Brian Wildsmith

Helps to learn the alphabet on an animal safari. This title includes illustrations of animals from around the world that provide children with a fun way to learn their ABCs.

Meet some of the animals seen at the zoo. As children page through this beautiful book they can name the animals while their parents learn an interesting fact or two about each one.

An all-new, fun-filled, lift-the-flap alphabet book by master of children's illustration Brian Wildsmith. Full color.

As Wildsmith's exuberantly colored animals cavort across the pages, children learn to count and also learn the animals' names.

The animals by the lake make fun of little Wood Duck for swimming in circles, but his uniqueness proves to be useful.

A hunter teaches his new duck-hunting partner to retrieve birds and carry eggs gently in his mouth without breaking them. But from their first hunting trip, the dog cannot bear to retrieve the wounded birds for his master. Instead, he brings sticks back to the hunter and takes the ducks to an island where they can heal. One night, the hunter discovers the dog's secret after he follows his dog to the island where the dog delivers bread to the ducks every day. Ashamed, the hunter follows the example of his tender-hearted dog and nurses the birds back to health before setting them free. This reissue of Brian Wildsmith's story of compassion is brightly illustrated with his characteristically colourful paintings.

Once upon a time, the animals and birds lived happily in a beautiful forest that provided for all their needs. Sadly, pollution begins to destroy their shelter and food supply, and their future looks bleak. Fortunately, Wise Owl leads the animals to Professor Noah who is building a spaceship. The kind professor invites the animals to blast-off with him to another planet in order to escape the destruction of the forest. After travelling for forty days and forty nights, the time guidance system is accidentally twisted in reverse and the space travellers end up back on Earth in a pristine forest just after Noah's famous biblical flood. This reissue of Brian Wildsmith's still timely story speaks to the need for 21st-century environmental protection and preservation.

'I am sure to win, but we will race if you like.' So laughs the hare when a slow tortoise challenges him to run all the way to the old cart. His speed is never in doubt but perhaps it is the hare's boastfulness that should make us question the likely outcome of the race? The simple message of this La Fontaine fable - that modesty and perseverance will always be rewarded - is gloriously told in this lovely picture book from Brian Wildsmith, an internationally acclaimed writer and artist for children. His simple words and sumptuous illustrations bring a freshness to this timeless fable and the stunning new cover design and imaginative interior typography will delight a whole new generation of young Wildsmith fans.

The animals by the lake make fun of little Wood Duck for swimming in circles, but his uniqueness proves to be useful.

The Owl and the Woodpecker are anything but friendly neighbors until the day a storm hits their forest.

Python is hungry, and, knowing this, all the other animals are keeping out of his way. So wily Python comes up with a cunning scheme. He invites them all to a party, promising he will be good. The animals can't resist, and join in enthusiastically when he suggests they all perform their party tricks. Python saves his trick for last - and if it hadn't been for Elephant happening to pass by, he might have had the last laugh...What Python's trick is, and how the animals were deceived by him, is told with wit and zest by one of our greatest picture book storytellers.

Long a favorite introduction to the alphabet, "Brian Wildsmith's ABC" is now a board book ready for a new generation of children. Full color. 32 pp. Ages 6 mos.-4 yrs. Pub: 4/96.

Long a favorite introduction to the alphabet, "Brian Wildsmith's ABC" is now a board book ready for a new generation of children. Full color.-4 yrs.