Bramble is born blind and soft under a hedge between two gardens, and wakes days later to find himself armoured — five thousand spines he never chose. When his mother leaves, as hedgehog mothers do, his education begins. A fox teaches him the first lesson: spines are not for hurting anything, but for keeping the soft part soft. The night teaches him the second — that a hedgehog walks two invisible miles before dawn, and that most good work is done where nothing is watching.Each enc...

“Tales of The Friendly Forest” is a colorfully illustrated collection of fairy tales for children. The book contains ten instructive fairy stories about the adventures of kind and funny inhabitants of the forest: the traveling Hedgehog, the hare Turbo, the wolf Straight Tail and other great beasts. These tales teach the children friendship, humanity and respect to each other, the ability to perceive everything in positive manner and create good mood.

They live all over North America. There may even be one living in your house! How much do you know about these wily creatures? Do you know:Do people eat raccoons?How many babies does a raccoon mother have?Where do raccoons live?Can a raccoon reach up and turn the knob to open a door?Find out what a raccoon looks like, where it lives, what it eats, what eats it, how babies are born, and other fun facts.All measurements in American and metric....

A delightful collection of poems for children, all about worms. It includes worm poems in various poetic forms, worm-related parodies of nursery rhymes, and lots more. With lots of fun and just a little environmental consciousness thrown in, this is a charming collection, perfect for KS1 children.Book band: LimeIdeal for ages: 6 +

Owls are birds. They have a round, bird-shaped body with many feathers. They also have large wings. Their wings are very big compared to the size of their body.Most owls are brown, tan and white. Some of them are all white or all brown. These colors help the owl blend into nature.Owls have very sharp claws on their feet. They use these to hunt with.They have sharp beaks. They use their beak to eat and fight with. Their beak curves down at the end.Their bottom be...

The proud black and white speckled hen was different to all the other hens in the farmyard. She had black and white feathers,and all the others hens had brown ones. She considered that being different meant being better and, when an opportunity arose where she thought she could demonstrate that fact,she took it without pausing for a second thought. The error of her decision however,is obvious to all the other occupants of the farmyard except herself,and the consequences are very final.

The Adventure of Red Robin in the African forest, the beautiful forest of Africa is full of flowers and is always peaceful and quiet. All you can hear are the very soft voices of insects. Unexpectedly, a young beautiful bird comes from Europe and she passes by, As she passes, she doesn't hear any sound or movements of birds, and she stops for while and listens. The atmosphere make's Lullaby thinks a loud in her songful bird voice the nature of the forest is very rare, suddenly there is bir...

Discover the beauty and wonder of trees in this stunningly illustrated collection of poetry and stories celebrating trees and what they mean to the world around us . . .Inspired by the woods around his home, the mighty forests that support our life on Earth, and the Ted Hughes poem which gives this book its title, My Heart Was a Tree is a celebration, and Sir Michael Morpurgo's love letter to trees.There are stories from an ancient olive rememberin...

The Tallest Tree in The Forest, is about our tingle trees. Yes they do exist! In a very tiny area in south west of W.A.,and they grow no where else in the entire world. The story is about one particular little tingle seed is so ambitious to be the tallest tree, that he is greedy, selfish, and arrogant toward every one around him. He learns some hard lessons about attitude on the way up. The young readers learn about how a forest works, why it pays to be nice, and the importance of habitat ...

Fun Verse for Young Ones is a collection of fun poems which parents can read to their young children to encourage a love of language. Using humour and rhyme allows children to discover the vibrancy of the English language and shows them how playful language can be. Topics covered include counting, multiplication, the alphabet as well as just silly, fun verse that hopefully will encourage young readers to improve their skills to the point where they can read this book unassisted.

The Toad and the Frog and Other Fables provides an entertaining and instructive set of new fables for young readers. The ten fables bring in a range of animals like pigs, frogs, snakes, hares, moles, mice, alligators and more. The fables are not overly didactic, but they do provide some valuable lessons for life in general. Many of the settings and characters were inspired by the childhood of the author growing up on a farm. Our increasingly urban lives provide some advantages to young rea...

Rebuffed by the princess after retrieving her golden ball, a noble frog sets out to find a more suitable mate in Alix Berenzy's A Frog Prince"Several of the pictures are simply breathtaking, conveying an unusual depth of emotion. Wry, touching, funny, and completely satisfying." --School Library Journal, starred review