Civil and military aircraft types are represented, from biplanes to modern jet fighters. This is an invaluable guide for walkers and ramblers, as well as for all those interested in flying and the history of aviation.

The 12 Days of Central Valley Christmas is a children’s picture book that retells the traditional Christmas carol from a uniquely California point-of-view. The Central Valley provides the settings, creatures, and characters in this reimagining of the familiar holiday song. The vivid and colorful illustrations capture the distinctive features of the Valley in a fun, festive, and educational way. The book provides an opportunity to celebrate a California Christmas through reading (a...

That Happiness Thing: A Hometown Fable is a children’s book that poses the age-old question, “What is happiness?” Which is what a 10-year-old boy from a small California town wants to know. It’s 1958. Christmas is just around the corner. His family isn’t happy and he doesn’t know why. So he sets out to explore his home town and find out. With a little help from an elderly gentleman and a magical snow globe, he discovers that true happiness isn’t about having the most of everything...

The companion volume to Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 1 carries more of the in-depth stories of aircraft crashes in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District. The history of flying is told by way of the crash sites, where to this day piles of rusting metal still exist.

This lovely book is perfect for sharing with little ones, aged 2 to 7, who will delight in helping to tell these best-loved fairy tales themselves. In Goldilocks and the Three Bears, a naughty little girl helps herself to porridge when a family of bears go out for a walk, but she gets a surprise when they return! Little Red Riding Hood meets a wolf, and later that day notices what big teeth her grandmother has…No one can catch the Gingerbread Man when he decides to run away that is, until ...

NO! I do not want this BIG CURLY HAIR!It's messy and silly and just plain unfair.All Curly Haired Girl has ever wanted is straight and luscious locks, but when she meets a little girl with the smoothest, silkiest hair, who says all she's ever wanted is spirally, squiggly hair, they are BOTH confused!A hilarious tale about loving what we have. And hair, lots and lots of hair.I Don't Want Curly Hair! is glorious new ...

After learning how to make balloon animals at camp, Emily and Elizabeth set out to create the ultimate balloon twist book -- for kids, by kids, with every page in full-color photographs. They left out the complicated designs and twists that required big hands, keeping only the projects that were fun and simple to learn. The book starts with seven-year-old Elizabeth's easiest balloon twists and works up to ten-year-old Emily's more advanced two and three-balloon creations. Include...

This beautifully illustrated childrens collection is brimming with fun and activities for you and your little one. There is so much to look at together, and each lively page helps with vital early learning skills. Alphabet animals such as the greedy goat, a kind koala, a diving duck and all their friends introduce the sounds of the alphabet. There are classic nursery rhymes to help with reading, talking, and even tickling! Fun activities involving jumps, jiggles, finger wiggles and lots of...

Marcus Atkinson is a basketball hero (not!). But his dad is convinced that Marcus has magic in his bounce.Marcus is a maths whiz who is not good at sport. His dad is a self-help author who thinks Marcus can achieve anything he sets his mind to, with hilarious results. In illustrated diary format, Marcus's gentle, satiric humour and comic drawings will have readers laughing out loud while learning a surprising amount about sport.

The country bunny attains the exalted position of Easter Bunny in spite of her responsibilities as the mother of twenty-one children.With twenty-one baby bunnies to look after, mother bunny Cottontail abandons her dream of becoming an Easter Bunny. But when Grandfather Bunny spies her perfectly behaved brood, he’s so impressed that he makes Cottontail the most important Easter Bunny of all! Originally published in 1939, Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes

Guaranteed to leave you in stitches!If you can't resist shouting out "Who's there?" on cue, The Everything Kids' Knock Knock Book is for you! Features hilarious sections such as:Once Upon a Knock KnockWhen Fun Comes a Knockin'Tied Up in Knock KnocksKnock Knock Your Socks OffWho's That Knockin'?Packed full of puzzles, games, and activities, The Everything Kids' Knock Knock Book proves that...

*George is having One of Those Days.One of Those Days where he shouts, 'I WILL NOT play nicely. I WON'T ... I CAN'T ... I DON'T WANT TO!!' George's mum says there's a Big Bad Mood hanging around him, but George has never seen a Big Bad Mood. That is, until today ...*A gloriously clever tale about tempers, tantrums and making amends. For fans of My Big Shouting Day but Rebecca Patterson.