The Giving Tree, first published in 1964, is a children's book written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. This book has become one of Silverstein's best known titles and has been translated into more than 30 languages.
Living in a run-down bed-and-breakfast hotel filled with other homeless families, ten-year-old Elsa wisecracks her way through her problems, and dreams of being a big star.
Added by: ninepound | Karma: 237.71 | Kids, Fiction literature | 20 April 2012
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Moo Baa La La LaReading level: Baby-Preschool
Serious silliness for all ages. Artist Sandra Boynton is back and better than ever with completely redrawn versions of her multi-million selling board books. These whimsical and hilarious books, featuring nontraditional texts and her famous animal characters, have been printed on thick board pages, and are sure to educate and entertain children of all ages.
Part of a series which explores all aspects of the dinosaur world, including the evolution, anatomy, types, life, death and re-discovery of dinosaurs. The books have been approved by the Dinosaur Society.
In The Illustrated Mum, Wilson introduces us to Dolphin, a young girl living in the wake of her tattooed mother Marigold's manic depression. With her older sister, Star, on the brink of adulthood and facing the traumas of adolescence and her mum sinking further and further into her illness, Dol has no-one to turn to. The constant bullying at school causes her to withdraw into her own world and she begins to cope by fantasising that she is a witch.
