Sally Grindley

A drama set in modern-day China. Winner of the 2004 Gold Smarties Award

Spilled Water

Tony Ross

As Max--who is almost ten--and his favorite author, D.J. Lucas, exchange letters, the two writers help each other with their new books and develop a special friendship. Reprint.

Dear Max

Eleanor Taylor

This is a book to celebrate the rose-tinted reality of a grand-parents love.

A Little Bit of Trouble

A novel about friendship and survival, set in the cocoa plantations of West Africa by the award-winning author of Spilled Water.

Bitter Chocolate

Neal Layton

Oliver's duck likes doing everything, from cooking to football to painting to gardening. But there's one other special thing about Oliver's duck. Oliver's duck is very, very mucky.

Mucky Duck

Knock Knock Who's There?

Published in hardback in 1993, a collection of ten charming stories about teddy bears. Part of the ORCHARD COLLECTIONS series, illustrated in colour by Peter Utton.

Teddy Tales

Peter Utton

While touring an intriguing castle, the reader is warned not to wake the giant. Features lift-the-flap illustrations.

Shhh!

Silly Goose and Dizzy Duck agree to play hide and seek with Clever Fox, but they do not realize he plans to eat them. Color illustrations throughout.

Silly Goose and Dizzy Duck Play Hide and Seek

A gorilla, a witch, a ghost, then a fierce scaly dragon hungry for his tea. Who will be next? Each time there's a knock at the door, there's a different monster, but each time they're wearing the same tartan slippers. Of course, it's just Dad, playing an hilarious bedtime game!

A portrayal of the life of 11 years old Lu Si-yan, a young girl in China who has been sold by her mother into domestic service.

Powerful new novel from acclaimed author Sally Grindley

Torn Pages

As a gift collection for young children, this book features delightful stories about Primrose Wood and all the different animals who live there including badgers, rabbits, owls and squirrels.

Woodland Tales

Penny Dann

Best animal friends Jefferson Bear and Figgy Twosocks discuss their friendship, spend some time apart, and experience forgiveness in this collection of three stories.

The Big What are Friends For? Storybook

Two children accompany their parents as they travel the world helping animals on the verge of extinction. As their parents work alongside international agencies, the children have their own thrilling adventures. In Danger in the Dust, Joe, his sister, Aesha, and their parents go on a trip to Kenya, where they hope to see the Big Five in the wild. It's the experience of a lifetime, and it's all leading up to an exhilarating mission to release a magnificent black rhino back into the wild – until their safari van gets stuck and they find themselves in desperate need of rescue . . . This exciting story is written with the assistance and guidance of London Zoo's conservation team. All information is accurate. Sally Grindley is the author of bestselling and award-winning fiction for young readers. Here she brings to life a story of how humans and wildlife can live side by side, set in Kenya.

Danger in the Dust

Simon Adams

Barbara Newman

Helena Spiteri

This pack provides everything you need to create your own scale model of the recently restored Royal Opera House using scenery, sets and characters to stage a ballet, play or opera. It also contains a storybook featuring imaginative re-tellings of The Nutcracker and The Cunning Little Vixen, a simple step-by-step instruction sheet and a wall poster.

Make Your Own Theatre

Royal Opera House

The reader is asked to identify fairy tale heroes and villains from clues in the text and illustrations.

Who is It?

True friends will always forgive - even when you accidentally hit them on the head! When Figgy's boisterous brothers start playing with her friend Jefferson Bear's favourite tickling stick, Figgy tells them to stop. But they don't and Figgy finds herself drawn into their game - until she accidentally hits JB on the head. The brothers run off and hide the stick, but Figgy is too embarrassed to tell JB what has happened. Her nose goes all pink and her tail goes all twitchy, and she sets off to find where the stick is hidden. Only when she has found it, after a long, incident-filled search, does she own up. JB forgives her everything, and the two friends celebrate with a midnight feast. This very funny story is perfectly pitched for a young audience, who will readily identify with Figgy's predicament. The cast of animal characters, including Buncle the Badger and Hoptail the Squirrel, as well as Figgy and JB themselves, will delight all readers, young and old.

Will You Forgive Me?

Jefferson Bear's tickling stick has gone missing and his friend Figgy Twosocks lies abouts its whereabouts. Whilst finding the stick, wise JB teaches Figgy another secret to good friendship - how to forgive and forget.

When Figgy is involved in the disappearance of Jefferson Bear's favorite tickling stick, she is afraid to tell him what has happened, but he forgives her after she confesses.

Sally Grindley

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