A lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa, and his lifelong friendship with a white lion. All my life I'll think you you, I promise I will. I won't ever forget you. Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African veld. They are inseparable until Bertie is sent to boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to a circus. Bertie swears that one day they will see one another again, but it is the butterfly lion which ensures that their friendship will never be forgotten.

The magical new novel from the number 1 bestselling author of PS, I Love You, Where Rainbows End and If You Could See Me Now. Ever since the day her classmate Jenny-May Butler vanished, Sandy Shortt has been haunted by what happens when something — or someone — disappears. Finding has become her goal. Jack Ruttle is desperate to find his younger brother Donal who vanished into thin air a year ago. So then he spots an ad for Sandy's missing persons agency, he's certain that she will answer his prayers and find his missing brother. But then Sandy disappears too, stumbling upon a place that is a world away from the only one she has ever known. Now all she wants, more than anything, is to find her way home.

Best Friends Frog and Toad are always together. Here are five wonderful stories about flowers, cookies, bravery, dreams, and, most of all, friendship.

Celebrate a very merry Christmas with best-selling picture book character, Russell the Sheep! When Santa and his broken sleigh are stranded in Firefly Wood, Sanya is sure that Christmas will have to be cancelled. That is, until Russell the Sheep comes to the rescue! With a clatter and a bang, Russell shows that hard work and a little imagination can make a magic that is all his own. Everyone's favourite woolly sheep is baaaack in a Christmas story perfect for any eager child awaiting Santa's arrival.

Celebrate a very merry Christmas with best-selling picture book character, Russell the Sheep! When Santa and his broken sleigh are stranded in Firefly Wood, Sanya is sure that Christmas will have to be cancelled. That is, until Russell the Sheep comes to the rescue! With a clatter and a bang, Russell shows that hard work and a little imagination can make a magic that is all his own. Everyone's favourite woolly sheep is baaaack in a Christmas story perfect for any eager child awaiting Santa's arrival.

Bestselling author Marian Keyes has delighted readers with the lives, loves, and foibles of the irrepressible Walsh sisters and their eccentric mammy. In this Life in the Big Apple is perfect for Anna. She has the best job in the world, a lovely apartment, and great friends. Then one morning, she wakes up in her mammy's house in Dublin with stitches in her face, a dislocated knee, hands smashed up, and no memory at all of what happened. As soon as she's able, Anna's flying back to Manhattan, mystified but determined to find out how her life turned upside down. As her past slowly begins coming back to her, she sets out on an outrageous quest-involving lilies, psychics, mediums, and anyone who can point her in the right direction. Marrying life's darker bits with wild humor and tender wit, Anybody Out There is a strange and wonderfully charming look at love here and ever after.

This classic story of Sophie and her extraordinary tea-time guest has been loved by millions of children since it was first published over 30 years ago. Now a new generation will enjoy this beautiful reformatted board book edition! The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don't expect to see at the door is a big furry, stripy tiger! This modern classic picture book is perfect for reading aloud, or for small children to read to themselves time and again. All artwork has been re-originated and a fresh design approach has been used for this reformatted edition.

TORO, TORO is the story of a young boy growing up in Andalucia, Spain, on a farm rearing bulls for the bull ring. Antonito hand rears a little black calf and they become firm friends, but the boy doesn't yet understand the fate of the black bulls — the corrida and death. Later, when he learns of the horrors of the bull fight, he frees Paco, the black bull, and rides with him into the hills. There they witness the bombing of their village (it's the year 1936, and the Spanish Civil War has started) and Antonito cannot go back — his family and the farm are destroyed, and Paco has run off, wild with fright. He decides to stay in the hills, where he meets up with the Resistance fighters. During the War, Antonito hears stories round the campfire of the wonderful black bull, who becomes a symbol of freedom for them all. Could this really be Paco? But no-one has ever seen him. After the war, when Antonito is working as a muleteer in the mountains, he falls asleep and dreams of Paco. In the morning, he wakes to see hoof prints on the ground beside him... A delightful story, full of nostalgia and drama in the author's own inimitable style. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.

