Encouraging precious moments with your children
Today Dylan is playing at being a teacher. But being a teacher isn’t as easy as it looks. There are quite a few disasters – and a splosh in the river – before Dylan finally discovers what he’s good at teaching: his Cheery-Warm-Up Song and Dance!
Say hello to Dylan – a stripy little dog who loves to play! This cheeky chappie is full of pretend games to make your tail wag. Today, he’s being a shopkeeper. Setting up his shop and serving customers is great. That is, until his cuddly friends Jolly Otter and Purple Puss decide they want to be shopkeepers too! Is there room for so many shops in Dylan’s town? A cuddly treat from picture book hero Guy Parker-Rees. Storytime plus Dylan = playtime!
Meet a cute stripy dog who thinks he’s a doctor! Laughter is the best medicine in this cosy delight. Do you love to play? So does Dylan! Today he’s being a doctor, with a special medicine bag. He dashes about looking after all his friends: Purple Puss, Jolly Otter and Titchy Chick. But soon poor Dylan is very tired. Who will look after him? All his friends, of course! First in a brand new, super-cute series from picture book legend Guy Parker-Rees. Nothing makes you feel better than a great playtime with some great friends!
What would you do if you found tiny dinosaurs in your garden? Make friends with them, of course! That’s exactly what Daisy does when she finds a tiny t-rex, mini stegosaurus, and titchy triceratops living nearby. But will she still want to play with her best friend Rex the dog? Of course she will, because true friendship lasts forever.
One cherry, one cheetah
Two dogs, two balls, one big, one small
Three bears, three bowls, three silver spoons
With playful words and beautiful animal paintings, this spectacular counting book features numbers up to ten in words and numerals, illustrated in watercolour, with gold and silver leaf, and including elephants, tigers, swans, mice and more.
From award-winning poet JonArno Lawson comes a beautifully illustrated wordless picture book – an ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures.
In this wordless, beautifully illustrated picture book from award-winning poet JonArno Lawson, a little girl collects wild flowers while her distracted father pays her – and their surroundings – little attention. Each flower the little girl gathers becomes a gift for a person or animal, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter. An ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures, Footpath Flowers is a quiet but powerful testament to the joy that children can find in ordinary things and the mutual value of giving.
CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2016 – Sydney Smith talks about Footpath Flowers
Wild is the story of a little girl who has known nothing but nature from birth. Bears taught her to eat, birds to speak, foxes to play; she is unabashedly, irrefutably, irrepressibly Wild.
That is, until one day she meets a new animal that looks oddly like her…
Filled with inventiveness, groundbreaking art and unmissable quirkiness, Emily’s work is a beautiful amalgam of Sendak and Scarry’s best qualities with a unique and fresh twist for a new generation. Hughes is a natural storyteller and her debut is a beautifully crafted story; one to hand down through the generations.
When a dragon is spotted, the whole kingdom fears a fiery attack is imminent! The king organizes his army into hunting teams. But Melric knows that not all dragons are fierce – in fact some like nothing better than chocolate cake…
It’s two days before Christmas Eve, the night Papa Red visits, and the young elephants are very excited. They choose a tree to decorate and prepare the presents for Papa Red to collect during the night to take to those who need them. But this year Elmer has a special treat in store for the young elephants, if they can keep quiet and out of sight…
Winner of the 2015 Caldecott Medal
On one very special day an imaginary friend is born on an island far away. Here, he and his other imaginary friends play all day and each night they sit beneath the stars, hoping and waiting for their turn to be picked, to be imagined, by a real child. But this particular imaginary friend waits and waits, and still no child imagines him. So he does the unimaginable – he sets off into the real world. Once there, he searches so long that he is just about to give up, when a shy, bookish girl named Alice meets him. Gradually they discover they are perfect for each other… and Alice has the perfect name for her imaginary friend: Beekle.
You can look at the video of the book: The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
A family of owls become neighbours with a family of bats … just how will the night unfold?
From award-winning author and illustrator, Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, comes a stunning wordless picture book that celebrates family, friendship and the power of togetherness. Mummy Owl and her three little owls live happily on their spacious branch. That is, until the bat family move in. And the new neighbours (the owls up-top, the bats hanging below) can’t help but feel a little wary of one another. Owls just don’t mix with bats and bats don’t mix with owls. But babies are curious little creatures and this curiosity, and a wild, stormy night, might just bring these two families together…
The dad who had ten children would pile all the children onto his bike, and take them to the museum to see paintings by the Great Masters. And there, in front of his favourite painting, he could finally relax…Until one day, while lost in thought, he turned around to find that all ten children had disappeared! A charming, beautifully-illustrated picture book young children will love.
For this hardworking dad, every day “counts”. That’s because he has 10 children – and that means 10 T-shirts, 10 mugs, 10 bowls of spaghetti, 10 in the bath, and 10 goodnight kisses! Now, the exhausted father needs ONE day off to rest. So he leaves his brood with grandma, builds a boat, and sails away. But by the end of this sweet story he realizes that something’s missing – 10 somethings, in fact!
All dogs walk and jump and run, but dogs don’t fly – it can’t be done…can it? Jez Alborough’s uplifting tale will fly off the page and straight into the hearts of anyone who has ever, just for a second, stopped believing in miracles.
From the celebrated creators of Kipper, Wibbly Pig, and Zoe and Beans comes a picture book to treasure. Dog is very badly behaved – he destroys everything, chases cars and won’t stop running away! But when he finds himself lost and alone there is one person he can count on.
A poetic and original picture book about the value of friendship from a remarkable new author.
A beautifully bold and fresh new picture book, this hopeful and endearing story about moving house, making new friends and playing imaginative games is told with simple wit and charm, and offers a touching exploration of feelings. When Simon moves house, Isabel loses her best friend for ever. She is angry and lonely and decides it’s better to be by herself. But after a time she faces a new problem that leads her to make a brilliant new friend…
When Holly sees a man who looks like Father Christmas, she decides to write him a letter: “Dear Father Christmas – is it snowing in Lapland? Please answer. Love Holly.” And so begins the start of a touching penpal friendship with Father Christmas himself in which Holly learns about the magic of elves, reindeer and life in Lapland, as well as getting some very special Christmas surprises. This gift book comes with letters to read and and a special silver ticket from Father Christmas!
A book with fold-out letters and real gifts from the Tooth Fairy!
When Holly’s tooth falls out, she doesn’t want to give it up to the Tooth Fairy, so she enters into a correspondence that is full of surprises, and she learns about the world of fairies. Featuring numerous fold-out fairy letters, a fairy identification leaflet, a riddle book and a special gold coin to keep from the Tooth Fairy.
Wind up the sleigh and follow Santa as he flies around the frosty night sky delivering presents on Christmas Eve. The colourful scenes with tracks embedded in the pages show Santa leaving the elves’ village, flying around a busy city, soaring over snowy mountains and landing on the rooftops to deliver presents to sleeping children.
There are five mischievous elves to meet in this touchy-feely Christmas board book, with shiny boots, fluffy scarves and soft hats to keep them warm at the North Pole. The bright pictures and textured patches for babies and toddlers to stroke are designed to help develop sensory and language awareness. A delightful book to share with little ones.