Most Popular Books by Stella Blackstone

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Help Cleo learn to name and mix her colours. This book introduces children to primary, secondary and tertiary colours.

This action-packed seek-and-find book takes young readers on an outdoor adventure through the changing months of the year. Each month is presented with a detailed, full-color scene with an exciting array of seasonal items to look for.

Children will enjoy all sorts of fun activities in this transportation-based activity book, inspired by The Journey Home from Grandpa''s book and CD. Features puzzles, word games, coloring activities and more, and includes full-color reusable stickers.

Children can learn all about opposites as they follow the sprightly baby as he engages in different activities.

The imaginary games of a boy and a girl form the basis of this enchanting picture book about opposites and contrasts. As the two children play together, they picture themselves as all kinds of characters, animals, landscapes and moods. I m a circle, you re a square; I m a tiger, you re a bear.

Cleo the cat and Caspar the dog move to a new home.

Cleo and her puppy friend Caspar are delighted to discover strange white flakes that are falling from the sky. Artist Caroline Mockford''s bright illustrations recapture that amazing moment when a child first sets eyes on a world transformed by snow. AGES: 1-4 AUTHOR: Stella Blackstone wrote her first story when she was seven years old and has gone on writing ever since. In addition to the Bear series, Stella has written many titles for Barefoot Books, including One Moose, Twenty Mice and Walking through the Jungle. Stella lives in North Somerset, England, UK. Caroline Mockford is a mother of two children. She has a degree in fine art and has taught art to very young children, which has given her valuable insight into how children explore and learn through books. She works mainly in acrylics to achieve her trademark strong and bold colors. She lives with her family in Hawkesbury-Upton, England. SELLING POINTS: * Literacy Market: Simple vocabulary and rhyming text promote early reading. * Seasonal: Cleo''s wintery adventures merchandise beautifully for the holiday season and into frosty January and February. * Cleo Series: The books in this series, featuring bright, engaging illustrations by artist Caroline Mockford, are prefect for reading as a set but can also stand alone. Colour throughout

Cleo is surprised to find someone new in her house. Does she have to be nice to this stranger?

Every child who is free to play at drawing is preparing to learn how to read and write at the same time. So, encourage the children in your life to draw, paint, colour in, copy and doodle, and you will help them to develop their literacy skills along the way. Dotty Spotty Doodles contains 22 activities for kids: mazes, colouring pages, seek-and-finds and more! Ages: 3-7 AUTHOR: Barroux studied photography, art, sculpture and architecture in France at the famous Ecole Estienne and Ecole Boule. He went on to work as an art director in Paris and Montreal. Barroux illustrates by creating linocut images and using vibrant colors and is now well known for his illustrations for children''s books. In 2005, he won the Enfantasie Award (for Uncle John and the Giant Cherry Tree). Dotty Spotty Doodles and Zig Zag Zebra are his first projects with Barefoot Books.

This interactive alphabet book aims to help children master the alphabet while following Cleo''s adventures as the curious cat explores her world.

Inquisitive children will love this informative book about the names of baby animals. The rhyming text encourages repetition and recollection and inspires interest in the natural world. Illustrated with vivid colors and detailed patterns to capture the attention.

Babies talk in all kinds of ways - and the people who love them talk back! This unique board book has been specially created for parents and older children to share with new babies, helping to lay the foundations for secure attachment and early language skills. This edition features bilingual Russian-English text.

Head off to work with Bear as he delivers mail and learns about other professions. Rhythm and rhyme drive the clever text, and a full-spread illustration of the professions at the end reinforces the learning and invites readers to go back through the story to spot the different working bears.

Vuela lejos con Abuelita y cuenta con ella del uno al diez mientras ella da vueltas alrededor del mundo en un inolvidable viaje de compras.

A child''s grandmother travels around the world, buying things in quantities that illustrate counting from one to ten.

Follows the friendly bear around his house to discover why his family is so busy.

Florence the cow frolics through all sorts of unusual settings in this book. She discovers the wonderful world of colour on her way. This is an entertaining way to help small children learn their colours.

With rhyming text and bright illustrations, this book follows the antics of three lively babies from dawn till dusk as they discover different ways to play. Young readers can join in the games as the babies boogie their way around the day.