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by Jill Barton & Joyce Dunbar
Category: Picture Books
Good puss, bad puss? Jekyll or Hyde? You decide. This incredible picture book beautifully portrays the multifaceted nature of cats. Is she the dozy, lazy, snoozy puss, so 'saintly, quaintly serene', or is she the scourge of the mouse, fearless and tearless, the war-torn, love-worn street fighter? W ...Show more
A Chick Called Saturday by Joyce Dunbar
Category: Fiction
Saturday decides that there has to be more to life than clucking, scratching and pecking. He tries to do all the things that the other farmyard animals can do, until he sees the most magnificent creature of all, and discovers that a little chick can have a moment of glory too.
A Chick Called Saturday by Joyce Dunbar
Category: Picture Books
Saturday doesn't want to stay in line. He wants to know all about the other farmyard animals. Most of all, he wants to do all the things the other creatures can do -- swim like the ducks, honk like the geese, fly like the black birds -- things that his mother tells him he can never do. And then Saturday ...Show more
Do Dare Duck by Joyce Dunbar
Category: Picture Books
Does Duck dazzle as much as the peacock? Does he dawdle like the tortoise, or does he dash like the hare? No? Well, what does Duck do? Does Duck ...dare? A gorgeous new story from the author of Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go To Sleep and the illustrator of Daddy Is My Hero.
Grumpy Duck by Joyce Dunbar
Category: Graphic Novels
Duck is grumpy. The pond is dry and, even worse, there's a grey cloud following her around. Can any of Duck's friends cheer her up? A funny farmyard tale about friendship from Joyce Dunbar, illustrated by award-winning artist Petr Horacek with his trademark colourful flair.
Grumpy Duck by Joyce Dunbar; Petr Horácek
Category: Graphic Novels
When Duck's grumpiness becomes contagious, what can possibly turn it around? Duck is in a very grumpy mood. The pond is dry, and she doesn't want to roll in the mud with Pig, sing with Rooster, doze with Tortoise, eat laundry with Goat, or join any of the other animals in their pastimes. To make matter ...Show more
Happy Days for Mouse and Mole by JOYCE DUNBAR
Category: Graphic Novels
When Mouse makes himself a hammock, Mole is only too happy to test it for his friend, and Mouse is equally eager to help Mole find his lost spectacles. But who will catch the falling leaf? The two cohabiting animals are characters that stand alongside the greats of children's literature - Sunday Times O ...Show more
I Want a Mini Tiger by Joyce Dunbar
Category: Children's
This little girl wants her very own miniature wild animal. Anything from a little snappy happy crocodile and a tiny trundle rumble elephant, to a pocket-sized grizzly bear. But as her big brother explains, a real wild animal would make a terrible pet. You can't nuzzle a crocodile, or tickle a wild eleph ...Show more
I Will Not Wear Pink (HB) by Joyce Dunbar
Category: Graphic Novels
Dear Plunkett Please come to my party Theme: Pink Yours oinky, Priscilla "Nothing or no one will make me wear pink!" declares Plunkett the pig. But could there be one shade of pink that is perfect - for a boy or girl pig? And will Plunkett find true love, whatever his colour?