With pieces from Frank Cottrell Boyce, Melvyn Bragg, Margaret Drabble, Alan Hollinghurst, Will Hutton, Holly Johnson, Penelope Lively, Jonathan Meades, Deborah Moggach, Alan Moore, Jackie Morris, Cathy Rentzenbrink, Chris Riddle, Tony ...
Some are cries of pain. There are hilarious pieces. There are cries of pain and regret. Some pieces are quietly devastating. All are passionate. Conceived as a love letter to Europe, this book may also help reawaken love for Britain.
Livet i Mumindalen
I tillegg kan man lese om hvordan og hvor man kan få øye på et Mummitroll, lese Mummipappas guide til livet, se materiale fra Mummi-arkivet i Finland, inkludert kart, brev og familietrær, samt bli med inn i Tove Janssons studio og se ...
She's an orphan and says she went to work for a butcher's wife when she was just eleven. And that butcher's wife turned out to be a real cruel mistress. She beat Hetty plenty, just because she could. Hetty reckons it was because the ...
AWFUL END When both of Eddie Dickens's parents catch a disease that makes them turn yellow, go a bit crinkly round the edges and smell of hot water bottles, it's agreed he should go and stay with relatives at their house Awful End.
'Who else but Philip Ardagh could bring you such an enjoyable compendium of buffoonery? Howlers, Blunders and Random Mistakery is essential, laugh-out-loud reading.' The Independent
. . With each page turn a new vehicle pops out of the last. This book has all the ingredients to charm and enthrall first readers and parents alike.
Expect the unexpected in this ridiculously named, reassuringly chunky book, jam-packed full of eye-openingly absurd facts, lies, half-truths, thoughts, suggestions and musings with more footnotes than an orchestra of millipedes.
PARP!" Pssst! Do you know the story about Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) and the, er, farting courtier? One day, when bowing low to Her Majesty, the Earl of Oxford couldn't help but break wind.
'Exciting and comic, these are purr-fect first adventures' - LoveReading4Kids LOOK OUT for more Furry Purry adventures: The Pirate Captain's Cat and The Railway Cat!
Including Dubious Deeds, Horrendous Habits and The Final Curtain, fans of Philip Ardagh will gobble up this great gift edition.
A romping, riotous read-aloud from best-selling author Philip Ardagh and award-winning illustrator Ben Mantle Bunnies on the bus! Bunnies on the bus! No wonder there's a fuss about the bunnies on the bus!
It’s up to our furry (and purry!) hero to solve the puzzle, before it’s too late. 'Exciting and comic, these are purr-fect first adventures' - LoveReading4Kids LOOK OUT for the first Furry Purry adventure: The Pirate Captain's Cat!
Meet Henry, an ordinary boy in an extraordinary house... Step inside Henry's House and join Henry, Jaggers the caretaker and a quirky cast of characters as they find out everything there is to know about space.
'Exciting and comic, these are purr-fect first adventures' - LoveReading4Kids LOOK OUT for more Furry Purry adventures: The Pirate Captain's Cat, The Railway Cat and The Library Cat!
Discover the weird and wonderful world of the be-freckled McNally family - and some very strange goings on. This is the second book in the Unlikely Exploits series.
The first in the hilarious series from Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning author Philip Ardagh and illustrator of The Gruffalo, Axel Scheffler.
A box set containing books featuring Eddie Dickens - Dubious Deeds, Horrendous Habits and Final Curtain.
He was a great scholar and became a god, and is believed to help students today. To aid children, brief biographies of the heroes, villains and gods who appear in the tales are given.