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Few stories have endured as long as the fables of Aesop. In this magnificent edition, award-winning illustrator Helen Ward has chosen a dozen of her favourite fables to create this breath-taking classic new collection to grace every bookshelf and bedside. The experiences described in the tales apply to us all and the lessons learned are both timeless and universal. Each creature comes to symbolise in its own way some particular aspect of the ...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

This Open Access book presents unique evidence from the first comprehensive study of the outcomes of open adoption from care in Australia. It contributes to the international debate concerning the advantages and disadvantages of face-to-face post adoption contact with birth families.The chapters assess whether adoption provides a better chance of permanence and more positive outcomes than long-term foster care for abused and neglected children...

This Open Access book presents unique evidence from the first comprehensive study of the outcomes of open adoption from care in Australia. It contributes to the international debate concerning the advantages and disadvantages of face-to-face post adoption contact with birth families.The chapters assess whether adoption provides a better chance of permanence and more positive outcomes than long-term foster care for abused and neglected children...

On Christmas Eve, a girl looking for the perfect present finds a magical shop with every toy possible, and meets a mysterious customer buying all of them up...

We live in a society that places an increasing value in ethnic diversity and cultural identity. However, the contribution that performers from a variety of ethnic backgrounds made to the development of the circus in the nineteenth century is very often overlooked and largely forgotten. Pablo Fanque and Miss La La may be notable names of the period but there were many others besides. Using contemporary records and images, this book explores the...

Award-winning illustrator Helen Ward's beautiful retelling of the classic fable about one fast hare and one slow tortoise.

Illustrated retelling of the twelfth-century French fable about a vain cockerel who is tricked by a sly fox.

A lonely boy with a passion for dragons becomes aware of the presence of the fire-breathing creatures in the world around him in this touching story illustrated by Wayne Anderson, who took on similar fare with "Dragonology".

Adapted from a traditional tale, this beautifully illustrated picture book tells of hundreds of birds gathering to choose a king. They cannot decide if the king should be the bird with the biggest beak or the one with the most colorful feathers. Finally, after considerable debate, they decide their king will be the bird who can fly the highest. And the winner would seem to be obvious-until a small wren outsmarts them all. From the biggest to t...

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It was the strangest shop she had ever seen and she couldn't recall having seen it before. As she pushed open the narrow door, she was greeted with the sight of every possible present. But will there be anything left once the shopper in front is finished? The audiobook is narrated by actress Imelda Staunton.

The Oxford Handbook of Epidemiology for Clinicians is the essential reference for all clinicians and junior doctors who need to apply clinical evidence in everyday practice.

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A poetic story covering deforestation, recycling and other environmental issues, with evocative illustrations by Wayne Anderson. Longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award 2013 and winner of the Key Stage 2 Fiction Award, this brooding story is a beautiful modern fable for today's generation of children. Ages: 3+

The paperback reissue of a stunning picture book which tells of a pastoral world in need of protection, and of the souls who love it enough to ensure its regeneration. With its dramatically lit artwork and a spare, intriguing text, this unique and magical picture book will stay with children long after they finish reading it. A short film of the same title is also available on iTunes. 'Of all the Christmas goodies it is Varmints that has reall...

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