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Take the child on a journey through the Dark Forest in this cheerful sticker book. Because you know the Gruffalo and the mouse, right? Make sticker pictures, play sticker games and solve sticker puzzles.

LONDON, 1950. Davey can hardly wait. He will cross the Channel with nine others. In a whaler (a whaling sloop): the Wangle III. Just before they set sail, Davey falls ill. So ill that the doctor forbids him to go. A week later he has recovered enough to wait for his friends after their journey. But then the boat stays away... The Compass is a doubly special book. The first part tells the exciting and moving story of Davey and the disaster he escaped. In the second part, Joyce Pool and her husband, journalist Pip Barnard, describe how they went in search of the history of the Wangle III: a quest that led to family members, through England, France, Germany and the Netherlands and even to Scotland Yard...

Welcome to the Oak Forest, where Kat wants to cook. Can she find a cookbook? Lift the flaps to discover it.

Why aren't the students at Raphael's school paying attention? Who made a masterpiece out of a scribble on paper? How do you paint speed? Is collecting art? What kind of artwork should disappear? Can you trust a painting? How would you make a self-portrait? Can you paint music? The Art Book for Children explores the different ideas, meanings, roles and functions of art. Why does an artist make certain choices? Why does he work in a certain style? The creativity and imagination of children is challenged in a fun way by stimulating questions about the most beautiful examples from the history of painting, sculpture and photography. Clear, simple and very fun - The Art Book for Children is ideal for parents and teachers who want to introduce children to art for the first time, but also for everyone else who wants to look at art in a new and refreshing way. With artworks by: Antonello da Messina, Arman, Eugène Atget, Pompeo Batoni, Marcel Broodthaers, Robert Campin, Salvador Dalí, Albrecht Dürer, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Thomas Gainsborough, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Vilhelm Hammershøi, David Hockney, Winslow Homer, Wassily Kandinsky, Georges de La Tour, Fernand Léger, the Van Limburg brothers, René Magritte, Robert Mangold, Henri Matisse, Jean Metzinger, Henry Moore, Berthe Morisot, Raphael, Gerhard Richter, Georges Seurat, Jan Steen, Wayne Thiebaud and John William Waterhouse.

Is dressing up art? How do you paint feelings? How do you make an Alberto Giacometti? Can you paint a nose? Why did Jeff Koons make a huge work of art out of seventy thousand plants? The Art Book for Children explores the different ideas, meanings, roles and functions of art. Why does an artist make certain choices? Why does he work in a certain style? The creativity and imagination of children is challenged in a fun way by stimulating questions about the most beautiful examples from the history of painting, sculpture and photography. Clear, simple and very fun - The Art Book for Children is ideal for parents and teachers who want to introduce children to art for the first time, but also for everyone else who wants to look at art in a new and refreshing way. With artworks by: Albrecht Altdorfer, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Jacopo Bassano, Sandro Botticelli, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Vittore Carpaccio, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Edgar Degas, Jan van Eyck, Alberto Giacometti, Gilbert and George, Vincent van Gogh, Katsushika Hokusai, Hans Holbein the Younger, Donald Judd, Jeff Koons, Leonardo da Vinci, Simone Martini, Joan Miró, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Rembrandt van Rijn, Bridget Riley, Henri Rousseau, Cindy Sherman, JMW Turner, Diego Velázquez, Andy Warhol and Grant Wood.

A book in a book in a book to dive into again and again. Who doesn't know Simon Snoek? He reads his favorite book, which is a book in a book in a book. About pirates, Goldilocks' bear, knight Roderick, frog Leesbeest, a dragon, little green men, headless Hannie, you name it, to end with a book about Simon Snoek's chair. And then the (reading) party can start again. An ode to reading and to the imagination.

A mystery, a conflict, an irresistible children's book. When her parents renovate the house, Iris goes to stay with her grandmother. Mimi and Iris are best friends and Iris loves being with her... Her grandmother is not your average boring grandmother: she is always full of energy, dances in the kitchen, swims in the sea, even when it is cold... Every day is an adventure. But Mimi does increasingly strange things. Does she really spread jam on her scrambled eggs because she likes it? Are all those things that are piling up in the house really things to keep? Or is something else going on? Iris has to find a way to deal with Mimi's ever-changing behavior. She doesn't want people around her to find out what is happening. Especially not Mason, the curious new boy in her class! And who is Coral? The girl in the photo above the fireplace, who looks so incredibly much like Iris? A story that tosses you back and forth between joy and sadness – humorous and heartbreaking – that will have you unable to stop reading.

