Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam
Author: Tracey Corderoy
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2020-05-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1839941650

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are the world's most useless burglars, and their new master plan for a robbery is going hopelessly wrong! Will their neighbours catch them red-handed? Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are two hapless robber dogs who can never seem to fill their swag bags. They've tried the bank, the bookshop, the bike shop . . . and even a plot to rob their neighbours is foiled! But when they decide on a career change and open up a café they realize that, although crime doesn't pay, cupcakes certainly do! Join the fun in this hilarious rhyming picture book adventure. Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam is a hugely successful, action-packed series about two baker-dogs who used to be robbers, but now solve mysteries and sniff out crimes! Tracey Corderoy is a multi-award-winning author and has written over 70 books for children including collaborations with Rosalind Beardshaw and Sarah Massini. Steven Lenton has created many books with Tracey Corderoy and also illustrates books by David Baddiel, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Peter Bently. His books have won awards such as the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and have been selected for the WHSmith Children's Book of the Year and Tom Fletcher Book Club. Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free "Stories Aloud" audio recording. Just scan the QR code and listen along! Read all the Shifty and Sam picture book adventures: Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Cat Burglar Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Diamond Chase Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Missing Masterpiece Have you read Shifty and Sam's two-colour early readers? Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Jingle Bells! Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Up, Up and Away! Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Spooky School Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Aliens Are Coming!

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam
Author: Tracey Corderoy
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2013-08-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763668389

Plotting to invite their neighbors to a fancy tea party so that they can rob their vacated house, Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam share a comical misadventure.

Just Right for Two

Just Right for Two
Author: Tracey Corderoy
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0763673447

Dog has everything he needs in his big blue suitcase. Or does he? Dog’s big blue suitcase is the perfect fit for all the little treasures he has collected. He is sure that he is happy with just himself and his suitcase. Until one night when Mouse comes along, and Dog discovers that his big blue suitcase is actually just right for two.

Princess Daisy and the Dragon and the Nincompoop Knights

Princess Daisy and the Dragon and the Nincompoop Knights
Author: Steven Lenton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780857632883

Another fabulously funny picture book for every little girl who knows that she can save the day better than any boy! This paperback edition includes a free audio reading.

A Thousand No's

A Thousand No's
Author: DJ Corchin
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2020-08-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1728219205

This empowering picture book teaches readers that even great ideas sometimes get a NO—but that NO can actually help great ideas become the best ideas! There was a little girl who had a great idea. She had the most amazing, superb, best idea ever! NO? Wait, what do you mean NO? NO again? What is she supposed to do with all these NO's? NO after NO after NO come the little girl's way, twisting and squishing her idea. But by persevering, collaborating and using a little imagination, all those NO's become the building blocks for the biggest YES ever! A Thousand NO's is a story about perseverance and innovation. It shows what amazing things can happen if we work with others and don't give up, and teaches kids not to let expectations of how things should be get in the way of what could be.

Five Silly Snowmen

Five Silly Snowmen
Author: Steven Lenton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Board books
ISBN: 9781848954953

3, 2, 1… Time for some Christmas fun! Count the silly snowmen as they bounce and race and zoom into space! A hilarious Christmassy counting book with super fun illustrations and silly snowman scenes. This is a perfect winter-themed book to read together and an ideal Christmas present for toddlers and preschoolers who are learning to count. With a shiny, squishy cover for little hands! From the illustrator of the best-selling Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam!

Octopus Shocktopus!

Octopus Shocktopus!
Author: Peter Bently
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2022-08-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1536223964

"Charmingly silly...features bouncy, rhyming text that will enchant readers." —Kirkus Reviews An octopus falls from the sky one day. It lands on a roof and there it stays. The village’s children quickly make friends with it, even though the adults are wary. But the octopus proves very handy indeed, making a perfect slide, helping out with some painting, and even rescuing a cat stuck in a tree. But just when all the neighbors decide they want an octopus of their very own, it disappears. Where has it gone and will it come back?

Some Dogs Do

Some Dogs Do
Author: Jez Alborough
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2018
Genre: Dogs
ISBN: 9781406383027

Send your spirits soaring with this powerful, positive rhyming tale. On the way to school one day, Sid is so full of happiness that he starts to fly. But no one believes him. Dogs don't fly, they say. Poor Sid is miserable, until his dad lets him in on an amazing secret: some dogs do!

Genie and Teeny: Make a Wish (Genie and Teeny, Book 1)

Genie and Teeny: Make a Wish (Genie and Teeny, Book 1)
Author: Steven Lenton
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2021-04-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0008408211

Meet Grant the genie, and his best friend – the puppy, Teeny... The first in a series of magical adventures from the renowned illustrator, Steven Lenton, winner of Waterstones Picture Book of the Month and the Times Children’s Book of the Week.

Five Christmas Penguins

Five Christmas Penguins
Author:
Publisher: Little Tiger Press
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2012
Genre: Board books
ISBN: 9781848954946

1, 2, 3 ... party! Five cheeky penguins are getting ready for the best celebration of the year – it's Christmas! A Christmas counting book with super-snazzy illustrations! Get your toddler excited about Christmas as they count the cheeky little penguins throughout. With a lovely squishy and shiny cover and fabulously festive scenes, this jolly little book makes a wonderfully festive present for toddlers and preschoolers. From the illustrator behind the best-selling Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam.