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Promenons-nous dans le bois, Tant que le loup n'y est pas. Loup, loup, y es-tu ?

"En vacances, il y a du temps pour rêver. Des baobabs à escalader. Des villes entières à fabriquer. Des territoires à explorer..."

Once upon a time there was a big elephant, strong as a mountain. He answered to the sweet name of Romeo and he was happy. Well, almost... He just had a little problem which bothered him a lot. He was shy, very, very, very shy.

Tom doesn't like using his potty.

Follow Marie to experience life as a seven year old in Paris.

A young boy dreams about becoming a famous footballer... or maybe a drummer in a band?

Follow Livia in the hours leading up to the destuction of Pompei.

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A selection of stories in French for very young children.

Märchen und Fabeln

£9.25 £4.63

Attention aux loups !

Just like all the other little wolves, Loupiotte is not scared of anyone. She's not even scared of crossing the forest to take a tartiflette to her grandfather. But on the way, she meets a big ugly ogre who suggests a game of hide and seek...

French

By Frédéric Stehr

£6.65 £1.66

The wolf is roaming the forest - can you help Pierre save his friends?

French

By Orianne Lallemand, Loïc Méhée

£15.95

Oh no - the wolf is coming! And he's getting closer and closer - how can we get away from him? Tip the book this way? Shake the book? Read to the end to find out!

French

By Vincent Bourgeau

£6.65 £1.66

A young wolf grows up without realising what type of animal he is.

French

By Claude Boujon

£6.65 £1.66

Adapted from the popular song "Promenons-nous dans les bois", this wonderful book uses lively illustrations, pop-ups and different materials to touch to teach French to very young children.

French

By Philippe Jalbert

£15.95

Promenons-nous dans le bois, Tant que le loup n'y est pas. Loup, loup, y es-tu ?

French

By Mario Ramos

£15.50 £7.75

A wolf puts on the different parts of his face, starting with his nose until he is fully equipped with teeth and puts on his serviette ready to eat his meal.

French

By Olivier Douzou

£12.95

A little rabbit learns that he shouldn't "cry wolf".

French

By Stephanie Blake

£11.75 £2.94

What can a wolf have for dinner when he is too sentimental to eat Little Red Riding Hood and 3 Little Pigs?

French

By Geoffroy de Pennart

£6.65 £3.33

Le loup entreprend de s'habiller, mais s'apercoit que sa culotte est toute trouée et file au magasin pour en acheter une autre.

French

By Stéphane Servant

£6.85

Les amis imaginaires sont bien utiles... Ils peuvent faire des choses que les enfants ne peuvent pas faire, mais les loups imaginaires, cça peut vite devenir embêtant.

French

By Amélie Graux

£5.85

Comme il est amusant de se promener dans le bois en chantant "Loup y es-tu ?" Mais quand le loup se montre... aíe !

French

By Sylvie Auzary-Luton

£10.75

This is the story of a hungry wolf, who thought he saw a big cheese at the bottom of the well...

French

By Philippe Corentin

£6.65 £3.33

A wolf goes hunting down a rabbit hole but ends up having a surprise birthday party there!

French

By Philippe Corentin

£6.65 £1.66

Le canard dans la mare, l'oiseau sur l'herbe, le chat dans le pré, et Pierre échappé du jardin. Le loup a surgi de la forêt, poursuivi par les chasseurs...

French

By Sergei Prokofiev, Erna Voigt

£6.75

French

By Orianne Lallemand

£7.95

Primary CLIL & non-fiction titles for the French classroom

A book to raise awareness of the protection of wildlife.

By Florence Pinaud

£17.75

By Geneviève Dermenjian

£4.85

By Robert Coupe, Lucile Galliot

£4.85

By Robert Coupe, Lucile Galliot

£4.85

Screentime has bcecome part of everyday life - this is a book of questions and answers on how to navigate the digital world.

By Romuald Ollivier

£6.65

The first people to populate America arrived about 15,000 years ago. Where were they from? How did they live? And what is life like for Native Americans today?

By Robert Coupe, Prospérine Desmazures

£4.85

Discover all about boats and ships from the past to the present day.

By Lucile Galliot

£4.85 £1.21

A book all about baby animals: What are they called? What do they look like?

