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HarperCollins Publishers Katinka’s Tail
The classic picture book about a magical cat from the beloved and iconic Judith Kerr. This magical new book from the one and only Judith Kerr is brimming with her trademark warm humour and exquisitely imaginative artwork. Come on a wondrous journey with Katinka, a perfectly ordinary pussycat, with a not-quite-so-ordinary tail… A classic-in-the-making from Judith Kerr OBE, recipient of the Booktrust Lifetime Acveivement Award and creator of the iconic Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat, this delightful story is the perfect gift for boys and girls of all ages.
£7.99
Tate Publishing Frankfurt
Pierre and Frankfurt have lived happily together in their top floor flat, since the first day they met! Frankfurt is the most refined little dog you could imagine. He drinks his tea without the slightest slurp, he never gobbles his food and arranges his toys and scarves according to size and colour. But there is one thing that really upsets Frankfurt - one word! His name! How could anyone ever take a sausage dog seriously with a name like that? But Frankfurt has a plan . . . Join Frankfurt and Pierre in this wonderful book picture book that celebrates the importance of identity and friendship.
£9.04
Penguin Books Ltd Tanya Bakes
Youtuber and actress Tanya Burr is back with her very first cookbook, sharing her passion for baking and all her favourite recipes. As well as cakes and bakes, readers will love Tanya's delicious and simple puddings, loaves and pastries. From everyday staple bakes to sweet treats for special occasions, Tanya's got the perfect recipe, every time, including: - Tanya's Ultimate Celebration Cake - Banoffee Pie - Salted Caramel Cheesecake - Rhubarb and Custard Muffins - Earl Grey Tea Loaf - Tanya's Nanny's Apple Pie - Smarties Flapjacks So make yourself at home in the kitchen with Tanya and treat yourself, your friends and family to something delicious!
£20.00
Design Originals TangleEasy Vintage Icons: Design templates for Zentangle(R), coloring, and more
Create something amazing with these ready-to-use artistic templates for retro icons. From tea sets and tugboats to gramophones and jukeboxes, these classic visions run the cultural gamut from conventional Victorian to hipster cool. Use these timeless designs for simple coloring enjoyment, or fill them with tangles and other patterns to make your own Zentangle-inspired masterpiece. You ll find expert advice here on coloring and patterning techniques, along with a gorgeous gallery of inspiring finished pieces. TangleEasy Vintage Icons is printed on quality, heavyweight paper, micro-perforated for easy removal and framing. Visit www.TangleEasy.com for new designs and updates."
£12.55
St Martin's Press Molly on the Moon
When Molly and her family move to the moon, they can only pack the essentials-limited to one toy each for Molly and her little brother Luke. But luckily, Molly has a big imagination. A packing crate becomes a fort, a tarp becomes a witch's cape, and some cans become a tea set. Baby Luke, on the other hand, has nothing but a few blocks. Soon, big sister Molly discovers that whether you have all the toys in the universe, or just a few, playtime is more fun when you share it with someone you love.
£14.99
Knock Knock Knock Knock Fill in the Love Mom Vouchers
Let Mom know she's loved, appreciated–and not just a robot who used to drive you around and make you dinner–with this shiny booklet of personalizable, feel-good coupons from Knock Knock. Simply fill out all 15 vouchers and hand 'em over to be cashed in anytime for props, pampering, favors, fun, and a well-earned break. • Need unique gifts for mom? We got you. • Because Mom deserves more than a generic set of tea towels or scented candles • Dazzling metallic stamping will make Mom ooh and ahh! • 7.5 x 3.25 inches; sold as a single unit containing 15 unique coupons
£9.95
Walker Books Ltd Mouse Bird Snake Wolf
The dream team of David Almond and Dave McKean bring us a complete story set in an incomplete world.The gods have created a world – they've built mountains, a sea and a sky – and now their days are filled with long naps in the clouds (and tea and cake). That's until Harry, Sue and Little Ben begin to fill the gaps of the world: with a mousy thing, a chirpy thing and a twisty legless thing. As the children's ideas take shape, the power of their visions proves to be greater than they, or the gods, could ever have imagined.
