“Wise old man, won’t you help me, please? My house is a squash and squeeze.” Visit the farm in the brilliantly funny A Squash and a Squeeze, the first ever picture book written and illustrated by the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. A little old lady lives all by herself but she’s not happy – her house is just too small, even for one. Whatever can she do? The wise old man knows: bring in a flappy, scratchy, greedy, noisy crowd of farmyard animals. When she pushes them all out again, she’ll be amazed at how big her house feels! This handy board book format is perfect for younger readers. It features the classic story with a stunning redesigned cover and beautiful finish, making it a must-have for even the smallest Donaldson and Scheffler fans! Also available in board book format and with striking redesigned covers are: The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo’s Child, Room on the Broom, The Snail and the Whale, The Smartest Giant in Town, Monkey Puzzle and Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book.
Woof! Sound Boardbook with BIG BUTTON for Little Hands. Puppy plays in the garden with Kitty and then plays in the park with all his other friends. Soon it’s time to go home, Good-bye, Little Puppy!
With lots to see and heaps to do, in?Busy Funfair?children can join in by pushing, pulling and turning the tabs to experience a trip to the funfair! Ride the Ferris wheel, go down a roller coaster and eat candyfloss. Children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text and wonderful illustrations by Rebecca Finn, which is part of the Busy Book series.
Join Yellow Digger on a busy day at the building site, with all of his friends. With a fun sound button that children will love to press, this book is perfect for a noisy storytime.
With lots to see in Busy Tractor, children can help out on the farm, pulling and turning the tabs. See the big tyres turn, drive the tractor through fields and harvest a crop of tasty vegetables!
Children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text and wonderful illustrations by Samantha Meredith.
Discover more of the Busy Book series: Busy Garage, Busy Builders, Busy Playtime, Busy Beach, Busy Garden, Busy Airport, Busy Railway, Busy Town, Busy Farm, Busy Bookshop, Busy Swimming, Busy Fire Station, Busy Zoo, Busy Hairdresser, Busy Pets, Busy Baking, Busy Park, Busy Farm, Busy Caf?, Busy Vet, Busy Baby Animals, Busy Nursery, Busy Zoo, Busy Holiday and Busy Halloween.
The Red Fire Engine Sound Board Book with Big Button. Join Red Fire Engine as he rushes to put out a fire and save the day in this brilliant sound book. Press the big button to hear the siren and enjoy a noisy storytime together
Creep through the dense undergrowth of the jungle to discover a whole menagerie of exotic animals, just waiting to leap off the pages of this busy pop-up book. Illustrations are brought to life in a riot of colour and detail as you turn each page to see a 3-dimensional scene emerge.
An entertaining and educational dot-to-dot puzzle book with perfect blend of beautiful pictures and creative activities. Little artists will love watching the hidden pictures emerge, when they connect the dots and have lot of fun colouring the art. Solving these dot-to-dot puzzles improve their imagination, creativity, number skills, hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.
Old Macdonald’s farm is full of pigs, cows, sheep, hens and horses, but what he really loves is his COLOSSAL collection of vehicles! From bicycles, tractors and buses, to boats, fire engines and aeroplanes, there are LOTS of things that go on Old Macdonald’s farm, and the animals love to join in with the fun, too. This new board book edition is perfect for anyone who loves farmyard animals AND vehicles.
Little Friends is ideal for parents to share with their babies as they develop and grow during their first year. Say hello to familiar pets (puppy, kitten, bunny and goldfish), play peekaboo with the peep through holes and enjoy a fun guessing game. With high contrast colours, bold patterns and a mirror to focus the eyes, you can also open up the gatefold ending and stand the book up around your baby for tummy time. Illustrated by Stephen Barker, this is the perfect first board book!
How the cat purred and how the witch grinned,
As they sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind.
A very funny story of quick wits and friendship, Room on the Broom is another smash hit from the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo.
The witch and her cat fly happily over forests, rivers and mountains on their broomstick until a stormy wind blows away the witch’s hat, bow and wand. Luckily, they are retrieved by a dog, a bird and a frog, who are all keen for a ride on the broom. It’s a case of the more, the merrier, but the broomstick isn’t used to such a heavy load and it’s not long before . . . SNAP! It breaks in two! And with a greedy dragon looking for a snack, the witch’s animal pals better think fast!
This handy board book format is perfect for younger readers. It features the classic story with a stunning redesigned cover and beautiful finish, making it a must-have for even the smallest Donaldson and Scheffler fans!
Also available in board book format and with striking redesigned covers are: The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo’s Child, The Snail and the Whale, The Smartest Giant in Town, Monkey Puzzle, Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book, and A Squash and a Squeeze.
