Books published by publisher Gardners Books

A hilarious collaboration about underwear by Giles Andreae and Nick Sharratt. Small children (and lots of adults!) love pants. They love talking about pants. They giggle whenever pants are mentioned. Let's face it - Pants are VERY FUNNY! PANTS is a picture book with a brilliant rhyming text by Giles Andreae and lots of hilarious pictures by Nick Sharratt. As we go through the book we meet lots of different animals, people and sometimes inanimate objects each wearing a different kind of pants - every shape, pattern, colour, size and style that you can think of - and lots more besides! This book will make children laugh and they will ask for it again and again. PANTS - which ones are your favourite?

It wasn't a thing, it was a bit of shaped sky ...Somewhere in a place that is so far up there is no down, a ship is waiting to take the nomes home - back to wherever they came from. And one nome, Masklin, knows that they've got to try and contact this ship. It means going to Florida (wherever that is), then getting to the launch of a communications satellite (whatever that is). A ridiculous plan. Impossible. But Masklin doesn't know this, so he tries to do it anyway. And the first step is to try and hitch a ride on a new kind of truck, a truck with wings - Concorde. The final title in the magnificent trilogy, The Bromeliad.

"Once there were two bears, Big Bear and Little Bear. Big Bear is the big bear and Little Bear is the little bear." These distinctive and memorable words begin each of the stories in this classic series, which has collected numerous major awards and achieved sales of over three million copies worldwide. Now these four bestselling titles have been bound up and beautifully presented in a stunning hardback gift edition that can be shared and come back to again and again for generations.

Pickax's sedate calm is occasionally disturbed by random acts of vandalism, but nothing more serious than paint daubed on civic property. Until, that is, the cold-blooded murder of young banker Harley Fitch and his new bride Bella, which is altogether more shattering. Qwilleran's moustache twitches in anticipation of mystery and Koko develops a fascination for all things glutinous. Just what is the attraction of the musty old books under the guardianship of the softly-spoken Edd Smith; of Harley Fitch and his intricately detailed marine models; of Wally the taxidermist? Koko is sure to sniff something out ...

A fantastic epic and magical adventure story set in a beautifully realised world that's almost but not quite like our own. Barkbelly is a wooden boy, brought up by loving human parents, whose life falls apart when he accidentally kills one of his playmates and has to go on the run. His journey turns into a quest for his real home and his real mother, and takes in along the way the circus, fierce pirates and mysterious giant hedgehogs. Full of poetry, magic, and dark twists of fate, Barkbelly discovers what can happen when your dreams come true, but in a way that breaks your heart.

From the rear cover of this 106 page book: "The number of children who suffer from language impairment in speaking, reading, writing or spelling, which may noticeably impede one, some or all of these areas, is surprisingly high. Provided that appropriate action is taken, such problems will not usually inhibit the child's long term progress. Professional advice and involvement is important, but parents themselves can actively participate in the process of helping the child to overcome difficulties by using this book. 'Take Time' consists of an introductory background followed by a series of thoroughly tested and purposeful exercises which tackle fundamental developmental problems behind learning difficulties. These can assist with a wide range of conditions, including those diagnosed as Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The book is recommended for teachers, therapists and parents by all the major advisory and learning support organisations in the UK, and many more in other English-speaking countries. 'Take Time' has, in fact, become one of the most popular resources for parent involvement, due to the authors' - Mary Nash-Wortham and Jean Hunt - highly readable and 'user-friendly' style, and for the pure enjoyment and sense of achievement that can be gained from using the exercises in the family environment."

A wonderful and terrifying series by a new writer about a young boy training to be an exorcist. Thomas Ward is the seventh son of a seventh son and has been apprenticed to the local Spook. The job is hard, the Spook is distant and many apprentices have failed before Thomas. Somehow Thomas must learn how to exorcise ghosts, contain witches and bind boggarts. But when he is tricked into freeing Mother Malkin, the most evil witch in the County, the horror begins ...