£7.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Fancy Nancy Take-Along Storybook Set: 5 Storybook Adventures
Ooh la la-five fabulous Fancy Nancy books in one box set! From staying up late to throwing a birthday party for Frenchy to learning new ballet dance moves and more, no one brings pizzazz quite like Nancy! From New York Times bestselling team Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser comes a set of 8x8 favorites-Fancy Nancy and the Late, Late, LATE Night, Fancy Nancy and the Sensational Babysitter, Fancy Nancy: Tea for Two, Fancy Nancy: Puppy Party, and Fancy Nancy: Budding Ballerina-all complete with a box and handle for readers on the go!
£17.35
HarperCollins Publishers Mummy Time
Mummy time is magic time in this unexpected and enchanting tale from the one and only Judith Kerr, creator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat. From Judith Kerr OBE comes a future classic to touch the heart and tickle the funny bone. With whip-smart observation, illustration perfection and the unexpected twist on the everyday that personifies Judith’s classics, Mummy Time is sure to join the ranks of her very best, and bestselling, books. Full of warmth, whimsy and wit – and the very special magic that can only happen when you’re with Mummy…
£7.21
Galison Eatzalotl Card Game
Eatz-a-lotl by Mudpuppy a punny card game that features an adorable axolotl, the giant salamander that is native to Mexico. Our card game is a take on the classic game of Snap - a fast-paced matching game suited for children of all ages. Players try to be the first to spot a match and shout Eatz-a-lotl! to collect cards. The adorable artwork features a hungry axolotl enjoying pizza, boba tea, popcorn, and more. Box: 3.25 x 4.75 x 1, 8 x 12 x 2.5 cm Ages 4+ Players: 2-4 Instructions included
£7.57
Gill The Presidents Dog
The President is taking his dog for a walk in the mountains. It's the first time his pet has been on a hike and they're both very excited. But then a storm hits, and the President sends the pup for help while he takes shelter on the mountainside.The courageous dog jumps fences, scales boulders and crosses wild rivers until he meets the mountain rescue team, who take him on the most exciting trip ever as their helicopter flies to the rescue, getting the President and his dog home to the Áras just in time for tea!
£9.99
The Crowood Press Ltd Fired Up With Raku: Over 300 Raku Recipes
The origins of raku can be traced back hundreds of years to Japan, where it was used as the traditional method of creating clay bowls for the tea ceremony. Over the years potters have embraced and adapted the methods, celebrating the remarkable but unpredictable results achieved using raku techniques. The author, who has specialized in raku for over twenty years, considers the origins of raku before offering over 300 glaze recipes. A selection of other potters also share their ideas, and with one hundred photographs of raku-fired pieces, Fired Up With Raku offers inspiration to all potters.
£14.99
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Sun's Season of Channels: An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy, Chinese Medical Theory, and Channels
This is a creative, entry-level book on Chinese medicine theory, philosophy, and concepts told in an accessible, story-telling format in the context of a child visiting their grandparents over the summer and having lessons over afternoon tea. It presents the theory of Yin/Yang, the five elements, the Chinese Biorhythm Clock and the placement of the channels with a logical explanation in a narrative style. With a dialectic approach, it not only aids Chinese medicine students in understanding the Classical texts, but also nudges students away from memorising information and towards a deeper understanding of the channels and relevant theories.
£15.96
Taylor Trade Publishing Antique Roses for the South
"Belinda's Dream", "Katy Road Pink" and "Georgetown Tea." The names alone evoke images of glorious cottage gardens and arching trellises laden with perfumed blossoms. Offering gardeners hardiness and ease of care, some roses have even lived for decades untended. All provide their admirers with years of pleasure and enticing fragrances. In this revised edition, rose expert Bill Welch updates the latest information and top sources for antique roses. The improved Antique Roses for the South is filled with gorgeous images and offers chapters on care and propagation, landscaping and arranging, and rose crafts. The comprehensive dictionary lists more than 100 of these magnificent flowers, complete with helpful descriptions.
