Helen Docherty

Can a wolf really be a superhero? Luna is a little wolf with a big ambition: she's determined to be a superhero! There's just one problem. All the other animals are terrified of wolves. Whenever Luna swoops in to help, everyone runs away. Luna's about to abandon her superhero dreams . . . but then she tries one final super-daring rescue! A fabulously exciting rhyming story - great for reading aloud, and perfect for joining in Wonderful, colourful illustrations, packed with entertaining details An inspiring, witty story about following your dreams Helen and Thomas Docherty are the super-talented creators of many much-loved books including The Snatchabook and The Knight Who Wouldn't Fight

Perfect for Father's Day, Mother's Day, and graduation celebrations What can you carry? A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you made? Or maybe, a hope or a dream? This gorgeous, reassuring picture book highlights all the precious things we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. Best of all, it shows how we can all care for each other with the love we carry in our hearts. Children will identify with so many of the beautiful, familiar scenes in the book, whether it's carrying a special pebble on the beach, cuddling their favorite teddy bear... or being carried on their dad's shoulders The story is written in lyrical rhymes--perfect for reading aloud--and the colorful illustrations and adorable characters are full of fun and warmth.

Amisha lived with her Mum, in a tree.They swung on branches, wild and free.And all was good - until, one day . . .Amisha was taken, far away.When orangutan Amisha arrives in the city, she quickly finds a new routine climbing and swinging on ropes and wires. But when she meets a new friend - a bird, called Blue - he helps her to remember her rainforest home and her love for trees. Surely one little orangutan can't change the world - can they?A beautiful and poignant story which explores the meaning of home with a powerful message around activism and caring for our world. From Helen Docherty and Erica Salcedo, the creative partnership behind The Bee Who Loved Words.

Join Melodie on a day out with her family as she gets overwhelmed with horrible smells, sights, sounds, tastes and textures. This is a heartwarming story that follows Melodie as she visits the pungent market, noisy public bathroom, overwhelming restaurant that serves mushy vegetables, too brightly-lit mall and more. As she gets progressively more overwhelmed and upset, join her as she taps her nose and moves in circles to calm herself down, before returning home and relaxing in her safe space. Inspired by the author's daughter's experiences of sensory overload, this gentle rhyming picture book explores what a child with sensory issues experiences. With vibrant, stunning illustrations from Taylor Barron, this story ensures that children aged 4–8 who also experience sensory overload can feel represented, and neurotypical children can be introduced to why their friends and family sometimes get overwhelmed. At the back of the book, there is an informative spread on sensory overload.

What can you carry? A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you made? A hope or a dream? This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the precious things we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. Best of all, it shows how we can all care for each other with the love we carry in our hearts. Children will identify with so many of the beautiful, familiar scenes in the book, whether it's carrying a special pebble on the beach; cuddling their favourite teddy bear . . . or being carried on their dad's shoulders! The story is written in lyrical rhymes, perfect for reading aloud. The fabulously colourful illustrations are full of fun and warmth. This is a warm hug of a picture book, full of inspiring messages and spectacular illustrations Helen Docherty is the author of many much-loved rhyming books, including The Snatchabook and The Knight Who Wouldn't Fight Brizida Magro is an award-winning illustrator with a talent for creating stunning, colourful illustrations and adorable characters

The Hushlings are always quiet and polite, and that's the way they like it. Except for Maeve who longs to let some of her Big Feelings out! When the noisy Kerfuffle Bird arrives, Maeve is overjoyed to have someone to whoop and shriek with. But when Kerfuffle Bird's squawking and flapping, warbling and wild jigs become too much for the Hushlings, they discover the importance of expressing their feelings. Can they find a way for Maeve and Kerfuffle Bird to live in harmony with the community in Hushville? A joyful and fun-filled story about self-expression from bestselling author and illustrator duo, Helen Docherty and Gwen Millward!

Voiko susi olla supersankari? Luna on pikkuinen sudenpentu, joka on juuri oppinut harjaamaan hampaansa ja ulvomaan. Lunalla on suuri haave: olla supersankari ja auttaa muita. Mutta tuleeko siitä koskaan totta, kun toiset eläimet pelkäävät susia? Riimitelty tarina muistuttaa sinnikkyyden tärkeydestä ja on täynnä valloittavaa superenergiaa.

What can you carry? A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you made? A hope or a dream? This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the precious things we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. Best of all, it shows how we can all care for each other with the love we carry in our hearts. Children will identify with so many of the beautiful, familiar scenes in the book, whether it's carrying a special pebble on the beach; cuddling their favourite teddy bear . . . or being carried on their dad's shoulders! The story is written in lyrical rhymes, perfect for reading aloud. The fabulously colourful illustrations are full of fun and warmth. This is a warm hug of a picture book, full of inspiring messages and spectacular illustrations Helen Docherty is the author of many much-loved rhyming books, including The Snatchabook and The Knight Who Wouldn't Fight Brizida Magro is an award-winning illustrator with a talent for creating stunning, colourful illustrations and adorable characters

From celebrated picture book author Helen Docherty and the bestselling illustrator of the Questioneers series, David Roberts, comes a vitally important picture book encouraging empathy by showing we're more similar than different. Somewhere in this world, there is someone just like you, who finds the same things funny and who laughs the way you do. If they needed you, would you help them? This moving call to action reminds kids through lyrical, rhyming text and stunning illustrations that people share more similarities than differences and that kindness is doable and actionable, even when you're small.