By Denise Ryan, Lucile Galliot

£5.40

The Mayans and Aztecs lived in Mesoamerica, where they built huge cities. What did they eat? What were their beliefs? And why have they disappeared? Dive into the past and discover these two great civilizations...

By Lucile Galliot, Denise Ryan

£4.85

What are the different types of lizards? Where are they found? How do they live?

£4.85

A first introduction for young children depicting the key moments in French history

By Robert Pince

£17.50 £4.38

A selection of traditional French songs.

£24.50

Sais-tu ce qu'est le hip-hop ? Qui sont les petits rats de l'opéra ? Entre dans la danse avec Kididoc !

By Françoise de Guibert

£18.95

By Delphine Badreddine

£11.75

This children's cookbook has clear and well-illustrated instructions for 12 traditional French recipes, one for each month of the year.

By Delphine Godard, Denis Cauquetoux

£15.75 £7.88

By Henri Dès

£12.95 £3.24

Follow Marie to experience life as a seven year old in Paris.

By Isabelle Pellegrini, Princesse Camcam

£12.50 £3.13

Follow little Marie on a journey around France exploring some of its most beautiful regions.

By Isabelle Pellegrini, Princesse Camcam

£12.50 £3.13

£10.50 £2.63

Ce livre pop-up, sur le football, est riches en animations, qui plairont à tous les curieux.

By Jean-Michel Billioud

£18.95

Travel back in time to discover the world of the dinosaurs.

£9.45 £7.09

By Stéphanie Ledu

£11.95

Discover all the facts about the Pharoahs and pyramids of Egypt.

£20.50

£11.95

D'où vient l'eau des océans ? Les continents ont-ils toujours eu la même forme ? Qu'y a -t-il au centre de la Terre ? Comment sont nées les montagnes ? Est-ce que je peux aider à protéger la Terre ?

£18.95

World Poetry Day

Et si, après avoir été chassée par la Fourmi, la Cigale devenait chanteuse et se taillait un beau succès ? Et si le P Lièvre aux pieds agiles profitait de ses talents de coureur pour tirer la Tortue d'un mauvais pas ?

French

£5.60 £1.40

Schnellsprecher und Zungenbrecher.

German

£16.95

Gloria Fuertes, aquella chica que paseaba en bicicleta por las alles de Madrid con falda-pantalón y corbata; una de las primeras voces de la poesía femenina de la posguerra y la poetisa de los ni ~os.

Spanish

£5.00 £1.25

A palavra e a imagem combinam-se para criarem novos sentidos com A palavra e a imagem combinam-se para criarem novos sentidos.

Portuguese

£11.95

The book of poetry for children is about never-ending childhood, beautiful clouds, first steps and discoveries, and of course about kind cats.

Russian

£33.50

Russian

£23.95 £16.77

El libro homenajea a una de la poetisas más queridas por los ni ~os. Incluye una biografía ilustrada de la poetisa, 4 poemas y un cuento en versión cómic.

Spanish

£22.95

A unique and original way to introduce well-known Hispanic poetry to youngsters.

Spanish

£14.50 £7.25

Este livro apresenta a vida deste poeta genial, utilizando uma linguagem simples e apontando apenas os marcos fundamentais dos 47 anos que viveu.

Portuguese

£22.75

Des poèmes drolatiques, au fil du temps, au fil des jours. Les grands noms de la poésie francçaise réunis dans ce recueil.

French

£17.50

Voici un bouquet de poèmes pour regarder la nature autrement, l'aimer, la protéger tout en découvrant la parole fraîche des poètes.

French

£30.50

Dans cette salade, on peut manger avec les doigts un ascenseur, deux pompiers, et même le roi des menteurs qui dit que les comptines, c'est meilleur avec du beurre !

French

£22.50

Un album constitué de bannières de papier pour que les enfants fêtent la paix.

French

£25.95

Nine poems about animals, incorporating wordplay and humour.

Portuguese

£10.95

Stories from Europe

The sun decides to paint everyone he passes with yellow crayons

Bulgarian

By Maja Dlgcheva

£30.75 £7.69

Czech

By Petr Nikl

£19.95 £9.98

Mr Bird didn.t care about ordinary activities like nest building and singing. He wanted to know what it feels like to be something else...

Estonian

By Piret Raud

£19.95 £4.99

In the hilarious anarchic tone of Pippi Longstocking, a high-speed-loving bandit family who usually steal sweets kidnap a girl instead.

