Alfie Gives a Hand


Book Description

Alfie is not quite sure how the birthday party he's been invited to is going to turn out, and wishes his mother could be there. In the end, he has a marvellous time, but not quite in the way he anticipated.




Alfie Gives a Hand


Book Description

Alfie gaat voor het eerst naar een verjaardag, mét knuffellap, want hij vindt het wel een beetje eng. Prentenboek met zacht gekleurde aquarellen. Voorlezen vanaf ca. 4 jaar.




All about Alfie


Book Description

Alfie celebrates his 30th birthday in 2011 and "All About Alfie" is the perfect gift for the occasion! Alfie and his best friend Bernard have a day out full of surprises when they go to meet a very great person indeed. What's more there are secret dens to explore, snowy skies, birthday fun and a very unexpected visitor on a special night-time trip! Join our little hero and his friends and family in a celebration of all things Alfie.




Alfie and the Big Boys


Book Description

Originally published: London: Bodley Head, 2007.




Alfie Gets in First


Book Description

Alfie has won the race to be first home but - oh no! - he's slammed the front door and Mum and Annie Rose are on the other side. Will he be able to solve the problem all by himself? This board book edition a classic Alfie story is the perfect present for the little one in your life.




Unconditional Parenting


Book Description

The author of Punished by Rewards and The Schools Our Children Deserve returns with a provocative challenge to the conventional ways of raising children. Kohn argues that all children have the need to be loved unconditionally, yet conventional approaches to parenting, such as punishment and reward, teach children that they are loved only when they please and impress parents. Kohn cites powerful research detailing the damage this can cause. Unconditional Parenting pushes parents to question their ideas of parenting and offers practical solutions to problems.




Alfie Wins a Prize


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Alfie's painting 'Motorbike Man' has been entered in the children's painting competition at the Harvest Fair. His friends have done paintings too, but when the winners are announced, not everyone is happy with their prize.




Punished by Rewards


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Criticizes the system of motivating through reward, offering arguments for motivating people by working with them instead of doing things to them.




An Evening at Alfie's


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Alfie experiences a flood at his house.




Enjoying It


Book Description

Using a range of ‘case studies’ from Critical Theory to Candy Crush, ‘Gangnam Style’ to Game of Thrones and Football Manager to Hieronymus Bosch, this book argues that we need to rethink our enjoyment. Inspired by psychoanalysis, the book offers a new way of thinking about how we talk about what we enjoy and how we enjoy what we talk about.