Böcker av Karen J. Hodgson

Claire knows best. She doesn't listen to anyone - she doesn't wash behind her ears, she tells lies and she watches too much telly. What will become of her? Watch Claire transform as potatoes appear behind her ears; her nose grows; her eyes turn square and her hair loses its curls. But Claire doesn't care ... until she ignores one final warning.

Full-colour, rhyming picture book, featuring a grumpy boy and his fun-loving mum. When Hugh refuses to play, mum cheers him up by making everything blue: his clothes, his food, even his toothpaste. Award-winning Collins has illustrated over 70 children's books. Hodgson is author of The Teeny-Weeny Walking Stick and The Robot Who Couldn't Cry.

This full-colour picture book tells the story of a boy who discovers little people at the bottom of his garden. His big sister doesn't believe him so he sets off to find proof. Lambert's Story of the Easter Bunny reached no 3 in the NY Times best-selling children's book list. Hodgson is author of Hugh's Blue Day and The Robot Who Couldn't Cry.

Bella blows the biggest bubble you ever would have seen. It floats straight out of the window and across town. Follow Bella give chase as it narrowly escapes danger at every point. But for how long? Will it float off forever or meet a sticky end?

This full-colour picture book tells the story of a sad robot who thinks that crying will make him feel better. The trouble is robots can't cry - it's the way that they're made. Debut illustrator Dina brings to life a cast of toys, each with their own ideas about how to help the robot. Hodgson wrote Hugh's Blue Day & The Teeny Weeny Walking Stick.

Nothing ever pleases the King - he always wants more. One day the King, who is so blinded by greed, offers his daughter's hand in marriage to the person who can bring him the most beautiful gift of all. A simple shepherd boy helps the King realise the error of his ways and in doing so wins the heart and hand of the young princess.