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Bia Melo

Award-winning author and illustrator creating bold, joyful stories full of colour and quirky characters, celebrating play and imagination.

The Dream Book
 
The Dream BookBia MeloHardcoverAS FEATURED IN THE TIMES' BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF THE SUMMER! SHORTLISTED FOR THE KLAUS FLUGGE PRIZE 2024. A fun, wacky dreamworld adventure that makes for the perfect bedtime story from debut talent, author-illustrator Bia Melo! Nina is not like the other children. She doesn't want to stay up late like the grown-ups do. In fact, she can't WAIT to go to sleep . . . because that's when dreams happen. She goes on amazing adventures to the jungle, explores cake villages and visits a city on wheels. When she wakes up she MUST tell everyone . . . but something strange is happening. Her dreams wiggle and twist, shrink and grow until they're nothing like her dream at all. And then one night, her dream isn't fun or exciting . . . but quite scary instead. Join the determined heroine as she captures her dreams once and for all! With its bright, bold illustrations, this bedtime book dives into early experiences of good and bad dreams. It explores dream journalling for the very young, making this the perfect book to share with little ones as they settle to sleep. The ideal companion for readers of You Choose Your Dreams, What Will You Dream Tonight?, Peace at Last and No Sleep for Bear. [THE DREAM BOOK by Bia Melo was featured in The Times' Best Children's Books of the Summer on 30th June 2023]
Mama Mammals
 
Mama Mammals: Reproduction and Birth in MammalsCathy EvansHardcoverA beautiful, fact-filled picture book by writer Cathy Evans―the perfect introduction to reproduction in the natural world for children. This stunningly presented science book explains the facts of life by looking at sex and reproduction in mammal species. Through short, concise texts and warm, engaging illustrations, we learn about fertilization, gestation, birth, breastfeeding, and early parenting across the mammalian order. Did you know that, unlike other mammals, whale calves are born tail first, so that the mother can push them to the surface to breathe as soon as they emerge? Or that echidnas do not have nipples? Their young lick milk that seeps from pores in their chests. Easy to engage with for kids as young as four, this is a convenient, informative, and enjoyable way of learning about babies and where they come from.
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