George's favourite author is signing at the new bookstore in town. Waiting in line is hard when you're as curious as our little monkey, especially when surrounded by so many great books! George has fun browsing but then takes organizing some open boxes of books into his own hands, with surprising results. At the end of the day, lucky George finally gets some time with his favourite author. Children will love his silly antics as George explores the wonderful world that is the local bookstore. This latest monkey tale is for book lovers, lovers of George, and especially lovers of curiosity!

In this Curious George story, George learns that a wheelchair doesn't stop his friend Tina from anything - even joining a basketball team! Now in paperback. Curious George has a playdate at a park designed for children of all abilities, perfect for his new friend, Tina, who uses a wheelchair. While they are playing together, Tina spots some kids playing her favorite game: basketball. George jumps right into the action, but Tina is too shy to ask to join. George suspects Tina is just as good-even better-than the other kids. Can he come up with a way to show the players she's got game and help her overcome her shyness? This story celebrates how kids of all abilities can play together!

Curious George bites into a shiny apple made of wax and his tooth begins to hurt. When George shows his wiggly tooth to the man with the yellow hat, he takes George to the dentist. It's his first time, and George is nervous, but he overcomes his fear and learns about better dental hygiene-with a little good-natured mayhem on the side! With art in the style of H A Rey, this engaging story will show young readers that there is nothing scary about wobbly teeth and that a visit to the dentist can actually be fun! Includes activities and information about healthy teeth, plus a sheet of stickers to celebrate good brushing habits or a successful dentist visit.

In this beautiful treasury, you can read all of Peppa's favourite tales! With eight exciting Peppa Pig sotries to enjoy. - Daddy Pig's Office; - George and the Noisy Baby; - Peppa Goes Bathing; - Peppa Goes Skiing; - Peppa Plays Basketball; - George;s New Dinosaur; - Miss Rabbit's Day Off; - Mr Bull in a China Shop.

Peppa, George and Mr Dinosaur are going to the dentists. Its Georges first visit and he's a teeny bit nervous. Find out how the trip goes in this lovely little adventure.

Every little one's favourite pig is back and in this new Peppa Pig book, Peppa and George take to the ice for a spot of ice skating. Peppa and George have never been ice skating before and Peppa keeps falling down, unable to balance. But that's OK, Mummy Pig is there to give Peppa a helping hand. And when Peppa teaches George what Mummy Pig has been teaching her, she soon discovers that George is better than everyone! A beautiful board back book that fans of Peppa will love, Peppa Goes Ice Skating is a glorious winter celebration of 10 years of Peppa Pig. Children aged 1 and up will not be able to get enough of the wonderful Peppa Pig.

So proclaims George Mikes' timeless exploration of this curious phenomenon. Whether it's understatement, self-deprecation or plain cruelty - the three elements he identifies as essential to our sense of humour - being witty is a way of life here. 'If you want to succeed here you must be able to handle the English sense of humour.' So proclaims George Mikes' timeless exploration of this curious phenomenon. Whether it's understatement, self-deprecation or plain cruelty - the three elements he identifies as essential to our sense of humour - being witty is a way of life here. Perfectly placed as an adopted Englishman himself, Mikes delivers his shrewd advice - helpfully divided into 'Theory' and 'Practice' - with a comic precision. Drawing on a trove of examples from our rich canon, from Orwell (who said, 'Every joke is a tiny revolution') to Oscar Wilde, this is the essential handbook for natives and foreigners alike. Mrs Kennedy: 'I don't think, Mr Churchill, that I have told you anything about my grandchildren.' Winston Churchill: 'For which, madam, I am infinitely grateful.'

George and Harold are up to their old tricks again, and when their latest prank makes a direct hit on school brainiac Melvin Sneedly, he decides to get even! But in the blink of an eye - and the sneeze of a nose - Melvin goes from snooty to snotty, and the Bionic Booger Boy is born! Can Captain Underpants clean up this catastrophe, or will the mucous monster make a mess of things?