A deeply moving, vitally important picture book encouraging empathy and kindness.

Age Level: 4 to 8 Grade Level: K to 4What's a knight's greatest power? Stories, of course From the beloved author/illustrator team behind The Snatchabook comes the ultimate storytime book about castles, knights, dragons, and the power of stories Even dragons love a good story...Leo was a gentle knightin thought and word and deed.While other knights liked fighting, Leo liked to sit and read...When Leo's mom and dad pack him off to fight a dragon, he takes a shield, a sword--and a pile of his favorite books. But can a story be as mighty as a sword?This delightful rhyming story about books and the joy of reading is also perfect for kids who love dragon books, adventures, brave knights, and books about castles An Autumn 2016 Kids Indie Next PickA 2017-2018 SSYRA Jr. List TitlePraise for The Snatchabook: #1 Indie Next Pick"I dare you to try to read The Snatch-a-book silently to yourself. You can't do it. The book is so wonderful it demands to be read out loud. And besides, if you didn't read the book out loud, how would the Snatch-a-book hear it?"--Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick"This ever-so-sweet story begs to be read out loud."--Booklist"The gorgeous illustrations are a perfect match for the lively text. This book is a fabulous fit for both storytime and one-on-one reading. Children will be begging for this book to be read to them every night-clever ones will claim they want to keep the Snatchabook happy."--School Library Journal"The husband-and-wife team of the Dochertys have a winner in this heartwarming tribute to the essential role of bedtime reading in the lives of families."--Publishers Weekly"The story is sweet and the illustrations darling."--Kirkus"This whodunit with an uplifting ending will appeal to fans of How the Grinch Stole Christmas . . . it] celebrates bedtime reading as a ritual to be revered, and features a thief who merely wants to share in the fun."--Shelf Awareness Pro

Age Level: 3 to 6 Grade Level: P to 2Where have all the bedtime stories gone? A delightful addition to the picture book canon about the love of reading.It's bedtime in the woods of Burrow Down, and all the animals are ready for their story. But books are mysteriously disappearing. A rabbit named Eliza Brown decides to stay awake and catch the book thief. It turns out to be a little creature, the Snatchabook, who has no one to read him a bedtime story. All turns out well when the books are returned and the animals take turns reading bedtime stories to the Snatchabook, embodying a wonderful message of forgiveness for kids.A brilliantly written, laugh-out-loud rhyming bedtime story about books and the joy of reading in the vein of bestsellers It's a Book, How Rocket Learned to Read, and Dog Loves Books.

A brilliantly written, laugh-out-loud rhyming text about books and the joy of reading in the vein of New York Times bestsellers It's a Book, How Rocket Learned to Read, and Dog Loves Books. Where have all the bedtime stories gone? One dark, dark night in Burrow Down, a rabbit named Eliza Brown found a book and settled down...when a Snatchabook flew into town. It's bedtime in the woods of Burrow Down, and all the animals are ready for their bedtime story. But books are mysteriously disappearing. Eliza Brown decides to stay awake and catch the book thief. It turns out to be a little creature called the Snatchabook who has no one to read him a bedtime story. All turns out well when the books are returned and the animals take turns reading bedtime stories to the Snatchabook.

It's exciting growing up! Just look at all the things you can do now, that you couldn't do when you were tiny. Things change all around us, too. Tadpoles grow into frogs; kittens grow into cats; tiny seeds rise up into a forest! But as we change and grow together, one thing never changes . . . our love for each other is for ever! A heartfelt, lyrical picture book, full warmth, fun and encouragement. With its lyrical rhyme and spectacular illustrations, this is the perfect picture book to help children navigate all sorts of changes as they grow up Helen Docherty is the author of many much-loved rhyming books, including The Snatchabook and The Knight Who Wouldn't Fight Brizida Magro is an award-winning illustrator with a talent for creating gorgeous, stylish illustrations and adorable characters

It's exciting growing up! Just look at all the things you can do now, that you couldn't do when you were tiny. Things change all around us, too. Tadpoles grow into frogs; kittens grow into cats; tiny seeds rise up into a forest! But as we change and grow together, one thing never changes . . . our love for each other is for ever! A heartfelt, lyrical picture book, full warmth, fun and encouragement. With its lyrical rhyme and spectacular illustrations, this is the perfect picture book to help children navigate all sorts of changes as they grow up Helen Docherty is the author of many much-loved rhyming books, including The Snatchabook and The Knight Who Wouldn't Fight Brizida Magro is an award-winning illustrator with a talent for creating gorgeous, stylish illustrations and adorable characters

Mae’r llyfr yma yn cyfuno dyfyniadau o waith Dylan Thomas, sydd yn sôn am Parc Cwmonkin yn Abertawe, gyda geiriau a lluniau Helen a Thomas Docherty. Trwy ddefnyddio geiriau Dylan I ddilyn ei blentyndod anturus, daw’r stori, cymeithas yr amser, a’r hyn yr oedd bod yn fachgen ifanc gyda dychymyg plentyn i fyw.

Edited by Helen Docherty, this picture book combines extracts from the works of Dylan Thomas that centre on his recollections of Cwmdonkin Park, Swansea. A boyhood adventure like no other, Dylan's words serve to bring to life the period, the environment and the very essence of what it is to be a child with a child's imagination.