Children's Books
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Lee, the Rabbit with Epilepsy
Deborah M Moss, Carol Schwartz
Price: £10.50
Lee is diagnosed as having epilepsy, but medicine to control her seizures reduces her worries and she learns she can still lead a normal life.
You Can Call Me Willy : A Story for Children About AIDS
Joan C. Verniero, Verdon Flory
Price: £5.60
Wilhelmina loves baseball, lives with her Grandmother, and has AIDS. Willy talks about her illness, exhibiting great courage as she learns to cope with symptoms and the side effects of treatment, to endure classroom taunts, and to find fun and friendship.
Two of Everything
Babette Cole
Price: £9.99
Story describes how the children react to their parents' threatened divorce. They organise an "unwedding", followed by an "unhoneymoon" during which they blow up the house and build two separate ones, joined only by a child-sized tunnel.
Grace & Family
Mary Hoffman, Caroline Binch (Illustrator)
Price: £4.79
Grace's family has always meant her Ma, her Nana and a cat called Paw-Paw, so when Papa invites her to visit him in The Gambia, she dreams of finding the kind of fairy-tale family she has read about in stories.
I Feel Jealous
Brian Moses, Mike Gordon (Illustrator)
Price: £4.99
Paperback - 32 pages (16 November, 1994) ISBN: 0750214058
An exploration of the the day to day situations that young children experience which make them feel jealous. It looks at ways in which they may make other people jealous and of ways of resolving jealousy.
I Feel Angry
Brian Moses, Mike Gordon
Price: £3.19
Paperback - 32 pages (16 November, 1994) ISBN: 0750214031
Part of the series which helps children deal with their emotions, this book explores the day to day situations that young children experience which make them angry.
Brian Moses, Mike Gordon (Illustrator)
Price: £3.19
Paperback - 32 pages (16 November, 1994) ISBN: 0750214066
A picture book which explores the day-to-day situations that young children experience which make them unhappy. It also looks at ways in which they make other people unhappy and at ways of resolving feelings of sadness.
I Feel Frightened
Brian Moses, Mike Gordon (Illustrator)
Price: £3.19
Paperback - 32 pages (16 November, 1994) ISBN: 075021404X
This title explores the day-to-day situations that young children experience which make them frightened. It looks at ways of resolving these feelings.
Mouse and Elephant
An Vrombaut (Illustrator)
Our Price: £4.99
Paperback - 25 pages (20 January, 2000) ISBN: 0340744278
Elephant and mouse are best friends and love to play together. However, they have difficulty finding games that they can play together as Elephant is too large and mouse is too small. But what fun they have finding out!
The Rat a Tat Hat Book
R. Morgan
Price: £4.99
Hardcover - 22 pages ( 6 July, 2000) ISBN: 0370325028
A toddler and his friend, a giraffe, have lots of fun as they try on all sorts of objects as hats. The objects range from lampshades to Wellington boots and as they try them on they imagine themselves as adults living in a grown-up world.
The Funny Tummy Book
R. Morgan
Price: £4.99
Hardcover - 18 pages ( 6 July, 2000) ISBN: 0370327616
Glossy, tough, hard-wearing and utterly delightful, with the added bonus of a squeaky belly button,The Funny Tummy Book walks tots through the various body parts with funny, rhythmic text that will have children crying out for more.
Guess What I Am
Anni Axworthy
Price: £4.99
Paperback - 28 pages ( 1 May, 2000) ISBN: 0744577438
Part of a colourful series that takes a simple, fun approach to early learning, this book encourages the reader to follow verbal and visual clues to guess what animal is behind the peep-hole.
Guess What I'll Be
Anni Axworthy
Price: £4.99
Paperback - 28 pages ( 1 May, 2000) ISBN: 0744577446
Part of a colourful series that takes a simple, fun approach to early learning, this book encourages the reader to follow verbal and visual clues to guess what animal is behind the peep-hole.
I Know How My Cells Make Me Grow
Kate Rowan, Katherine McEwen (Illustrator)
Our Price: £4.99
Paperback - 32 pages ( 3 July, 2000) ISBN: 0744572347
Each Sam's Science book explores an aspect of science through a conversation between young Sam and his mum. In this book they discuss bones, muscles, cells and how our bodies grow.
I Know Why I Brush My Teeth
Kate Rowan, Katherine McEwen (Illustrator)
Price: £4.99
Paperback - 32 pages ( 3 July, 2000) ISBN: 0744572320
Each Sam's Science book explores an aspect of science through a conversation between young Sam and his mum. In this book Sam learns about molars, canines and incisors, baby teeth and big ones, and how to look after them all.
I Know Where My Food Goes
Jacqui Maynard, Katherine McEwen (Illustrator)
Price: £4.99
Paperback - 32 pages ( 3 July, 2000) ISBN: 0744572339
Each Sam's Science book explores an aspect of science through a conversation between young Sam and his mum. In this book, Sam and his mum delve into the soupy gloopy realm of digestion.
No Worries!
Marcia Williams (Illustrator)
Price: £4.99
Paperback - 25 pages ( 7 August, 2000) ISBN: 0744577543
A reassuring and humorous look at common childhood worries. School, the dentist, family, friends, pets - there are so many things for a child to worry about. But every single one of them can be chased away, if you know the secret.
The Big Book of Families
Catherine Anholt, Laurence Anholt
Price: £4.79
Paperback - 32 pages ( 5 June, 2000) ISBN: 0744577292
Packed with tales of families of every kind, this book is about big families and small families; busy families and noisy families; happy families and fighting families; and families at home and families on holiday.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll, Helen Oxenbury (Illustrator)
Price: £10.49
Hardcover - 206 pages ( 4 October, 1999) ISBN: 0744561248
The illustrator's interpretation of Lewis Carroll's classic story shows Alice like she's never been seen before. The topsy-turvy world of Wonderland and its memorable cast of characters - the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, the Queen of Hearts - are depicted with warmth and humour.
L Is for Loving
Ken Wilson-Max
Price: £7.99
Hardcover - 30 pages (August 1999) ISBN: 1856023001
