilarious finish that will send readers--and our hapless hero--right back to the beginning for more.

When they only have one pear, Bear and Boar learn how to share by passing it from paw to paw. On board pages.

Journee and Jordyn are thirty-something year old twins with two totally different lifestyles. Journee is in love with Drew, her high school sweetheart that''s in prison. A phone call from him changes everything. After a fight, she decides to end their relationship and tries to move on but she has unfinished business with Jason, another ex boyfriend. As she moves forward, she meets Jules who appears to be Mr. Right until all of his baggage shows up. Now Jordyn is living by her own rules but the problem is she hasn''t told anyone, but the drama begins when her secret is leaked on Facebook. She finds herself in a battle with her love life, family, friends and herself. Follow these two as they take their family and friends on a turbulent ride into their lives as they discover they are worlds apart but are forever connected.

Part detective novel, part cinematic saga, part street-smart narrative, the poems in The Life of a Hunter form a document of expedition that couples individual discovery with communal transformation. Michelle Robinson''s characters are consigned to particular mechanisms of survival to various forms of physical and psychological evolutions--as a reaction to their search for an acceptable spiritual condition. The multiple identities of her pressured characters are susceptible to physical transformations that provide “a brief jolt of anesthesia, / instead of the cold tenderness of interruption.” Robinson uses the culture of film and fiction as an analogy for the world just out of reach and the world already at hand; preoccupied with what precision “sounds like,” the figures in her poems respond to the possibility of future change as well as the fact that change is a constant in their lives. “Don''t misunderstand. It was the most cynical year of our era / and anything would have been better than to have been asked / to find something beautiful.” Robinson''s is a strong young voice, detached and observant yet disturbingly present.