Books with author David Messing

Join Douglas for festive fun in the eighth Hugless Douglas adventure. This bestselling series has sold over 1.4 million copies to date in 26 languages!Hugless Douglas knows what Christmas is all about - it's excitement, snowing sheep, finding a tree, sledging and and being with friends. And one more thing of course... Christmas hugs!David Melling is one of the UK's best-loved author-illustrators and his eighth book about Douglas the brown bear is as funny and compelling as the first. It combines brilliantly imaginative illustrations with an endearing sense of what it is like to be a small child learning about the world.'A new Hugless Douglas book is always a cause for celebration.' -Daily Mail

Introduce your kids to colors, numbers, and vehicles in English, Russian, Chinese, and Spanish.Great for All Ages: Have fun counting from 1 to 10, starting with One Red Bicycle and building up to Ten White Airplanes. Every page pairs colorful artwork with precise translations in all four languages, including both Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters.Thoughtful Translations: The last few pages summarize all colors, numbers, and vehicles, including multiple translations when concepts are known by different words in different countries. Cars, for example, may be called Coches in Mexico or Carros in Venezuela. Likewise, in Chinese, there is more than one way to say Bus.Pronunciation Help: Using the same Chinese Pinyin learned by native students in China, every word in Mandarin comes with its phonetic counterpart in the Roman alphabet. Accent marks are also included to help identify the proper tone in Chinese.Growing up to be Global Citizens: Inspired by his own multicultural family, David Ming wrote his Bilingual Kids Series to bring together children, parents, and grandparents across cultures and generations. His hope is for multilingual books to make story time more inclusive and fun for everyone. Whether teaching your children to be bilingual or learning a language for the first time, this book is for you.Yeh! Books. Explore Words. Explore Worlds.

From the bestselling creator of Hugless Douglas, this classic collection features three stories in one and is filled with quests, magic, humour and bedtime kisses.The king is in a hurry and blows his son a bedtime kiss... but it misses. The kiss flies out of the window and a brave knight and his horse are sent on a quest to bring it back. This loveable duo find themselves heading on more quests in their other adventures. David Melling is one of the UK's best-loved author-illustrators and his stories combine brilliantly imaginative illustrations and unforgettable characters.Includes:The Kiss That MissedGood Knight Sleep TightThe Three Wishes'Melling's illustrations are as snazzy and snappy as his prose.' Guardian

First discovered asleep in the snow by the many gentle creatures who live deep in the forest, a very little boy with snow-white skin surprises his forest friends by waking up and working real magic! Everything he touches turns to frost, which is why the owls, the magpies, the unicorn, the woodhoppers, and all the other forest creatures name him Jack Frost. Then along come the goblins, who smell of boiled cabbage, make many rude noises, and love to tell lies. The goblins are jealous because they believe that the magic of the forest should be in their power�not in Jack Frost�s. When they try to steal Jack�s magic, they discover that he is a great deal more clever than they are! David Melling�s enchanting full-color illustrations on every two-page spread are as filled with magic as the story he tells. Here is a wonderful picture storybook that offers a very appealing bedtime tale to kids.

The knight and his horse from The Kiss That Missed are back with a third fantastic adventure—in royal babysitting The lovable hapless duo are left in charge of the royal prince and princess. But they find babysitting so tiring that the knight makes a wish, and before he knows it, it comes true. Instead of babysitting, therefore, they encounter a night full of magic and surprises. Before too long, they are wishing they were babysitting once again!

This bright, bold rhyming story from the creator of the bestselling Hugless Douglas is a wonderfully funny introduction to opposites for the very young and great to read aloud. Follow these hilarious pogo-stick loving bunnies through their crazy day. These bunnies go up and these bunnies go down. Sometimes they're funny and sometimes they frown! Don't miss Funny Bunnies: Rain or Shine - a brilliant introduction to weather. Praise for Hugless Douglas : 'A new Hugless Douglas book is always a cause for celebration.' Daily Mail

Hugless Douglas is a huggable, lovable young brown bear who wakes up one morning in need of a hug. He goes to try and find one but none of them seem quite right. Join Douglas on his search for the perfect bear hug!This is the first adventure in the bestselling series, which has sold over 1.4 million copies in 26 languages to date. David Melling is one of the UK's best-loved author-illustrators and his stories combine brilliantly imaginative illustrations with an endearing sense of what it is like to be a small child learning about the world.Hello, Hugless Douglas! was a World Book Day picture book in 2014.'A new Hugless Douglas book is always a cause for celebration.' Daily Mail