Latimer, Alex – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:55:15 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Latimer, Alex – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Don’t Think of Tigers https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/dont-think-of-tigers/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=50398 The narrator of this book will draw anything you want, but he can’t draw tigers! Except trying to draw them might be the only way to get better…This book is magical. Whatever you think of, the narrator will draw it on the next page. There’s just one problem: they’re really bad at drawing tigers. Hilariously bad. So please, don’t think of tigers! But of course, soon all you’ll be able to think of is tigers . . . so the narrator will draw them, more and more ridiculous as they go: a tiger in a mermaid outfit, one carrying a coffee and a briefcase, some just plain awful. But with practice, will they get better?A fun book to read together, perfect for children who love to draw – and for those who don’t (but might soon!).

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Have you ever wanted to change how a story ends? Then this is the picture book for you!

Help! Dragon Dave has been stuck in this book FOREVER. He really wants to get out. The story always has a very sticky ending . . . But when Prince George shows Dave that words can be re-written, will Dave be brave enough to change his story?

This funny, innovative picture book is a story of empowerment, friendship, and daring to be different!

  • Written by master storyteller Alex Latimer, author of many picture books, including Pip & Egg
  • Illustrated by new rising talent Phillip Cullen
  • Features important messages, subtly woven into a child-friendly story, with bags of humour and fun
  • Encourages children to be brave, question often, and to embrace change when it feels right
]]> Godfrey is a frog https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/godfrey-is-a-frog/ Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=41457 Godfrey used to be an egg, then he was a tadpole. Now, Godfrey is a frog. He changed quickly and it was all very exciting. He’s waiting for the next change . . . but it seems there isn’t one.Is this it? Godfrey thinks. It’s not very exciting. Bear has wonderful claws, Deer has impressive antlers, Heron has majestic wings. Godfrey buries himself in the mud and hides away from the world. He doesn’t want to be just a frog.Can Brinley the minnow, Radcliffe the snail, and Penelope the shrimp convince Godfrey that a frog is a pretty special thing to be?

]]> The duck never blinks https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-duck-never-blinks/ Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-duck-never-blinks/ You see that duck over there? You could watch it all day and it wouldn’t blink.Nothing works – not shouting, not jokes, or even sad stories. Maybe you have some other ideas? Just don’t take your eyes off the duck, and don’t, even for a second, think about blinking!From award-winning author and illustrator Alex Latimer comes this sharply witty picture book that will have every child trying to outwit this devilish duck… if they can stop giggling, that is!

]]> The meanest goose on Earth https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-meanest-goose-on-earth/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-meanest-goose-on-earth/ There are plenty of mean geese in the world. They hiss and honk and chase you down for a handful of crumbs. But Gordon is the meanest of them all. He stomps on sandcastles, knocks ice-creams out of hands, and punches sharks – he’s the worst, and he loves it. Until one day, something extraordinary happens . . . Anthony the Piglet gives him a flower. With this one act of kindness, Gordon’s world begins to crumble. Join Gordon the Goose, Anthony the Piglet, and the citizens of Grover Gardens for a laugh-out-loud journey of empathy, courage, and soggy bread.

]]> The trouble with Earth https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-trouble-with-earth/ Thu, 06 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=31938 Why didn’t the other planets invite Earth to their holiday? Soon they’ll find out the wonderful truth about Earth’s ‘fleas’ and change their minds…When Earth turns up on the holiday she wasn’t invited to and finds all the other planets in the solar system in the hot tub – even Pluto! – she discovers exactly why: it looks like she has FLEAS! Yuck. But when Earth asks everyone to take a closer look inside her atmosphere, they’re amazed by what they see…Award-winning Alex Latimer’s The Trouble with Earth is the perfect story to teach us to be kind and less quick to judge others.

]]> Food fight https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/food-fight/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/food-fight/ The Fruits and the Vegetables have been fighting FOREVER! But best friends Grape and Mushroom decide it’s time for things to change. They meet in secret and hatch a plan to end the fighting once and for all. And so they set off on an epic journey to the very top of the fridge to ask the legendary Wise Old Cheese for help-that is, if he even exists. Join these tiny peace envoys on their courageous mission as they eventually find the solution in an unexpected place . . .A laugh-out-loud picture book about conflict resolution: ‘Hilarious, Grape and Mushroom truly achieve peas on Earth.’ – David Litchfield

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