Finnish

By Siri Kolu

£16.50 £12.38

Explore the beauty of the Ukrainian people and the ancient traditions, culture, music, art, and world-famous landmarks.

English

By Kerianne N Jelinek

£15.50

Greek

By Frixos Michaelides

£20.95 £5.24

Dutch

By Leo Timmers, Leo Timmers

£16.95 £8.48

Un livre grandiose en pop-up et papiers découpés pour partir à la découverte des douze signes du zodiaque.

French

By Loraine Capelier

£21.50 £16.13

Swedish

By Eva Eriksson

£32.75 £16.38

Bulgarian

By Victor Samuilov

£30.75 £7.69

Janek Racyniak, called Cyna, is in trouble again. This time he is punitively transferred to a high-security boarding school...

Polish

By Mariusz Niemycki

£8.10

Basque

By Koldo Izaguirre Urreaga

£23.50 £5.88

Catalan

By René Goscinny

£20.95

Slovene

By Andrej Rozman Roza

£21.50 £5.38

Slovene

By Helga Zankl

£19.95 £4.99

Slovene

By Desa Muck

£18.50 £4.63

Slovene

By Rojstni Dan

£23.50 £5.88

Great reads for French bookworms

By Susie Morgenstern

£10.75

Treasure Island - who hasn't dreamed of finding treasure?

By Robert Louis Stevenson

£3.50

By Sophie Rigal-Goulard

£11.75

By Mary Pope Osborne

£7.00

La Grèce antique, c'est fascinant ! Tom et Léa sont ravis d'y voyager.

By Mary Pope Osborne

£6.85

Les aventures trépidentes et drôles d'une famille royale d'aujourd'hui.

By Christophe Mauri

£6.35

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

By J K Rowling

£12.50

The Magic Finger

By Roald Dahl

£12.95

By Charles Perrault

£9.25 £6.94

Depuis qu'elle a quitté Londres pour l'Afrique du Sud, Mia n'a plus goût à rien. Les lions, elle s'en moque... jusqu'au jour où Charlie, un magnifique lionceau blanc, fait irruption dans sa vie...

By Collectif

£6.95

By Sharon Siamon

£8.20

Kinderbücher 2023

Mitmachbuch in Reimen.

By Miriam Cordes

£6.95

Ana hat zwei Mütter.

By Helene Düperthal

£14.95

In this funny picture book the fly (1g), the dung beetle (1g) and the sparrow (10g) test what they have to do to take on the 1 kg chicken Ricarda.

By Gisela Dürr

£12.50

By Various authors

£10.95

By Wolf Erlbruch

£18.50 £4.63

The little King searches for something to make him happy.

By Kveta Pacovska

£19.50

Witze für Erstleser!

By Sonja Fiedler-Tresp

£7.80

Lustiges Tierabenteuer mit wunderschönen farbigen Bildern, erzählt von Erfolgsautor Florian Beckerhoff. Für Kinder ab 6 Jahren, zum Vorlesen und Selberlesen.

By Florian Beckerhoff

£15.95

Der Kronprinz braucht einen Gefährten. Wen wird er finden?

By Linda de Haan

£11.50

French courses for kids

A simple, intuitive course for children aged 8 to 10 that ingtroduces French language and culture.

£15.95

A course designed to help pupils grow and speak in French. For children aged 5-7.

£19.95

A French course to take your students around the French-speaking world. For children aged 8 to 10.

£19.50 £14.63

A course designed around games and fun activities for children aged 8 to 10.

£18.95

A course for children aged 7-10 years, with an emphasis on visual stimuli such as comic strips.

£20.95

Spanish classics for children and young adults

By Leopoldo Alas Clarín

£16.50

Danny the Champion of the World

By Roald Dahl

£19.75

By C S Lewis

£13.75

Una adaptación de una de las comedias de Lope de Vega màs complejas para jóvenes lectores.

By Lope de Vega

£10.95 £2.74

Un libro poético y tierno,con el realismo de la vida campesina pero bosquejada con pinceladas te ~idas de humor e ironía.

By Wenceslao Fernández Florez

£11.95

Para reflexionar, reír y aprender, Gianni Rodari busca demostrar que el decir construye mundos, y que la ortografía no està exenta de juego y fantasía.

