Bright friendly illustrations and glittering foil patches on every page take us on a learning journey through the numbers 1 to 10. This sturdy board book is a great early introduction to counting.
The frog wants to know what it's like up where the giraffe is, but the giraffe can't hear what the frog is saying. So the frog jumps higher and higher and higher...onto the backs of larger and larger animals until... This lively, repetitive text builds up to a very satisfying twist in the tale, which is guaranteed to tickle even the most reluctant reader. Great fun to read aloud, this funny jun…
This is a bright and irresistible picture book about the effect a new baby has on family life. It reveals the impact the baby has on the family through the eyes of an older sibling.
A charming story about the well-loved character Frog, showing friendship and parting. When Frog finds a teddy bear all alone in the forest, he takes him home. Despite the derision of his friends, he plays football with him in the daytime, and tells him stories in the evening to teach the little bear to talk, which indeed he does! Soon all Frog's friends adore little bear too and give him speci…
This is an imaginative and magical picture book by award-winning author/illustrator Jill Murphy, creator of Peace at Last, A Quiet Night In and other stories featuring the Large family. Baby Bear wants to go to the moon and so searches around the house until he finds a rocket (a cardboard box), a space-helmet (a colander) and space-boots (his wellies). All set, he blasts off out of the chimn…
Elmer woke up one sunny morning and decided to go for a walk. On the way he meets all his many animal friends. As the story is being read to them, small children will enjoy finding the right animal stickers to put on each page to create their very own storybook.
What can Andrew do with his elephant? He finds lots of things he can't do... then at last he finds a place where the elephant is welcome.
When Uncle Cosmo buys himself a motorbike and gives Mrs Armitage his boring old car, it soon becomes obvious that her driving skills leave a lot to be desired. Mrs Armitage and Breakspear cause havoc bumping into bollards, bedsteads, lorries, a crane and bedoinging over some extremely uneven roads. As the bumper, the doors, the mudguard and even the roof disappear along the way, the car is tran…
Little Mouse has found a new book, and this time it's full of scary creatures. Undaunted, he bravely sets about removing or altering all the scariest bits: cosy mittens to cover the lion's claws, ruby lips to replace the shark's teeth -- and he even pole vaults out of the way of the bear! Full of flaps, jokes and Emily Gravett's trademark wit, with a brilliantly satisfying ending, this is a wor…
What can Lily's grandma be when she grows up? An artist, someone that makes candy, a doctor, a fairy . . . so many possibilities Every child is asked what they would like to be when they grow up, but Lily decides to turn the tables by asking her grandma the same question What answer will Grandma give? This enchanting book illustrates the touching bond between a grandparent and grandchild.