After school Tim wants to play with his friend William

and build a fort in the woods. ‘Not today, Tim,’ says his

mother. ‘Filmon is coming to visit.’ Filmon is the new boy

in his class and he doesn’t speak English yet.

I can’t play knights with Filmon, thinks Tim. How can we

warn each other that the enemy is approaching when

we speak two different languages?

That afternoon Tim discovers that he and Filmon can be

friends nevertheless …

By Alieke Bruins and Carmen Groenefelt

In th...

Stunning picture book collaboration from bestselling author Robert Macfarlane, actor Johnny Flynn and illustrator Emily Sutton

For more than fifty years, Jip and Janneke have been the Netherlands’ favourite and most famous preschoolers. They are best friends who play together, argue, get into mischief and eat too many sweets. Even modern children have no trouble identifying with these timeless adventures.

Annie M.G. Schmidt wrote the stories with her characteristic sense of humour. Fiep Westendorp provided the iconic, black-and-white illustrations.

Schmidt and Westendorp are the uncrowned queens of Dutch children�...

The Grinch is BACK and ready to prove to the residents of Who-ville that he's changed. This heartwarming sequel is written and illustrated in the style of Dr. Seuss's beloved holiday classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

The Grinch had been patiently waiting all year,

To celebrate Christmas and bring the Whos cheer,

And to show every Who he was DIFFERENT now.

“I’ve changed!” thought the Grinch,

“And I’ll prove it!...

I'm a little bird, they call me Kinglet, but all my friends call me Wren.

I may be small, but I am still the King of birds.

Do you want to know how I became King?

You can read that in this little book.

You will also meet my friends, but I want to know who you are too and I will ask you a few questions. My dearest friend is the Snowdrop and I can tell you a nice story about her. As a little bird I did something brave which made us all happy and cheerful.

At the end of the book I tell something...