By Gianni Rodari

£14.95

¿Quién no conoce a este mu ~eco de madera al que le crece la nariz cuando miente? ¿Quién no ha oído hablar de una marioneta a la que le salen orejas de burro porque no va al colegio?

By Carlo Collodi

£18.75

Cada una de las leyendas nos ofrece un mundo màgico y legendario en el que caballeros, damas, espectros, escuderos, sombras, religiosos...

By Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

£11.95

Esta obra parece anticipar alguna de las características del teatro del absurdo que se impondría en toda Europa a mediados de la centuria.

By Miguel Mihura

£16.50

Language Games

An lively board game to help you navigate the shops, services, transport, and signs in a town in France. Lower intermediate A2-B1.

French

£18.50

German

£18.50

Who is it?! Take turns to ask questions in Italian and guess the people from the descriptions. (CEFR A2)

Italian

£18.50

Spanish

£18.50

Learn the Chinese numbers from 1 to 100 with this amusing and innovative game. Play at home or in class with useful and interesting cards, designed to help memorise the numbers.

Chinese

£20.95

English

£18.50

A bingo game to practice cardinal and ordinal numbers.

French

£18.50

Learn how to use pronouns and interrogative adverbs with this game of questions and answers.

German

£18.50

Para memorizar 100 palabras bàsicas.

Spanish

£18.50

Can you get everything on you shopping list before your opponents? Learn and practise vocabulary relating to food and drink in Italian (CEFR A1-A2).

Italian

£18.50

New Italian resources for teens

A fresh, modern course for 11-16 year olds that offers a graphic novel, original sit-com and a host of digital resources.

£24.95

A clear and engaging grammar for students aged 15+, offering over 300 exercises, audio, cultural texts and a focus on modern, authentic Italian.

£23.95

A colourful, engaging grammar book with activities and exercises for young learners of Italian, aged 11-16.

£24.95

75 photographic flashcards to stimulate class discussion in Italian at a lower intermediate level (CEFR A2-B1).

£23.75

New edition of a popular activity book with updated, colourful graphics and digital book included.

£15.75

Anna was born in Naples but lives in Canada. Naples will be a wonderful surprise... but there will be other surprises on her trip too!

£9.95

240 colourful vocabulary flashcards in Italian, for beginners, with digital version included.

£38.95

Bring Italian to life with this modern, interactive course for pre-teens and teenagers!

£28.95

Beginner's level (A1) student's book, now with interactive e-book included!

£26.95

Players need to use their Italian descriptive skills to play this fun game, focused on vocabulary about the body, health and well-being. (CEFR A2-B1)

£18.50

Learn about famous Italian people while practising your language skills! Lower intermediate level A2-B1.

£18.50

Who is it?! Take turns to ask questions in Italian and guess the people from the descriptions. (CEFR A2)

£18.50

Learn and revise Italian grammar and verb forms with this fun, multiple-choice question and answer game for beginners (A1-A2).

£18.50

Learn and practise vocabulary related to emotions in Italian while having fun with this new card game (CEFR A2-B1).

£18.50

Chinese games and readers

Learn the Chinese numbers from 1 to 100 with this amusing and innovative game. Play at home or in class with useful and interesting cards, designed to help memorise the numbers.

Chinese

£20.95

Learn all about 40 different jobs with this entertaining and original game.

Chinese

£20.95

Havoc in Heaven tells the story of the birth of Monkey King and the havoc he made in heaven.

Chinese

By Xianchun Chen

£10.95

Enjoy learning basic and useful structures in Chinese by matching questions and answers.

Chinese

£20.95

An exciting game which allows players to broaden their knowledge of China following an itinerary around China discovering cities, places of interest, history and culture.

Chinese

£20.95

Xinxin is a Chinese girl who lives in Italy. When the school year ends, she travels to Shanghai to spend the summer holidays with her paternal grandparents.

English

£9.95

Come and discover Beijing's most fascinating locations, and let youself be amazed by its secrets!

English

£9.95

Designed for anyone starting to learn Chinese. The dictionary covers everyday language in both Chinese and English, so you can be sure of having access to all the vocabulary you need.

English

£10.99

This book includes ten stories, ten journeys between past and present, in a world where the gods and mortals live in harmony and where story and myth are entwined.

