Books published by publisher Big and Small Publishing

Lucy Cat saves the day on the farm, in English and in French These colorful bilingual comic strips are the perfect way to enjoy reading in a foreign language. The same strip is run twice on the page, the foreign language above, and the English below. The simple text in speech bubbles, the humorous illustrations, and the motivating stories all make learning fun. At the back of the book is an illustrated page of key words in both languages.

Bring cute and cuddly pets to life with this fun and practical drawing book for beginners. From 3D shading to color mixing, these simple techniques are the building blocks for perfect pictures. Whether you are devoted to dogs or curious about chameleons, pick up a pencil and seek inspiration in this beautifully illustrated book that teaches you how to draw pets from scratch.

Travel around the world in 1000 words in this fun search-and-find vocabulary-building bookAction-packed illustrations introduce your eager young language learners to essential words in English—plus a few fun ones. From having breakfast together to visiting the zoo or a fantastic art gallery to learn about colors and shapes, these characters will bring new words to life on the page and reinforce those words that you already know. Each page has a central scene teeming with details to discuss and discover, and each word has its own illustration.

Dust, Donkeys and Delusion examines and clinically debunks the myth that has grown up around Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the so-called ‘Man with the Donkey’, the quintessential Australian ‘hero’ of Gallipoli. While the various elements of the Simpson myth have now become popularly accepted as ‘history’, Dust, Donkeys and Delusion shows clearly, based on historical documents, both official and unofficial, that almost every word ever spoken or written about Simpson following his death is false. There is no question that Simpson performed valuable work at Gallipoli using a donkey to transport lightly wounded men to medical facilities. However, claims made that Simpson ‘saved 300 men’; that he ‘ignored orders’ that medical personnel were not to go out to recover wounded as it was too dangerous; that, in performing his self-appointed task he was a ‘deserter’ who would probably have been court-martialled and shot had he been in the British Army; that he was an ill- behaved insubordinate with discipline problems; that he made ‘lighting dashes’ into no man’s land to rescue wounded men under enemy fire; — these and every other posthumous statement made about Simpson are examined in forensic detail, and found to be highly inaccurate. In particular, the book examines that part of the myth connected with the supposed ‘official recommendation’ for a Victoria Cross for Simpson, a campaign that continues to this day. Dust, Donkeys and Delusion does not criticise John Simpson Kirkpatrick himself, recognising that he bears no blame for the nonsensical myth that have grown up around him. The book is very much an attack on the myth and has been written to strip away the layers of half-truth, mistruth and untruth that have surrounded Simpson since the time of his death, revealing the man himself, while at the same time correcting the historical record. Dust, Donkeys and Delusion also seeks to rehabilitate the memory of other soldiers who served at Gallipoli, particularly Simpson’s fellow stretcher-bearers.