Imaginative, playful, and funny, Pomelo Explores Color is all about discovery and the experience of seeing color anew In this humorous and emotionally astute exploration of color, Pomelo looks about and discovers twelve colors in all their nuance. He encounters the infinite white of falling snow, the hypnotizing red of love, and the shadowy blue of the unknown. The colors describe our concrete world, but also reflect emotional states, as well as the curious, oddball sensibility of our dear Pome...
Where Is My Little Elephant? - Où est mon petit éléphant? (Where Is...? - Ou Est...?, #3)
by Ingo Blum
The young elephants want to have a race to prove who is fastest, so Elmer and Wilbur organise a course. With each racer decorated a different colour, they set off around the course and discover things about themselves - Blue is first, Orange is second, White is kind, Pink and Violet are funny and Yellow is a cheat. Luckily Yellow also learns he is very good at saying sorry, so each young elephant gets a medal from Elmer.
Dougie and his friends love dancing, but when Dougie's daddy does the cha cha cha, there is no room for anyone else.
'I cannot trumpet this book loudly enough. Scary, funny, romantic, heartwarming; an elephant book you won’t forget' - Michael MorpurgoWhen a baby elephant is abandoned on the African savannah, a young boy named Bat takes her back to his village and cares for her. But Bat's grandmother explains that Meya cannot stay with them for ever - the call of the wild will always be sounding in her soul. Then frightening rumours arrive at the village; rumours of kidnapping, suffering and war. Bat and his fr...
Éléphant Et Rosie: Mon Ami Est Triste (Elephant Et Rosie)
by Mo Willems
The latest from venerable storyteller and brilliant artist Laurent de Brunhoff has Babar's family on a world tour! They visit a number of countries around the globe. First stop is Italy where they learn to say "Buon giorno! Hello!" After that, it's off to Germany, Spain, Russia, India, Japan, and Thailand. Then Mexico, the Southwest United States, Egypt, Antarctica, and, of course, France. In each place the children learn to say "hello" and discover a bit about the local culture. Babar's World T...
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE). This book is aimed at Independent Reading 12, for readers aged 7 years old and up, or in the second half of Year 3.Elephant is the biggest and also thinks he's the best. He's always a bit rude to the other animals, until some clever squirrels teach him a lesson.Reading Champion offers indepe...
Maya and Victor Green hope to see some elephants on their latest trip to visit their friend, Maatla, in Africa. But, the elephants have been declining in numbers and not many are left. It will take the Green Kids and all of Africas animals to complete this adventure!
When Rose meets Elmer she's humming a tune, a tune she just can't get out of her head. When she leaves, Elmer realises he can't get the tune out of his head either - and as he crosses the jungle he can see the infectious tune spreading to every animal Rose has met! Can Elmer help everyone get rid of it?
Little Elliot and Mouse are back for another adventure - and this time, they're looking for Christmas spirit! Elliot isn't quite sure what Christmas spirit is, but he suspects he doesn't have it. Not even a visit to Santa Claus can put Elliot in the right mood. But when chance blows a letter for Santa into Elliot and Mouse's path, the two friends discover what Christmas is all about - and make a new friend, too. A heartfelt celebration of the season of giving!
Bernard will not take his bath. So his family tries to make the bath as inviting as possible for the baby elephant. Mama pours in bubble bath, Papa adds a rubber ducky. Grandma offers a toy boat. Still, Bernard says, "No bath." Then Papa has an idea. He dives into the tub to show Bernard that bath time is fun time. Soon Mama and Grandma dive into the tub as well, trumpeting and blowing water from their trunks and playing with Bernard's toys. Everyone is having lots of fun. Now Bernard wants to j...
An Elephant & Piggie Biggie Volume 2! (Elephant and Piggie Book)
by Mo Willems
Read 5 Elephant & Piggie adventures in this special bind-up collection that celebrates imagination! Mo Willems, award-winning, New York Times best-selling creator of The Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, and Unlimited Squirrels, presents best friends Elephant and Piggie. Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. Stories included in this bind-up collection: · I Am Going! · We...
The Elephant Kitties Piggies and Puppies Around the Farm (Frenchy the Fox Books for Kids, #3)
by Monica Wagner and Christian Stahl
I've known my mama for such a long time. For my whole life, actually. My mama loves playing with me and my cars. I like that, as long as mama tidies up the cars afterwards. I’m good at hiding. No one can find me, not even my mama ... and then suddenly I shout, “PEEKABOO!” My mama’s scared to death! I laugh and laugh. At night, my mama shakes the stars off my pants. I give her a big hug and say. “Goodnight stars, see you tomorrow!” A naughty baby elephant tells all about his mother in this lovi...