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The first title in a sparkling new series for younger readers, from the creator and author of Angels Unlimited.Lilac Peabody is as small and shimmery as a dragon-fly – a little extraterrestrial busybody, who is a friend to all children who need her. Lilac Peabody empowers children to solve their own problems and then disappears once they have achieved their aims.This is the first of four short novels which all follow the same group of children within a school environment. Each novel centres on one of the children but it is Lilac’s continuing presence that is the all-important link between the four children. It is to Lilac, that the children reveal their true vulnerable selves.In the first novel, Sam Sparks is the new kid in school. He’s lonely and miserable and it’s his birthday soon but he has no friends to invite. Enter Lilac, who persuades him to invide a forlorn little waif of a girl – Bella Bright – to his party. Imagine Sam’s surprise when this kind act leads to a whole circus entertaining him on his birthday. The girl is a traveller from a circus family… Lilac has enabled him to have more than he has ever had in his life. Meanwhile Lilac moves on to help the next child…Annie Dalton has created this wonderful character for younger readers, very much in the mould of Melanie Beeby from Angels Unlimited though Lilac is no angel!

The second title in a sparkling new series for younger readers, from the creator and author of Angels Unlimited.Lilac Peabody is a small and shimmery as a dragon-fly – an extraterrestrial busybody and friend to children who need her. Lilac Peabody empowers children to solve their own problems and then disappears once they have achieved their aims.This is the second of four short novels which all follow the same group of children within a school environment. Each novel centres on one of the children but it is Lilac’s continuing presence that is the all-important link between the four children. It is to Lilac, that the children reveal their true vulnerable selves.Bella Bright comes from a family of travellers, a circus family. She helped Sam have a good birthday party in the first Lilac Peabody book, but she is very shy and gets bullied a lot, particularly by one of the bigger girls at school. Lilac helps Bella to stand up for herself and develop new confidence. By the end of this story she and Sam are firm friends.

The third title in this sparkling new series for younger readers, from the creator of Angels Unlimited.Lilac Peabody is a small and shimmery little alien being who flits around helping children and tackles any challenge presented. Sometimes she’s an intergalactic party-planner, at others a cosmic beachcomber. But always a friend to any child that needs her. Lilac Peabody empowers children to solve their own problems and then disappears once they have achieved their aims.This is the third of four short novels which all follow the same group of children within a school environment. Each novel centres on one of the children but it is Lilac’s continuing presence that is the all-important link between the four children. It is to Lilac that the children reveal their true vulnerable selves.Charlie Chase is a joker. He is a popular, confident boy but… he has a shameful secret. He can hardly read. He would much rather play football, computer games, or make everyone laugh, all the things that come easily to him. He is Lilac’s biggest challenge so far, but she and Charlie win through in the end.

The fourth book in this series for younger readers sparkles like its star, Lilac Peabody. As small, quick and shimmery as a dragonfly, Lilac is a friend indeed to all children in need – empowering them to solve their own problems and then disappearing as soon as she is no longer required.Lilac Peabody is a small and shimmery little alien being who flits around helping children and tackles any challenge presented. Sometimes she’s an intergalactic party-planner, at others a cosmic beachcomber – but always a friend to any child that needs her. Lilac Peabody empowers children to solve their own problems and then disappears once they have achieved their aims.Honey Hope is a bully. She teases and taunts, sniggers and sneers. But why is she so mean? What lies behind her unappealing behaviour? Lilac attaches herself to Honeysuckle to find out and, as with the other children, Honey is all the better for it. This story ends with a party, and for the first time all four children from the book series discover their common friendship with Lilac Peabody… but by this time, Lilac has moved on!

Join Elephant and his friends on a particularly pongy journey. If it's not rotten eggs or smelly green slime, then it's onion breath and stink socks. Energetic rhyming text will delight young children who will love the colourful animal characters and they'll laugh out loud at the final smell of the book! Will Elephant ever learn to mind his manners? It's hard to always have good manners and even adults sometimes struggle! These board books show young children that good manners make the world a much nicer place. Using friendly animal characters to explore different elements of etiquette, each book explains a specific area of manners to help little people realise that life is easier when we're all being polite!

Join Zebra and her friends on a particularly spotty adventure. If she's not dripping wet or very chilly, then she's feeling left out or being rather rude. Energetic rhyming text will delight young children who will love the colourful characters and laugh out loud at the ending of the book! Will Zebra ever learn to love spots? It's hard to always have good manners and even adults sometimes struggle! These board books show young children that good manners make the world a much nicer place. Using friendly animal characters to explore different elements of etiquette, each book explains a specific area of manners to help little people realise that life is easier when we're all being polite!

Learn to draw with Rhinoceros and his hilarious friends! With step-by-step instructions and colourful illustrations, this practical fill-in art activity book gives you the skills to unleash your inner artist. this book starts with how to draw a straight line and ends with landscapes covering tone, perspective, people and animals in between.Practically Awesome Animals is a series of practical activity books that use step-by-step instructions and hilarious animal characters to teach kids how to draw, bake, cook and create comics.

This is a very different learn to draw comics book! Learn about the different stages of comic-making and follow Orangutan and his friends as they teach you how to tell your story, plan your layout, draw characters and props, add the words and finalise your artwork so you can make your own comic. Take 8 big ideas, 6 top tips and 3 warm-up exercises, and soon you'll be able to create your own comic masterpiece. Bright and colourful step-by-step instructions for 18 different fill-in activities, as well as wisdom and jokes from Tiger, Crocodile and Rhino, will make you - and maybe Orangutan - an amazing comic artist in no time.