Collins Easy Learning French Study Dictionary is an up-to-date, easy-reference dictionary with IPA, ideal for learners of French at Junior Secondary level. Collins Easy Learning French Study Dictionary can also be used by anyone of any age who is starting to learn French. The entries cover everyday French and English (including all essential set expressions) so you can be sure of having all the vocabulary you need. The dictionary also offers additional help in the form of a full guide to using the dictionary, essential grammar pages and phonetics for all French and English headwords. With warnings on the most common errors and confusable words, the Collins Easy Learning French Study Dictionary gives a solid foundation for French language learning.

History takes flight in the second book of Naomi Novik`s deliciously addictive series which captures the Napoleonic period perfectly and skillfully layers the timeline with imagination by adding a Dragon Air Force to the battle for England.

Collins Easy Learning Maths 8-9 develops numeracy skills. Its colourful motivating activities make learning fun. Helpful tips and answers are included to help support learning. Hours of fun activities. Builds numeracy skills. Boosts confidence. Develops a love of learning Collins Easy Learning Maths Age 5-6 gives support, practice and guidance for year-by-year school learning. Easy to use — clear guidance for parent and child. Easy to learn — colourful and engaging activities keep motivation levels high. Easy to remember — information and activities organised in clear, memorable chunks.

The sweeping novel from the author of 'Purple Hibiscus', shortlisted for the Orange Prize, and winner of the Commonwealth Writers Award. This highly anticipated novel from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is set in Nigeria during the 1960s, at the time of a vicious civil war in which a million people died and thousands were massacred in cold blood. The three main characters in the novel are swept up in the violence during these turbulent years. One is a young boy from a poor village who is employed at a university lecturer's house. The other is a young middle-class woman, Olanna, who has to confront the reality of the massacre of her relatives. And the third is a white man, a writer who lives in Nigeria for no clear reason, and who falls in love with Olanna's twin sister, a remote and enigmatic character. As these people's lives intersect, they have to question their own responses to the unfolding political events. This extraordinary novel is about Africa in a wider sense: about moral responsibility, about the end of colonialism, about ethnic allegiances, about class and race; and about the ways in which love can complicate all of these things.

The 300 plus photos represent the year's best commercial and fine art photography. The extensive index of these top photographers and their representatives, as well as camera and film information makes this book an essential inspirational resource.

Celebrate the 50th birthday of I Can Read with a classic collection that contains four I Can Read classics: Amelia Bedelia, Biscuit, Frog and Toad Together, and Danny and the Dinosaur.

Banned forever from the eastern end of the Valley of the Kings, eminent Egyptologist Radcliffe Emerson's desperate attempt to regain digging rights backfires — and his dream of unearthing the tomb of the little-known king Tutankhamon is dashed. Now Emerson, his archaeologist wife, Amelia Peabody, and their family must watch from the sidelines as Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter discover the greatest Egyptian treasure of all time. But the Emersons' own less impressive excavations are interrupted when father and son Ramses are lured into a trap by a strange group of villains ominously demanding answers to a question neither man comprehends. And it will fall to the ever-intrepid Amelia to protect her endangered family — and perhaps her nemesis as well — from a devastating truth hidden uncomfortably close to home... and from a nefarious plot that threatens the peace of the entire region.

This is a new edition of the classic illustrated storybook, ideal for children just beginning to read on their own. This exciting story about a procession of animals chasing a fly, is pacy and ideal for encouraging even 'non-reading' children to read. This Green Back Book will boost the confidence of children who have just started to read on their own. It is perfect for encouraging children to read!

Arguably the most popular live-action series from Disney, readers everywhere will eagerly devour the amazing 8x8 retellings of the third Pirates of the Caribbean film. Each book will retell the story from a different point of view and will provide kids with full-color stills from the film. No pirate-in-training will want to miss out! 8x8 #3: The swash-buckling adventures and twisted intrigues of the third Pirates of the Caribbean film are retold from Will Turner's point of view.

In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. Goodnight room, goodnight moon. And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room — to the picture of the three little bears sitting in chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to the mittens and the kittens, to everything one by one — he says goodnight. In this classic of modern children's literature, beloved by generations of readers and listeners, the quiet poetry of the words and the gentle, lulling illustrations combine to make a perfect book for the end of the day.

The King lived in a castle high on the hill and he loved food! Every day was filled with milkshakes and muffins, puddings and pumpkins, chicken and chocolate as many yummy things as the cooks could bake. But the king was getting slower and fatter — who could help him to get back on his horse and have fun again?