Man Who Wore All His Clothes (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

Man Who Wore All His Clothes (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

The first of Allan Ahlberg's mini-masterpieces for early readers, with striking illustrations by Katharine McEwen.Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award, this book is the first in a series of brilliantly funny early readers by Allan Ahlberg. One morning Mr Gaskitt puts on all his clothes,

Mr Creep the Crook (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

Mr Creep the Crook is a bad man, and all his family are bad too - even Growler, his dog. But when he escapes from jail and heads to the seaside, he finds out that being bad is not such a good idea after

Baby on Board (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

Mrs Lather's Laundry (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

Please Mrs Butler (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

Mr Tick the Teacher (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

Mr Tick loves teaching his six children at their little school. But then they hear news that all small schools must close, so Mr Tick starts teaching some rather unusual lessons - in how to trick stern school

Funnybones: The Ghost Train (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

'Whoo-ooo-ooo!' It's midnight at the station and the three skeletons climb aboard the ghost train for a spooky ride. But they discover something even more

Each Peach Pear Plum (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

Miss Brick the Builders' Baby (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

Teacher Man (McCourt Frank)(Paperback)

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, mega-bestselling author who wore his celebrity with extraordinary grace comes a magnificently appealing book about teaching and about how one great storyteller found his voice. Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the

The Man Who Wore His Wife's Sarong: Stories of the Unsung, Unsaid and Uncelebrated in Singapore (Lim Suchen Christine)(Paperback)

Bye Bye Baby - A Sad Story with a Happy Ending (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

Friendly Matches (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

A collection of football poems covering many aspects of the game. It is written in a variety of verse forms - sonnets, rhyming couplets, and

Chicken, Chips and Peas (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

Fast Fox is determined to have chicken for his supper. Mother Hen and her three chickens are looking for corn for their's. Fast Fox follows chickens and they follow his corn trail right into his supper sack! As Fast Fox hurries home, things look bad for chickens but Slow Dog saves the day by

Cops and Robbers (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

The robbers of London town plan a desperate crime one Christmas Eve - to steal all the toys they can lay their hands on! Fortunately, the robbers meet their match in brave office Pugh who leaps into action and arrests the villains - all except Grandma Swagg who manages to get

Funnybones (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

Suitable for children just starting to learn to read, this title features funny skeletons that are definitely not the scary

Baby's Catalogue (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

Suitable for your baby or toddler, this title is filled with easily recognizable

Peepo! (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

Suitable for new babies and parents, this title continues to delight generations of babies and toddlers and their parents. It follows a baby through the day in a style full of wit, charm and

Heard it in the Playground (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

An illustrated collection of amusing poems and songs celebrating primary school

Man and his Horse (Wenwei Xie)(Paperback / softback)

A Man and His Horse is the story of a young man who is forced to flee Beijing during the Cultural Revolution. Coming from an intellectual family that is being torn apart by political campaigns, Wen Bo is barred from signing up with the Inner Mongolia Production and Construction Corps that he

Funnybones: Mystery Tour (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

Mystery Tour is one of the titles in Allan Ahlberg's iconic children's picture book series about skeletons, Funnybones. Despite being set in a dark dark house, this brightly coloured book is perfect for early readers! One dark dark night the three skeletons go driving and solve six mysteries. Lots

Improbable Cat (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

The Burrell family could never have foreseen the consequences of adopting the tiny stray kitten that appeared when David was twelve. But the sweet cat is not as harmless as it seems, and soon has them completely under its sinister spell. The only one unaffected, David concocts a plan to rescue his

Funnybones: Skeleton Crew (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

'Zzz!' The three skeletons enjoy a holiday on-board their little boat. But one night - 'Yo-ho-ho' - the pirates come and put them out to sea on a tiny raft, launching them on an oceanful of new

My Brother's Ghost (Ahlberg Allan)(Paperback / softback)

When Frances Foggarty was nine her ten-year-old brother, Tom, was hit by a milk-float and killed. He returns after the funeral and Frances' story is of her new relationship with Tom, the ghost and 'guardian angel'. Frances wears a caliper as a result of polio and she and her young brother live with