Sally Jones is a marvellous heroine, endowed with a equally splendid friend and sailing companion - the gorilla first met in The Murderer's Ape . Here is a dangerous necklace, a smuggler que... read more
An old-fashioned story about a lonely miller who sets off to find friendship, overlooking that which is closest to home. Charming illustrations. For ages 4-7.
A reprint of one of BW's earliest picture books, from 1971: Varenka lives in a forest and cannot bear to leave its animals and birds when war threatens. Soon she is sheltering several people... read more
The perennial cry is uttered here by a bear travelling with a butterfly through the seasons back to the winter cave. Gently philosophical, for ages 4-6.
Aztec, Viking, Japanese, Olympian, Cretan, possibly even the West Country sport of cheese-rolling but, equally, perhaps not. Volant has done several other good books of non-fiction for child... read more
Oh to be seven again, to pore over 100 pages of fascinating details on the physics of flight and aerodynamics with gorgeous retro drawings of ailerons, propellers and flaps by a graphic desi... read more