The Rhyming Rabbit loves to make up entertaining poems, inspired by everything he sees, but the other rabbits don’t appreciate his talent for rhyme. Sad and lonely, the Rhyming Rabbit sets off one starry night all on his own – will he ever find someone to share his poems with? The Rhyming Rabbit is a clever rhyming adventure from the stellar picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, creators of What the Ladybird Heard. With brilliant rhyming verse, bright and distinctive illustrations and a gorgeously glittery cover, this story is a delight to read aloud. 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, What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday and The Girl, the Bear and the Magic Shoes.
“I’ve lost my mum!”
Where is Monkey’s mummy? It’s not too much fun being lost in the jungle, and little monkey wants his mum. A kindly butterfly is keen to help, but they don’t seem to be having much luck and keep finding the wrong animals! But eventually, they find . . . Dad! It’s just as well that he knows exactly where mum is, and she’s waiting with a well-deserved cuddle.
Monkey Puzzle Big Book is a clever, funny and charming tale from the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. The big book format is perfect for use in the classroom or reading to groups
A brand new board book edition of this best-selling classic picture book, produced from re-scanned original artwork, and now endorsed by the world famous Natural History Museum. The cheerful rhyming text is perfect for reading aloud and the images of the dinosaurs are authentic and accurate. Originally published in 1994, Dinosaur Roar! is now seen as a modern classic by Henrietta and Paul Stickland, a book that every preschool child will love. This board book edition is ideal for the very youngest of dinosaur fans.
Baby Bear meets all sorts of different animals until he finally finds what he is looking for – his mother. Told through Bill Martin’s rhythmic text and Eric Carle’s vibrant images – this is the fourth and final companion title to the much-loved classic?Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Teach your child all about farms with touch and feel textures in this chunky board book. Twinkly, bumpy, scaly, silky, sandy, sticky and shiny textures in a chunky package will help your child discover all about farms. Oink oink! Quack quack! Let their little hands roam and feel how velvety the pigs nose is and how fluffy the chicks feel. Read it together – they’ll learn as you play. These Touch and Feel chunky padded board books will help encourage your child’s early learning and language. Perfect for encouraging tiny fingers to explore and great for sensory development.
Help your baby discover all about bathtime with touch and feel textures
Stroke, tickle and touch the textures together with your baby and help them discover all about bathtime. Let their little hands roam and feel how shiny the bath ducks are and how soft the fleecy towels feel. They’ll learn as you play.
Twinkly, bumpy, scaly, silky, sandy, sticky and shiny textures in a chunky package: perfect for encouraging tiny fingers to explore and tiny minds to develop.
Baby Touch and Feel Puppies is a fun DK baby book that helps little ones learn new words. With touchy-feely pictures and word labels, it makes an ideal baby gift. Baby Touch and Feel Puppies contains stunning photos with foil or textured areas that expand your baby’s senses, while the simple visuals and labels promote language skills. From a big puppy with furry ears to sleepy puppies with fluffy tummies to rub you can introduce your baby to puppies with these touch and feel textures. All this is packed in a handy, small format that’s just perfect for preschoolers to hold, and helps develop their fine motor skills.
Help your little one point to their favourite toys and learn first words with this delightful, touch and feel picture book for babies and toddlers. Explore the touchy feely pages together. With large word labels and one main picture per page to focus on, this baby book has a simple design that’s easy for very young children to follow, helping them identify all the familiar playtime toys. Meet a cute teddy with a shiny bow, and a soft, fluffy toy rabbit. Feel a bristly pink piggy and a smooth yellow bath duck. Look at the sparkly red tractor, the twinkly green frog, and the shiny choo-choo train. Help your baby name the different toys and make their fun noises. Brrrm! Brrrm! Quack! Quack! Ribbit! Ribbit! Every page has texture or an eye-catching shiny area to expand a baby’s senses, and encourage early learning. Little ones will love turning the sturdy board pages themselves, pointing to the pictures, and feeling the tactile patches. Part of a best-selling, touch and feel series, this is a perfect first book for babies and toddlers.
You’re never too young to start loving flamingos! Introduce little ones to these beautiful, pink-feathered birds with this sparkly, touch and feel book. Babies and toddlers will enjoy the read-aloud text and delightful, touchy-feely photos of Mummy, Daddy, and fluffy Flamingo Chick. Children will love meeting Mummy and Daddy Flamingo, feeling Mummy’s webbed feet and fine feathers, touching Daddy’s pointy beak, and learning how these amazing birds share the parenting, and build a bumpy mud nest. Soon their egg hatches and Fluffy Flamingo Chick arrives! At the end of the day, the flamingos are all together under a twinkling, starry night sky. This small baby board book is a good size for little hands to hold. Babies and toddlers will soon be turning the pages themselves, which develops their fine motor skills. Part of DK’s popular Baby Touch and Feel series, Baby Touch and Feel Flamingo with its exciting sparkly jacket will appeal to little ones and stimulate their learning.