Books published by publisher Haper Collins

A beautiful and engaging classic that inspires creativity and imaginationThe white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page. Is it a rabbit, a bird, an ice-cream cone, or just spilt milk? In this childhood classic, kids are kept guessing until the surprise ending, and they're encouraged to improvise similar games of their own.This classic was one of the first books to introduce nonrepresentational art to children. "Inimitable. Represents one of the finest picture-book examples of abstract art and participatory text. It is a renowned American classic that continues to engage young readers with its absolute graphic strength and verbal dialogue between craftsman and child" (Children's Book and Their Creators).Charles Shaw was discovered and nurtured by Margaret Wise Brown, his first editor. It Looked Like Spilt Milk was introduced at the same time as Brown's own Goodnight Moon and The Growing Tree from Ruth Krauss—three books that helped form the foundation of picture-book literature and continue to stand the test of time.

Bart the Shark is big and bad. Bart the Shark is feeling mad! Find out what happens to the little fish when Bart the Shark comes to visit, in this very funny rhyming story. The book is brightly illustrated with 3D cartoons by Jon Stuart.• This e-book is best viewed on Kindle Fire in landscape view to optimise your experience.• Yellow / Band 3 – A humorous and rhyming story• Text type – Fiction• The focus phonemes in this book are a-e, ea (sea), i-e and y.• Use the labelled character profile on the final spread to discuss Bart the Shark.• Paul Shipton also wrote Red 2A Ant and Snail; Yellow 3 The Sun and the Moon.• This title is paired with the non-fiction recount about real monster-like animals: Real Monsters by Nic Bishop.• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

The beloved mouse who first appeared in the #1 New York Times bestseller If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is back, and this time he’s taking his host on a fun-filled neighborhood adventure in If You Give a Mouse a Brownie. Because "If you give a mouse a brownie, he’s going to ask for some ice cream to go with it. When you give him the ice cream, he’ll probably ask you for a spoon. He’ll start drumming on the table. Drumming will get him so excited he’ll want to start a band. . . . "

“A jubilant, original picture book.” —Booklist (starred review)Ever wonder just what a million of something means? How about a billion? Or a trillion? Marvelosissimo the mathematical magician can teach you!How Much Is a Million? knocks complex numbers down to size in a fun, humorous way, helping children conceptualize a difficult mathematical concept. It's a math class you'll never forget.This classic picture book is an ALA Notable Book, a Reading Rainbow Feature Selection, and a Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Book for Illustration.The repackage of this fun look at math concepts includes a letter from the author that features several ways for children to find a million everyday things.

Do you feel you don't have enough time to manage your people? Do you avoid interacting with some employees because you hate the dreaded confrontations that often follow? Do you have some great employees you really cannot afford to lose? Do you secretly wish you could be more in control but don't know where to start? Managing people is harder and more high-pressure today than ever before. There's no room for downtime, waste, or inefficiency. You have to do more with less. And employees have become high maintenance. Not only are they more likely to disagree openly and push back, but they also won't work hard for vague promises of long-term rewards. They look to you—their immediate boss—to help them get what they need and want at work. How do you tackle this huge management challenge? If you are like most managers, you take a hands-off approach. You "empower" employees by leaving them alone, unless they really need you. After all, you don't want to "micromanage" them and don't have the time to hold every employee's hand. Of course, problems always come up and often snowball into bigger problems. In fact, you probably spend too much of your time solving problems and falling behind on your work . . . which leaves even less time for managing people . . . which opens the door for even more problems! In It's Okay to Be the Boss, Bruce Tulgan puts his finger on the biggest problem in corporate America—an undermanagement epidemic affecting managers at all levels of the organization and in all industries—and offers another way. His clear, step-by-step guide to becoming the strong manager employees need challenges bosses everywhere to spell out expectations, tell employees exactly what to do and how to do it, monitor and measure performance constantly, and correct failure quickly and reward success even more quickly. Now that's how you set employees up for success and help them earn what they need. Tulgan opens our eyes to the undisciplined workplace that is overwhelming managers and frustrating workers and invites bosses everywhere to accept the sacred responsibility of managing people. His message: It's okay to be the boss. Be a great one!

Ever wondered why the dinosaurs didn’t survive? In this fascinating non-chronological report the success story of crocodiles and lizards (focusing on monitor lizards), and some of the reasons why they have survived since the time of the dinosaurs is explored.• This e-book is best viewed on Kindle Fire in landscape view to optimise your experience.• Purple/ Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.• Text type – A non-chronological report.• The book includes a contents page on page 1, plus a glossary and index on pages 20 and 21.• A fact chart on pages 22 and 23 summarises the distinguishing aspects of each of crocodiles and monitor lizards.• Curriculum links – Science: Humans and other animals.• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

School Book Character day is coming up and Tig is worried as his Mum has found him a frilly Little Boy Blue outfit. Can he get away with turning up as yet another footballer? A strange turn of events leads to a most unexpected outcome.• This e-book is best viewed on Kindle Fire in landscape view to optimise your experience.• Lime/Band 11 books have longer sentence structures and a greater use of literary language.• Text type – A story with a familiar setting.• Labelled pictures of Tig’s different costumes on pages 30 and 31 provide lots of opportunities for speaking and listening.• Curriculum links – Citizenship: Choices, Taking part.• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

A basic and enjoyable introduction to our planet from Washington Post/Children’s Book Guild Award winner Gail Gibbons!What if we could open up our planet and look inside? From its red-hot core to the highest mountain peak, come see the ins and outs of Earth as you’ve never seen them before in a colorful introduction to the powerful forces shaping our home.With detailed illustrations and diagrams, Gail Gibbons offers a classroom-ready nonfiction picture book that makes complex scientific concepts understandable and entertaining for young readers.