£20.08
Nine Arches Press Ticker-Tape
From politics to pop, from the UK to California, wherever digital heartbeats flutter and stutter, Ticker-tape is a maximalist take on 21st century living. Rishi Dastidar’s first full collection showcases one of contemporary poetry’s most distinctive voices, delivering effervescence with equal servings of panache and whiplash-quick wit.Here is sheer madcap ingenuity and also impressive breadth; ranging from odes of love to deconstructed diversity campaigns and detonations of banter’s worst excesses, plus appearances from ex-SugaBabes, a shark who comes to tea, to the matters of matchstick empires and national identity. Ticker-tape is bold, adventuresome and wry – an unmissable and irrepressible debut.
£9.99
HarperCollins Publishers You're It!: A Hop, Skip and Jump Through Childhood Games
You’re It! is a brilliantly observed hop, skip and jump down memory lane; a celebration of the days when you used to get home from school, hop out of your school clothes, skip over to your best friend's house and jump around all afternoon until Mum called you in for tea. Nowadays, those classic – and universal – games of Hopscotch, Skipping, Bulldog and Hide and Seek are almost forgotten, rarely played, rarely passed on as generations come and go. With You’re It! you can relive those fun and silly games in this beautifully illustrated, wonderfully nostalgic book celebrating the games we remember from our childhoods as well the days themselves.
£6.66
Octopus Publishing Group Vegan Snacks: Simple, Delicious Sweet and Savoury Treats
Welcome to a delicious world of vegan nibblesFrom the healthy to the decadent, from on-the-go breakfast ideas to after-dinner indulgences, this book has sweet bites and savoury treats to satisfy everyone. Try not to swoon as you whip up delights such as:- tofu poké bowl- matcha tea and lime pie- jackfruit tacos- apple pie milkshake- pitta pizza- chocolate chip cookie dough- buffalo cauli wingsWhether you have only a few minutes to prepare a quick morsel or you want to create something truly impressive to satisfy those cravings, these tasty recipes are all you need to keep your hunger pangs at bay.
£9.99
Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the LookingGlass Keepsake Edition
This keepsake edition of Lewis Carroll’s classic stories includes a creatively embroidered cover.Follow Alice down the rabbit hole to Wonderland and enjoy tea with the Mad Hatter, find your way with the Cheshire Cat, and play croquet with the Queen of Hearts. On the other side of the looking-glass, meet Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the White Queen, and a host of other characters that share a different reality. Lovely black-and-white illustrations by Sir John Tenniel add a memorable touch to Alice’s adventures. This Crafted Classics edition features two of Lewis Carroll's most memorable tales and a decorative embroidered cover that gives the book a unique, handcrafted appearance.
£11.69
Chronicle Books The Rituals: Simple Practices to Cultivate Well-Being, Deepen Relationships, and Discover Your True Purpose
This stirring collection presents spiritual rituals from around the world and offers guidance on bringing the powerful practices into modern life. Filled with fascinating details on the history and meaning behind a wide range of sacred rituals for love, awareness, joy, and so much more, this timeless handbook guides readers through more than 40 empowering practices—including a candlelight ritual for renewal, a soothing ritual for unwinding, and a tea ceremony for fostering connection and gratitude. Delivered in an eye-catching package with gilded edges and foil stamping, plus evocative watercolors throughout, this book is a lovely invitation to nourish the mind, body, and soul through enduring rituals for well-being.
£13.99
Delius, Klasing & Co Curves: Germany's Coastline | Denmark
You do not need to go to California for scenic coastal roads or relaxed cruising - not when you have that right on your doorstep in Europe. Instead of chewing gum, eating burgers and drinking Coca-Cola, your travelling companions will experience liquorice, tea and shrimp rolls - and, of course, Porsche. In the latest Curves volume, Stefan Bogner travels the German coastline from von Emden to Hamburg, visits the North Frisian island Sylt, and takes a trip to Denmark. From Klitmoeller he goes to Copenhagen and Lübeck. The journey comes to an end in between seaside resorts and chalk cliffs on Rügen, an island in the Baltic. Text in English and German.
