What to expect. . . the first step. Answers to all your baby-making questions. Are there ways to improve our chances of having a girl (or boy)? Does stress affect fertility? Should we be having sex every day? Every other day? Three times a day? I’m 37. Does that mean I’ll have a harder time getting pregnant? How long should we keep trying to conceive before we get some help? What fertility treatments are available—and how will we be able to pay for them? Expecting to expect? Plan ahead. Here’s everything you need to know to help prepare for the healthiest possible pregnancy and the healthiest possible baby. Filled with practical tips, empathetic advice, and savvy strategies, all designed to help you get that baby of your dreams on board faster. How to get your body into the best baby-making shape. Which foods feed fertility. Which lifestyle habits to quit and which to cultivate. All about baby-making sex, from timing to positions to logistics—and how to keep it sexy. Figuring out your fertility (and his). When to seek fertility help, and the latest on tests, treatments, and reproductive technology. Expecting to become a dad? This book has you covered, too. Plus, all about the family-building options for single women and same-sex couples.
DC's beloved Super Heroes introduce children to first words in this super-cool pre-school visual dictionary. A combination of the 500 most popular words for pre-schoolers along with essential DC super hero names and terms, this unique visual dictionary makes it fun for kids to build their vocabulary and early and pre-reading skills. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash--and other fan favorites--are fabulous guides to first words and the DC universe. The classic comic book art rounds out this entertaining, educational, great-looking package. Each entry includes an illustration, and an example of the word used in a sentence.
Down in the forest . . . creak, snap, BUMP! A pinecone falls to the ground. Good Wolf is thrilled with his new toy . . . until Bad Bird steals it from him. But there's a twist in this tale: with a bit of quick thinking, Wolf not only nabs his pinecone back - he gets a tasty Bad-Bird snack as well! Much-loved illustrator Sharon Rentta has developed a dramatic and eye-catching new style for her latest picture book. Featuring superb black-and-white pencil drawings with dramatic spot colour, MINE! is a wickedly funny, Tom-and-Jerry-style caper.
Poor Bob the dog! Whenever things go missing, he always gets the blame. How can he explain that it's not him that's eating everything? There's a pesky pelican on the loose, and it's hiding all the objects in its beak! Kate Leake's brand-new picture book is a hilarious story full of mayhem, mishaps - and an utterly lovable, unlucky dog!
Follow a little girl on a magical journey along the Moon River. It flows from her bedroom and out into the big wide world just waiting to be discovered. She's soon to be joined by other children who are all excited to be exploring the beautiful world together. There is such a lot of world to see! Moon River is a song composed by Henry Mancini with Lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It recieved an Academy Award for Best Original Song for its performance by Audrey Hepburn in the iconic movie Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
DYLAN THE SHOPKEEPER is the second picture book in a series featuring an exuberant stripy dog, who just loves to play. Created by bestselling illustrator Guy Parker-Rees, Dylan is a joyous new character who uses playing and fun to help toddlers explore and understand their world. Today Dylan is playing at being a shopkeeper. It's all great fun, until his friends, Jolly Otter and Purple Puss, decide they want to be shopkeepers, too! Dylan's friend, Dotty Bug, also appears on every page, encouraging readers to join in with the story.
This hugely exciting picture book collaboration by internationally celebrated musician-comedian Tim Minchin and award-winning illustrator Steve Antony is an absolute treat for all ages. Inspired by Tim Minchin's hit song WHEN I GROW UP from MATILDA THE MUSICAL, the book takes a humorous yet moving look at adult life from a child's perspective. Grown-ups surely have all the fun as they must eat sweets every day, climb the biggest trees and watch cartoons till their eyes go square. But do they really...? A truly magical picture book by two incredible talents.
This Read with Oxford Stages 2-3 kit is packed full of ways to share traditional tales with your child, practise the phonics they are learning at school and develop important storytelling skills. It contains six traditional tales, retold so that children can read them for themselves: The King and His Wish, Dick and His Cat, I Will Get You, Cook, Pot, Cook, The Foolish Fox and Jack and the Beanstalk. The kit also includes a fun activity book, a poster and sticker set, and a parent handbook. The activity book includes quizzes on each book and fun phonics activities. Your child can retell each tale in their own words using the story maps. The storytelling poster with reusable stickers will spark your child's imagination and help them tell their own stories. A parent handbook offers tips and advice on supporting your child with phonics and sharing stories with them. It also includes the full version of each story to read aloud to your child. Featuring much-loved characters, great authors, engaging storylines and fun activities, Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your child's reading confidence. Find practical advice, free eBooks and fun activities to help your child progress on oxfordowl.co.uk. Let's get them flying!
Red and blue aliens never mix – until two of them fall in love. A funny rhyme to light up your world, by two shining stars of picture books. The red Smeds dislike the blue Smoos, and the Smoos dislike the Smeds. They both think they have nothing in common, and they hardly ever agree. So when a Smed meets a Smoo and they fall for each other, their families are upset. Will love conquer all in this quirky space story? There might just be a happy ending that’s also very cute indeed… A colourful rhyme from Britain’s top picture book team Julia and Axel are the creators of The Gruffalo and Zog Full of humour and goodwill in a fantastic space setting Conveys a message of tolerance with a light touch
