A friend tries to wake Elephant up to wish him a happy birthday.

In a remote wildlife reserve in Africa, a young girl makes contact with an unusual elephant. They share a past that is almost forgotten and find they are able to communicate with each other. Ivory poachers threaten the existence of the herd, and Erica, the young girl, starts an investigation into the possibility of insider information alerting the poaching gangs. A sinister army officer enters the plot, aided by an evil storekeeper and merciless poaching team leader. Erica falls foul of them and finds herself in grave danger. The elephant has to find ways to help her, entering the realm of mankind and putting himself in the face of danger. Will he succeed? Will Erica survive?

It is a sequel of seven stories with animal characters focussing on relatable life lessons for children. These read aloud picture books are designed for 4 to 6-year-old children to develop their listening, speaking and reading skills. The book encourages them to imagine vividly and guide them to ‘look beyond words’. Each story is created to engage and captivate the reader to get involved with enchanting animals that behave the human way. Valuable and interesting facts about the rhetorical owl, vivacious goldfish and many more such fascinating animals makes this book perfect for toddlers taking their first step in reading aloud!

Learning to read is fun with Tippie the elephant! Level 5 introduces readers to controlled r vowels as well as to final syllables with a consonant and -le. The level 5 books are progressive and encourage the learning of these two syllable types and the rules surrounding it. The next 10 Tippie adventures are proudly South African and build on the skills acquired in all the previous levels. The text is supported by colourful, engaging illustrations to support comprehension and the learning of these tricky vowel syllables. Additionally, the stories have been written to encourage inference and problem solving through the stories and images to enhance the reader’s skill and fun!

A perfect gift to share any day of the year is this beautiful picture book about a boy searching for a present for his mom! Oskar sets out—with a single coin—to find the perfect gift for his mother. And he spots it at once: a beautiful yellow rose. But when he meets an artist, Oskar trades the rose for a paintbrush. And when he meets a conductor, he trades the paintbrush for a sheet of music. . . . The bustling streets are full of interesting people and delightful possible presents, and Oskar trades one gift for another, and another, and another! But what he finds by the end of the day is even more precious. Simple kindness is at the heart of this enchanting, gloriously-illustrated tale.

Join one little girl named Josette as she searches 1920s Paris to find the best artist to paint a portrait of her stuffed-animal rabbit, Pepette. After seeing all the fine portraits of her family in her house in Paris, Josette decides that her stuffed-animal rabbit Pepette needs a portrait of her own. The two of them set off for Montmartre, the art center of 1920s Paris, to seek out an artist to paint Pepette's portrait. They encounter Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall, and Henri Matisse, who all try their hand at capturing the rabbit. Picasso gives Pepette two noses and three ears-which doesn't sit well with Josette. Dalí gives Pepette very droopy eyes-so Josette says "no thank you" and moves on. Chagall paints Pepette flying through the clouds. Josette points out that Pepette doesn't fly and is afraid of heights-so they decide to keep going through the square. When they meet Matisse, he paints Pepette pink, with lots of colorful dots and splashes covering the canvas. It's a beautiful piece of art, but it's not Pepette. Giving up, Josette and Pepette make their way home. Josette is upset that no one was able to no one was able to capture the true essence of Pepette. Who could capture her soft gray ears, her heart-shaped nose, and all her wonderfulness? And then it comes to her-she, Josette, is the perfect person to do this.

Ernestine is in over her head. Monday through Sunday, Ernestine's week is packed with after-school lessons—tuba, knitting, sculpting, water ballet, yoga, yodeling, and karate. Overwhelmed and exhausted, Ernestine decides to take matters into her own hands and heads off to the park with her Nanny where she builds a fort, watches the clouds, and plays all kinds of unstructured and imaginative games. But when a teacher calls Ernestine's mom to report that she has not shown up for yodeling, her parents search everywhere until at last they hear their daughter's laughter coming from the park. Ernestine tells her parents what a wonderful afternoon she's had, and explains her plight, asking, "I like my lessons, but can't I stop some of them?" This saga hilariously captures the dilemma of the modern-day over-scheduled child in riotous color and absurd extremes. A delightful heroine, Ernestine will be sure to put “play” back on everyone's agenda, demonstrating that in today's overscheduled world, everyone needs the joy of play and the simple wonders of childhood.