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Just Like You
Mother Mouse and Little Mouse encounter a series of different mothers, all of whom do special things for their children.
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But Martin!
Everyone can feel different. In this quirky picture book, an alien joins the new school term and demonstrates that we all have our differences - and similarities.
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Oddly
Kindness enables three crazy, cuddly creatures living in a prickly, solitary world to find friends and a home.
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Pink!
Patrick is teased at school and doesn’t like being different. He packs his rucksack and goes to Africa to join the flamingos.
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Batty
Batty the bat feels unpopular and lonely. All the visitors to the zoo seem to want to visit the other animals more than him, so he tries to fit in where the other animals live.
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Moomin and the Birthday Button
Moomin fears that his friends have forgotten his birthday and are too busy to talk to him.
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Say Hello
Youngsters will be able to identify with the terrible sadness of exclusion, and the great joy of belonging and being included.
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The Sheep-Pig
When Farmer Hogget wins a piglet at the fair, he is amazed that Fly, his sheep-dog, welcomes him as one of her own pups.
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Muncle Trogg
Muncle Trogg is the smallest giant in the world - will he ever pass his Gigantia exams and get a job like everyone else?
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Stories for a Fragile Planet
Ten traditional and traditional-style tales retold for younger readers, reflecting experiences from around the world, encompassing different cultures, times and ethical beliefs.
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I Am the Music Man
A large book featuring holes through which you can peek to spot which of the thoroughly inclusive band of musicians is playing each instrument.
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Camille and the Sunflowers
Focusing on a short period in Vincent Van Gogh's life, this story is told through the eyes of Camille, the postmaster's son.
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Team Trouble
The third in a series of books about Charlton and her family. It’s a family which normally gets along swimmingly, but now older brother Semi is behaving strangely.
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It's Raining! It's Pouring! We're Exploring!
Three children are stuck inside while it's raining. Luckily they have plenty of imaginative ideas to turn a potentially dull and dreary day into a series of exhilarating adventures.
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Sylvia and Bird
A story that gently explores themes of expectation, loneliness, friendship and valuing others.
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Making Friends!
This satisfying little board book is full of great animal pictures and lift-the-flap pages. It’s a friendly and colourful way to encourage children to enjoy sharing and have fun as they watch budgerigars chatter cheerfully and fish kiss carefully. Just like us! One child has a birthmark.
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Bobby, Charlton and the Mountain
In this first book in the series, Charlie's brother Bobby decides he wants a football strip to wear when he has the honour of meeting the Queen.
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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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Invisible Vinnie
Rose is miserable and one morning she confides in her Uncle Vinnie. Although she is worried about reading in class, her real problem is Zack, a school bully, who teases her.
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Five Little Ducks
This board book has popular rhymes and songs with young children signing key words. It also features a child with an arm splint and a child with a hearing aid.
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The Littlest Dinosaur
When mother dinosaur’s last egg finally cracks open, out comes a minute dinosaur. He doesn’t grow any bigger – and when he’s playing football he is in danger of being trodden on.
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The Catlady
Miss Ponsonby is reclusive and eccentric. She is certain that she has living with her, in feline form, not only her dead parents and friends, but Queen Victoria.
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Beryl Goes Wild
Alone in the wild, Beryl is befriended by Amber, a scruffy little wild pig whose family is forced to find a new home, as pink pigs are banned by their community.
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The Talent Show
When four friends see a sign for a talent show, they decide that they simply must enter!
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Secret Friends
Rafaella suffers daily name-calling from her peers. Lucy feels partly responsible, having herself invented the nickname 'Earwig' as a result of Rafaella’s prominent ears.
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Victoria Goes to Brazil
Victoria has grown up in London, but her mother is originally from Brazil.
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Blue Chameleon
Blue chameleon is lonely, so turns himself into a variety of things in an attempt to make a new friend.
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Victoria's Day
A photographic diary documenting a day in the life of a four year old girl.
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Just a Little Bit
Olive protects herself against the snow with a nice, warm scarf but is soon joined by Bird and then Rabbit, who both want to get warm too.
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The Deaf Musicians
Stylish artwork accompanies the story of a pianist who loses his hearing and his job, only to start a popular new band of deaf musicians.
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Perky Little Penguins
The penguins are enjoying themselves in the snow, until they discover a seal pup who has lost his mum, so they comfort and entertain him until she returns for him.
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Tinysaurus
Tinysaurus is a young dinosaur. He wants to be big like his dad or even his big sister. One day a nasty dinosaur eyes up the eggs for his supper - can Tinysaurus save the day?
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Hugo and the Bully Frogs
Hugo is a little frog with a tiny croak, whose life is made miserable by some big, bad bullyfrogs.
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Welcome to the World Baby
Children use their different senses to explore how the arrival of new babies is celebrated around the world.
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Tyrannosaurus Drip
A duckbill dinosaur egg is mistakenly hatched by a fierce, war-loving Tyrannosaurus family.
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What's In Store?
It's Jo-Jo's birthday and preparations are underway for her party. All sorts of people are shopping at the store...
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Wonder Goal
Being the new boy on the football team is no fun, especially for one little boy who trips over the shoelaces his team-mates have tied together.
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Cutting and Sticking
Dad is helping Jess to decorate her new bedroom. Younger sister Alice wants to help too, but when Dad tells her to go downstairs she feels a bit left out.
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Bumbletum
A new toy arrives in the bedroom. Bumbletum has a soft, squidgy tummy but no obvious talents - he is sure he must be good at something, but what?
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Just Because
This uplifting book focuses on a sibling relationship, as a little boy affectionately describes his older sister
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Smiley Shark
Smiley Shark is a friendly, funny chap but when he smiles (which he does very often), his teeth are so huge, he frightens everyone and everything away.
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Zog
Zog is a keen dragon at Dragon School who aims to be the best in his class and win a golden star.
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The Littlest Dinosaur's Big Adventure
When a small, bouncy frog interupts his daydream, the littlest dinosaur is delighted to find a friend his own size.
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The Great Big Book of Families
Hoffman and Asquith celebrate the diversity of family life.
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The Snail and the Whale
This book by the award-winning Gruffalo partnership is about a tiny snail who longs to see the world, and the enormous grey-blue humpback whale who gives him a lift on his tail.
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The Nanny Goat's Kid
The tiger cub is different to the other Kids and the sisters criticise the way Nanny Goat is bringing him up.
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Something Else
Something Else is a lonely creature, excluded from everything because he is different. This is the perfect book for reassuring any child that being different can be a very positive thing.
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Hop a Little, Jump a Little!
This is a perfect book for sharing with lively toddlers, who will love to imitate the children’s actions, as they run, skip, stretch and nod.
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The Adventures of a Nose
The Nose knows that there must be somewhere in the world where he can be happy, a place where he can fit in and stick out. Thus begins his frustrating search.
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Spike in Space
Spike embarks on a new life on the planet Aleda with his adoptive parents. who are aliens, in this funny and touching story about changes and new beginnings