A fascinating book to shudder at and learn from. Who do you think can tell the story of pandemics and plagues best? Exactly! The rats, fleas, ticks and other nasty creatures that carry them! And that's what they do in this book. It's wonderful, gruesome, funny and gross - this hilariously illustrated book is as full of facts as a flu patient is of germs. From bubonic plague and leprosy to malaria and corona, you'll learn all about the three pathogens: protists, bacteria and viruses. You'll discover how they cause damage, what forms they take, what the dangers are of a world where everyone is constantly travelling - and how we as humans fight all those diseases. A fascinating book to shudder at and learn from.

A humorous peaceful animal fable set in a friendly African savannah One blazing hot day, thirsty Frog takes a sip from a little puddle. It tastes so good that he drinks the next puddle and the next. He empties the water hole. He empties the river. He empties the lake. He drinks up all the water everywhere. The other animals on the savannah are not amused by Frog's thirst and try to get him to give back the precious water on which their lives depend. Lion tries to scratch Frog. Chameleon tries to bribe Frog with a fly. Crocodile tells tales of frog dinners. F inally, the eels have a very clever idea .

When you visit the zoo, Do you wonder like I do . . . Why does a giraffe have spots of brown, And do zebra's stripes go up, or down? The wonder and variety of zoo animals is explored in this book, which is as full of questions as Kipling's Elephant's Child. From an elephant to a peacock, a rhinoceros to a flamingo, an inquisitive child and his grandfather visit and ponder each animal.

Imaginations run wild as five friends try to find out who is making night noises... Turtle and friends are fast asleep in their hammock. Suddenly, Turtle wakes up and whispers, `Do you hear what I hear?' And so begins a detective tale with a twist. Who's making the noise? The animals in the hammock - Turtle, Bat, Octopus, Bird and Goat - let their imaginations run riot. Is it a giant bat? Or a bird with a huge beak? Perhaps it's a tur - bat - octo - bird - billy? After much guessing, it turns out to be a friendly elephant. The animals invite Elephant to join them in their hammock and soon new wild imaginings about the night noises begin all over again. A witty nocturnal guessing game from the author - illustrator team who created Tangram Cat.

Join Jules on an imaginative quest for a pet in this hilarious picture book filled with vibrant illustrations and a wild menagerie of animals.
Jules has a plan, a wild plan. He wants a pet, but first, he has to convince his reluctant mom. He asks for a lion! Then he sad for a hippo. He even says he wants a goat. Mark Janssen's noisy, boisterous illustrations bring this romping story to life as animals from Jules' imagination swing and stomp onto the pages.

Children will love the fun premise of the book. And it won't be long before parents are asked, "May I please have a pet lion?"

Have you ever dreamed that you could fly? Completely off the ground, free in the air? What a feeling that is! But how did you fly? Just above the ground as a dragonfly? Flashing between the treetops as a flying snake? Or really, really high as a condor above the mountains? In I fly! Kim Veenman gives you wings. You fly along with all kinds of special animals, some of which you wouldn't even expect to be able to fly. This picture book full of wonder will make you feel as free as a bird (or fish, or snake or squirrel or...) that you will never want to close it again - because then you will land with both feet on the ground again. At the back of the book are included special facts about the flying animals.

Comic strip and reading book in one, even for less fluent readers!

Victor can fly. There's just one problem: Victor can only fly when no one is around. If anyone sees him, he'll crash head over heels. Too bad, because Victor wants nothing more than to be famous. But how? The school dance is coming up and Victor is determined to shine. Will he get applause? Or will he fall flat on his face (literally!)?

It is Joe's last masterful move, when he knows he is doomed: to travel with his son Woelie. To get to know each other. To put Woelie on his own two feet. To say goodbye.

Months later, Woelie writes down their story. Searching for the right beginning, he addresses the reader directly and draws him into his moving story.

Woelie had been home for months when his father became ill. Because that was easier than going to school, where he had to explain something for the umpteenth time. Years earlier, his mother was admitted to an institution, and since then he and his father Joe have run a typical male household, in which more silence is used than talk.

At home, Woelie stares at a DVD of train journeys through Europe all day long and keeps the rest of the world at bay. That's the only way he can survive.

Until disaster strikes. During a final unforgettable Rail Away tour through Europe, the
bond between Woelie and Joe is growing. And as the farewell draws closer, they get to know themselves, each other and the world.