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A HILAROUS PIRATE MISADVENTUREThe Blundering, Plundering Pirates is an ideal shared, funny book for younger listeners and older independent readers. It's a beautifully colored, illustrated story with ongoing visual jokes to search for on each page. It is easy to read with natural rhythms and rhyming words empowered with evocative and humorous illustrations. This will be a great gift to share the joys of reading with young pirate fans..

A HILARIOUS PIRATE MISADVENTUREThe Blundering, Plundering Pirates' Plot is book 2 of the trilogy. It is an ideal shared, funny book for younger listeners and older independent readers. It's a beautifully illustrated story with ongoing visual jokes to search for on each page. It is easy to read with natural rhythms and rhyming words empowered with evocative and humorous illustrations. This will be a great gift to share the joys of reading with young pirate fans.

"Friends", is an ideal, shared reading, charming tale of a blossoming friendship. It's a teddy bear camping adventure illustrated with absolutely stunning photographs in a New Zealand seashore setting. It is easy to read, with natural rhythms and rhyming words empowered with a story of meeting an unexpected and very different new friend who lives in a rock pool This will be a great gift to share the joys of reading with young bear fans.

Snuggle Up Stories; 'Treasure', introduces children to the treasures found in a pristine forest with all the beauty of New Zealand's natural fauna and flora. Follow the story in rhythmic poetry, as a little bear discovers the wonders of Nature. This enchanting adventure is ideal to be read to a younger child as a shared book just before bedtime.Using stunning photography in full colour in real situations, within a New Zealand forest, creatures, birds and fungi within this habitat are also waiting to be discovered by the alert reader.

A youngster's dream turns into a nightmare, or does it? A search for something promised, brings a huge reward. After an exhausting chase, and a long search, finally, a wonderfully happy conclusion.Scary and in black and white, as the story develops the colour arrives for the splendid and happy ending . This is the story to soothe children who are prone to nightmares and gives them a chance to see such things are normal enough to even be in a story book This shared reading story in rhyme will give them reassurance that someone who loves them is nearby.

Bertie bear misses his Grandma, so with a letter, a series of fun events unfolds in this tale of snow-clad peaks and volcanic treats, based in New Zealand. Young and old teddy bears ski and sled down mountains and soak in hot pools, all the while immersing themselves in the scenic grandeur that is this South Pacific wonderland.A delightful shared bedtime story for the youngest book lover, not only will this beautiful book featuring stunning full colour photographs capture their imagination, but it will also be the beginning of many conversations about the scientific basics around them. Hot water pools, fire, bus wheels, snow, ice, rainbows, steam, there is plenty to talk about after enjoying the clever rhyming text and teddy bear adventures.

The peaceful but quiet life of a goldfish is shattered when it is propelled into a new environment.But, does this mean great changes? Yes, and no This is a tale of fear, joy, wonder and hopefully, moving on. The conclusion is a delightful call to abandon mediocrity and boredom, to break free and LIVE A story of encouragement for children to be active, inquisitive and joyful.This wonderful story for shared reading is told in rhyming couplets with full colour, hand drawn illustrations and concludes with suggestions for low cost activities they may want to try.

Things weren't too good way up North, The problem as large and growing, It threatened all the Polar Bears, The rubbish that people were throwing.The air, the land, the water too, Suffered from man-made waste, A food supply for all the bearsWas needed in great haste.This amusing, off the wall children's story has a deeper message of conservation and the effect of climate change on the Arctic Polar Bears. Delivered in rhyme with a touch of silliness it is the ideal portal for a deeper discussion on how every individual's efforts can change the fate of all wild animals and save them from extinction.A4 sizing with full colour, hand painted graphics, as children turn each page they will be amused by the antics of the Polar Bears as they struggle to prepare new but nutritious food in an effort to stave off extinction. The hidden message is that children should also enjoy a wide range of healthy food. On the practical side, included is a recipe for vegetable soup aka Polar Bear Soup.

A Steampunk fantasy about a hare that no longer fits in to his rabbit colony and so is set off on a quest to find his tribe of like minded steamers. A quest through New Zealand leads him to the centre of steampunk, Oamaru.

Bertie Bear is a soft toy who is off on an adventure to ride a real steam train in New Zealand. Using photos and rhyming text this book is perfect for young train lovers who will enjoy the rhythm of the language and the developing story. Created as shared reading for the younger child and as a predictive text for the developing reader, each photo shares the magic of an encounter with a fully restored locomotive in full steam and the carriages it pulls.