£18.00
Paul Lamond Games 4175 Tiger 24pc Floor Puzzle
Now your child can enjoy the feeling of achievement by piecing together this fantastic jumbo 24 piece floor puzzle. The puzzle image features illustrations from the classic Tiger who came to Tea book. This puzzle has extra-large pieces suitable for smaller fingers and is made up of hard wearing cardboard with a high quality finish. The puzzle is presented in a handy and sturdy carry-box with a plastic carry handle making it ideal to take away on a trip and ensuring that the puzzle stays in the best possible condition. The finished puzzle measures 490mm x 685mm. Suitable for ages 3 years and up.
£11.69
Luath Press Ltd The Ultimate Guide to the Munros: Vol 5 - Cairngorms North
The Ultimate Guide to The Munros is a guidebook with a difference. Rather than telling the reader which are the 'best' routes, it describes all practicable ascent routes up all the Munros, and rates them in terms of difficulty and quality (using comprehensive grading systems). This enables the reader to make his/her own choices from a range of route options. Providing everything a prospective hill walker could want, The Ultimate Guide to the Munros also makes extensive use of annotated digital photographs and OS maps and includes everything about a route from the amount of effort required to local history, weather conditions and the best tea-rooms in the vicinity.
£9.99
Little Tiger Press Group The Hidden Staircase
At Penhallow Hall, where magical objects come to life, Polly and ghost hound Rex discover a toy dog on the nursery shelf. But to their surprise, this dog doesn’t want to be woken! Polly finds out that the little toy dog was left behind at Penhallow during World War II by his evacuee owners, when the two children returned to the city. Polly invites her new friend at school, Lucy, over to tea and she seems strangely drawn to the toy dog, too. But before Polly can find out why, Lucy goes missing. Polly guesses where Lucy might be – but she’ll need the little dog’s help to find her.
£11.86
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Four Streets Saga
This is the complete story, in one volume, of Nadine's bestselling Four Streets Trilogy. Set in the Irish Catholic community of 1950s Liverpool and on the west coast of Ireland, this is a saga of working-class families. Despite living on the edge of poverty, they are bound together by humour and loyalty, gossip, grumbling – and endless cups of tea. It is also the gripping, horrifying story of a young girl betrayed by a man who is trusted and revered by the people of the Four Streets. The community's revenge is played out over a drama in three acts: The Four Streets, Hide Her Name and The Ballymara Road.
£15.00
Humanoids, Inc Young Agatha Christie
The hilarious adventures of the acclaimed mystery writer Agatha Christie as a child—a curious little girl who treats the everyday world as one big crime scene!As an unusual child with a penchant for puzzles, Young Agatha imagines thrilling twists on the classic fairytales (was the story of "Goldilocks" a plot by Baby Bear to get more porridge?), transforms a tea party into a crime scene, and in general drives her friends and family mad with her insatiable inquisitiveness. As with Young Mozart and Young Leonardo, William Augel offers a comic tale that is both enriching and amusing, full of humor and tenderness!
£13.49
Vintage Publishing The Biscuit: The History of a Very British Indulgence
Bourbons. Custard Creams. Rich Tea. Jammie Dodgers. Chocolate Digestives. Shortbread. Ginger snaps. Which is your favourite? British people eat more biscuits than any other nation; they are as embedded in our culture as fish and chips or the Sunday roast. We follow the humble biscuit's transformation from durable staple for sailors, explorers and colonists to sweet luxury for the middling classes to comfort food for an entire nation. Like an assorted tin of biscuits, this charming and beautifully illustrated book has something to offer for everyone, combining recipes for hardtack and macaroons, Shrewsbury biscuits and Garibaldis, with entertaining and eye-opening vignettes of social history.
£10.99
Transworld Publishers Ltd Good Omens
'Armageddon only happens once, you know. They don't let you go around again until you get it right'People have been predicting the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it's only natural to be sceptical when a new date is set for Judgement Day. But what if, for once, the predictions are right, and the apocalypse really is due to arrive next Saturday, just after tea? You could spend the time left drowning your sorrows, giving away all your possessions in preparation for the rapture, or laughing it off as (hopefully) just another hoax.Or you could just try to do something about it.
