Collection: Easies

Smudge is playing in the garden with his two friends, Nibble and Bounce, when PLOP! a raindrop falls on his nose. The door to the house is shut, so where can Smudge go to keep dry? He's a dog with lots of ideas, but one by one they all go horribly wrong!

Far away in the deep rolling ocean lived Smiley Shark. Smiley Shark longed to dip and dive, jiggle and jive, dart and dash with a splish and a splash with all the other fish; but whenever he smiled at them they swam away. But when all of the other fish are trapped in a fisherman's net, it's up to...

What starts out as a simple gift, soon turns into a chain-reaction of smiles and kindness in this heart-warming story about a smile...that went around the world. Each smile sparks another, and then another and another and another until one day, that same smile appears out of nowhere... to help so...

A small boy has saved all his pocket money and visits the market with high expectations. When disaster strikes and he loses his money, he feels devastated. But wait, what's that? A Smile Shop? He could really do with a smile. What will happen if he goes in?

This tale follows a county mouse who goes to visit his friend the city mouse, and the adventure he goes on.

In a world where wolves are kind, owls are foolish and bunnies are baddies, who can a small ferret trust to help write her book? Children will be intrigued as the story unfolds and who is the baddie masquerading as the helpful professor.

It's nearly bedtime but Little Hare isn't tired at all! "Let's walk the sleepy way home to bed," says Mummy Hare. As they go, they share a story with Horse, berries with Rabbit and a lullaby with Owl. But Little Hare still isn't sleepy.

Despite his name, Sleepy Sheepy is NOT sleepy. He’d much rather build with blocks . . . or knit socks than go to sleep. Will Ma and Pa Sheepy ever get their sheepy to go to sleepy?

Sam's a good shepherd apart from one problem, every time he counts his sheep he falls asleep. The sheep escape through the open gate and cause havoc. What will happen when Sam gets a job at the zoo?

Wanting to sail beyond its rock, a tiny snail hitches a ride on the tail of a humpback whale. Together they travel the oceans, visiting places all over the world, until one day the whale becomes stranded in a bay and it's the snail's turn to ensure the whale gets rescued.