Animal Emotions

Arthur is having the WORST DAY EVER. So he runs away - nearly to the end of the garden. But when it's time to go home, Arthur's journey back is full of surprises, and he learns how to turn a stomp into a skip, a huff into a hoot and a roar into a song! Maybe Arthur's day isn't so bad after all.

Rabbit, Duck, and Big Bear are best friends. They do everything together and go everywhere together except for one place. They never go down the long and winding path together. But this winter, when Rabbit, Duck, and Big Bear go skating on the frozen pond, Rabbit loses control and barrels straight down the path. What she finds there is one of the most beautiful places she has ever seen, but to her surprise, Big Bear and Duck both admit they sometimes go there when they want to be alone.

When Splat's teacher announces that the whole class is going to sing for their parents on Parents' Night, Splat is worried: he's afraid to speak in public, much less sing in public!

Bringing the star of smash-hit Sunday Times best-selling Alfie the Doorstep Cat to a younger readership with a brand-new Alfie story. Alfie is everyone's favourite cat. A big ball of grey fur who changes the lives of every family he meets. When the Clover family move into Alfie's neighbourhood, he soon makes friends with eight-year-old Stanley Clover. Stanley wants to be a famous explorer and takes Alfie along on his adventures.

¡Guillermo es un gato muy torpe! No le gusta intentar cosas difíciles porque tiene miedo de salir herido. Tal vez su lema ayudará: Esto no lo puedo hacer todavía, y aprenderlo puede ser desafiante. Daré lo mejor de mí para superarlo. Mi mejor esfuerzo es suficiente.

Can a unicorn help me deal with bullying? I have a unicorn for a pet.... She’s my best friend ever. We do many cool things together - eating breakfast, racing across the meadow, then sliding down the rainbow, and a lot more.... But most importantly, my unicorn is very wise and smart and often sits with me for hours to talk about important things. Recently, I didn’t feel very happy, and I didn’t want to go school, because there was a girl and her friends at school who decided to pick on me, and I felt bullied.... Luckily, my unicorn told me just what to do to deal with bullying!

The all-time classic, best-selling ode to the love shared between parent and child. Perfect for new parents, baby showers, christenings, and sharing at bedtime. A day in the life of parent and child - full of smiles and giggles, messes and meals, boundless energy and well-earned rest. Not to mention lots of love. Here, in simple rhyming verse, is one such day. Share it with others and treasure the memories.

Tim the baby blue jaguar faces his fear of rainbows in this charming tale. Through determination and support from friends, Tim learns that rainbows aren't so scary after all. A heartwarming story about courage and overcoming fears.

Tim the baby blue tiger faces his fear of flowers in this charming tale. Through determination and support from friends, Tim learns that flowers aren't so scary after all. A heartwarming story about courage and overcoming fears.

Twelve-year-old Pavi Sharma is an expert at the Front Door Face: the perfect mix of puppy dog eyes and a lemonade smile, the exact combination to put foster parents at ease as they open their front door to welcome you in. After being bounced around between foster families and shelter stays, Pavi is a foster care expert and runs a "business" teaching other foster kids what she's learned. With a wonderful foster family in mom Marjorie and brother Hamilton, things are looking up. Then Pavi meets Meridee: a five-year-old, who's getting placed at Pavi's first horrendous foster home.

Oliver, the courageous little boxer pup, embarks on an adventure to the dentist and the eye doctor for the very first time. As he steps into the office, a mix of nervous excitement bubbles within him, each heartbeat echoing his anticipation. With the help of some new friends he meets along the way he transforms his apprehension into determination as he faces the unknown. Accompanying him is his playful younger sister, Luna, who eagerly tags along for the eye doctor visit.

April has always marched to the beat of her own drum, but would life be easier if she learned to fit in? Now that she's in Year 8, things have got even worse. She's much more likely to be trying to rescue an animal in need than worrying about who's dating who at school, which April just finds BORING. Plus, her lessons feel like they're in a foreign language, and it suddenly seems impossible to make it through the week without landing in detention. As family worries and classroom romances ramp up, it feels like everyone around her is pulling away - even her best friend Ben.

Little Monkey always felt that other animals were talking bad about him behind his back, but in the end he cried.

Su is confident she can keep the hot, younger search and rescue guy in his place. They’re both adult enough to have a fling while Ian is in town, and then walk away at the end of the three weeks with no strings attached. As far as Su is concerned, he can touch anything but her heart. Ian never gets attached anyway. He never has, and for good reason. Why should Su be any different? But Su wakes up in the middle of the night with nightmares, and not just from one thing. Ian Carello has locked away every memory that could possibly wake him at night. When tragedy strikes, everything will be ...

Some days, Luka the blue whale doesn't feel happy at all. He gets angry, he's sad, he cries until the ocean is salty. His friend Jenny wants to help Luka, but how? Luckily, a wise mermaid might know what to do.... This story gently introduces children to the symptoms of depression and gives advice on how to help others who are feeling blue. This is a book not just for children.

It all begins a thousand years ago on the flats of Africa and follows a wolf-dog as he makes life-altering decisions not just for himself but for the human with whom he develops a bond. This union remains inviolable as Puck’s soul passes from one life to the next. Puck’s story is as spiritual as it is terrestrial. His earthly visits are interwoven with returns to The Bridge and Azul, the latter a divinity who advises Puck but does not predetermine his actions - or his fate(s).

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Little Bear feels the world around him. He feels his bed rumble when Dad Bear wakes him up in the morning. He feels the floor shake when his teacher stomps to get his attention. But something else is missing, like when his friends tell jokes that he isn’t sure he understands, or when all around him Little Bear hears the question, “Can bears ski?” Then, one day, Dad Bear takes him to see an “aud-i-olo-gist”, and Little Bear learns that he has been experiencing deafness and will start wearing hearing aids.

Runaway Bunny, The Story of Babar: The Little Elephant, and Goodnight Moon are national treasures and many of us remember them from our childhoods. Catherine Zeta-Jones narrates The Runaway Bunny in a new piano-trio version composed by GPR Records artistic director and four-time Emmy Award Winner, Glen Roven. This piece premiered at Carnegie Hall with the American Symphony. Runaway Bunny was written in 1942 and has been published continuously since that time - it's a wonderful timeless story of free thinking and creativity.

Kipper and his friend Tiger are going camping in the woods. Tiger has a brand-new torch and Kipper has a storybook. Hopefully there aren't any monsters around...But the wood is full of dark shadows and strange noises. And, the darker it gets, the more scared they become! Can Kipper and Tiger learn to overcome their fears? Perfect for soothing fears and worries, this classic book shows that sometimes things aren't quite as scary as they first seem!