Books with author Kate Wilson

Martha is on a trip to visit aunt Sylvie. Monty - her favourite furry, squidgy duck - has gone along too. The city where Sylvie lives is full of old buildings and beautiful gardens, and everyone enjoys having a picnic on the lawn. But Martha gets bored just sitting in the sunshine, until her brother Danny has an idea...This is the fourth of the "Monty" books by Kate Wilson, a series of illustrated short stories ideal for reading to very young children (aged 3 - 5), and for independent readers up to around 7 or so.For more on the "Monty" series of picture e-books (including video trailers), visit the website of Miaplacidus Multimedia Publishing - www.miaplacidus.co.uk.

Touch and learn. Practice counting one to ten with this new addition to the Montessori-inspired Discovery Concepts series. The enhanced board book uses sandpaper dots and an increasing number of adorable sea creatures to help young readers count up to ten. One-of-a-kind colorful illustrations, sturdy board pages, and no moveable parts make this a unique addition to an early learning collection. About the Discovery Concepts series: Discovery Concepts books celebrate Montessori’s curious discovery approach to learning. Maria Montessori believed “the hand is the chief teacher of the brain,” encouraging students to learn by touch and created specially designed materials such as sandpaper letters to support this method. Inspired by her teachings, each book in the Discovery Concepts board book collection uses tactile enhancements to engage young children in discovering the topic at hand. Beyond the tactile elements each title is designed to capture a child’s imagination and curiosity as they learn.

Touch and learn. Soft. Rough. Bumpy. Smooth. Textures are all around us and all through this innovative board book. Textures takes readers on an African safari where they learn about safari animals throughout this cross-concept enhanced board book. Caregivers will enjoy the tactile teaching and all children will love the discovery in Textures. About the Discovery Concepts series: Discovery Concepts books celebrate Montessori’s curious discovery approach to learning. Maria Montessori believed “the hand is the chief teacher of the brain,” encouraging students to learn by touch and created specially designed materials such as sandpaper letters to support this method. Inspired by her teachings, each book in the Discovery Concepts board book collection uses tactile enhancements to engage young children in discovering the topic at hand. Beyond the tactile elements each title is designed to capture a child’s imagination and curiosity as they learn.

Touch and learn. Applying the tactile features of Montessori teaching, this innovative board book uses enhanced spot UV treatments to teach little ones about famous monuments from around the world, including the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, and the Great Wall of China. One-of-a-kind colorful illustrations, sturdy board pages, and no moveable parts make this a unique addition to an early learning collection. About the Discovery Concepts series: Discovery Concepts books celebrate Montessori’s curious discovery approach to learning. Maria Montessori believed “the hand is the chief teacher of the brain,” encouraging students to learn by touch and created specially designed materials such as sandpaper letters to support this method. Inspired by her teachings, each book in the Discovery Concepts board book collection uses tactile enhancements to engage young children in discovering the topic at hand. Beyond the tactile elements each title is designed to capture a child’s imagination and curiosity as they learn.

Turn and learn. Applying the tactile features of Montessori teaching, this innovative board book uses interactive enhancements to teach little ones about the seasons. One-of-a-kind colorful illustrations and sturdy board pages make this a unique addition to an early learning collection. About the Discovery Concepts series: Discovery Concepts books celebrate Montessori’s curious discovery approach to learning. Maria Montessori believed “the hand is the chief teacher of the brain,” encouraging students to learn by touch and created specially designed materials such as sandpaper letters to support this method. Inspired by her teachings, each book in the Discovery Concepts board book collection uses tactile enhancements to engage young children in discovering the topic at hand. Beyond the tactile elements each title is designed to capture a child’s imagination and curiosity as they learn.

Find joy in each day. This book takes a playful approach to finding joy in our daily lives and features the many ways children can experience happiness. From finding joy in stories to finding joy in quiet time, readers will recognize the moments and actions that put a smile on their face each day. Along with Peace, Joy is part of the new Celebration of Mindfulness series from Flowerpot Press. Featuring visually appealing spot UV and foil text cover enhancements, this series aims to encourage mindfulness in young readers as they enjoy the delightful illustrations and familiar scenarios.

