Ben Mantle Bücher

Wenn Frosch und Kröte sich streiten ... Alles beginnt mit einer kleinen Fliege. Frosch und Kröte streiten sich ums Abendessen. Aber dann geht es auf einmal um sehr viel mehr. Denn Frosch findet, dass Frösche viel toller sind als Kröten. Da ist Kröte natürlich ganz anderer Meinung: Kröten sind viel toller als Frösche! Auch die anderen Teichbewohner kriegen den Streit mit und bald stehen sich zwei wütende Gruppen gegenüber. PLATSCH! Da wirft Frosch den ersten Matschball und es kommt zu einer riesigen Schlammschlacht. Werden sich Frosch und Kröte wieder vertragen? Eine herrlich unbeschwerte Fabel darüber, dass uns oft mehr verbindet als uns trennt – wenn wir nur genau hinsehen.

In "Wilde Weihnachten" sorgt eine Gruppe chaotischer Hasen für Aufregung am Heiligabend, als sie dem Weihnachtsmann helfen wollen. Während sie durch den Schornstein hopsen und den Schlitten kapern, bricht das totale Chaos aus. Ein lustiges Vorlesebuch für Hasen-Fans ab 3 Jahren, die Weihnachten wild feiern möchten.

It's Bear's birthday and Squirrel wants to give his friend the best birthday present ever. But what do you give the bear who has everything, including the Mallow O'Matic 5000 Marshmallow Canon and the Amazing Pop-Up Castle Tent Which-Looks-Like-A-House-With Two-Floors? Squirrel has just the answer! A stick. Except it's so much more than a stick . . .A funny, warming story of friendship and birthday fun. Would make a perfect gift for anyone - not just bears!

It's Christmas and Bear has forgotten to get his best friend Squirrel a present. Oh no! He'll have to make something instead. Except Bear isn't very good at making things. A badly knitted jumper, a terrible painting and a broken rocking chair. They're not exactly the best Christmas presents ever . . . Or are they? The perfect gift for Christmas - not just for squirrels!

For fans of WALL-E and Toy Story, comes a heart-warming, humorous adventure about a young robot trying to find its way home. Beautifully illustrated throughout, Boot is a special book you will want to treasure and share. When toy robot, Boot, wakes up at a scrapyard, it has no idea how it got there and why it isn't with its owner, Beth. It only has two and a half glitchy memories, but it knows it was loved, which means something important to humans. Boot soon realises its emotions make it different to other robots, who just function and don't think. Boot is scared but tries to be brave, which is hard when its screen keeps showing a wobbly, worried face. Luckily Boot meets Noke and Red - other 'advanced' robots who have learned to survive in secret. With its new friends by its side, Boot is determined to find Beth and the gang set off on a dangerous adventure. Everything Boot thought it knew about the world is changing and things aren't as simple as it remembers . . . Boot is a story that will take you by surprise and make you think about the world around you.

Everyone knows the story of farmer Macdonald and the multitude of noisy animals who live on his farm, quacking, mooing and neighing as they go about their business.

A captivating picture book about the power of love between a son and his father, by award-winning author Linda Sarah with illustrations from the brilliant Ben Mantle

This title is part of the "My First Picture Book" series: perfect for every toddler to help encourage language skills, understanding, enjoyment and sharing. These books are a bridge between board books and picture books; printed on toddler-tough card with rounded corners. Big lorry, quarry lorry, splish, spash, Muck. Quarry lorry, Big lorry, slip, slide stuck! So begins a disastrous day at the quarry, as lorry, truck and little digger all find themselves stuck in the mud. Can Bigger Digger save the day? This is a tongue-twisting, rhyming romp that will have little readers shouting out the words.

The twelfth title in the new "Usborne Very First Reading" series, designed for younger children to introduce them to reading together with their parents. Parents and children take turns to read from the page (the text clearly marked for who should be reading) and as the books progress in the series the adults read less and less and the child more and more. There are puzzles at the end to check the child's understanding of the text and guidance notes for the parents. Beautiful illustrations help to motivate beginner readers.

What IS that bright furry thing wriggling about? Could it be an alien's crazy hair? Or a caveman's fuzzy beard? Or a magical moustache? Or perhaps there is a more simple answer that lies at the bottom of your garden... A madcap book with a hand puppet to wriggle!