Tony Ross

A hilarious and irresistible collection of stories from two of the best-known figures in the children's book world, Michael Rosen and Tony Ross. Burping Bertha: On an ordinary morning, in an ordinary flat, an up-till-now perfectly ordinary Bertha does an extraordinary burp. A burp so humongously big that very soon it's causing havoc in the school canteen, the playground, not to mention her grandad's apple trees ... Bob the Bursting Bear: Leaving Toy...

Open the cover and step into Wonderland as you've never seen it before! This retelling of Lewis Carroll's classic tale has been carefully abridged and lavishly illustrated by Tony Ross, world-famous children's book author and illustrator. The madcap humour of the illustrations perfectly matches the surreal and magical story, accompanied by an introduction from Tony Ross.

When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital, and is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter. Things go from bad to worse when he meets the wicked matron in charge of the children's ward. But Tom is about to embark on the most thrilling journey of a lifetime! 'The Midnight Gang' tells an extraordinarily heartwarming and, of course, funny story of five children on a hospital ward - and on a quest for adventure....

Dads come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. There are fat ones and thin ones, tall ones and short ones. There are young ones and old ones, clever ones and stupid ones. There are silly ones and serious ones, loud ones and quiet ones. Of course, there are good dads, and bad dads. A high-speed cops and robbers adventure with heart and soul about a father and son taking on the villainous Mr Big - and winning!

Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery - mainly by flobbing on her head. And now the evil Burt from Burt's Burgers is after her pet rat! And guess what he wants to do with it? The clue is in the title.

Jack's Grandpa? ?wears his slippers to the supermarket ?serves up Spam � la Custard for dinner ?and often doesn't remember Jack's name But he can still take to the skies in a speeding Spitfire and save the day? An exquisite portrait of the bond between a small boy and his beloved Grandpa - this book takes readers on an incredible journey with Spitfires over London and Great Escapes through the city in a high octane adventure full of comedy and heart....

When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious Ice Monster - a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole - she's determined to discover more. A chance encounter brings Elsie face to face with the creature, and sparks the adventure of a lifetime - from London to the heart of the Arctic!

Meet the accident-prone T-Rex. First he loses his glasses, then he has one disaster after another: he can't tell his breakfast toast from a slipper, then he mistakes a prehistoric owl for his bath towel! This is a laugh-out-loud tale from Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.