A Short History of England
The Elephant Within Us
Thinking the Twentieth Century
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Jerusalem: the Biography
The History of History: A Novel of Berlin
The Detour
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Stop What You're Doing and Read This!
Before I Go to Sleep
Elmer And Super El
by: David McKee
Category: Picture books
Price: € 18,15 >> € 16,50
Description:
One morning, Elmer hears an 'Oh no!' Looking round, he spots Super El who's in need of Elmer's help. He must get to Aunt Zelda without any of the other animals seeing him and, as usual, it's up to Elmer to come up with a cunning plan!
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Over And Under The Snow
by: Kate Messner & Christopher Silas Neal
Category: Picture books
Price: € 18,15
A non-fiction picture book exploring the tunnels and caves formed beneath the snow but over the ground, where many kinds of animals live through the winter, safe and warm, awake and busy, but hidden beneath the snow.
There's Going To Be A Baby
by: John Burningham & Helen Oxenbury
Category: Picture books
Price: € 11,55 >> € 10,50
From two of the world's best-loved picture-book creators, this title is an absolute gem for new-siblings-to-be. When is the baby coming? What will we call it? What will the baby do? We don't really need the baby, do we? As the arrival of a new sibling draws nearer, the questions that stream through a ...
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To Do: A Book of Alphabets and Birthdays
by: Gertrude Stein
Category: Picture books
Price: € 31,35 >> € 18,00
'Alphabets and names make games and everybody has a name and all the same they have in a way to have a birthday', muses Gertrude Stein in "To Do: A Book of Alphabets and Birthdays". Written in 1940 and intended as a follow-up to her children's book "The World Is Round", published the previous year, "To ...
Good Little Wolf
by: Nadia Shireen
Category: Picture books
Price: € 9,90
Once upon a time there was a wolf called Rolf - a good little wolf who liked baking cakes and was always kind to his friends. But real wolves aren't supposed to be good - they're supposed to be BIG and BAD. Can a good little wolf still be a real wolf? And will Rolf discover there's something big and ...
The Nanny Goat's Kid
by: Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross
Category: Picture books
Price: € 9,90
The Nanny Goat wants kids more than anything in the world. When she can't have any of her own, she adopts one instead, but he's different to the others. One by one, the other kids start to go missing, and everyone blames the Nanny Goat's Kid.
Has he really eaten them? Or are the others just trying to ...
Operation Alphabet
by: Al MacCuish
Category: Picture books
Price: € 16,50 >> € 13,95
Welcome to England s Ministry of Letters, the place where all the words in the world in books, magazines, newspapers, road signs, posters, and more start their lives, and from which the letters coordinate their critical missions to help children learn the alphabet.This book tells the story of Charlie ...
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Willie Was Different
by: Norman Rockwell
Category: Picture books
Price: € 16,95 >> € 11,50
Beloved American artist Norman Rockwell wrote and illustrated just one
children's book, and now it's on the "Dragonfly" list! In a touching tale,
believed to be autobiographical, an awkward young wood thrush leaves home in
search of his own genius and discovers his talent for musical improvisation.
But ...
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The Curious Little Witch
by: Lieve Baeten (Belgian Author)
Category: Picture books
Price: € 18,15
What happens when a little witch gets curious? An international bestseller comes to the US! Lizzy is a curious little witch. Late one night she spots an old house all lit up when everyone else is asleep, and she can't help herself. She just "has "to investigate. The Little Witch books have been favorites ...
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A Bird In Winter
by: Hélène Kérillis & Stéphane Girel
Category: Picture books
Price: € 13,50
Eight-year-old Mayken is a peasant girl who works in her mother's guesthouse. One wintry day she goes ice-skating with some friends and finds an injured bird. Bright watercolours help narrate Mayken's story, which concludes with a stunning reproduction of Breugel's masterpiece.
Young readers will ...
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