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Part of the "Baby's Very First" series, this title contains ten double-sided flashcards, with eye-catching illustrations which are specially designed to be visually stimulating. Printed on multi-coloured foam board, they are lightweight and suitable for little hands to hold.

What better way to introduce your child to new first words than with everyone's favourite puppy - Spot! In this fun early learning book, each slide shows a picture of a familiar object, and by moving it from left to right, your child will uncover the written word and a description. From noisy drums to busy bees - your child will be entertained from start to finish! This sturdy, durable board book is perfect for little hands and was designed specifically with parent-child interaction in mind.

Ten little hermit crabs scamper to the beach, ready to play and explore. But they had better watch out...Can you count the hermit crabs? A terrific read-aloud, counting, 'look and find' book, perfectly pitched for the early childhood market from an award-winning author. Fabulously illustrated with bright and lively artwork.

Part story, part graphic novel - this is a tender slice of life and death from the creators of "The Savage". Do you believe there's life after death? Slog does. He reckons that the scruffy bloke sitting outside the pork shop is his dad come back to visit him for one last time - just like he'd said he would, just before he died. Slog's mate Davie isn't convinced. But how does this man know everything Slog's dad would know? Because Slog says it really is his dad, that's how.

This sturdy interactive sound book from "Ladybird" is perfect for enjoying the classic "Five Little Ducks" number rhyme with preschool children. Sing along or say the words together and press the sound button on every page to hear the ducks say 'quack, quack, quack, quack'. Bright cheerful pictures and a ladybird to spot on every page add to the fun.

This sturdy interactive sound book from "Ladybird" is perfect for enjoying the classic "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" bedtime rhyme with preschool children. Sing along with the words throughout and press the sound button to hear the first two lines of the classic "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" tune. Bright cheerful pictures and a ladybird to spot on every page add to the fun.

Spot spends the day on a farm with his Dad. He has so much fun, rumbling round the farm and discovering different animals and the sounds they make! Young readers can press the sound button on every page to hear the tractor's sound.

Encourages children to talk about different parts of a puppy, including his shiny brown nose, squashy paws and long fluffy ears, while finding out what he likes to do all day. This title is presented with a repetitive story which children can interact with by pressing the sound-chip on the page to make the puppy say woof.

This title is a beautifully written and illustrated collection of Greek myths containing seventeen famous tales full of love, loss, greed, envy and bravery. Beautifully written by Ann Turnbull and illustrated by Sarah Young, this collection of seventeen Greek myths is truly something to treasure. The timeless stories of Theseus and the Minotaur, Persephone, King Midas, Ariadne, Orpheus and Eurydice, and Echo and Narcissus are told with great freshness and there is a good balance between the gentler myths and the ones packed with ... read more

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Features postcards of scenes to send to loved ones on special occasions or to keep for yourself.

Part of the "Baby's Very First" series, this title contains ten double-sided flashcards, with eye-catching illustrations which are specially designed to be visually stimulating. Printed on multi-coloured foam board, they are lightweight and suitable for little hands to hold.

Part of the "Baby's Very First" series, this title contains ten double-sided flashcards, with eye-catching illustrations which are specially designed to be visually stimulating. Printed on multi-coloured foam board, they are lightweight and suitable for little hands to hold.

'One foggy, groggy morning By the salty, splashy sea I'm sure I saw a dinosaur And I'm sure that he saw me.' But there's more to this story than meets the eye. Can there really be a dinosaur at Sandy Bottom End? Or is someone up to something...

One warm and windy day, Charlie and his friends decide to fly a kite. It takes off and soars and swoops and plunges...straight into a tree. The kite is stuck! One by one, Charlie's friends each try to free the kite with their toys - all of which end up stuck in the tree along with the kite. Just when it looks as though everything is stuck forever, the cat loses its footing on a branch and sets off a chain reaction, sending their toys to the ground. But guess who is stuck now?

In this delightful bedtime story, a young bear tells his mother all about his exciting day - in reverse - inspiring young listeners/readers to do the same. Just before going to bed, Timmy Bear and his mother play a game they call Tell Me the Day Backwards. Timmy tries to remember everything that happened to him that day in reverse order, from watching the sunset on the hill to the picnic supper before that, from being chased by bees to finding honey in an old tree trunk, all the way back to waking up that morning from his winter-... read more

Lola's best friend Lotta has an extremely special new coat, and Lola really wants to borrow it. Lotta isn't so sure...'I will be especially very careful,' says Lola. But will she be able to keep it all fluffy and white and new? An especially special paperback picture book story, featuring Charlie and Lola.

A great new edition of this classic Scarry title, with a beautiful, retro cover.

Alex just has to convince his mom to let him have an iguana. He promises that she won't have to feed it or clean its cage or even see it if she doesn't want to, but all Mom can imagine is the iguana growing larger and messier until it takes over the entire house. Hilarious notes go back and forth as Alex negotiates with his mother, using all his powers of persuasion, while their polar-opposite dreams of life with and iguana are shown in David Catrow's hysterical illustrations.
See how clever and funny family debates can be!

Several photos, almost exactly alike - save for one small difference! Can you find it? Look hard, because with so many dazzling details to distract the eye, solving these visual puzzles can be quite a challenge. Fortunately, a built-in removeable magnifying glass on front cover gives kids a little help by allowing them to zoom in on the fine points.