£9.99
Little, Brown & Company Black Butler, Vol. 16
Earl Ciel Phantomhive and his invincible butler, Sebastian, have thusfar been foiled in their attempts to seek an audience with the headmaster of Weston College. To further their investigation, the sole option that remains is the exclusive 'Midnight Tea Party' hosted by the elusive school head. And the only way Ciel, earl or no, can land a seat at that table is by earning the title of e Most Valuable Player in the College's annual cricket tournament. Selected from each house, students in the springtime of youth battle among the wickets on the spring-green lawn. Will the usually unperturbed young earl be bowled over by this unexpected turn of events?!
£10.99
Penguin Books Ltd Writings from the Zen Masters
These are unique stories of timeless wisdom and understanding from the Zen Masters. With rich and fascinating tales of swords, tigers, tea, flowers and dogs, the writings of the Masters challenge every perception - and seek to bring all readers closer to enlightenment.Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
£8.42
Gooseberry Patch Best-Ever Cookie, Brownie & Bar Recipes
Sugar cookies, snickerdoodles, brownies...who doesn't love a cookie? Cookies can cheer on a bad day, make a good day even better! Whether you're packing cookies in lunchboxes, sharing them with a good friend over coffee & tea or baking up goodies for a bake sale or holiday, you'll find just the right recipe here. Fill your cookie jar with these favorites...make every occasion more special. You can always count on Gooseberry Patch for easy-to-follow directions, using familiar ingredients. Whether you’re cooking for your family or hosting a casual get-together with friends, you’ll find recipes here that are sure to please.
£14.99
Anness Publishing Green Juice Book
Here is the simplest and quickest way to get vitamins and minerals into your diet. Blending gives an instant nutritional hit, with all the benefits of raw ingredients. Fruits are good for you but can be high in natural sugars - so they are used here as back-ups to the folate-, zinc-, selenium-rich green vegetables. Kale, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, spring greens, lettuce, pea shoots, watercress, parsley, mint, cucumber, celery, green apples and pears are used - not to mention wheat grass, seaweeds, spirulina, green tea and all kinds of seeds and other superfoods. The chapters offer blends to enhance energy, detox, lose weight, and to boost your natural immunity.
£13.40
Companion House Growing Your Own Cocktails, Mocktails, Teas & Infusions: Gardening Tips and How-To Techniques for Making Artisanal Beverages at Home
There's nothing quite like a thirst-quenching beverage, especially when it's made with fresh ingredients you picked from your very own garden! This book will show you what leaves, flowers, fruits, vegetables, and roots to grow in your garden so you can enjoy them from your glass. Filled with beautiful photography and helpful information on how to plant, maintain and harvest each home-grown ingredient. Also included is advice for making your own syrups, tinctures and purees. Written by Jodi Helmer, author of Grow Your Own Tea Garden, this book will inspire both small and large space gardeners to enjoy their bounty in a refreshing new way!
£12.59
Walker Books Ltd Maps: From Anna to Zane: First Skills
A whimsical story about learning to use maps, perfect for very young children.One day, Anna's friend Zane sends her an invitation: Come to tea tomorrow! This is the way to my home. Love, Zane. Inside the envelope, there's a MAP. Anna soon decides to make a map of her own, too ... and before long, Dad and even Whiskers the cat are in on the fun. From routes to symbols, point of view and scale, join Anna and her dad as they explore the wonderful world of maps – with words by Vivian French, storyteller extraordinaire, and delightful pictures by rising star Ya-Ling Huang.
£8.99
Capstone Global Library Ltd Alice, Secret Agent of Wonderland: A Graphic Novel
Alice is a skilled pre-teen secret agent, but when she joins the forces of Wonderland, she's in over her head. Nothing they do makes sense! Mr White, the new boss, is always running late for something. Maddie makes wacky gadgets and hats but stops for tea every hour. And Alice's new partner Kitty literally disappears during their mission training. How can Alice sneak into the evil Queenie Hearts's garden party and stop her top-secret, world-ending plan amid all this madness? With Far Out Classic Stories, experience Alice's Adventures in Wonderland like never before in this twisted graphic novel retelling for kids.
