Two children, playing in the park, spend their time arguing over how good their teddy bears are, while a galaxy of strange characters and objects passes around them unnoticed. Playing with perspective, art and our view of the world when we are children, this is a classic to rediscover and share.

Two children, sent out to play, spend their time arguing over the relative merits of their teddy bears, while a galaxy of strange characters and objects passes them unnoticed. Russel Hoban said of this engrossing and fascinating book: 'This will help any child to get as good grip on the ungraspable . ' Both adults and children find I HATE MY TEDDY BEAR rewarding on different levels and it will give hours of pleasure.

Sometimes evil looks like a fuzzy teddy bear.... Still grieving the untimely death of his dad, ten-year-old Josh Leary is reluctant to accept a well-worn stuffed teddy bear from his new stepfather. He soon learns he was right to be wary. Edgar is no ordinary toy...and he doesn’t like being rejected. When Josh banishes him to the closet, terrible things begin to happen.Desperate to be rid of the bear, Josh engages the help of a friend. As the boys’ efforts rebound on them with horrifying results, Josh is forced to accept the truth—Edgar will always get even.

These bright pictures and patches of different textures will help develop sensory and language awareness in very young chidlren.

Once, elephants came in two colours: black or white. They loved all other creatures - but each set wanted to destroy the other. Peace-loving elephants ran and hid in the deepest jungle while battle commenced. The war-mongers succeeded: for a long time it seemed that there were no elephants in the world at all, not of any colour. But then the descendants of the peace-loving ones emerged from the jungle, and by now they were all grey. ‘This book was one of my favourites as a kid, I simply relished in the gloriousness of a load of elephants battling it out in a bizarre forest. It wasn’t until I was a bit older that I recognised the importance of the message that lay (not so subtly) underneath.’ OLIVER JEFFERS

Provides the original words for the classic song Jingle Bells by Pierpont with a button to push for the music to play.