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Sign About: Meal Time
A great introduction to simple signs which can be used with children from a very early age.
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Where's Tumpty
One of Polly Dunbar's Tilly and Friends series, which follow the imaginary adventures of Tilly and her toy animals.
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Is It Because?
A light-hearted and sympathetic tale about bullying that even-handedly presents both sides of the story.
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Mister Seahorse
Mister Seahorse, like many other types of marine animal, is a 'male mother'.
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Maisy Big, Maisy Small
This book introduces the concept of opposites and comparisons – of size, temperature, motion, colour and pattern, spatial relationships, emotion, time, number, sound and speech.
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Platypus
Platypus finds a beautiful curly shell to add to his collection. But when he wakes the next day he is baffled to discover that his shell has gone.
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Wobble Bear Gets Busy
Wobble Bear just wants to walk! Join him as he falls down again and again - this is a great story about his wobbly learning experience that you’ll both love.
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Little Bear's Little Boat
One day, Little Bear is no longer so little and no longer fits snugly into his little boat. Will he have to give it up?
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"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," Said the Sloth
Sloth lives in the rainforest with pumas, bats, monkeys and many more animals. Sloth's fellow creatures can't understand why he is so quiet, so slow and so lazy.
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Pizza Kittens
Lucy, Joe and Bert are kittens who behave just like most small children: they watch too much TV, hate vegetables, prefer squash to water, and spread their meals around the kitchen.
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Imagine
An enticingly open window on the title page invites you on a dream-like journey as you drift into sleep.
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What the Ladybird Heard
The animals on the farm are always noisy, all except for the ladybird who never says a word. But when burglars plot to steal the farmer's fine prize cow, the ladybird has a plan...
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Toys
A touch and feel board book, and one of a 'nursery collection', this volume looks at the toys inside a toy box.
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Lemons are Not Red
This wonderfully arty colours book covers an eclectic group of objects – among them lemons, carrots, flamingoes, reindeer, grass and the moon!
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Knight Time
Little Knight and Little Dragon love getting ready for bed - until they are left alone in their rooms when their imaginations start to dream up all sorts of scary things.
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Peely Wally
Follow the story of a small bird called Peely Wally and the adventure of her egg!
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Teddybear Blue
Teddybear Blue is a very special toy, a favourite bear who can never be replaced and is loved more than all the other toys put together.
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Babies Love Books
Given the chance, babies certainly do love books and the familiar scenes depicted amidst these lively pages show how and where opportunities to share a book present themselves.
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Where's My Cuddle?
When Jake's Mum tries to give him a cuddle, he doesn't want it in case he gets teased. Later on, he is feeling a bit low and asks for his cuddle but his Mum has given it away.
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Bear and Me
The little girl and her bear dip their toes in the sea, but they don't go in; they look up at the sky but don't get on the plane; and they sit on the stair but they don't climb up.
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Dig Dig Digging
A great book for the very young about diggers and trucks - and one they are sure to demand again and again!
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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
A multicultural take on a familiar old nursery rhyme, which transports each familiar activity into everyday life in Britain, West Africa, India and China.
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Daddy's Lullaby
When Daddy gets home late on a Friday night after a hard week at work, everyone in the house is asleep - except for the baby.
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Maisy's Rainbow Dream
This is a large and exuberant picture book, in which Maisy Mouse lies fast asleep in her bed, dreaming that she is on a journey with her friends.
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From Head to Toe
Can you arch your back like a cat, clap your hands like a seal or wave your arms like a monkey?
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Maisy Loves You
Here's Maisy again in a large board book format: this time, she's thinking about love.
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What's Inside? The Alphabet Book
With plenty of humour, Kitamura takes the reader on a fantastic journey from ‘A to Z’.
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Hello Twins
Although Charlotte and Simon are twins, they aren't alike at all. Charlotte loves building towers; Simon loves knocking them down.
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The Big Night-Night Book
Baby says 'night-night' to everything before he goes to bed. A delightful, rhyming bedtime board book with lots to touch and feel.
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WOW! Said the Owl
Everyone knows that owls are nocturnal but one curious little owl decides to take a long nap at night so she can stay awake during the day.
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Noisy Noisy Vroom!
Find a 'secret' button on each page to hear noisy cars, trains and diggers.
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Waiting for Baby
This gentle book deals with the anticipation of waiting for a new baby.
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Cat is Sleepy
Cat is determined to find somewhere comfortable and quiet to sleep... this is an ideal first board book for the under-fives with a perfect balance of story and illustration. Stylish, accessible, attractive and great fun.
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The Very Quiet Cricket
One summer day, a little cricket emerges from a tiny egg. As the day passes, creatures greet the cricket.
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Funny Face
This board book for the youngest readers has bright, funny bold drawings and a simple text exploring a considerable variety of feelings, all eventually happily resolved.
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Winnie-the-Pooh and Ten Busy Bees
Winnie-the-Pooh counts the reader down from ten to zero, ably assisted by the appropriate number of elevated plastic bees.
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Sometimes I Feel Sunny
An introduction for the youngest readers to the different feelings they experience, from sad to funny, angry to sunny, and even lost and small.
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Ten Little Babies
Children will enjoy looking for the babies in this charming and gently humorous picture book
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Zoom and Fly, Mr Croc
Another in a growing series of moveable books featuring the anthropomorphic animal antics of Mr Croc and his exotic friends.
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The Night Iceberg
Tofta has found that sharing is really hard to get used to. But she discovers it can sometimes be fun – especially if it involves games and stories with an army of penguins.
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Sometimes
This is a warm book about unconditional love. A perfect book for encouraging children to do what they want with reassuring support.
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Grill Pan Eddy
Grill Pan Eddy is a daring and very intelligent mouse who takes up residence in a box of porridge oats and flatly refuses to be caught despite the family's best efforts.
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
An all-time favourite that introduces different colours through simple text, presented in a satisfyingly repetitive pattern.
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Number One, Tickle Your Tum
This touching board book for babies depicts a parent bear and a baby bear playing a counting game. Adults can join in the fun with their babies by imitating these two characters.
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Incey Wincey Spider
Part of the Sign and Singalong series of bright, colourful books featuring children showing signs and actions to accompany simple rhymes.
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Ebb and Flo and the Baby Seal
It's raining, so Flo and her Mum are busy doing indoor things. Ebb, the dog, is getting very bored but suddenly he hears a cry from the beach and goes out to investigate.
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Guinea Pig Party
Ten little guinea pigs are having a party - but it's all going a bit wrong...
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Wind or Rain?
An interactive introduction to weather that encourages discussion about feelings and choices.
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How Do You Feel?
Animals from around the world let the reader know how they are feeling - from barking mad dogs to crazy chameleons to proud peacocks.