£8.23
Workman Publishing The Tiny Book of Tiny Pleasures
A perfect gift book filled with whimsical, colorful illustrations, short lists, cheerful prompts, recipes, and fun facts, The Tiny Book of Tiny Pleasures is the sweetest reminder imaginable that it’s the little things in life that make us happy. Little things like sharing tea with a friend. An ice cream cone with sprinkles. Finding a forgotten item of clothing in the closet. The smell in the air right after a summer rain. Created by the editors of Flow magazine, The Tiny Book of Tiny Pleasures is a celebration of slowing down and appreciating the simple moments of life—all you have to do is take notice.
£8.99
Everyman The Poppy Seed Cakes
Auntie Katusha has just come from the Old Country, bringing poppy seeds to make cakes for a mischievous four-year-old boy named Andrewshek. A little neighbour, Erminka, who wears red boots which are too big for her, joins Andrewshek for a series of adventures with talking animals, including a greedy goose who steals the cakes; a naughty white goat who hides on the roof; and a kitten, a dog and two chickens who are determined to gatecrash the children’s tea party. There is art on every page, featuring cheeky animals, gooseberry tarts, colourful shawls and Russian dolls, and cheerful Auntie Katusha in her kerchiefed and aproned splendour.
£12.50
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Fascinating Flow Blue
Enjoy a wide-ranging array of rare, unusual, and highly prized Flow Blue ceramic wares in 500 color photographs in this new study. The focus is on products of English potteries, although beautiful examples from America and elsewhere are included. Among the photos are lovely teapots in many shapes and sizes, children's tea and dinner services, potpourri jars, pitchers, platters, and plates. Also presented is a survey of the body shapes which Flow Blue adorns. Values for each of the items are included, along with an index and a bibliography. The index cross references patterns found in all four volumes of the author's Flow Blue books.
£25.19
HarperCollins Publishers Mog and Bunny and Other Stories
Share in fifty years of a really remarkable cat… Mog is everyone’s favourite family cat! Join her in this delightful collection of three favourite adventures, full of her warm-hearted and funny escapades… From the creator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat comes three delightful family adventures about a really remarkable cat! The stories included are:Mog and BunnyMog and the V.E.T.Mog and the Granny Mog the Forgetful Cat was first published fifty years ago, and Mog has been delighting children all over the world with her adventures ever since. These books are the perfect gifts for boys, girls and families everywhere!
£13.49
Headline Publishing Group Instant History: Key thinkers, theories, discoveries and concepts explained on a single page
Instant History pulls together all the pivotal moments in modern history into one concise volume. Each page contains a discrete 'cheat sheet', which tells you the most important facts in bite-sized chunks, meaning you can become an expert in an instant. From the Boston Tea Party to the Cold War, the Grand Tour to the Great Depression, the Industrial Revolution to the Russian Revolution, every key event, character or turning point is expressed in succinct and lively text and graphics. Perfect for the knowledge hungry and time poor, this collection of graphic-led lessons makes history interesting and accessible. Everything you need to know is here.
£14.99
Inter-Varsity Press Hospitality (Lifebuilder Study Guides): GOD'S CALL TO COMPASSION
Does the word hospitality bring to mind tables filled with tea, coffee and cake? While offering food to others is a wonderful ministry, this study reveals that the hospitality of the Bible is a deeper, more significant concept. In the Old Testament, hospitality demonstrates the grace and provision of God. In the New Testament, Jesus uses the imagery of a host and his guests to teach about the Kingdom of God, provision and protection. With more than 130 titles, the LifeBuilder Bible Studies series delivers sound biblical content and raises thought-provoking questions. It provides a unique Bible study experience for individuals and groups.
£7.62
Walker Books Ltd Maps: From Anna to Zane: First Skills
A whimsical story about learning to use maps, perfect for very young children.One day, Anna's friend Zane sends her an invitation: Come to tea tomorrow! This is the way to my home. Love, Zane. Inside the envelope, there's a MAP. Anna soon decides to make a map of her own, too ... and before long, Dad and even Whiskers the cat are in on the fun. From routes to symbols, point of view and scale, join Anna and her dad as they explore the wonderful world of maps – with words by Vivian French, storyteller extraordinaire, and delightful pictures by rising star Ya-Ling Huang.
