Sean Taylor
1) Goal!
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Soccer-as it is played in different countries around the globe-comes to life in this gorgeously photographed nonfiction picture book, Goal!
Where there's a ball... there will always be someone who wants to play soccer. Whether in Tanzania or Togo, Burma or Brazil, children love soccer. GOAL! celebrates the sport's power to bridge cultural divides and bring together the many and diverse people of the world.
Filled with fun facts and striking photos,...
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Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-11 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book.
Mojo and Weeza are back, and they are looking smart! But how long will they stay that way...? Find out in this comic follow-up...
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When Humperdink the baby elephant joins the children's playgroup, he seems friendly enough, but it soon becomes clear that he's not very good at the usual games the children play, like dressing up or hide-and-seek. When he breaks the children's favourite slide, everyone feels sad. But with a little patience and understanding the children soon discover that Humperdink is good at some things – especially if they use their imaginations – leading...
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Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-11 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book.
The poor stone cutter sat and chipped at the rock. He wished he was a rich man. But was that REALLY what he wanted?
This...
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Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book.
This is a hilarious fantasy story about two monkeys, Mojo and Weeza, who discover a funny thing. But what exactly is it?...
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My Mom Always Looks After Me So Much! is a funny, heartwarming picture book about Little Gorilla's trip to the doctor to get a shot and, ultimately, about the love between a mother and child-told in simple sentences by master storyteller Sean Taylor, with sweet and richly detailed illustrations by the Waterstones Children's Book Prize—shortlisted David Barrow.
Little Gorilla is going to the doctor for a shot. His mom says it's because she has to...
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Publisher Annotation: After a long sleepy winter, the trees, flowers, and animals are getting ready for a busy spring. Discover all the different ways nature wakes up when spring arrives in this fresh and fun story of a family exploring their garden.
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We are back in the days... when dinosaurs walked the Earth. Smallasaurus is on the hunt for some sweet and juicy ferns. But oh no! Here comes Badasaurus - a great big, meat-eating dinosaur! He's going to catch Smallasaurus and it's going to be a sad and terrible ending... or is it?
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In this follow-up to Winter Sleep and Busy Spring, Wild Summer explores nature in summer. The beautifully-told story follows a young girl and her naturalist grandpa as they walk down a wild path towards the coast. They spot amazing plants and animals. She is enchanted by the vibrancy of life around her, but asks: "Do plants and animals want summer to last forever?" Young curiosity is combined with old wisdom in a nature-filled adventure...
11) Robot rumpus!
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When busy parents buy a group of robots to help their child get ready for bed, the results are not what they expected.
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Candlewick Press
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First. U.S. edition.
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Monster may think he wants to be in a scary story, but then again . . . A hilarious return by the team that brought us Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise. Our author would like to write a funny story, but his main character -- Monster -- has a different idea. He wants to be the star of a chilling, petrifying, utterly terrifying SCARY story. But scary stories . . . well, they can be very scary -- especially for their characters! Particularly when they involve...
15) Huck runs amuck
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Dial Books for Young Readers
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The residents of North Skettykolk are no match for a visiting mountain goat with an enormous appetite for flowers.
16) Boing!
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Candlewick Press
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First U.S. edition.
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A man known as the Great Elastic Marvel has an unexpected adventure when his jump on a trampoline takes him out his apartment window.
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Happy Yak
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Discover the wonder of fall and learn how wildlife prepares for the colder months ahead with this heartwarming non-fiction picture book. The wind is blowing. Golden leaves are falling. Animals are busy gathering food to store away. It's time to celebrate nature during the cooler, fall months In this beautiful, blustery fall story, join two young children and their moms as they go on an autumnal adventure in their local park. They spot amazing plants...
18) A brave bear
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Candlewick Press
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First U.S. edition.
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After suggesting he and his father go to the river to cool down, a little bear tries to impress his father along the way.