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The perfect book to calm down lively toddlers before bedtime.Join Crash, Bang and Wallop - three boisterous characters - as they crash through the story. They love making lots of noise! But soon they meet three quieter characters who help them see that there's fun to be had in the quiet moments, too. This joyful book is a celebration of noise . . . and quiet. The playful characters, bouncy rhyming text and vibrant artwork make this picture book a real treat to enjoy together.The book also includes a bonus mindfulness activity at the back of the book to help encourage quieter moments in the day.

An empowering picture book to help children channel worries into excitement and bravery!Aah, Ooh and Eek are three very worried friends. They worry EVERYWHERE - in school, at the park, in the pool, and especially in the dark. Sometimes their worries get so big, they just don't know what to do!Luckily someone is there to help - their good friend Pow! Pow helps listen to their worries, shows them how to calm their busy minds, and together they learn that sometimes worried butterflies inside can be excitement too!This relatable picture book will help children to manage their worries, find their confidence within and shine like the stars they are! The playful characters, bouncy rhyming text and vibrant artwork make this the perfect book to enjoy together.Includes a mindfulness activity at the back of the book.

A playful and empowering picture book about two characters who are very different but have a lot to learn from each other.Sparkle and Splodge are opposites. Sparkle likes everything neat! Splodge loves mess!But when Splodge's crayons are lost, can the two friends find them together?And can Splodge show Sparkle that sometimes there's a space for creative mess, too?

Walter is a snail who is really, really bored of leaves. Surely there's more to life than leaves? His fellow snails are happy just slowly munching away... but not Walter! He wants to try something new.Walter's never seen beyond the large, looming leaves and tall towering flowers of his simple, small world. He sets out on an incredible journey full of challenges, unlikely friends and remarkable sights!The brave, curious snail meets heart warming animal characters, like Lottie the squirrel and Kendrick the frog, who inspire him to continue on a big adventure, particularly for such a tiny creature.Comical scenarios, rich artwork and a stunning colour palette makes this a lovable read. Walter the snail will encourage readers to think big and not to be afraid of change!

It's one of the real sports that's left to us: a bit of danger and a bit of excitement, and the horses, which are the best thing in the world.'* HM The Queen Mother on National Hunt racing.This book traces how much National Hunt racing has changed since 1945 - and also how Britain has changed too. The advent of motorways has made travel easier and racecourse safety has improved but the challenges for jump jockeys - the bravest of the brave - remain. It covers some of the biggest stories in jump racing over the last seventy-five years, including the dramatic collapse of Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National and the incredible exploits of three-time Grand National winner Red Rum. But it also contains lots of fascinating stories that the reader will not be so aware of, of trainers and horses long forgotten.

Champion Jump Horse Trainers tells, for the first time in one volume, the fascinating story of the 19 trainers who have reached the top of the National Hunt tree in the post-war period. It includes exclusive interviews with the surviving champion trainers and fresh insights from friends, colleagues and family members of champion trainers we have sadly lost. Filled with anecdotes about some of the greatest characters of the sport, like Captain Neville Crump, Captain Ryan Price and David 'The Duke' Nicholson, the book is the follow-up to Neil Clark's very popular Champion Jump Horse Racing Jockeys: From 1945 to Present Day (also published by White Owl), described in the Spectator magazine as 'worth space in any racing library'. While the book will be greatly enjoyed by jump racing enthusiasts, it is of wider appeal too as it is an entertaining social history of how Britain has changed since 1945.In the first half many of the trainers featured were from a military background, and invariably from the officer class. They ran their stables along strict military lines. But later on, a new breed of champion trainer emerged, like the remarkable Martin Pipe, the son of a bookie, who broke all the records existing up to then. The book comes right up to date featuring successful currently operating champions such as Paul Nicholls, Nicky Henderson and Willie Mullins and attempts to answer the question ‘what makes a champion trainer’?And of course there's the horses. The pages and photographs remind us of some of the best-loved jump horses of the last eighty years, like Sea Pigeon, Desert Orchid and Kauto Star, as well as some names that have been forgotten. Like Champion Jump Horse Racing Jockeys, Champion Jump Horse Trainers will be a must for any racing library.

'It's one of the real sports that's left to us: a bit of danger and a bit of excitement, and the horses, which are the best thing in the world.'* HM The Queen Mother on National Hunt racing.This book traces how much National Hunt racing has changed since 1945- and also how Britain has changed too. The advent of motorways has made travel easier and racecourse safety has improved but the challenges for jump jockeys -the bravest of the brave- remain. It covers some of the biggest stories in jump racing over the last seventy-five years, including the dramatic collapse of Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National and the incredible exploits of three-times Grand National winner Red Rum. But it also contains lots of fascinating stories which the reader will not be so aware of, of trainers and horses long forgotten.

‘It is impossible not to be thrilled by Edgar Wallace.’ So said the blurbs of Wallace’s own books.Indeed, he was a prolific author of over 170 books, translated into more than thirty languages. More films were made from his books than any other twentieth-century writer, and in the 1920s a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. His success is written in black and white, but his life got off to an inauspicious start.Edgar Wallace, the illegitimate son of a travelling actress, rose from poverty in Victorian England to become the most popular author in the world and a global celebrity of his age.Famous for his thrillers, with their fantastic plots, in many ways Wallace did not write his most exciting story: he lived it, and here Neil Clark eloquently tells his tale to allow you to live it too.