The Adventures Of Abney Teal

Come visit the island in the park and meet Abney, Teal and their friends. What do they like doing? What adventures will they have today? Pop the characters in the slots to make your own story and find out!

When Bop finds something on his head, Abney, Teal and their island friends try to find a good use for it. It's too leaky to be a teacup, and too holey to be a slide. It looks like a boot, but doesn't make a very one. But now everyone wants boots - so they let their imagination loose and go on the hunt to find some!

Find out how the tiny robber's dastardly plans for are foiled by the tiny cops in this hilarious picture book from the creator of The Adventures of Abney and Teal, Joel Stewart. The exuberant, charming artwork and timeless adventure story will captivate children and grown-ups alike.

You're invited to a party on the island Join Abney and Teal as they decorate the island, play hide-and-seek, hunt the Poc-Pocs and have a bubble-popping competition. Who will win the porridge-and-spoon race? Open the flaps to find the fun and find out

When Bop gets a brand new kind of hiccup on a brisk and blowy day, it makes a lot of fun for everyone! His hiccup-bubbles bounce and fly everywhere and make waves that everyone enjoys playing in. But Bop can't join in on the fun, so the island friends try to cure him - with a little help from the wind.

A piece of sun has fallen from the sky and landed on Abney and Teal's island Or it might be a lost pocket mirror. But Abney and Teal think it must be a More-Maker, because whatever they show it, it reflects more of. But will it make them more porridge?

Hand-Made Television explores the ongoing enchantment of many of the much-loved stop-frame children's television programmes of 1960s and 1970s Britain. The first academic work to analyse programmes such as Pogles' Wood (1966), Clangers (1969), Bagpuss (1974) (Smallfilms) and Gordon Murray's Camberwick Green (1966), Trumpton (1967) and Chigley (1969), the book connects these series to their social and historical contexts while providing in-depth analyses of their themes and hand-made aesthetics. Hand-Made Television shows that the appeal of these programmes is rooted not only in their participatory address and evocation of a pastoral English past, but also in the connection of their stop-frame aesthetics to the actions of childhood play. This book makes a significant contribution to both Animation Studies and Television Studies; combining scholarly rigour with an accessible style, it is suitable for scholars as well as fans of these iconic British children's programmes.

Probably Nothing by Matilda Tristram - a moving, funny and inspiring graphic memoir by a woman who discovered she had cancer whilst she was pregnant 'This deeply personal memoir, written as a graphic novel is one of the most darkly funny, bittersweet and moving cartoons you will ever come across (and that includes the hunting scene in Bambi). It also has (spoiler alert) one hell of a happy ending. Add it to your basket now' Stylist At 31, Matilda Tristram was 17 weeks pregnant and looking forward to having her first baby. Then she discovered she had bowel cancer. This touching and hilarious graphic memoir, which is never morose or self-pitying, starts at the moment Matilda was diagnosed and ends when her course of chemotherapy finishes in October 2013. Recording the awkward conversations, the highs and lows of treatment, the mixed blessings of receiving 'Get Well' cards, and the reality of still having to queue too long for croissants, Matilda captures her experiences with style and warmth. Along the way she learns to cherish the small details of life. Her beautiful and boisterous son was born without complications and is reliably keeping her up most nights. Charming, witty and uplifting - this unique and beautifully illustrated book will leave you cherishing the good things in life, and ready to face your own challenges. Will be enjoyed by readers of The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil by Stephen Collins, Fun Home by Alison Bechdel and Building Stories by Chris Ware. 'A beautiful account ... Apart from how funny Tristram's comic is, it's hard to pinpoint what makes it so magnetic ... the honesty makes you feel, as a reader, like a companion on her journey' Zoe Williams, Guardian Matilda Tristram studied animation at the Royal College of Art, graduating in 2008. Since then she has worked as a children's writer, lecturer and filmmaker. She was co-writer on two animated BBC TV shows for CBeebies with Ragdoll Productions, The Adventures of Abney and Teal and Dipdap. Dipdap won a BAFTA in the short from category. Her short films have screened at over 30 festivals internationally.