£11.69
Faber & Faber Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat
A wonderful new picture book version of one of T. S. Eliot's most popular cat poems from a timeless magical partnership.We must find him or the train can't start!All aboard as Skimbleshanks, the Railway Cat, stars in the third picture-book pairing from Arthur Robins and T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's cats, set on the Night Mail train where Skimble won't let anything go wrong.To sit alongside other classics such as The Gruffalo, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, and Spot.'Beautifully illustrated to bring the poem to life.' Independent'A fabulous way to introduce young readers to poetry.' Huffington Post
£7.99
Stackpole Books Cute Knit Hats for Kids: 36 Projects
This collection of colorful, whimsical hat patterns for toddlers and young children includes some of the most creative designs you will ever see. These knitted beanies go way beyond bobbles and ruffles to knitted roses, leaves, strawberries, penguins, kittens, and other adornments. With 36 projects in a wide range of styles and difficulty levels, readers are sure to find the perfect hat in this collection. From the simple black and yellow striped "Busy Bee" hat to elaborate creations like "The Tea Party," which features a miniature teapot and jam tarts, these designs will delight both children and the knitters in their lives.
£16.48
Zondervan Always Daddy's Princess: #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
Blow the trumpet, sound the horn,Daddy’s princess has been born!The timeless journey of a daughter and father is poignantly captured in the story of a girl’s growth from childhood to motherhood in this board book edition of Always Daddy’s Princess. Playful, emotive prose, enriched by the whisper of God’s scripture on each beautifully illustrated page, invites girls and dads to see themselves reflected in this keepsake book and to be reminded of the blessings and the bonds between them. Throughout tea parties, soccer games, braces, and boys, a girl is her daddy’s princess every step of the way.
£9.79
The History Press Ltd Bloody British History: York
This is the history of York as you have never encountered it before! Travel back to a time when Erik Bloodaxe was resident monarch, or when William the Conqueror was in the middle of his relentless ‘harrying of the north’. There are no tea rooms or hanging baskets in this York, but the severed heads on the walls have a certain decorative effect and there are plenty of places to stay if you don’t mind risking cholera, plague and typhus! York has been the backdrop to some of the most significant and bloody events in British history. Read on if you dare!
£14.99
The History Press Ltd Old Japan: Secrets from the Shores of the Samurai
Japan has often been thought of as a closed country, but before the country was closed in 1635 many travellers from the West were able to experience its unique traditions and culture. Their accounts speak of legends of powerful dragons and devils, tales of the revered emperor and the protocol surrounding him, following complex etiquette in everything from tea ceremonies to footwear, and bloodthirsty warlords who exacted cruel and unusual punishments for the smallest of crimes. In Old Japan Antony Cummins uses these captivating eyewitness accounts to reveal fascinating facts and myths from the mysterious Land of the Rising Sun.
£12.99
Little, Brown & Company Too Dumb to Fail: How the GOP Won Elections by Sacrificing Its Values (And How It Can Reclaim Its Conservative Roots)
In 1963 Richard Hofstadter published his landmark book Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. Today, Matt Lewis argues, America's inclination toward simplicity and stupidity is stronger than ever, and its greatest victim is the Republican Party. Lewis, a respected Republican columnist and frequent MSNBC contributor, eviscerates the phenomenon of candidates with a "no experience required" mentality and tea party "patriots" who possess bluster but few core beliefs. Lewis traces the conservative movement's roots, from Edmund Burke to William F. Buckley, and from Goldwater's loss to Reagan's landslide victory. He highlights visionary thinkers who embraced nuance and deep ideology and changed history.
£22.00
Penguin Random House Children's UK The Shopping Basket
Steven is sent out for groceries on to the mean street of the city with only a shopping basket for protection. There are several shady characters about who are offering to lighten the load of the basket by helping themselves to his provisions! Stephen's having none of it and with the help of some of the city's less attractive sights he outsmarts all of them and makes it home in time for tea. With the pictures telling as much of the story as the text, children and adults alike will appreciate the humour and observations from this well known children's author.
£8.42
