The Magic Roundabout is a place of fun and friendship. It's a place where everyone can gather to talk, to play, to think quietly or just to sit on a wooden horse and twirl sedately round and round... One of the all-time classics of children's television, Serge Danot's highly original visual style combined with Eric Thompson's understated, dry and witty scripts made The Magic Roundabout an immediate hit with the British public. Created in 1963, at its peak The Magic Roundabout commanded over eight million viewers. No other children's series reached an audience of even half that size and the series even rivalled the news as the UK's most-watched programme. Today a whole generation of children treasures the memory of The Magic Roundabout, its characters and its stories. The Little Book of The Magic Roundabout is a fully illustrated small format book that uses stills from the original TV series with the best quotes from all our favourite characters. Dougal, Dylan, Florence, Brian, Ermintrude and Zebedee are all here as the original puppets with quotes taken from Eric Thompson's scripts. 2005 sees 40 years of The Magic Roundabout and this little book will tie in to celebrations including release of the CGI animated film on DVD.

Background: In February 2005, Pathe Films (Chicken Run, Girl with a Pearl Earring, amongst many others) released The Magic Roundabout, a full-length CGI film featuring, not only the well-loved characters from the original t.v. series, but also introducing two new ones. They are voiced by an all-star cast including Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue and Joanna Lumley. Oxford University Press have published a number of educational products to tie in with the film under the imprint 'Learn with The Magic Roundabout'. Dylan's Book of Noises is the 4th title in the series of concept books. Dylan is quite happy to snooze the day away while his Magic Roundabout friends try to wake him up with different noises. When Dylan does wake up, it's time for bed! The book takes a fun look at different noises and is great to for parents and children to share. It is bright and modern and illustrated by vibrant CGI images of the characters from The Magic Roundabout. A sheet of stickers comes as part of the book and there are special picture frames to stick the sticker on the right page.

The Little Book of Wiltshire is a compendium of fascinating information about the county, past and present. Contained within is a plethora of entertaining facts about Wiltshire’s famous – and occasionally infamous – men and women, its towns and countryside, history, natural history, literary, artistic and sporting achievements, agriculture, transport, industry and royal visits.A reliable reference and a quirky guide, this book can be dipped in to time and again to reveal something new about the people, the heritage, the secrets and the enduring fascination of the county. A remarkably engaging book, this is essential reading for visitors and locals alike.

An authoritative, quirky trivia book divided into themed chapters. Whitaker's Little Book of Knowledge contains thousands of general knowledge gems: from everything you learned at school to fascinating lists of contemporary 'top-tens', mini-biographies of famous artists and writers, plus condensed guides to films and works of art and literature. In addition, there is a light-hearted journey down memory lane featuring humorous entries on forgotten treasures from different decades and a stand-alone sport chapter with guides to both well-known and obscure sports, key rules, a glossary of terms and short biographies of the world's greatest sporting heroes. Facts are both newly researched and drawn from the rich treasure-trove of the Whitaker's Almanack archive, which dates back to 1868. Whitaker's Little Book of Knowledge is a truly unique ready-reference containing fascinating facts for every trivia buff while providing a unique insight into the world from the 19th century through to the present day.

The Little Book of the 1970s is a fast-paced and entertaining account of life in Britain during an extraordinary decade, as we moved from the swinging sixties to the punk-rock seventies. Here are dramas, tragedies, scandals and characters galore, all packaged in an easily readable 'dip-in' format. Witness how major national and international events impacted on the population at home, the progress made by technology and the fads and fancies of fashion and novelty. Those who lived through the decade (and are therefore experts on the subject) should find plenty to remind, surprise, amuse and inform them, while a younger generation will see how different the world of the 1970s was to the one that we inhabit today.

Based on quirky facts and fascinating data, with a discerning eye on the bizarre, the frivolous and the funny, The Little Book of the 1960s is nostalgia with a difference. The sights, the sounds, the lifestyle, the whole 1960s experience can be relived through the pages of this book, but be warned – you'll need a sense of humour. It's a book that can be dipped in to time and time again to reveal something new about the people, the fashions, the scandals and the enduring fascination of a decade that was truly the most colourful of all. Did You Know? When the Beatles played at the Birkenhead YMCA in 1962 for just £30 (the same year Decca famously turned them down because 'groups with guitars were on their way out'), they were booed off stage. When Barbara Windsor and the cast of Sparrers Can't Sing were filming in the East End in the early 1960s, the Krays were hired to provide security on the set. When Princess Margaret married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones in May 1960, she became the first royal to marry a commoner for 450 years.

In an attempt to escape the unbearable pain after losing my son Ben to suicide, I would withdraw deep within myself to seek refuge, and in this isolation my screams remained silent and expression became muted. Because the pain is ever near, sadly, this silence tends to be unending and little is said about the aftermath of suicide but, I believe, many would wish to feel understood in their continuing battle with its effects, and those around us who could only express the magnitude of this loss by saying 'I can't begin to know what you are going through' might prefer to be informed. Touching all the rawness within has been a slow but determined process and if my story can help to express and validate the pain of some, give insight to others and in any way promote the prevention of suicide, I could, in the telling of it, find some gladness.