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Shark In The Park

A special edition of this much-loved classic to celebrate 20 FIN-TASTIC years! 
 
Timothy Pope, Timothy Pope, what can you see through your telescope? 
Is there really a shark in the park? Go on, be brave, open the book and see! 
 
Timothy Pope has a brand new telescope and he's testing it out at the park. Peep through the die-cut holes in this book to see if you can spy a shark. Is that really a shark? Turn the page and find out . . . 
 
A delightful, entertaining story - with its rhyming text and ingenious die-cut pages, it's a book children will want to read again and again.

This much-loved classic is celebrating 20 FIN-TASTIC years in 2020!

This crafty interactive picture book is 100% bliss and very toothsome indeed . . . The very young will enjoy all the changes of perspective and the jokes . . . A book that will have them squealing with delight

The hole in the page in Shark in the Park is the best use of this apparently simple device since PEEPO! by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Sharratt's upbeat illustrations and rhyming, rhthymical text . . . Simple and satisfying, with audience participation guaranteed

Sharratt's use of die-cut components is very clever. The bold cartoon illustrations use a two-dimensional plane that perfectly accentuates critical aspects of the images. Contains the kind of humour that pre-schoolers find so very funny . . . jolly good fun

"Bliss!", will be the reaction from Sharratt's many young fans: 15 pages of crisp design, nifty cut-outs, visual thrills and a pacy tale of what a little boy sees through his telescope

Shark in the Park is an unequivocal success . . . the book is infused with a rather exhilarating sense of wonder and encouragement to explore new ways of looking at the world

Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children and won numerous awards for his picture books, including the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the 2001 Children's Book Award. He has also enjoyed great success illustrating Jacqueline Wilson books. Nick lives in Brighton.

Socks

LAUGH YOUR SOCKS OFF! 
 
Stripy sharks and woolly crocs, 
Purple dogs with polka dots! 
 
What can YOU see made from SOCKS? 
 
Kids (and grown ups!) will love this socktastic celebration of the nation's favourite footwear. Look out for sockerels, sockodiles and Goldisocks, and prepare to see your socks in a whole new light!

A fantastically funny picture book that will have you wriggling and giggling your socks off!

Rich in fun language, this book is the perfect prompt for you and your child to make up your own silly stories with a sock on each little (and grown-up) hand.

We've been reading 2 books recently that combine silliness and laughter into easy to read picture books; Socks by Nick Sharratt and co-author Elizabeth Lindsay and Dance Together Dinosaurs by Jane Clarke and illustrated by Lee Wildish. Two books that definitely make us giggle! 
 
 
Sockywockydoodah! If you thought socks were just for keeping your toes warm then you have to read Socks. Who knew you could do so much with your socks?! There are sock animals, sock people and even sock instruments. What we loved about this book was the illustrations; everything is in back and white except for the socks! There are multi-coloured socks, patterned socks and stripy socks. We loved reading about Goldisocks and the three cross bears and the search for the Sock Ness Monster. There are lots of silly sock-related words but that just added to the fun of the book which is what reading is all about in our eyes; having fun!

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Award-winning children's illustrator and author Nick Sharratt has teamed up with fellow author Elizabeth Lindsay to produce Socks (David Fickling Books, hardback, £10.99), a brilliantly clever picture book which celebrates the nation's favourite footwear. 
We're talking big and bold here... big pictures, big writing and big, barmy adventures! There's a smiling sockodile, a dozing hipposockamus, an eight-legged socktopus and even a Sock Ness Monster enjoying a summer holiday. 
Pages of silly big words containing socks such as Socywockydoodah, Sockywockychoochoo train will enchant little ones who can work their way through a series of sock animals, storytime characters, objects, transport and even greedy-guts Goldisocks. 
The rhyming story is full of sockywocky fun, socks of every design and colour and will keep kids (and grown-ups) in stocking stitches for hours on end!

The jokes are thick and fast in this noisy, colourful celebration of the sock. Excellent for reading aloud, with big and bold illustrations to match.

This is the perfect way to inspire young children to be creative by taking the simplest of everyday objects and transforming it into something new.

Hurrah! Following on from his marvellous work with Pants, Nick Sharatt has now turned his superlative illustrative skills to the similarly sniggersome subject of socks - and the result is a predicatably satisfying treat for adults and children alike. Elizabeth Lindsay is in charge of the words this time, and has clearly had just has as much fun exploring the linguistic possibilities of her subject as Sharratt has enjoyed with the potential for visual humour. From sockodiles and socktopuses to sockerels and the Sock Ness Monster, you’ll be amazed at just how versatile such a simple garment can be

Nick Sharratt moves from pants to footwear in another fun book featuring everything from cats to moustaches all made of socks. This is a verbal, tongue-twisting delight that will challenge adult readers and young listeners. 'Sockywockydoodah! Popsock-a-lula-bop! That socksophone just makes you feel like jiving till you drop!' Sock 'n' roll like we never heard it before.

Sheer exuberant enjoyment of language and creativity abound. Children are sure to want to try their hand at their own versions both verbal and pictorial. This is a book that makes one want to collect up every child under seven in the vicinity, sit them down and ‘sock it to them.’

