New Releases by Nick Sharratt

"Ahoy, matey! Come sail the ocean blue with pirate Pete" (publisher).

A great reissuing of a perennially popular split-page book inviting children to howl with laughter at the fantastic and fantastical food concoctions they create. Do you like ketchup on your cornflakes? Tying in with Nick Sharratt''s position as official illustrator for World Book Day 2006, this larger format edition, with its best cover yet, will ensure KETCHUP''s continuing longevity.

Daisy''s plan to become a spy falls apart when no one understands her spy language.

This fantastic collection features three of Nick Sharratt and Stephen Tucker’s hugely successful Lift-the-Flap Fairy Tales: The Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk and The Three Billy Goats Gruff. These well-loved stories are retold in lively, witty verse accompanied by quirky illustrations and clever flaps. Using sturdy card, this book is tailor-made to be read again and again by all young children, from toddlers to school children.

A third title in this superb series by award-winning best friends, Sue Heap and Nick Sharratt. Here is the perfect way to learn about opposites. Whether it''s a quiet cat and a noisy dog, a freezing cold or a hot and sunny day or a super fast leopard and a family of slowly-slow snails, Sue and Nick introduce all sorts of opposites in an engaging and memorable way.

Give your young children the best start to learning English with Jamboree Storytime''s interactive, play-based approach! One of ten beautifully illustrated Readers in the Jamboree Storytime series - the storybooks provide engaging and lively stories in authentic English with strong visual support. Jamboree Storytime is an exciting new series designed to introduce the English language to children aged 3-5. It nurtures and extends their developing awareness of stories and integrates this with language learning, through songs, rhymes, puppets and play-based activities. The series has been specifically developed to encourage a love of stories and reading in young children, and to begin to introduce the English language in an accessible and enjoyable way.

Start with one boy called Nick and add one girl called Sue, then count all the way to ten cakes for tea!

Guess what''s coming to town. The Animal Games There''ll be show jumping for horses AND rabbits and Discus for Dogs - so of course I have to enter Streaker. Mum says a CARROT is more obedient than my dog but I think she can do it - Streaker can go for Gold

Looks at colours and friendship. This text features two friends, Sue and Nick, who like different colours but are still good friends.

Oh, please let me cross, said the middle-sized goat, But the troll only snapped, What''s your hurry? With some herbs and some spices and served up with rice, You would make a delicious goat curry A traditional fairy tale, retold in witty contemporary verse. With hilarious illustrations and flaps to lift on every page, this book will entertain and amuse readers of all ages.

Flap book allows for mix and match fairy tales. What would happen if Goldilocks had two horrid stepsisters and fell asleep for a hundred years? Would she be woken by a hungry wolf or Little Red Riding Hood''s Granny? 4 yrs+

Humorous school story. 8 yrs+

Lots of the kids in Mr Speed''s class have problems to worry about and it''s sometimes difficult to discuss them. So Mr Speed sets up the Worry Website on the classroom computer. All of the short stories in this collection are linked.

Ellie, Magda and Nadine have got all sorts of trouble. A kiss threatens to break Ellie and Magda''s friendship. But they both know that Nadine''s about to get into trouble with an ''Internet date'' and only the two of them together can save her.

Timothy Pope, Timothy Pope What can you see through your telescope? Is there really a shark in the park? Go on, be barve, open the book and see!

Readers can insert press-out pieces to create their own version of the story of a princess who is granted three wishes.

Have you ever seen a tropical coyboy? Or a wibbly wobbly queen? Open this book for young children and meet a Posh Pineapple, a Wild-West baby a heli-jelly.

The Read Me series contains six simple stories containing lively rhymes and colourful pictures and is aimed at children learning to read. In this story the Green Queen lies in her red bed looking at the grey day. What can she do to make it more colourful?

Mouse Moves House is part of the Maths Together series, an early numeracy programme for parents and children to share. The set contains six picture books designed to introduce children, simply and enjoyably, to basic mathematical ideas. Each book also has its own detailed support notes.

My Friends, together with My Days Out is a new title continuing the series which started with My Day and My Games . The book depicts a toddler enjoying life with various friends - animals, members of the family, toys, and other children. Simple text is accommpanied by Nick Sharratt''s colourful, striking illustrations. The large format of the book is specially designed to attract and keep the attention of young children.

Dinosaurs Dexter and Daisy take a car trip to visit their friend Delilah. Readers are asked to travel with them and help read and navigate the many signs they encounter along the route.

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