Eleanor Taylor

Counting and dancing go hand in hand at Mambo Jamba's, the place where hippos hokey-pokey and meerkats macarena and ten little chimps do the cha-cha-cha, until Mama Chip says, "Time for bed!"

In her second Further Tale of Peter Rabbit, Emma Thompson returns Peter to his home in the Lake District. Peter and his silly cousin Benjamin are helping their friend William, a turkey, who is in danger of becoming Mr and Mrs McGregor's Christmas dinner.

A baby finally finds something to do that does not make everyone in the family tell him "No."

"Peter Rabbit is in low spirits; what he needs is a change of scene. He squeezes under the gate into Mr. McGregor's garden, intending to steal a lettuce-- but what happens next is just the excitement Peter is looking for" -- Jacket.

A bull disrupts the little bears' picnic with their grandfather.

Grandfather Bear thinks his cubs are so wonderful, he cannot imagine them being naughty.

It's springtime and all the animals are preparing to celebrate with a spring picnic! Everyone has to bring something to share with their friends, but there's just one small problem. Peter Rabbit can't think of ANYTHING to bring. Everyone else seems to have the perfect gift to share. Will Peter manage to find something in time? Will he stumble upon the best springtime surprise?

An anthology of dark, powerful and moving short stories from master storyteller David Almond, inspired by his childhood in the north-east of England. It features coming of age stories on the theme of closeness to home, deftly interwoven with illuminating autobiographical pieces on the inspirations behind the fiction. David Almond says of this unique collection, "Stories on the page are so beautifully neat. All that lovely black print; those lovely...