A hilarious follow-up to the much-loved Pants and More Pants, this fantastically funny picture book will have toddlers wriggling and giggling their socks off! Stripy sharks and woolly crocs, purple dogs with polka dots! what can YOU see made from SOCKS? A socktastic celebration of our favourite footwear!

Pull your socks up before embarking on this exuberant book because you will need to be in the right exclamatory mood to perform it. It launches itself with the wake-up call: SOCKYWOCKYDODAH – and then the manic wordplay starts. A cockerel becomes a sockerel, a hipposockamus is in the offing and Goldysocks has bright yellow socks in lieu of braids. It is a shameless romp that even suggests that a socksophone might be easy to play. It has contagious gaiety, pace and energy and is tremendous fun to read aloud. Sock it to 'em. (2+)

this laugh-out-loud illustrated hardback will spark the imagination of toddlers and parents alike!

Bumps along at a great moving pace, and kids will not even have a second to be distracted!

Nick Sharratt (Author, Illustrator) Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children including Shark in the Park, You Choose and Pants. He has won numerous awards for his picture books, including the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the 2001 Children's Book Award. He has also enjoyed stellar success illustrating Jacqueline Wilson's books. Nick lives in Hove. Elizabeth Lindsay (Author) Elizabeth Lindsay has worked as an actress, puppeteer and scriptwriter and is now a full time children's fiction author. She has written several series, amongst them, Magic Pony and Silverlake Fairy School. She lives in Gloucestershire on the side of a steep hill with a fabulous view.

Daisy: Really, Really

Here comes trouble! 
A super-dooper Daisy picture book - from Kes Gray, author of the bestselling Oi Frog and Friends, and Nick Sharratt, award-winning illustrator of You Choose and Pants! 
 
 Mum is off out, and Daisy is left with a babysitter for the first time! Will she be good, and stick to the rules? Of course not! Daisy starts telling fibs that she usually eats ICE-CREAM AND CHIPS for tea, NEVER needs a bath and watches telly until MIDNIGHT. 
 
 “Really?” asks her babysitter? “Really, really” fibs Daisy. 
 
 . . . But what will happen when Mum comes home? 
 
A laugh-out-loud story about a familiar family experience that will appeal to any child who likes to tell a fib every now and then.

Here comes trouble! A brand new edition of this bestselling Daisy picture book

Kes Gray (Author) Kes Gray is one of the UK’s bestselling writers for children, with over two million copies of his stories sold. He is the author of the award-winning DAISY picture books and fiction, as well as the creator of the chart-topping OI! series with illustrator Jim Field. Kes lives in Essex. Nick Sharratt (Author) Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children including Shark in the Park, You Choose and Pants. He has won numerous awards for his picture books, including the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the 2001 Children's Book Award. He has also enjoyed stellar success illustrating Jacqueline Wilson's books. Nick lives in Hove.

How to Draw

Learn how to draw Tracy Beaker, Hetty Feather, and all your other favourite Jacqueline Wilson characters - plus the world around them! Packed with step-by-step guides and handy tips from award-winning illustrator Nick Sharratt, this is the perfect gift for any budding artist and Jacqueline Wilson fan.

A bright and colourful guide to drawing the world of bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson, from one of the nation's best-loved illustrators, Nick Sharratt.

Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children including Shark in the Park, You Choose and Pants. He has won numerous awards for his picture books, including the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the 2001 Children's Book Award. He has also enjoyed stellar success illustrating Jacqueline Wilson's books. Nick lives in Hove.

Shark in the Park on a Windy Day!

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the park . . . 
 
Timothy Pope is blown this way and that way in the windy park -- but among the whistling wind and blustering brollies could that be a shark he spies through his telescope. Peep through the die-cut hole in the pages of the book to find out. 
 
A third book in the bestselling Shark in the Park series -- it's fin-tastic fun!

A Jaws-ome treat that will blow you away!

Shark in the Dark

Timothy Pope is looking out into the night with his telescope. Is that really a shark he can see? Turn the page and find out . . . 
 
Children will delight in peeping through the die-cut holes and guessing what Tim has spotted.

A brilliant follow-up to the hugely popular Shark in the Park.

Nick Sharratt's loud, distinctive, illustrations are always sure to attract pre-schoolers. Shark in the Dark, a sequel to Shark in the Park, will delight his followers . . . Told in a jaunty rhyme and full of humour - especially the nice twist at the end - this is one for ages four and up to read in the half-light for full effect

It is the exhuberant exclamations such as "quivering catfish" that make this a delight to read aloud and children will be reading this under the duvet long after lights out

A wonderful choice for small kids everywhere

As with all Nick Sharratt's books, the language and rhyming patterns are superb and really engage young readers

Nick Sharratt

A FIN-TASTIC festive story in this bestselling series! 
 
Timothy Pope, Timothy Pope looks again through his telescope. 
As snowflakes fall without a sound, he looks left, he looks right, he looks all around. 
 
Wait, is that a SHARK? 
Turn the page to find out, if you dare . . . 
 
With its funny rhyming text, die-cut holes to peep through, this j-awesome adventure is the perfect way to say Snappy Christmas! 
 
Discover other books in this bestselling series: 
SHARK IN THE PARK 
SHARK IN THE DARK 
SHARK IN THE PARK ON A WINDY DAY

Nick Sharratt

Oh No! Shark in the Snow!

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