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Bestselling authorJacky Davis and award-winning illustrator Fiona Woodcock celebrate family,love, and imagination in this vibrant and expressive picture book.Father-daughter time shines in this irresistible story about creativity,solving problems, and looking on the bright side when faced with obstacles. Agreat read-aloud for rainy days . . . or any day you’re stuck at home!Drip, drip, drop. With breakfastfinished, an energetic young girl is ready to play. But it’s raining, and Dadsays that she must stay inside. So, she crafts and she builds, she draws andshe bakes. What else can she do to find the sunny side of a rainy day?Keep gloominess at baywith Sunny-Side Up, a wonderful choice about resilience and the power ofimagination. A perfect book to share at storytime, to celebrate Father's Day, and to encourage kids—and their parents and caregivers—to use creativity to overcome challenges.

Good Dream Dragon comes to the rescue in easing a child’s bedtime fears in this magical story featuring a nonbinary child.? When a young child is afraid to go to sleep, they call on the Good Dream Dragon to help lead the way. Together, the pair race past comets as they travel through the night galaxy, making their way to the magical world of Dreamland.?This soothing bedtime story celebrates imagination as a way to help alleviate a child’s bedtime jitters. It is a gentle reminder to children that comfort is always within reach.

Ladybug Girl has outgrown her favorite pair of boots! So her mom takes her to the shoe store to buy another pair. Children will learn their colors with Ladybug Girl as she tries on new boots--until she finds the perfect pair!

It's Halloween and Lulu must decide on a costume. Should she be Ladybug Girl or something new? She tries different costume ideas, from a robot to a silent movie star to a vampire panda, but nothing seems right. Maybe she'll think of the perfect costume as she spends the day picking apples, going on a hayride, and navigating a corn maze. But it isn't until Lulu and Bingo help a little girl who is lost in the maze that, at last, she knows what she should be for Halloween - Ladybug Girl, of course! After all, she is Ladybug Girl, and it is important to just be yourself.

The NHS is in crisis. The past 10 years of Tory real-terms cuts in funding has been disastrous. This book looks at the threat to the NHS posed by the combination of two years of a global pandemic with the relentless policies pursued by Tory-led governments since 2010. With contributions by 13 experts on different aspects of the crisis: Lobby Akkinnola, Covid-19 Bereaved Families for JusticeRehana Azam, National Secretary, Public Services GMB union;Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary, National Education Union, on Covid, education and schools;Sara Gorton, Head of Health UNISON, on pay and conditions of NHS staff;Colenzo Jarrett-Thorpe, National Officer Unite, the Health & Care Bill, on ambulance and other staff;Roger Kline, Research fellow at Middlesex University, on equalities and BAME;Roy Lilley, health policy analyst, on management views;Michael Mansfield, barrister QC, on holding the government to account;Sir Michael Marmot, Prof. of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, on health inequality.Martin McKee, Prof. European Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, on public health;Neena Modi, Prof. Neonatal Medicine at Imperial College, on child and adolescent health, including mental health;Jan Shortt, General Secretary of the National Pensioners Convention, on care for the elderly;David Wrigley, Deputy Chair British Medical Association, on primary care;... a superb reply to what is happening with our beloved NHS. We need it to help us in our struggles to push back against those who are snatching it away from us. All struggles need resolve, solidarity and hope, but they also need information. - From the foreword by Michael Rosen