This picture book combines extracts from the works of Dylan Thomas that centre on his recollections of Cwmdonkin Park, Swansea. A boyhood adventure like no other, Dylan's words serve to bring to life the period, the environment and the very essence of what it is to be a child with a child's imagination.

A charming Christmas story for the whole family about a cat who is up to no good!It's Christmas, and Jingles the kitten has knocked over the Christmas tree and unwrapped all of the presents! What a naughty kitty. When Jingles eats the entire Christmas turkey, it's the final straw! Jingles is in big trouble now. While his family is busy cleaning up the mess, a guilty Jingles disappears. Realizing what matters most, the family sets out to look for their naughty kitte...

**"Charming, comforting and thoughtfully crafted, this is a story that lingers long after the final page." – Inis MagazineFrom the award‑winning creators of The Hare‑Shaped Hole, It Won’t Be Forever helps young children cope with separation anxiety by showing how love keeps families connected, even when they’re apart.**In the woods there lives a fox family. One of the cubs, Vixie, has a close relationship with her dad, Rey. He makes her feel safe ...

Discover a heartwarming story that will help children understand and prepare for a loss.Gerda and Orlo are bear best friends. When Gerda was there, Orlo always had time. For a game or a story, a joke or a rhyme. He was never too busy to listen, to talk. To help, or to share, or to go for a walk.But slowly—at first—something starts to change and Orlo reveals he is sick and not going to get better. Gerda is filled with emotions that she cannot explain but Orl...

Can a wolf really be a superhero?Luna is a little wolf with a big ambition: she's determined to be a superhero!There's just one problem. All the other animals are terrified of wolves. Whenever Luna swoops in to help, everyone runs away.Luna's about to abandon her superhero dreams . . . but then she tries one final super-daring rescue!A fabulously exciting r...

Where have all the bedtime stories gone?The Snatchabook is a heartwarming, rhyming mystery perfect for children ages 3–6 who love books, bedtime, and a touch of whimsy.In the cozy woodland of Burrow Down, animals are ready for their nightly tales—but their books are mysteriously vanishing. Determined to uncover the truth, brave rabbit Eliza Brown stays up late and discovers an unexpected visitor who simply wants a story of his own.This awar...

From the author/illustrator team behind The Snatchabook comes a music-filled journey to bedtime."Orange moon,blue baboon.Blue baboonspies bassoon."Under an orange moon, Blue Baboon sets out with her bassoon. But there's suddenly a monsoon. Luckily, a big balloon lead her to the dune, where she and her friends can all play in tune!Perfect for bedtime, this playful, rhyming picture b...

Exploring the controversial history of an aesthetic – realism – this book examines the role that realism plays in the negotiation of social, political, and material realities from the mid-19th century to the present day.Examining a broad range of literary texts from French, English, Italian, German, and Russian writers, this book provides new insights into how realism engages with themes including capital, social decorum, the law and its politicisation, modern science as a determin...

From post-truth politics to “no-platforming” on university campuses, the English language has been both a potent weapon and a crucial battlefield for our divided politics. In this important and wide-ranging intervention, Thomas Docherty explores the politics of the English language, its implication in the dynamics of political power and the spaces it offers for dissent and resistance. From the authorised English of the King James Bible to the colonial project of University English Studies,...

What is the value of literature?In this important new work, Thomas Docherty charts a new economic history of literary culture and its institutions in the modern age. From the literary patronage of the early modern period, through the colonial exploitation of the 18th and 19th centuries to the institutionalisation of “literature” in the neoliberal university of the 21st century, Literature and Capital explores the changing ways in which literary culture has both re...

This reader provides a selection of articles and essays by leading figures in the postmodernism debate.

"Docherty is not only is a brilliant critic of those forces that would like to transform higher education into an extension of the market-place... he is also a man of great moral and civic courage, who under intense pressure from the punishing neoliberal state has risked a great deal to remind us that higher education is a civic institution crucial to creating the formative cultures necessary for a democracy to survive, if not flourish."- Henry Giroux, McMasters Universi...