Wilbur the pig is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him. Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.

Exuberantly coloured artwork and favourite animals make this rhythmic story the perfect introduction to looking and learning about colours. Another classic by Eric Carle. "The gentle rhyming and gorgeous, tissue paper collage illustrations in this classic picture book make it a dog eared favourite on many children's bookshelves. One thing readers cannot predict is just what kinds of funny characters will make an appearance at the denouement." Amazon...

When Mole decides he has had enough tiresome spring-cleaning for one day, the scrappy nonesuch throws down his broom and bolts out of his house looking for fun and adventure. He quickly finds it in the form of the Water Rat, who takes the wide-eyed Mole boating and introduces him to the mysteries of life on the river and in the Wild Wood. Mole also meets Ratty's good friends: the kindly, solid Badger and the irrepressible Toad. Soon, the quartet's...

Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.

The animals on Farmer Jones's farm revolt in a move led by the pigs, and drive out the humans. A totalitarian state slowly evolves in which 'all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.'

When Duncan arrives at school one morning, he finds a stack of letters, one from each of his crayons, complaining about how he uses them.

"Pete the Cat wakes up feeling grumpy--nothing seems to be going his way. But with the help of some magic sunglasses, Pete learns that a good mood has been inside him all along"--

Illustrations and rhyming text present ten different endangered animals in this easy-reader version of the 2003 tale. Includes note to parents and teachers, as well as activities.

The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Africa where they meet up with wonderful wild animals, a very hungry warrior, and where they even solve a riddle.

A horse tells the story of his life in nineteenth-century England, and his treatment under many different masters, from a kind country squire to all kinds of drivers when he was let out for hire.