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Favourite fairy tales are turned upside down in this laugh-out-loud bedtime story, where everyone wants to be the hero.Everyone knows that the very last story before bed is the best story of all, but what if ALL the fairy tale characters want part of the action?! It's chaos! Cinderella hijacks the story of The Three Little Pigs, adamant that her story is the best, then Little Red Riding Hood jumps in, insisting that her story is better because it's full of danger. And then, uh-oh, the Big Bad Wolf turns up too! But then disaster strikes - the reader is still awake and needs a story! With some much-needed teamwork, the characters make up a story together and one with enough funniness, romance, danger AND cake (obviously) to keep everyone happy.A reinvented fairy tale to make the whole family laugh, with wonderfully witty illustrations and a peep-through hole in the cover!By the bestselling picture book author, Nicola O'Byrne, winner of the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2014.Can't get enough? Discover more inventive and interactive stories from bestselling picture book creator, Nicola O'Byrne. Why not try Bad Cat, Open Very Carefully, The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin, and Use Your Imagination.Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free 'Stories Aloud' audio recording - just scan the QR code and listen along!

Bursting with imagination, this sequel to the award-winning Open Very Carefully, is full of interactive fun. Carter, our cross crocodile hero is back, and he's NOT happy. He's stuck in another book and all he wants to do is find his way home, but he can't get there by himself. He needs YOUR help!In this unique, interactive picture book, with cut-out holes throughout, children are encouraged to take part in the story, to create a door in the page and use their imagination to guide Carter into new worlds, from stormy seas to hot deserts and icy lands. But will that cranky croc and the little friends he's made along the way ever find their way home? A hilarious story with cut-out holes throughout that's great fun for the reader, but bad news for a cross crocodile! From the winner of the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2014.Can't get enough? Discover more inventive and interactive stories from bestselling picture book creator, Nicola O'Byrne. Why not try Bad Cat, Open Very Carefully, The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin, The Last Book Before Bedtime and Use Your Imagination.Includes a FREE Nosy Crow Stories Aloud® audiobook! Scan the code, hear the story.

At the Ferocious Dragon Academy, dragons-in-training learn the arts of bone crunching and teeth sharpening. But there is one dragon who harbours a passion for a most undragon-like pastime . . .Meet Flamie Oliver. To look at, Flamie is as terrifying as a dragon can get. But behind closed doors, Flamie is . . . a stupendously spectacular Star Baker! That''s right – choux, rough, salty, sweet and puff – Flamie loves it all. In fact, he loves baking so much that his studies at the Ferocious Dragon Academy are starting to suffer, and there''s a chance he won''t graduate! Flamie''s going to need a real showstopper to get out of this one.On your marks, get set . . . BAKE!Fabulously funny and perfect for fans of BBCs Great British Bake Off

At the Ferocious Dragon Academy, dragons-in-training learn the arts of bone crunching and teeth sharpening. But there is one dragon who harbours a passion for a most undragon-like pastime . . .Meet Flamie Oliver. To look at, Flamie is as terrifying as a dragon can get. But behind closed doors, Flamie is . . . a stupendously spectacular Star Baker! That's right – choux, rough, salty, sweet and puff – Flamie loves it all. In fact, he loves baking so much that his studies at the Ferocious Dragon Academy are starting to suffer, and there's a chance he won't graduate! Flamie's going to need a real showstopper to get out of this one.On your marks, get set . . . BAKE!Fabulously funny and perfect for fans of BBCs Great British Bake Off

If bedtime is a battle, then this hilarious, inventive picture book from international bestseller, Nicola O'Byrne, is exactly what you need.Rabbit has had a very good idea. He does NOT want to go to bed and so he puts The Dark in the biscuit tin so that he won't have to. Now he can stay up all night long! But The Dark gently reminds Rabbit of all the reasons why the dark and night are needed. What about all the nocturnal animals? And surely you can't have a yummy breakfast of toast and honey and fresh orange juice unless you've been to bed? But the very BEST thing about nighttime has to be a bedtime story, doesn't it? Rabbit is finally persuaded and lets The Dark out of the biscuit tin . . . the moment the story starts, Rabbit falls fast asleep. Goodnight, Rabbit!A funny and original bedtime story with fabulous surprise fold-out pages!From the bestselling author of Open Very Carefully, winner of the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2014.Can't get enough? Discover more hilarious stories from Nicola; Bad Cat, Open Very Carefully, What's Next Door?, The Last Book Before Bedtime, Use Your Imagination.Includes a FREE Nosy Crow Stories Aloud® audiobook! Scan the code, hear the story.

