Picture books

A boys world is in ruin and rubble, with a wire fence and soldiers separating him from the cool hills where his father used to take him as a small child. Can a tiny, green plant shoot give him hope in a bleak landscape? ...

Echoing the theme of the childrens classic The Velveteen Rabbit, Baggy Brown reminds children that the best-loved toys are usually the oldest and shabbiest, and that being scruffy and worn is a sign of having been loved. The Observer ...

A rhythmic story that features coloured artwork and animals. It presents an introduction to looking and learning about colours. It helps young children delight in colourful collage animals and simple repetitive language. ...

Flinn is hot on the trail of some stolen treasure and he knows whos to blame. With the help of his friends and Captain Gurgleguts, fearless Flinn tracks the rotten crew to the Lost Island. So far, so good, but Flinn and his pals hadnt reckoned on the dinosaurs secret weapon - the ...

Features canines of various shapes, sizes and colours. ...

Presents a message is that it is ok to be different. ...

A funny, touching and triumphant story from a bestselling and award-winning creative team. ...

Hannah loves gorillas but has never seen one. Her fathers too busy to take her to the zoo - or for anything else come to that. For her birthday, Hannah asks her father for a gorilla - but is disappointed when she discovers that the gorilla shes got is just a toy one. But then som ...

Hairy Maclary goes off for a walk with a few of his friends - and comes up against something that gives them all a nasty surprise. ...

Its a blusterous, gusterous, dusterous day and Hairy Maclary is ready to play. So he trots down to the park where, while enjoying a game of catch, he comes across a windblown wedding party. Poor Grandmother Pugh tries to hold on to her hat, but the wind whistles through it and bl ...

Set in Africa, this picture book is about a girls eventful journey with a basket of fruit. As she walks, carrying the basket on her head, various creatures steal her fruits. She wonders which of the fruit her friends will like best, oblivious to the fact that her basket is now em ...

Harris was a very small hare with very big feet. Why do I have such enormous feet, Grandad? Harris sighed. So Grandad shows Harris how to hop high into the sky, to climb to the tops of the mountains, and to run very fast. Harris not only learns about the world around him but also ...

The hilarious Little Princess returns with more tears and tantrums in this humorous picture book of good manners. ...

Another best-selling title from the award-winning creators of Percy the Park Kipper and Kipper ...

A picture book that contains details and novelty elements including flaps, die-cuts and a hilarious fold-out map. It features a little mouse who documents his fears - from loud noises and the dark, to being sucked down the plughole. ...

Stripy Horse and the gang must restore order to the shop by catching a troop of mischievous jigsaw puzzle monkeys who have escaped from the Lions trunk. They have turned Stripy Horses world upside down, tied Hermann the draught-excluder in knots and mixed up poor Roly and Pitch t ...

Enables children to guess what animal they are pretending to be, before revealing the real creatures. ...

Preston sets off to take a basket of food to his grannys, wearing a red coat and hood, and looking very much like Little Red Riding Hood. As ever, Mister Wolf is in hot pursuit, but he cant think which story Prestons red coat and hood reminds him of, and consequently cant remembe ...

Those lovable mammoths are back in this paperback reissue of Neal Laytons fabulous Hot Hot Hot! ...

Ben is delighted when he rips open his present and finds a penguin inside. "Hello, Penguin" says Ben. Penguin says nothing. Ben tickles Penguin; he pulls his funniest face; he puts on a happy hat, sings a silly song and does a dizzy dance. "Cant you talk?" says Ben. Penguin says ...