Jez Tuya – illustratör

In Parrots of the Caribbean, Doghouse Dave is thrown off his ship and left stranded on a desert island, where he meets the wickedest pirates that eversailed the Caribbean Sea but they are not what they seem. Cast off on this thrilling pirate adventure!Chucklers is a series of funny novels, short stories, anthologies and comics that make reading a pleasure for 7-11 year olds. There is something for everyone in this varied collection which is packed with fantastic illustrations.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The series is written by top children's authors and edited by award-winning author Jeremy Strong. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

Become an engineer for the day in this interactive STEAM book for vehicle-loving children aged 3+ years. Find out what's gone wrong with the vehicles using the clues and cross-sections to help you, Fix them by spotting the right tools to do the job, and then they can Go!For fans of Usborne’s Look Inside Things That Go and Penny Dale’s Dinosaur Zoom. Perfect for exploring STEAM and other high-interest topics.Bite-sized text and hands-on learning make this a really fun introduction to things that go. The engaging characters bring each vehicle to life and the book features all of the vehicles that little ones love: trains, diggers, cement mixers, helicopters, aeroplanes and spacecraft.With so much to spot and problems to solve, this great value book will keep littles ones busy for hours and they won't even realise how much they are learning along the way. It is a perfect gift for children who love machines and inspiring the next generation of engineers.

An action-packed storytelling adventure that flips the traditional fairy tale on its head.When it’s time for Jamie’s bedtime story, his dad begins to tell an age-old fairy tale about a prince in a faraway land full of dragons, wolves and princesses in distress. Inquisitive Jamie can’t help but add to his dad’s story, and the prince is soon joined by an evil-eyed witch who turns people to jelly, a broccoli-wielding ninja frog and a jewel-thief, lock picking princess. It may not be the story Dad set out to tell, but together, he and Jamie create something much more energetic and hilarious than they could have alone.Discover the trilogy!The Tale of the Valiant Ninja FrogSpace Pirate Bears

Sometimes being small means you can be the biggest hero of all!Jamie and Abby are camping with Dad and they tell a bedtime story together. This story will star their favourites: a prince, a witch, a thief and some bears. "And the frog!" says Abby. This time there's a terrible giant who's stolen all the keys to the kingdom. No one can get into their homes! No one can start their horses! It's a real mess. Our heroes must sneak into the giant's castle and retrieve the keys. But when it comes to the crunch, only a tiny froggy hero, who's also a NINJA, can defeat the mighty giant!A story within a story that celebrates family time together.Discover the trilogy!The Prince and the Witch and the Thief and the BearsSpace Pirate Bears

Think you know everything there is to know about our world’s weird and wonderful animals?Well think again.From bottom-breathing turtles to fish that live in trees, set off with Edward Brooke-Hitching on a fact-packed safari to discover the strangest, silliest and down-right weirdest things our planet’s amazing animals has to offer.Written by former QI elf and author extraordinaire, the first book in Brooke-Hitching’s spectacular new series is extraordinarily enlightening and seriously shareable. Both information- and humour-rich, it is a glorious treasure trove of bite-sized facts for children to either snack on throughout the week or gobble up all in one go. And with a ‘Who’s the Smartest?’ quiz at the end of each section, this book is the perfect companion for children determined to know their barking piranhas from their purring rottweilers – and that’s a fact!Also available in this series: What’s the Weirdest Thing About the World.

Think you know everything there is to know about our world's weird and wonderful animals?Well think again.From bottom-breathing turtles to fish that live in trees, set off with Edward Brooke-Hitching on a fact-packed safari to discover the strangest, silliest and down-right weirdest things our planet's amazing animals has to offer.Written by former QI elf and author extraordinaire, the first book in Brooke-Hitching's spectacular new series is extraordinarily enlightening and seriously shareable. Both information- and humour-rich, it is a glorious treasure trove of bite-sized facts for children to either snack on throughout the week or gobble up all in one go. And with a 'Who's the Smartest?' quiz at the end of each section, this book is the perfect companion for children determined to know their barking piranhas from their purring rottweilers and that's a fact!Also available in this series: What's the Weirdest Thing About the World.

An action-packed storytelling adventure and the final book in the internationally acclaimed trilogy from award-winning creators Alastair Chisholm and Jez Tuya.Jamie and Abby are bored, and bored. Dad, trying to work from his dining table office, has no choice but to entertain them with a story – a Space Pirate Bear story! When something grey threatens the entire universe, and has the Star Defenders on the brink of defeat, who are you going to call? Well the mightiest band of heroes in all the cosmos, of course, the SPACE PIRATE BEARS. But can Abby and Jamie agree who these mysterious heroes are before the Forces of Greyness destroys everything?Discover the trilogy!The Prince and the Witch and the Thief and the Bears The Tale of the Valiant Ninja Frog

