Lou Peacocková je autorkou, která se s téměř dvacetiletou zkušeností v dětské literatuře zaměřuje na svět obrazových knih. Její práce v nakladatelství Nosy Crow odhaluje hluboké porozumění pro tento žánr. Peacocková často využívá svou vlastní kreativitu k psaní, přičemž její poznámkový blok je plný nápadů. Její expertíza spočívá ve vytváření poutavých příběhů pro nejmenší čtenáře.
A fun and festive Christmas fairy-tale adventure. It's Christmas Eve and Father Christmas has fallen asleep at the Three Bears' cottage but NOTHING will wake him. all before the children wake up on Christmas morning?The perfect picture book to share with children from 3+ at Christmas!
Robert Norris. An eighteen-year-old petty criminal is brutally tortured and left in a farmer's field to die. DCI Jack Lambert and his team think they have it all figured out. It's a robbery gone wrong. Suspicion immediately falls on the man who called it in. What Jack doesn't realise is that this is just the beginning. An escaped prisoner, an attempted hit, and a seemingly unending trail of violence and retribution follows. As the mystery unfolds, Jack begins to suspect the existence of a secret, but powerful, syndicate operating on the very edges of the North East's criminal underworld. With the situation spiralling out of control, Jack finds himself at a crossroads--one which could lead him back into the kind of life he has spent a career running away from. Time is running out and this case might not only cost Lambert his job, but also his life...
Toby is no longer a little elephant. He's a Big Boy now, much bigger than baby sister Iris. And when Mummy is too busy with Iris to help him, Toby ends up with bad buttons, wrong wellies and loo paper everywhere! Then Toby gets very cross .
Charlie does NOT like to choose. He can't make up his mind between chocolate or vanilla ice cream, stripy or spotty underpants . . . The trickiest thing of all to choose is a birthday present - how will he ever make up his mind? But when a new friend with a waggy tail chooses HIM, making choices gets a little easier.
Mr Brown is a Very Important Tiger who works in a Very Important Office. He carries a Very Important Briefcase and does Very Important Things all day long. But when his Very Important Briefcase goes missing, Mr Brown's world is turned upside down. And what about the Very Important Things inside?
I have three names: I was born Leigh-Ann. I became Cherrie. When I was a child, they called me Little Bones...
When a little squirrel finds a big pile of nuts, he is VERY excited! But soon he is joined by another squirrel . . . and this squirrel thinks the nuts belong to HER. And when Mouse, Bear, Badger and Rabbit get involved, well, things get VERY confusing indeed! They won't even listen to wise Rabbit. Will the quarrelsome squirrels ever learn to share?
Lionel the lion does NOT like to share. After all, lions always get the lion's share. He buys all the best instruments from the music shop, all the smartest hats from the hat shop and all the brightest balloons from the balloon stall. That's when Lionel's friends decide that something has to be done .
When Noah goes Christmas shopping with his mum and baby sister, he has a brilliant time with his toy elephant, Oliver, playing peekaboo, hiding in a dolls house and dancing Oliver on tables. But suddenly disaster strikes - Oliver goes missing! And - oh dear - the department store is VER Y big. Will Noah ever find his favourite toy again?