It's not easy saying sorry, and this hilarious picture book about manners proves just how hard it can be. Fluffykins is a lovely cat, isn't he? Just look at him. He wouldn't do anything naughty . . . would he? But what's this? He's knocked over the flowers, tangled up all the knitting, bent the blinds, trodden on the laptop AND scratched the sofa . . . and he WON'T say sorry. What a bad cat! Whatever will Fluffykins do next? Let's just hope he's not after the goldfish . . .This witty bedtime story is a perfect gift for pet owners and cat lovers everywhere! From the bestselling illustrator of Open Very Carefully, winner of the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2014.Can't get enough? Discover more hilarious stories from Nicola O'Byrne: The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin, Open Very Carefully, What's Next Door?, The Last Book Before Bedtime, Use Your Imagination.Includes a FREE Nosy Crow Stories Aloud® song! Scan the code, hear the song.

Rainy days are lots of fun when you have a friend to show you how to play fair - a story for toddlers about empathy and the environment with a surprise rainbow pop-up.From the winner of the Laugh Out Loud Book Award (Lollies) 2023 and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2014Rabbit is going fishing, but it's raining and he does NOT like getting wet. So, he squeeeezes the rain cloud into his bag - now the rain can't spoil his day! Duck loves the rain, and he sets out to show that bossy bunny how important it is for plants, rivers and the crunchy carrots Rabbit so likes to eat. Can he convince Rabbit to see the sunny side of soggy days and set the cloud free?Join Rabbit and Duck for a fun story with an environmental message and about the importance of rain in the natural world and seeing things from other points of view.

Rainy days are lots of fun when you have a friend to show you how to play fair - a story for toddlers about empathy and the environment with a surprise rainbow pop-up.From the winner of the Laugh Out Loud Book Award (Lollies) 2023 and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2014Rabbit is going fishing, but it's raining and he does NOT like getting wet. So, he squeeeezes the rain cloud into his bag - now the rain can't spoil his day! Duck loves the rain, and he sets out to show that bossy bunny how important it is for plants, rivers and the crunchy carrots Rabbit so likes to eat. Can he convince Rabbit to see the sunny side of soggy days and set the cloud free?Join Rabbit and Duck for a fun story with an environmental message and about the importance of rain in the natural world and seeing things from other points of view. Includes a FREE Nosy Crow Stories Aloud® audiobook! Scan the code, hear the story.

Hallå! Var är vi? Jag ser ingenting. Är det någon som hör mig? Klappa händerna för att tända lyset om du är där! Krokodilen Krille har gått vilse och vet inte alls var han hamnat. Nu måste du som läser den här boken hjälpa honom hem igen! Vad finns bakom dörren är en genuint lekfull bilderbok som får den som lyssnar att aktivt delta och föra berättelsen framåt genom att på olika fiffiga sätt hjälpa till att rita dörrar och som leder Krille till nya platser - alltifrån stormiga hav till heta öknar och islandskap. Det här är en bok som verkligen engagerar och sätter fart på fantasin! Nicola O Byrne, föddes i Swaziland, växte upp i Singapore och har bl. a bott i Papua Nya Guinea och Kenya. Nicola har studerat vid Edinburgh College of Art och Camberwell College of Art, London och bor arbetar numera som grafiker och barnboksillustratör i Los Angeles. Hennes tidigare bilderbok Öppna mycket försiktigt blev en stor succé och såldes till nio länder!

Det var en gång en kanin som inte ville sova. Kanin var ute i trädgården när det började bli mörkt. Strunt också! pep Kanin. Jag är inte trött och jag vill inte gå och lägga mig!   Sedan fick hon en ljus ide.   Jag vill inte gå och lägga mig , sa Kanin, och om det inte blir mörkt, så behöver jag inte det.

Imagination knows no limits in this fairy tale with a twist by award-winning picture book creator, Nicola O'Byrne.Rabbit is BORED and doesn't know what to do, but Wolf has the perfect solution: "Why not write a story?" he suggests. Well, Rabbit is just delighted - what a brilliant idea! And so Wolf teaches Rabbit to use his imagination to create the perfect story with lots of exciting props and interesting characters. Rabbit is DESPERATE to know what happens when it suddenly becomes clear that Wolf is very hungry - so THAT'S how the story ends! But Wolf hasn't reckoned on Rabbit's brilliant imagination and, in a final clever twist with a big fold-out surprise page, Rabbit sends that wily wolf into space. "Now, THAT was a good idea," says Rabbit.Just like the mouse in the Gruffalo, the clever rabbit cunningly outwits the big bad wolf.With a large, fold-out rocket page! Poor old wolf, he never saw it coming!From the winner of the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2014.Can't get enough? Discover more inventive and interactive stories from bestselling picture book creator, Nicola O'Byrne. Why not try Bad Cat, Open Very Carefully, The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin, and The Last Book Before Bedtime.Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free 'Stories Aloud' audio recording - just scan the QR code and listen along!