With sing-along song from David Gibb, Lollies Award-winning Michelle Robinson's busy story based on the tongue-twister is bursting with trucks, doggie drivers, vehicles and colour!Red Lorry and Yellow Lorry must get to the construction site, but they have a snow-drift, a breakdown and a speeding tractor to contend with along the way... Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry: which one would you drive? Jam-packed with lorries, trucks, cars, motorbikes and all kinds of vehicles!Sing along with a QR code link to the official Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry song by David Gibb!'Dares to dive deep into a magnificent fiasco, a delight for the youngest of truck aficionados' KIRKUS'A celebration of traffic jam-packed with fun. It will be essential reading for any young transportophile, but just as entertaining for the rest of the family too' LoveReading4Kids

A humorous, inspirational picture book that shows how determination and resourcefulness can save the day!When Suzy Orbit and her boss, Captain Gizmo, hear that aliens have been spotted near their space station, they must act fast! But Captain Gizmo has no batteries for his space pod, his swanky new spacesuit is far too small, and there's no chance of ordering a meteor blaster in time.Luckily, Suzy Orbit - astronaut and engineer extraordinaire - is on hand with her spanner and brilliant inventing skills. Suzy knows that a bit of quick thinking and ingenuity are even better than ordering new stuff. . . if only Captain Gizmo will listen!A story about girl power, resourcefulness and outer space, perfect for children aged 3-6.Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free 'Stories Aloud' audio recording - just scan the QR code and listen along!

A passionate campaign brings four best friends back together in a fight to save their school library in this heartfelt tale from bestselling author Anna James. The library is Hetty’s very favourite place in school, and since falling out with her best friends Ali, Mei and Rocket she’s been spending even more time there. So she’s absolutely horrified when she learns that her head teacher is planning to close it down, claiming there aren’t enough funds to keep the library going.There’s no way Hetty’s going to sit back and let this happen. But can she repair her broken friendships and build support for her library campaign?Let the Battle of the Books commence! Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

From Lollies Award-winning Michelle Robinson comes this colourful rhyming story following trains, boats and planes in their busy day. But where are they all going?Join three busy transport vehicles as they speed their doggy passengers to the Big Festival! The running isn’t smooth, and there’s a rainstorm on the way... Trains, boats and planes: which one would you ride?Featuring hundreds of vehicles, all with doggy drivers, and with a wind-down bedtime ending, this book is sure to keep your little one busy spotting every time you read it together.

With sing-along song, Lollies Award-winning Michelle Robinson's busy story based on the tongue-twister is bursting with trucks, doggie drivers, vehicles and colour, now in a chunky board book!Red Lorry and Yellow Lorry must get to the construction site, but they have a snow-drift, a breakdown and a speeding tractor to contend with along the way... Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry: which one would you drive? This board book is jam-packed with lorries, trucks, cars, motorbikes and all kinds of vehicles!Sing along with a QR code link to the official Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry song by David Gibb!

Join two hard-working tractors on their very busy day, in this rhyming adventure perfect for little tractor enthusiasts!Chugga-chugga, vroom vroom! From ploughing the fields to spreading seeds, and harvesting the fields to spreading muck – yuck! – the two tractors have so many jobs to do, all year round! But there’s a sheep on the loose, and they’re about to cause some chaos on the farm... can the tractors save the day? Of course they can!The latest in the Busy Vehicles series from award-winning author Michelle Robinson, Tractors on the Go! is bursting with farm vehicles and their doggy drivers, and with a wind-down bedtime ending, this book is sure to keep little tractor fans busy spotting.Also in the series:Red Lorry, Yellow LorryTrains, Boats and Planes

El día más temido de Val ha llegado: su madre se va a casar con el señor Verdura. El día de la boda, Val descubre la verdad sobre su familia y un malvado supervillano emerge de las sombras amenazando todo lo que ella valora.¿Podrá Val ganar esta batalla al mismo tiempo A que evita que el cerebro de su madre explote? Además Val tiene aún una misión más imposible, hacer que su madre la deje ser espía.

”William Hoy har en unik plats i basebollens historia och fans i alla åldrar bör göras medvetna om hans stora bidrag till spelet. Nancy Churnins bok är ett underbart sätt att introducera barn till denna inspirerande berättelse.” — Eric Nadel, Texas Rangers radiopratare och mottagare av utmärkelsen Nationella baseboll Hall of Fame. ”En rörande hyllning till en sann hjälte.” — Kirkus recensioner De kallade honom Dummy Hoy, men han var ingen idiot. Han kunde stjäla baserna och samla poäng! Medan han inte kunde höra hurraropen, kunde han se dem.

An action-packed storytelling adventure that flips the traditional fairy tale on its head.When it’s time for Jamie’s bedtime story, his dad begins to tell an age-old fairy tale about a prince in a faraway land full of dragons, wolves and princesses in distress. Inquisitive Jamie can’t help but add to his dad’s story, and the prince is soon joined by an evil-eyed witch who turns people to jelly, a broccoli-wielding ninja frog and a jewel-thief, lock picking princess. It may not be the story Dad set out to tell, but together, he and Jamie create something much more energetic and hilarious than they could have alone.Discover the trilogy!The Tale of the Valiant Ninja FrogSpace Pirate Bears