Bøker av Sean Taylor

When Piglet picks up a stone and drops it into a puddle, something special happens ... words splash out: Wet, Fresh, Earthy, Sploshing, Sunshiny, Puddle. Piglet is a poet!You're a Poet is a story book with a difference - through five uniquely warm and cosy tales, readers can delight in the happy world of Piglet, his family and his friends and, at the same time, learn five brilliantly fun and easy ways to write a poem. Within each story, Sean Taylor shows children how to make a: "Puddle Poem", a "Comparing Poem", a "Make a Person Poem", an "If I Was Poem" and an "I Would Give You Poem". With plenty of poetry-writing tips and tricks after each story, Sean makes this form truly accessible and by the end of the book, even the very smallest of children will be able to confidently call themselves a poet.

Will Natterjack Toad EVER get to eat his cookies? Or will he become a SNACK himself?Do you have a favourite snack? One you've been thinking about all day, and just can't wait to tuck into? Well, our friend Natterjack Toad has a packet of delicious chocolate-chunk crunchy-munch cookies and he can't wait to tuck in. So, he gets himself all nice and comfortable, ready to savour every last chocolately bite - he reaches into the packet, he opens his mouth, and then ... Natterjack Toad can't believe it! Every time he tries to eat his cookies, there's something in the way: a lanky heron, a frisky-whiskered weasel, a scurrying vole - all on the lookout for a (toady) snack themselves. Will he ever be able to eat his chocolate-chunk crunchy-munch cookies in peace?

Autumn Feast is a seasonal non-fiction picture book featuring an imaginative narrative, with gentle scientific information weaved throughout.

From award-winning author Sean Taylor, When Dinosaurs Walked the Earth is a hilarious picture book that shows kids the food chain in action.

From Sean Taylor, the author of Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise, and the illustrator of Little Green Donkey, Anuska Allepuz, comes a stunning original bedtime poetry collection to comfort, inspire and reassure little children.From best-selling picture book author, Sean Taylor, comes his first ever poetry collection for children. The Dream Train is a handsome new collection of original bedtime poetry perfect for sharing whilst tucked up in bed, written for the very young. Filled with 30 warm, joyful and atmospheric poems of every kind ¿ from the funny to the gentle, from the surprising to the lyrical ¿ each capture the experience of falling or being asleep, in a pure, emotional way and celebrates the wonderful, busy, imaginative minds of little children. Some poems read like a soothing mantra, helping lull small ones to sleep, others will plant a seed of inspiration to take children bravely and boldly into the next day.This gift of a book takes readers on a visual and imaginative journey into dreamland, and beyond, and showcases the incredibly rich and inviting artwork of Anuska Allepuz.

Wild Summer tells a beautiful story of a girl and her grandfather as they explore the nature around them in the summer months.

A compendium of all the most unusual and unexpected features in the animal kingdom, from puzzling toes to weird ears, and all the other body parts in between! Carries the underlying message that everybody and everything is strange and wonderful in its own way.

A beautiful picture book featuring an imaginative narrative, with scientific information weaved in throughout and explored in the final pages.

A mix of narrative and factual content, offering a gentle introduction to the concept of hibernation, seen through the lens of a child's journey walking through a winter landscape.

A collection of 21 riotous tales and riddles about the Mullah Nasruddin

This fantasy story is about two monkeys, who look smart in their new clothes. Mojo has new shoes, and Weeza has a new hat ... until it flies away in the wind. In their humorous search, Mojo and Weeza mistake a pan, a nest and a turtle for Weeza's hat, before retrieving it from a muddy pond.

Last week, I got a new favourite outfit. So I became an amazingly special penguin. When a little girl is given a penguin suit she decides that living as a penguin is much more fun than just dressing as one. But penguins don't exactly behave like people. They don't ride the bus like people, they don't talk like people and they certainly don't catch fish fingers like people. Her family tell her, 'You're not actually a penguin,' but she knows that she ACTUALLY is! Illustrated by Kasia Matyjaszek.

Oxford Reading Tree All Stars stories are imaginative yet age-appropriate, perfect for stretching able infants. All Stars is endorsed by Potential Plus. This pack contains one copy of: The Huge and Horrible Beast, Dick Whittington, Mary-Anne and the Cat Baby, Arabian Nights, Dancing the Night Away and Duperball.

Oxford Reading Tree All Stars stories are imaginative yet age-appropriate, perfect for stretching able infants. All Stars is endorsed by Potential Plus. This pack contains one copy of: Clever Monkey, Ronald the Tough Sheep, The Jam Street Puzzle, Toffee and Marmalade, Brer Rabbit's Trickbag and Psid and Bolter.

A laugh-out-loud page turner from Sean Taylor with wickedly hilarious graphic art from Jean Jullien.

When Mum and Dad go out for the evening they think they've left their daughter in safe hands with robots designed to get her to bed! There's Cook-bot to make great spaghetti for dinner, Clean-bot to do the washing-up, Wash-bot for bath time and even Book-bot for a bedtime story. What could possibly go wrong?

An account of the 'Odes' of Horace that is more than a simple a translation.

Punk Playthings challenges you to expand your cultural capital, think laterally and make new connections.

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book.