Simmonds, Kathryn – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Mon, 19 May 2025 09:47:40 +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 Simmonds, Kathryn – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Twenty bears https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/twenty-bears/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=45717 The funniest counting book of the year, featuring twenty VERY silly bears. Can you count them all?

Twenty bears have been asleep
Lying in a snoring heap.
Now it’s spring and time to clean!
Time to tidy, shine and sheen!

Get ready for a shot of pure counting fun, as twenty very busy bears attempt to spring clean their cottage after winter hibernation. Spring is here and it’s time to TIDY ? but are these silly bears up to the task?

This hilarious picture book is perfect for little ones learning to count!

]]> Be my sunflower https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/be-my-sunflower/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=38621 A warm and reassuring picture book about finding your courage even when you’d rather play it safe.
The children are planting sunflowers at school and Carla gets given a seed called Vernon. All the other children’s seeds are excited to get out of the packet and start growing. Not Vernon. He knows about slugs, and birds, and thunderstorms. The world is scary.

Carla waters him lovingly, but Vernon is the only seed that doesn’t grow into a seedling. “Safe and snug, snug and safe,” mutters Vernon, until he realizes how upset Carla is. Vernon understands that he needs to pluck up his courage, push himself out of the ground, and face the world. He needs to do it for Carla. And as Vernon blossoms into a sunflower, he discovers that although the world is not perfect, it can be … wonderful.

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