(2018) Take a trip to the Farm! Lift the giant flaps to reveal the farm animals and touch lots of exciting textures. Feel the sheep’s woolly fleece, the goat’s shaggy fur and the pig’s leathery skin.
With something to spot or count on every page too, each colourful book in the My First Touch and Find series will provide lots of fun for older babies and toddlers.
With bright and friendly illustrations from Marie-Noelle Horvath which really bring the farm scenes to life.
(2017) Find out some first facts about the human body! Use the chunky push, pull and slide mechanisms to see what’s inside your body, how you think and what happens when you eat and drink.
With bright, clear illustrations, this book is a fun and gentle introduction for little ones to everything that makes the human body amazing!
(2017) Take a journey into space! Use the chunky push, pull and slide mechanisms to blast a rocket into the sky, repair the International Space Station and discover just how astronauts go to sleep. With small bite-size facts on every page and things to spot too, Astronauts is a fun introduction for little ones to finding out what being an astronaut is all about. Also available: Night Animals, Sea Creatures, In the Jungle, Dinosaurs, My Body
(2018) Follow the adventures of Sugarlump the rocking horse and a magical unicorn in this delightful rhyming story from the stellar picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, creators of What the Ladybird Heard.
When Sugarlump the rocking horse longs to see the world, a magical unicorn with a silver horn and sparkling blue eyes grants his wish and turns him into a real horse. But after trotting around the farm, galloping around a racetrack and even dancing at the circus, Sugarlump learns to be careful what he wishes for. Luckily the unicorn has one more wish to grant . . .
With brilliant rhyming verse, bright and distinctive illustrations and glitter on every page, Sugarlump and the Unicorn is a perfect story for reading together.
Enjoy all the stories from Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks: Sharing a Shell, The Princess and the Wizard, The Rhyming Rabbit, The Singing Mermaid, Sugarlump and the Unicorn, Princess Mirror-Belle and the Dragon Pox, What the Ladybird Heard, What the Ladybird Heard Next and What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday.
(2018) Explore grasslands, the dry desert and a busy watering hole in First Explorers: Wild Animals. Meet giraffes, hippos and lions, as well as lots of other amazing animals who live in the wild.
Each scene has chunky push, pull and slide mechanisms perfect for little hands, animals to spot and fun facts about wild animals. Beautifully illustrated by Jenny Wren, this title provides gentle early learning and is a magical introduction to the natural world for small children.
(2018) Take a trip to the Zoo! Lift the giant flaps to reveal the zoo animals and touch lots of exciting textures beneath! Feel the lion’s furry mane, the panda’s soft fur and the elephant’s rough skin.
Bight and friendly illustrations from Allison Black bring the animals to life and with something to spot or count on every page too, this colourful book in the My First Touch and Find series will provide lots of fun for older babies and toddlers.
(2019) When everyone has left the house in the morning, the bath toys spring into action and head off on exciting adventures in their magical flying bath! From giving a muddy piglet a shower to putting out a fire for a frightened baboon, they have water at the ready for any emergency – but they’re always home for the children’s bathtime at the end of the day.
With simple rhyming speech-bubble text from bestselling author Julia Donaldson, The Flying Bath is great to read aloud and perfect for developing reading confidence. This playful and adventurous story is brought to life by the richly detailed, sumptuous artwork of award-winning illustrator David Roberts, completing this irresistible book for young readers.
Enjoy the other stories by Julia Donaldson and David Roberts: The Troll, Jack and the Flumflum Tree, Tyrannosaurus Drip and The Cook and the King.
(2019) A laugh-out-loud pirate adventure from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts.
The Troll longs for a juicy goat to eat – but he’s stuck with boring old fish for supper. Bother! Meanwhile, Hank Chief and his pirate crew love fish, but without a decent recipe their slimy, soggy dinner is even worse. If only they could find their buried treasure and pay for a ship’s cook . . . but it seems they’ve sailed to the wrong island. Again.
Watch the fun unfold as two very different worlds collide in The Troll, a gloriously comic story from Julia Donaldson and David Roberts, the creators of the highly acclaimed Tyrannosaurus Drip.
Enjoy the other stories by Julia Donaldson and David Roberts: Tyrannosaurus Drip, Jack and the Flumflum Tree, The Flying Bath and The Cook and the King
(2018) With a sparkly foil cover and push, pull and slide mechanisms, little ones will have lots of fun taking part in the unicorn’s exciting adventure!
Yujin Shin’s beautifully coloured illustrations are paired with gentle rhyming text and lots of things to spot in four bright and busy magical scenes.
(2018) Review: A reliably lovely read-aloud rhythm. Children will love Lydia Monk’s illustrations. (Daily Telegraph); An absolute delight to read aloud. (Daily Mail); A book that celebrates freedom. (Sunday Times). Book Description: Follow the adventures of Sugarlump the rocking horse when a unicorn grants his wish to explore the outside world with this magical gift set including a mini glittery hardback edition of Sugarlump and the Unicorn and a cuddly unicorn toy. About the Author: Julia Donaldson is the outrageously talented, prize-winning author of some of the world’s best-loved children’s books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s Child, which together have sold over 17 million copies worldwide, and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures. Julia also writes fiction, including the Princess Mirror-Belle books illustrated by Lydia Monks, as well as poems, plays and songs – and her brilliant live shows are always in demand. She was Children’s Laureate 2011-13 and has been honoured with an MBE for Services to Literature. Julia and her husband Malcolm divide their time between West Sussex and Edinburgh. Lydia Monks is one of the most original and bestselling picture book artists working today. Lydia illustrates several bestselling series including the What the Ladybird Heard adventures and Princess Mirror-Belle, written by Julia Donaldson. Her distinctive use of colour and collage has won her critical acclaim and several awards, including the Royal Mail Scottish Children’s Book Award, the Stockport Children’s Book Award and multiple nominations for the Kate Greenaway Medal. She is also the author and illustrator of the Twit Twoo School picture books. Lydia lives in
