Patrick Benson est un illustrateur de livres pour enfants réputé, dont l'œuvre est appréciée pour son esprit ludique et sa chaleur. Son style distinctif donne vie aux personnages, touchant les lecteurs de tous âges. Ses illustrations ornent un large éventail d'histoires bien-aimées, apportant un charme visuel unique à chaque récit.
Je suis Rex. À la ferme il y a toujours à faire : rentrer les vaches, les moutons... Et il y a Lila, la fille du fermier. Nous étions les meilleurs amis, jusqu'à ce que le cheval arrive...
On a tree in the woods, three baby owls, Sarah and Percy and Bill, sit and think and wait for their Owl Mother to come home
From Patrick Benson, the illustrator of Owl Babies, comes the read-aloud story of Raju the baby elephant and his mummy who set out on a great jungle adventure. Raju follows his mother, holding tightly onto her tail, as they bravely journey across a wide river, battle the tall grass and delve into the deep, dark forest ... meeting snapping crocodiles, slithering snakes and ferocious tigers along the way. But where are Raju and his mummy going? What will they see in the end? Little tired Raju keeps asking, "When can we go home again?" and, each time, his mummy replies, “Soonâ€. This lyrical story transports readers to the lush, wild Indian jungle and exquisitely captures the fear and excitement of new experience.Please ask if you need a specific version. The data provided here may not be correct. With buying and not asking you are accepting the book as is.
Each of these short stories was written specifically for Christmas. They combine concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional Christmas spirit-lore. The stories include "A Christmas Carol", "The Chimes", "The Battle of Life" and "The Cricket on the Hearth".
L'histoire de ces petits êtres qui vivent au coeur de la forêt ... A lire et à écouter.
Comparing herself to the larger Emperor penguins, Pip the Adélie penguin feels unhappy with her size until an encounter with a huge sperm whale puts things in a different perspective for her.
Toad of Toad Hall has his finest hour - in the final volume of William Horwood's bestselling Tales of the Willows sequence.
This is a re-creation of the much-loved world of Kenneth Grahames The Wind in the Willows. William Horwood, author of the Duncton trilogies, brings to life the characters of Badger, Water Rat, Mole and Toad.
