Emma Garcia – författare

A refreshingly honest, achingly funny read for fans of Bridesmaids, Caitlin Moran, and Pinot Grigio.When her fiancé Rob breaks off their engagement for the third time, Viv does what any girl would do - she Googles heartbreak.Confronted by tales of misery, she decides to set-up her own self-help website for the broken-hearted. But as Viv passes through the three essential stages of grief (denial, vodka, disastrous haircut), she becomes determined that it's not too late to try and get Rob back. When things get out of hand after a drunken declaration of love at an extremely inappropriate moment, Viv's scruffy, tequila-swilling best friend Max is there to pick up the pieces. Viv starts to realise that maybe the real thing has been under her nose all this time, and now - one ex and a massive error of judgement later - she has to face the question:What's the craziest thing you'll do for love?Readers of Lindsey Kelk, Sophie Kinsella and Paige Toon won't be able to put this down. Never has heartbreak been so hilarious...

Shortlisted for the Read it Again! Picture Book Award 2008 Shortlisted for the Southampton Favourite Book to Share Award 2008Tip Tip Dig Dig is an inventive story for children. Each construction vehicle does its own job, as all the machines work together towards a surprise ending. This simple text is perfect for reading aloud with little ones.

A parade of colorful construction vehicles doing their work means plenty of joyful noise! From the crane that lifts, lifts, lifts to the bulldozer that push, push-pushes, to the steamroller that rolls, rolls, rolls, every machine here makes it own special sound. And the surprise ending, when the great big mess on page one becomes a wonderful playground, is sure to leave kids pleased!

Colorful cars beep-beep, toot-toot, vroom-vroom, and whoosh across these collage-like pages, inviting kids along on an entertaining trip. Little ones will love joining in with the sounds, reading them aloud as they watch a little red jeep, big blue van, and big yellow taxi pass by. What do you get when all these vehicles make their distinctive sounds at the same time? A lot of cool noise!

Tap Tap Bang Bang is full of bright and colourful tools. What can they all be making? Find out as we cree craw cut with the saw and tappety tap in the nails. Children will love joining in with the sounds in this fun, read-aloud text as they watch the tools work together to make a go-kart. Perfect for sharing with little builders!

Cree craw with the saw, bang bang with the hammer, and twizzle, twist, twirl, and spin with the screwdriver, bolts, and nuts. What fun! Its tool time for children as they delight in colorful chisels, clamps, drills, pliers, and mallets at work. What could they be making? Kids will love finding out and creating sound effects to go with this action-packed board book. Perfect for little builders!

Follow the colourful little train as it chugs along – past the seaside, the farm, the forest, the city – gathering an assortment of noisy birds for little ones to count along the way.

"Chugga chugga choo choo. Here comes the train." And it’s rolling down the tracks in this vibrant board book! Follow it along and count the birds that join the trip. All aboard, and all join in as the cheerful little train chugs past the seaside, the farm, the forest, the city, and into the station for a nice long rest. Along the way, a flock of noisy seagulls and blackbirds, pigeons and geese hop on for the ride. Kids will have fun looking at Emma Garcia’s colorful, collaged landscapes and counting all the honking, cooing, tweeting birds.

Let's look in the music box. What can we find? A triangle, a drum, a ukulele. Ting, ting, boom, boom, plinka, plinka! Can we play a tune? A perfect introduction to the fun of musical instruments for toddlers.

Oh no! It’s an emergency!! Call the emergency vehicles and see them speed along to help save the day. A fun look at police cars, ambulances, fire trucks, and other rescue vehicles that fascinate preschoolers, with sounds they can join in with.

Oh no! It’s an emergency!! Call the emergency vehicles and see them speed along to help save the day. A fun look at police cars, ambulances, fire engines, and other rescue vehicles that fascinate preschoolers, with sounds they can join in with.