When everyone has left the house in the morning, the bath toys spring into action and head off on exciting adventures in their magical flying bath! From giving a muddy piglet a shower to putting out a fire for a frightened baboon, they have water at the ready for any emergency – but they’re always […]
before bath time arrives.� Lancashire Evening Post Buy The Flying Bath from Amazon
All the Troll wants is to catch a goat – but when a string of other creatures trip-trap over his bridge instead, he’s stuck with boring old fish for supper. Meanwhile, Hank Chief and his pirate crew are in search of treasure but they keep sailing to the wrong island. Watch the fun unfold as […]
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A little ghost tries to give Lydia Lou a scare . . . but he can’t even wake her up. So he fetches his noisy animal friends to help. A playful story full of fun sounds for younger children to join in with.
favourite with many small children.� The Bookbag Buy Wake Up Do, Lydia Lou from Amazon
In a big old house, the ladybird is visiting her friend the spider for the festive season. But those two bad men, Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len, are up to no good again. They have a devious plan – to steal the children’s Christmas presents from their stockings! It’s a good thing that the clever […]
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This is a collection of poems chosen by Julia Donaldson because they lend themselves to performance by two or more voices. The book, which is illustrated with expressive lino cuts, is perfect for classroom use and fun for families too. The poems range from classics by Edward Lear, W H Auden and Eleanor Farjeon to […]
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Good manners aren’t on the menu at this meal. Duck won’t eat his carrots, Moth is eating the cloth, and Sheep would rather sleep than wash the dishes. A simple rhyming picture book with extra tough pages, suitable for toddlers.
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This collection of 58 poems suitable for children aged five to seven includes storytelling poems, riddles, number rhymes and scenes from everyday life. The book is illustrated with characterful line drawings by Nick Sharratt.
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When wish-granting genie appears from the spout of old McDonald’s teapot, he wishes for a wife . . . who wishes for a baby . . . who wishes for a dog . . . who wishes for a cat. The farmyard is soon very busy and VERY noisy! Will the genie ever get a […]
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But each time Princess Eliza changes – into a blue fish, a yellow chick, a red fox or a black cat – the wicked finds her and sets her another horrible task. Will this plucky princess be able to outwit him and escape back to the palace in time to cut her birthday cake?
replay of a familiar story” – The Guardian Buy The Princess and the Wizard from Amazon
This is a story spanning a thousand years, over which time an acorn grows into a mighty oak. The tree witnesses a whole sweep of history, from the Viking invasion to a modern-day teddybears’ picnic, and on each page we see children playing different games around it, as well as the animals, birds and insects […]
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