A brilliantly funny, bestselling novel by the award-winning author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. 'A painful funny humane novel: beautifully written, addictively readable and so confident' The Times Discover this brilliantly comic and moving bestselling novel by the award-winning author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and The Porpoise. At fifty-seven, George is settling down to a comfortable retirement, building a shed in his garden, reading historical novels, listening to a bit of light jazz. Then Katie, his tempestuous daughter, announces that she is getting remarried, to Ray. The family is not pleased, as her brother Jamie observes, Ray has 'strangler's hands'. Katie can't decide if she loves Ray, or loves the way he cares for her son Jacob, and her mother Jean is a bit put out by the way the wedding planning gets in the way of her affair with one of her husband's former colleagues. And the tidy and pleasant life Jamie has created crumbles when he fails to invite his lover, Tony, to the dreaded nuptials. Unnoticed in the uproar, George discovers a sinister lesion on his hip, and quietly begins to lose his mind.

The debut novel from comedian and presenter of The Last Leg, Adam Hills, featuring a young detective dream team. When a priceless painting goes missing, Charley - a 12-year-old viral singing sensation - and her best friend George - camera whizz and budding comedian - are shocked to discover they're the prime suspects. Now Charley and George have to prove they're not international criminals - all while nailing a stellar European tour and keeping up with their homework! But as news of high-profile heists hits the headlines wherever they go, Charley and George keep finding themselves in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Can they solve these baffling crimes and save themselves, or will their shot for stardom be over almost as soon as it's begun?

Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Lizzie goes to horse camp with her best friend Maria. While there, Lizzie meets a charismatic German shorthair pointer named Jake. The puppy is very curious about the farm and especially likes to spend time with the horses. Can Lizzie help find Jake a perfect home?

A brilliant collection of 20 stories that all fans of Peppa Pig will love! Get ready for bed and snuggle up with Peppa and George . . . Titles In This Set: George's First Day at playgroup Peppa Plays Football Dentist Trip Nature Trail Daddy Pig's Old Chair Sports Day School Bus Trip Recycling Fun! Peppa Goes Swimming Tiny Creatrues Tooth Fairy Daddy Pig's Office Peppa Pigs's Family Computer Fun at The Fair George Catches a Cold Peppa's First Glasses Miss Rabbit's Day Off Peppa Goes Boating Peppa Goes Skiing Peppa Goes Camping

The seventy-fifth anniversary edition, with a new introduction by Anthony Quinn. London, 1939, and in the grimy publands of Earls Court, George Harvey Bone is pursuing a helpless infatuation. Netta is cool, contemptuous and hopelessly desirable to George. George is adrift in a drunken hell, except in his 'dead' moments, when something goes click in his head and he realises, without a doubt, that he must kill her. In the darkly comic Hangover Square Patrick Hamilton brilliantly evokes a seedy, fog-bound world of saloon bars, lodging houses and boozing philosophers, immortalising the slang and conversational tone of a whole generation and capturing the premonitions of doom that pervaded London life in the months before the war.

Join Princess Peppa and Prince George in this magical collection of storybooks, with five exciting Peppa Pig books to enjoy "The Story of Prince George" "Fun of The Fair" "Nursery Rhyme Time!" "Peppa Goes Skiing" "Peppa Meets the Queen"

He's got a plan. But he hasn't got a clue. Clayton Blaisdell's capers are strictly small-time until he meets George Rackley. With Blaze's brawn and George's brains, they pull off a hundred successful cons. Then George plans the one big score every small timer dreams of: kidnapping the infant heir to a family fortune. The trouble is that by the time the deal goes down, the brains of the operation has died. Or has he? Now Blaze is running into the white hell of the Maine woods with a baby as hostage. The crime of the century just turned into a race against time . . .

Peppa's Favourite Stories: 10 Book Slipcase Collection (Sports Day, Recycling Fun, Peppa Goes Swimming, Peppa's First Sleepover, Peppa Plays Football, Peppa Goes Camping, Nature Trail, George Catches a Cold, George's First Day at Playground, Fun at the Fair)