Picture books

While walking along the beach one day, Isobel and Nicholas discover a strange looking wreck. As they begin to put it together, they find it is a peculiar sort of sailing boat. They clamber in, and so begins their great adventure. Aided by a wounded stork, they sail through the sk ...

Grace loves to act out stories. Sometimes she plays leading part, sometimes she is a cast of thousands. When her school decides to perform Peter Pan, Grace is longing to play Peter, but her classmates say that Peter was a boy, and besides, he wasnt black. But Graces Ma and Nana t ...

This is a sequal to "Beware of Boys" in which a little girl outwits a wolf. When Wolf decides that a little girl would make a very tasty snack, he tries to trick her by pretending to be her grandmother. But the little girl is smarter than Wolf and sends him away each time he knoc ...

Billy wants only one thing for his birthday. Not a computer game, not new trainers, not a new bike, but a bucket. Inside it, he can see all kinds of magnificent sea creatures. Billys bucket is special. He warns his Mum and Dad not to use his bucket. But when Dad unwittingly uses ...

Commonsense advice with some good rude fun. Both pet and personal physician to the Gumboyle family, Doctor Dog is always on hand with the perfect diagnosis and remedy for every complaint. ...

Mog was tired. She was dead tired... Mog thought, I want to sleep forever. And so she did. But a little bit of her stayed awake to see what would happen next. A beautifully illustrated story with a new cover reissue that bids a fond farewell to everyones favourite family cat. ...

Shows the world of Diplodocus through the eyes of one individual. This work lets you see her foraging for food in the river and forest; watch as an Allosaurus attacks her and her herd come to her aid; and see her laying eggs as she walks. It offers the reader with a vivid image o ...

Mr Wolfs Pancakes - Mr Wolf fancies some tasty pancakes but he doesnt know how to make them. Asking his neighbours is no use - theyre a mean and horrible lot who refuse to help. Poor Mr Wolf. He has to work it out, all by himself. So what happens when these nasty neighbours want ...

Alvinas two grannies want to do different things, but Alvina thinks of a way they can compromise so the grannies can become the best of friends. ...

A rhyming story about a mouse and a monster. Little mouse goes for a walk in a dangerous forest. To scare off his enemies he invents tales about a fantastical creature called the gruffalo. Then one day he meets a real gruffalo. ...

With an action outfit for every occasion, Traction Man patrols the house. He is never less than stylishly turned out and expertly accessorised. He is the last word in heroic fashion flair - until, that is, the day that he is presented with an all-in-one knitted green romper suit. ...

Four different voices tell their own version of the same walk in the park. The radically different perspectives provide depth to this simple story about overcoming adult snobbery, which explores many key themes such as alienation, friendship and the bizarre amid the mundane. ...

A chunky board book edition of a classic lift-the-flap book. It helps engage pre-readers as they lift the picture flaps in search of Spot. ...

Two brothers and their parents spend a day at the zoo, looking at the animals in the cages - or is it that the animals are watching the visitors? This winner of the 1993 Kate Greenaway Medal is a teasing examination of the relationship between man and animals, and the role of zoo ...