Books to promote speech and language development

Experience excitement of the jungle as wildlife is brought to life by an interactive slider and animal sounds.

With a useful and approachable foreword from Claire Laties Davis, a Speech and Language Therapist, this terrific large board book models early words and short phrases that are great to use with your child from waking to bedtime.

A bold, celebratory book all about children finding their inner voice. Join a group of friends as they experiment with the sounds they can make in this uplifting and energetic story.

Can you help Bear do the washing by lifting the flaps and turning the wheels? Lots of interactive fun for babies and toddlers, which will improve their fine motor skills.  

Young children will love singing along to the familiar nursery rhyme Old Macdonald while learning to count to five in this delightful, interactive board book.  

Follow one toddler’s lively account of their busy day in this charmingly playful and inclusive board book about daily routines for pre-schoolers.

This appealing story, in lift-the-flap, board-book format has been a favourite with toddlers ever since it was first published in 1982.

This charming version of the classic counting song ​“Ten in the Bed” features a cast of adorable animals all doing the bidding of the rather bossy hen, who realises right at the last minute that maybe she doesn’t want the bed to herself at all… 

Little fingers will love to follow the very hungry caterpillar as he munches his way through the pages of this classic, colourful, interactive picture book.

Rise and shine, it’s time to wake up for little Zeki. Follow little Zeki as he gets ready with Mummy and Daddy for a morning of fun and adventure.

A small child takes us on an auditory tour of her home in this delightful picture of family life, ingeniously interpreted through its sounds. It’s a book that radiates comfort, security, warmth and love.

Follow a father and his family as they go out in search of a bear.

Bright, bold, expressive illustrations add to the fun in this hilarious picture book with a knockout ending.

Moles live in holes, right? This funny book plays with rhyme as Gus the Goat tries to guess where his friend Mavis Mole lives.  

An anxious little old lady has a house that is just too small – but when she asks a wise old man for help, he suggests a rather strange solution to her problems.

Are you a monster? No? Well, can you make a big loud noise? Oh no…! A wonderfully fun and brilliantly interactive picture book for all ages.

This delightful picture book about Peggy, a lovable, mischievous and sometimes smelly rescue dog, is full of warmth and gentle humour, and perfectly captures the joys of living with a beloved canine friend.  

Join a colourful array of monsters as they head to school for a fun-filled day, in this energetic rhyming picture book.  

A seed is sown in the ground next to a log and grows into a beautiful plant, much to the surprise of some rather stylish insect creatures. The two great joys of this book are the vibrant and quirky illustrations, and the humorous invented bug language.

This is a fabulously funny picture book by the author of Ten Fat Sausages, brimming full of Michelle Robinson’s trademark silly humour.