Ian Beck Libri

A collection of traditional play rhymes with instructions for accompanying finger plays and physical activities.

'Ian Beck sees things in these quiet roads and suburbs and captures them for us and for a future time when we shall all be gone. What mysterious stillness haunts these houses! I love them all' Philip Pullman

Edward Lear's popular poem is accompanied by Ian Beck's gloriously atmospheric illustrations, full of humour and tenderness this is a thoroughly enchanting book.

The Gingerbread Boy is a traditional firm favourite for a very good reason - it's great fun. Here it is beautifully retold by one of our foremost illustrators.

When Lily goes out to play in the snow, she leaves Teddy on the window ledge. But bang goes the window and off goes Teddy on another adventure. Poor Lily can't go to bed without him. It starts to snow harder and Teddy really is lost in the snow!

Tom is off on another adventure. This time he's going on a journey to the Land of Myths and Legends to rescue his father. But first he must face many dangerous creatures such as the ferocious Norse Dragon and the Cyclops. And then there's the hungry Minotaur waiting in the centre of the labyrinth . . .

Pastworld. A city within a city. A city for excursions and outings. Pastworld is a theme park with a difference, where travellers can journey back in time for a brush with an authentic Victorian past. But what if the Jack the Ripper figure stopped play-acting and really started killing people? For Caleb, a tourist from the present day, his visit goes terribly wrong when his father is kidnapped and he finds himself accused of murder. Then Caleb meets Eve, a Pastworld inhabitant who has no idea the modern world exists. Both Caleb and Eve have roles to play in the murderer's diabolical plans - roles that reveal disturbing truths about their origins.