Tip the talking dog, tells her own dog stories of her farm life, action and adventures on the farm with the other farm animals. She begins her story when she came to the farm as a puppy and met the other farm dogs, and how she began her sheepdog training from a pet dog, to become a full working farm dog with the farm sheep, cattle and finally geese.Tip tells of how farmer Ted chose Border Collie sheepdogs as his farm dogs, and how he and his wife Aggie both helped train her to become the top dog she is today and man's best friend. Border Collies also make good guard dogs, and loyal companions to their owners, always on the lookout for strangers visiting the farm. Tip and her friends lived most of their lives in the house in comfort, hence the saying, it's a dogs life, compared to most dogs they were spoilt and loved.In easy to understand ways Tip explains how the lambs are born right up until the time they are turned out into the fields with their mums. Her friends on the farm are Jude and Tess, the other farm dogs, they have lots of action and adventure on and off the farm .Read of Tip's encounter with a chicken when she first arrived as a pup, and how Jude had pups and her fascination with them. There are lots of photos of dogs and puppies, and other animals on the farm for you to enjoy, see Tip in plaster after an operation on her leg, and how she made a full recovery. Ideal fifth grade book.

Written for my grandchildren, 'Sixties kids' is easy to read, but also suitable for yesterdays women and men of that exciting time in history. A personal memoir of a sixties childhood in swinging sixties Britain, with memories of childhood and family relationships, country school life, and games played at home and at school. The author tells of the family activities, the sixties toys of the day, sixties fashion, and of the music, and childhood activities played with her friends in the small village where she was born and grew up. Sixties kids, recalls a childhood memoir of her growing up 'Tomboy' years when most of her friends were girlie and played with dolls and prams, she preferred the rough and tumble play and adventures. A family and childhood look at the sixties of bygone years when children had more freedom and came to no harm in the small towns and villages of country life in Britain where you could leave your door open all day and night. From child to teenager, it is full of fun and adventure, a must for anyone who enjoys sixties nostalgia and a peek down memory lane at children and women of the sixties. Packed with children's adventures and school life stories, a blast from the past for those who grew up in the sixties and girls and boys from the present. (Ideal as a school study education book 4th-6th grade, 9-12 year old primary school book.)

Monty the duck belongs to Martha, who takes him everywhere with her. One day a funfair comes to the nearby park, and everyone goes along. At first, Monty thinks the fair is wonderful. But then Martha goes on a train ride...This is the second of the "Monty" books by Kate Wilson, a series of illustrated short stories ideal for reading to young children (age 4 upwards) and for independent readers of around 7 or so.***BOOK TRAILER. The "Look Inside" feature does not work well for short stories like this. To read the first few pages of "Monty goes to the Fair" as video preview, visit Amazon's Kate Wilson Author Page.

Introducing Monty, the hand-me-down toy duck with fur instead of feathers. First he belongs to Caitlin, and then to Danny, but nobody really loves him. Then one day, it's someone's birthday..."Martha loves Monty" is an illustrated short story for reading to young children (3 - 5), and for independent readers up to around 7 or so. It is the first of the "Monty" children's picture e-books by Kate Wilson.Watch a video trailer of "Martha loves Monty" at Miaplacidus Multimedia Publishing - www.miaplacidus.co.uk - home of the "Monty" books.

This collection contains four of the "Monty" stories by Kate Wilson, a series of picture books for young children (3 - 7). The stories in the collection are:1: "Martha loves Monty"2: "Monty goes to the Fair"3: "Monty, meet Connie!"4: "Monty goes to College"Also included is a fun quiz with questions and puzzles on Monty, Martha and her friends and family.The Monty stories are also available a separate e-books from the Amazon Kindle Store.