Early years: verse, rhymes & wordplay

  • How to grow a mermaid

    £7.99

    Join Sarah and Mr Pottifer in their magical plant shop, where fantastical creatures grow from trees! A new customer at the shop buys some mermaid seeds, and Sarah is only too happy to help him grow them. But when the plants are accidentally given too much sugar, their vines spread throughout the town, flooding the streets and causing a whole heap of mer-mayhem! Can Sarah and her new friend use their quick thinking and green fingers to save the day?

  • Baby’s first 100 words

    £8.99

    Full of fun and colour, this lift-the-flap, sturdy board book is an engaging way to introduce and practice a child’s vocabulary with 100 first words. With five tabbed pages that cover everyday items at home, getting dressed, out and about, mealtimes and animals. Children can also start learning about colours, counting and shapes.

  • The jellyfish jiggle

    £7.99

    Get ready to scuttle, swim, wiggle and jiggle in this delightful rhyming story which gets children reading and moving along! The book features a main character with a prosthetic limb showing all the fun exercise moves. This water-themed story from Caryl Hart and Nicola Slater, the duobehind ‘The Safari Stomp’, is perfect for getting little ones excited about swimming.

  • Five little princesses

    £7.99

    This board book follows five little princesses as they get ready for bed – from having a bath and reading a book to snuggling up tight. Youngsters can lift the flaps to help the princesses find their teddies and their toothbrushes, then tuck them into bed for the night!

  • Five little dinosaurs

    £7.99

    This board book follows five little dinosaurs as they have their lunch, from munching on apples to slurping up ice cream. Youngsters can lift the flaps to help the dinosaurs find their snacks and quieten their rumbly tummies!

  • Little mouse, where are you?

    £7.99

    Find your baby’s face in this delightful new lift-the-flap book with a mirror on every page!

  • Hooray! It’s our first day

    £7.99

    Get ready to start school with the bunnies, as our four favourite friends set off on an exciting lift-the-flap adventure to get to their first day of school. With lunchboxes, fresh pencils, school bags and treats to find hidden under the flaps, it’s an action-packed treasure hunt! Can you find everything you need to get ready for your first day – and get the bunnies there on time?

  • Jungle

    £6.99

    This series of board books will inspire a love of nature in even the littlest of animal lovers. With robust easy-to-use mechanisms for tiny hands and a rhyming text with friendly animal facts, these are the perfect books to captivate curious little explorers time and time again. In this first jungle animals book, there are parrots soaring high over the trees, pandas munching on bamboo, tigers prowling through the grass and many more creatures to bring to life with the moving parts.

  • Eye spy

    £7.99

    In this twist on the favourite childhood game, the reader must solve a riddle to guess which animal is hiding, and then search for it in the beautifully detailed illustrations. The use of rhyme and riddles supports teaching of English and comprehension while intricate pictures support visual literacy.

  • Playtime!

    £6.99

    Playtime! is a fold-out book that turns tummy time into playtime. Newborn babies are attracted to high-contrast images and movement, so this first book with finger-wiggle holes is perfect. The simple text introduces new vocabulary and encourages parents to read playfully, trumpeting loudly, like an elephant, or wagging the puppy’s tail excitedly. 

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