Julia Donaldson

Who's that singing on the savanna? It's the top-five ugly animals in Africa! The wildebeest, warthog, vulture, hyena and marabou stork swagger proudly across the savanna, rejoicing in their ugliness-and delighting their babies, who think they're perfect just the way they are.

Tiddler the fish is always getting into trouble for telling tall stories until one day he is actually caught in a fisherman's net and taken far away from home.

Told in rhyming text, a majestic pine journeys from Norway to become London's Christmas tree. Includes a historical note explaining the annual tradition.

"A little ghost tries to give Lydia Lou a scare-- but he can't even wake her up. Maybe his noisy animal friends can help?"--Page 4 of cover.

The ladybug goes to town and visits a zoo, where she overhears Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len plotting to take a monkey and use him to rob the queen.

There once was a dog with a keen sense of smell. She was known far and wide as Detective Dog Nell. Peter's dog Nell has an amazing sense of smell. Whether it's finding a lost shoe or discovering who did a poo on the new gravel path, her ever-sniffing nose is always hard at work. But Nell has other talents too. Every Monday she goes to school with Peter and listens to children read. So who better to have on hand when they arrive one morning to discover...

Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children, and he's heading on an adventure across the seasons. Will he get back to his family in time for Christmas?