English

£9.95

This volume tells you nine stories behind nine proverbs, and invites the reader to guess the corresponding English proverb for each one.

English

By Chiara Perinot, Chen Haiyan

£9.95

Books in Polish

Janek Racyniak, called Cyna, is in trouble again. This time he is punitively transferred to a high-security boarding school...

By Mariusz Niemycki

£8.10

Dokad zawiezie Dine i Lorenza wagonik 13, którym podrózuja po Gabinecie Grozy?

By Isabel Abedi

£11.95

Ania Pajdka, called Lisia in her family, is quite an ordinary girl. But is it possible to be a perfectly ordinary person?

By Ewa Nowak

£13.25

On a blustery October night the Circus Oscuro came to town. It was clear from the start that this was no ordinary circus. They did not roll into town with fanfares and cartwheeling clowns.

By Jon Berkeley

£14.50

An adventurous novel about Storm, Aurora and Ania? three brave and rather eccentric sisters who will have to defeat Dr. DeWilde before he takes over the people with the help of his menacing wolves and terrifying magic...

By Dr Irvana Reskova, Dr Irvana Reskova, Lyn Gardner

£11.95

By Various authors

£9.50

A fantastic "rogue novel" for children and teenagers of all ages.

By Janusz Onufrowicz

£17.50

By Ali Mitgutsch

£9.95

Fairy tales for young learners of French

Aesop's tale of the Fox and the Grapes.

£9.20

The story of the Gingerbread Man.

£9.20

The story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

£9.20

The story of the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse.

£9.20

The fable of the North Wind and the Sun.

£9.20

Clássicos da literatura infantil em língua portuguesa

Desde o início do século XIX que os Irma+os Grimm alimentam a imaginacça+o de miúdos e graúdos de todo o mundo e hà sempre algo de novo a aprender com cada personagem!

By Brüder Grimm

£18.95

É sabido que, apesar de essenciais, raras vezes os conselhos sa+o bem aceites e apreendidos pelos mais jovens; mas se chegarem cobertos do acçúcar de uma história, jà o resultado normalmente é outro.

By António Torrado

£22.95

By C S Lewis

£15.50

E se as histórias para criancças passassem a ser de leitura obrigatória para os adultos? Seriam eles capazes de aprender realmente o que hà tanto tempo têm andado a ensinar?

By José Saramago

£19.95

Uma catadupa de situacções caricatas de "teatro dentro do teatro", com base numa ideia simples (bebida no escritor francês Scribe) que é um achado em termos de comédia.

By Almeida Garrett

£22.50

Este livro apresenta a vida deste poeta genial, utilizando uma linguagem simples e apontando apenas os marcos fundamentais dos 47 anos que viveu.

By Manuela Júdice

£22.75

Baseado num episódio da vida de um dos filhos de Luis Sepúlveda, a História de um gato e de um rato que se tornaram amigos oferece-nos uma vez mais uma fàbula singela e divertida sobre o verdadeiro valor da amizade.

£16.50

Outra história com a personagem mais famosa da popular autora britânica, numa réplica cuidada da edicça+o original de 1904.

By Beatrix Potter

£11.75

Um dos clàssicos contemporâneos, com o design inovador e as brilhantes ilustracções que têm o cunho inconfundível de Eric Carle.

By Eric Carle

£22.75

O novo Astérix esta aqui!

By Jean-Yves Ferri, Didier Conrad

£16.50

Russian stories for little ones

Russian

By Sergej Mikhalkov

£6.25

A compilation of the most popular Russian folk and fairy tales, including Turnip, Sister Fox and the Rolling Pin, Masha and the Bear and others.

Russian

By Anon

£8.70

The colourful book about three little pigs will be interesting for children aged 0-3 years old to read independently.

Russian

By Anon

£6.25

The characters of this story are the real family who lives... in a shoe closet! Meet Papa the Boot, Mama the Shoe, and the little Sandals-Sisters.

Russian

By Nadezhda Forostyan

£20.75

Russian

By Ekaterina Chudnovskaya

£9.35 £6.55

Russian

By S.A. Stankevich

£12.75

Russian

By S.A. Stankevich

£12.75

Russian

By S.A. Stankevich

£12.75

This pop-up book with an old famous Russian tale about three bears in the woods will be fascinating for very young children who just learn to read Russian.

Russian

By Various authors

£17.50

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