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Bea’s birthday is fast approaching, but what does she learn when her party is not quite as expected? Excitement was huge. Bea imagined it all: the guests, the food, the presents. And all was well until a snowflake dropped on the ground and then another one. Plans were disrupted, and the disappointment turned into tears. But thanks to her brother…
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Little Ferdie (a fox) worries when the leaves of his favourite tree fall until it changes with a ‘new costume’ that amazes him. Ferdie is so little that he presumably experiences autumn for the first time and inevitably worries about the change in nature. Even reassured by his mum that the tree is not ill, but it’s only autumn, he…
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Mick Jackson and John Broadley’s second collaboration, after While You’re Sleeping, explores the journeys we take and observe in our lives. From birth to old age, we participate in trips to become who we are, and Mick Jackson looks into their variety: street strolls, journeys in a rush, exciting expeditions, and the ones we didn’t want to arrive at. Apart from…
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A wooden table that ‘manages’ to link secretly History and Art. The fable-like story shows the journey of a table from one home to another. The Table That Ran Away to the Woods follows the author’s table, which slips in pairs of his and his wife’s shoes—the illustrator Franciszka Themerson. Leaving the urban environment, the table reaches nature, where, feeling at…
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Why Tuesdays are special for Lulu? The little girl, Lulu, is a regular at her local library. On the day of her visit, she wakes up even earlier to prepare the book she borrowed. Lulu’s library boasts a wide variety of books in the children’s section, ensuring there’s something for every young reader. With so many choices, it’s always a…
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Hot Dog dreams of a tail, feet, and a head, only to discover that even achieving life is not as fun as hoped. How will Flo – the ice cream girl, turn the day from bitter to sweet? Standing lonely on a beach stand, Hot Dog dreams of his ideal life where he could play, chase and sniff. The solution…
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