New Releases by Rick Walton

Beautiful Games is about Big Relatable Stories, sport, genius and good practice. It''s a charged, urgent call to get us moving.

THE DOTS WILL NOT BE JOINED is both a rich, sentimental memoir and a racy ''Compendium of Ideas''. It''s about sport (mainly football and cricket) but it carries wise, sometimes cheeky diversions - snapshots into what makes us and what liberates us. The *stories* and the challenges range. Rick Walton is a coach and a writer with a fearless, impossibly positive streak coursing through him. He recounts scary or electrifying visits to football and those wonderfully daft adventures so many of us have had in village teams. Combs forgotten in boots; lacerating North Sea gales; chunks of orange and blissfully sweet tea; ''team talks''. But we also have Proper Coaching - notions around how to approach and nourish and support players. There is the contention, too, that sport really can be ''good''; that how we play can matter. All this in a matrix of arty or philosophical hunches which unashamedly (but also humbly) celebrate the raw, The Human, the ridiculous, the unknowable, the ''unweighted''. Walton''s book is a one-off, daring to chase a zillion narratives so as to capture something actually rather profound about how activity works, in a world where the ''Social'' and Corporate kaleidoscopes are blurring, bending and maybe even crushing our will.

10 Little Monsters, looking for fun, Take a trip to Oregon!10 Little Monsters, they can''t wait, Cause Monsters LOVE the Beaver Stat

Little Tracker® is a guide thru out the story....helping Zebra to follow his tracks back to where and how he lost his stripes.

European Regions is a comparative and historical reference handbook with accompanying CD-ROM, giving comprehensive coverage of territorial regions throughout the whole of Europe in the period 1870-2000. The work provides a systematic presentation of state formation and boundary-building, their territorial structure and political-administrative status of regions for each of the 23 countries covered. In addition, the CD-ROM contains a complete set of digital regional maps in GIS format for the single countries and Europe as a whole for various points in time (usually 10 year intervals).

When the president of the United States has a frustrating day, he decides to go back to the place where he learned the most important lessons of all. Everyone has bad days. Even the president. So when his day starts off badly, Mr. President decides he is in need of a time--out from running the country. Disguising himself, he sneaks out of the White House, hurries down the street to the local school, and enrolls in Mrs. Appletree''s class. There Mr. President slides his fingers through globs of finger paint. He spins himself silly on the merry--go--round at recess. He practices saying "please," raising his hand, and taking turns. And he doesn''t miss a single beat when everyone does the hokey--pokey. But when he returns to the White House, he is greeted by a panicked secretary of state and two angry world leaders on the brink of war. Fortunately, Mr. President recalls what he learned in Mrs. Appletree''s class, and he comes up with just the right approach to avoid an international crisis. Children will delight in Rick Walton''s laugh--out--loud story and its over--the--top take on conflict resolution. Brad Sneed''s watercolor illustrations capture the humor of the story with their exaggerated, outsized characters and playfully distorted compositions.

Frankenstein is back and taking over Christmas in this hilarious send-up of Clement C. Moore''s famous poem!

Grab it. Chew it. Throw it, too. That''s what babies like to do. And pretty pictures! Look, Baby, Look! At our smart Baby''s very first . . . . . . BOOK! A baby''s first year is full of milestones, from first smiles to first steps, and this book celebrates them all! A clever and bouncy text, vibrant ink-and-collage illustrations and an impossibly cute baby make this the perfect gift book for baby showers, and it even includes a poster on the reverse of the jacket that new parents can use to record their own little ones'' spectacular achievements.

A hilarious, gently informative guide to building (and ruling) your own nation.

Frankenstein is the scariest of all the monsters in Miss Devel''s castle until one night when he loses his head.

Little Tracker goes in search of Giraffe, for her help.

Perfect for beginning readers, this laugh-out-loud joke book about entertaining education will put a smile on your face!

Tells the story of a bullfrog in the Old West who loses his hop, while teaching kids about compound words. Includes learning activities.

A young boy meets a hungry aligator. Throw in mistaken identity and a pair of stinky socks, and you have all the fun and surprise of a fabulous picture book. Author Rick Walton tells an entertaining story while teaching language arts concepts to children. Jim Bradshaw''s playful and engaging illustrations make this a book you won''t want to miss.

What''s more fun than a clowder of cats, a rafter of turkeys, a swarm of bees, or a pack of dogs? Herd of Cows! Flock of Sheep!--the latest word play from the king of language arts picture books, Rick Walton. After bringing in his corn, potatoes, beans, and tomatoes before a rainstorm, Farmer Bob decides to settle down for a good night''s rest. While he snoozes away, the river rises high enough to set his bed afloat down the river.This sends his animals into a panic--a drove of pigs outlines a plan, a colony of beavers races to chew down trees, a school of fish tries to create a dam, and so forth, until finally Farmer Bob is rescued by a nest of snakes and a herd of horses. It''s a barnyard adventure that will leave bands of children begging for more.

A bunny mother explores all of the wonderful things she can do with her baby, from holding and hugging to feeding and dressing.

A boy is surprised by people''s reactions when he and six thousand rats visit a big city, in a tale that features conjunctions from "and" to "yet."

Test your wits at sleuthing against the 25 capers inside. Once you think you''ve cracked the case, flip to the back and check the answers.

Move over Tom and Jerry-there''s a new cantankerous pair ready to tickle funny bones! Mr. Cat and Mr. Rat have always enjoyed playfully torturing each other, so when Mr. Rat finds a package from Mr. C, he is understandably suspicious. But when it turns out to be a huge hunk of cheese (that isn''t poisonous), Mr. Rat is thrilled and reciprocates with a nice gift for Mr. Cat. This leads to a string of gifts going back and forth, but the "friends" are always at least a little cautious each time they get a package. It''s hard to tell when one might contain a not-so-nice surprise.

A bullfrog in the Old West loses his hop in this lively tale where each page must be turned to complete the previous image.

It''s time for school, and the day is packed with activities and fun! Whether these little bunnies are making sweet music, growing a plant, or sharing at show-and-tell, everyone enjoys the pleasures of learning. Rick Walton''s rhyming text and Paige Miglio''s detailed illustrations are a treat that will make any toddler eager for school to begin.

The people and objects of a town panic and flee when they see a Tyrannosaurus rex approaching, but they discover that only the bananas have anything to fear from this fruit-eating dinosaur. Full color.

Girls can go crazy for puzzles with this collection of tricky teasers, clever crosswords, silly riddles, and so much more! Puzzle Crazy will tickle girls? funny bones, while sharpening their logic and problem-solving skills.

Poor Cinderella! Sent to a place where no one even knows what "CTR" means, and forced to do awful chores! Her horrible cousins may try to stop her, but Cinderella has her eye on the ball-- the Royal Ball. With hard work and a few tricks she learned in Young Women''s class, she just might make ... but will the prince choose the right?

One morning, a few days before Halloween, Mrs. McMurphy wakes up to find a large pumpkin by her front door. "My mouth is here. I speak to you. When my teeth are here, I''ll eat you!" it says with a mischievous grin. Unafraid, Mrs. McMurphy politely places the threatening squash outside. But day after day the pumpkin returns to make good on its promise!

Perfect for beginning readers, this laugh-out-loud joke book about nifty names will put a smile on your face!

Perfect for beginning readers, this laugh-out-loud joke book about foolish farm animals will put a smile on your face!

A collection of jokes about sports.

A collection of jokes about magic.