As ever growing numbers of animals visit a watering hole, introducing the numbers from one to ten, the water dwindles. On board pages.

During the dry season, Morris the crocodile and his animal friends enjoy playing in and near the water hole.

It's a hot day on the savanna. The sun sizzles, bristles, and bakes. A young monkey wants to drink at the water hole. But wait! Blocking the way are irritable hippos, sharphoofed zebras, a toothy lion, huge elephants, and a lurking crocodile. Will Monkey ever get to taste cool water? Why is waiting so hard?

Crash! Bang! Clatter! Boom! Woosh! Swish! Scurry! There's a rumble in the jungle as the animals rush to the waterhole. With bright, gorgeous artwork, this fun phonetic book from the creators of Mess Monsters, is bound to make a splash!

Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe is one of Africa's great national parks. The terrain varies from thick bush, to sparse woodlands, to river floodplain. Living there is a complex cross-section of the animal kingdom -- lions, cheetahs, eagles, impala, elephants and a host of other creatures, large and small. They are all depicted here in beautiful full color paintings and black and white drawings.

There was once a crow who lived in a tree by a waterhole. Each morning, she stared into the water, and saw another crow staring back. Crow thought Crow-in-the-waterhole was the most wonderful bird she had ever seen. 'She looks like a crow who could change the world. I wish I could be like her.' Finally, Crow flies away to seek her destiny, hoping to become as wonderful as Crow-in-the-waterhole. She travels far and wide, helping others along the way, only to find that her true destiny lies within. Beautifully jacketed in a hardback cover, Crow and the Waterhole is an inspiring and uplifting picture book for younger readers.

A heart-rending psychological drama, The Waterhole explores the blurred margins of reality in the life of an abused twelve-year-old girl. Growing-up in the natural beauty and dramatic volcanic landscape of New Zealand's Coromandel Range, school sports star Jolie Overwater has a home life she dare not expose. The intelligent, unloved daughter of violent misogynist Victor and barely-functional rag-doll' Ruth, she is desperate for deliverance. Only at the waterhole does she feel safe; swimming in the cool water, or listening to the stories of her mysterious friends enchanting little Mary and brave taniwha hunter Mahinarangi. Where do they come from? Can they help Jolie escape her father? What secrets does towering Blood Rock hold? Enter Jolie's world, where time and space refuse to conform to the laws of physics. Enter the world of the mind!