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Mr and Mrs Duck are appalled by their strange-looking new offspring and they send him off to find his real parents. Toddlers and young children will love helping Ugly Duckling look behind all the flaps to meet the various countryside animals who might be his mummy. There's a very near miss with a naughty fox before he meets the swans and sails merrily off down the river with his real family.

In a pond so deep and chilly sat a frog upon a lily, Catching flies the size he'd never seen before. All at once, he started chuckling at a fluffy yellow duckling Shaking shyly on the sand along the shore.      And so begins the charming story of Little Chicken Duck, whose fear of water prevents her from learning to swim. Taken under Froggie's wing, she is brought into the forest clearing, where each of the birds, in turn, confesses their deepest fear and how they came to terms with it. Armed w...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Inspired by the real-life rainbow-colored Mandarin Duck who appeared in New York’s Central Park in 2018, this modern fable by Bette Midler celebrates the connections people make with each other and the world around them.    How do you get people to appreciate what is right in front of them? In The Tale of the Mandarin Duck, it takes a mysterious, beautiful duck and a clear-eyed kid to point out the obvious! Bette Midler’s distinctive voice joins striking photos of t...

The classic story retold with simple text and delightful illustrations. Poor Tom and Elena can’t believe their luck when their goose lays a golden egg, but what happens when one golden egg a day just isn’t enough? First Reading Level Three titles help beginner readers develop reading stamina and include character sheets or maps and the main story. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. Also available as an English Learner's Edition w...

This innovative board book, with wonderfully bright illustrations, has a fabulous novelty that is sure to delight young readers. With die-cut holes throughout, children can say “Peepo!” to all the animals and watch as one animal is transformed into another as if by magic! Finally they can say “Peepo!” to themselves in the mirror on the last page!

Hilarious, action-packed new title in the bestselling Duck in the Truck series from highly-regarded picture book creator, Jez Alborough. Make way SUPER DUCK is here! Goat is eager to try out his new kite with the help of friends, Sheep and Frog. But, just they are about to see if it will fly, Super Duck arrives in his super truck. And, as always when Duck is around, things are bound to go wrong! Indeed it is not long before Frog is carried up into the sky on the end of the ki...

Watch out! Here comes Duck in a brand new edition of the first book in the million copy bestselling series! This is the tale of a duck in a truck -a truck that was stuck in some yucky brown muck.A sheep in a jeep and a frog in a bushsaw the truck stuck and gave it a push.But the truck stayed stuck!What now, can you guess?Could a goat in a boatget them out of this mess?

Duck has lost his silver key.I wonder where that key can be?Lift the flaps – take a peek,Frog is playing hide and seek. A rhyming, flap book introducing Jez Alborough's endearingly hapless character, Duck, to an even younger audience. Duck wants to take Frog out for a drive in his truck but he has lost his key and can't start the engine. Where can it be? Could Frog know anything about it? Lift the flaps in this engaging book, to help Duck find his key.

All Ralph wants is a rocket ship. So he asks his mom for one. Too big, she tells him. Ralph asks his dad. Too tall, he tells Ralph. What will Ralph do? With a little bit of imagination, a stack! stack!, abang! bang!, and a tape, tape, tape, tape!, Ralph soon has his rocket ship. And it s even big enough to fit his good pal Katy Duck, too!

Duck and Rat's bookstore is busy as Christmas approaches and all the animals buy gifts and celebrate with their friends.

Ruby is a careful duckling who likes to take things slowly, in her own time. But her new friend Errol is bustling and bold! Together they make the perfect team. Ruby's careful thinking sees them through a maze of reeds, but when faced with a steep and dangerous waterfall, will Ruby have time to stop and think, or will she just have to GO FOR IT? A third, charming story featuring everyone's favourite duckling.

Bear just wants to read and write and think while Goose wants to talk and talk and talk. Bear is getting increasingly frustrated as Goose keeps interrupting him. Then Goose announces that thinking makes him hungry and he needs to make a snack. Goose returns with the snack and a note that he reads to bear: "You are my splendid friend." Bear responds by giving Goose a bear hug. They are splendid friends, indeed.

Follow the ugly duckling, who is rejected by the other ducks because he doesn’t look like them and doesn’t fit in. Will they change their mind when he grows up – and will they have a surprise in store? This lovely wordless retelling of the traditional tale has been illustrated by James Mayhew. Follow the ugly duckling who is rejected by the other ducks because he doesn’t look like them and doesn’t fit in. Will they change their mind when he grows up – and will they have a surprise in s...

Aesop’s classic fable retold for beginner readers, with delightful illustrations and accompanying audio narration. Tom and Elena can’t believe their luck when their goose lays a golden egg, but what happens when one golden egg a day just isn’t enough? "Irresistible for children learning to read. " - Child Education Plus

Three eggs hatch, resulting in an unusual but happy family.

PEEP! A duckling attaches itself to the first thing it sees—a warmhearted young boy—in this charming book about friendship and change. The duckling follows the boy home, and soon the two are inseparable. But the duckling is growing up. And one day...QUACK! A flock of ducks flies by, and the boy realizes with a great pang of sorrow that his friend will have to return to live among its own kind. A heartwarming twist ending adds to the delight. Kevin Luthardt's deceptively simple story features c...

Henrietta has big dreams for a little chicken: learning to sing, to swim, to fly, and, most important of all, to lay golden eggs. Even when her three thousand, three hundred thirty-three fellow inmates in the old henhouse laugh at her ambitions, Henrietta holds fast, practicing day and night. And while she's honing her talents, she's also getting ready to move on to the bigger, brighter world she can see through the tiny hole in the henhouse wall. Our heroine is no fool; she knows her limitation...

One sunshiny day, the Ducks set off for a family waddle. Mommy Duck calls to Dilly to keep up. But PUFF! a gust of wind blows out one of Dilly's downy feathers. Dilly races after her feather, but it keeps floating further and further away. What is she going to do?

A super cute touch-and-feel story all about our furry (and not-so-furry) friends!Clara the cow is looking for her friends on the farm. Can you help her find them? With different textures and surprises on every page, little ones will love exploring this sensory story!