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Swing the ball. Swing the ball. Thump and smash and whack. Bring the top floors tumbling down. Bang! Clang! Crack! Load the trucks. Load the trucks. Lift and shift and heap. Drive away the piles of junk. Whump! Whop! Beep! Busy workers and noisy machines demolish an old building and build a new playground in this fun picture book from the award-winning team of Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock. Ideal for machine-mad kids. Includes a pictorial glossary of all the machines with a short caption of what each machine does. A great bo... read more

This lovely gift set of mini paperback book and mug features Anthony Browne's warm, hilarious, witty and very personal tribute to Dad (and to dads everywhere). This set first released 2005.

Three baby owls, Sarah, Percy and Bill, wake up one night in their hole in a tree to find that their mother has gone. So they sit on a branch and wait. Darkness gathers and the owls grow anxious, wondering when their mother will return. But, at last, she does, and they bounce up and down with joy, welcoming her home. Martin Waddell has won The Smarties Book Prize for "Can't You Sleep Little Bear?" in 1988. "Farmer Duck" was shortlisted for the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award in 1991, as was "The Hidden House" in 1990, having won the award... read more

Brought home from the rescue centre, Dave is small and sparky and gets all excited. To Kate he's everything a pup should be. The trouble is, he sometimes gets too excited. He jumps uninvited onto guests' laps, runs down the middle of flowerbeds and chews holes in the tights of Kate's schoolfriends. Wiil the man from Pup Breakers have the answers?

From two of the world's best-loved picture-book creators, this title is an absolute gem for new-siblings-to-be. When is the baby coming? What will we call it? What will the baby do? We don't really need the baby, do we? As the arrival of a new sibling draws nearer, the questions that stream through a young child's mind are followed with sensitivity and humour in this enchanting book. Exquisitely illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, these pages brim with love, excitement and reassurance as the child in the story imagines all kinds of colo... read more

"Just make a mark and see where it takes you." Vashti says she can't draw, but her teacher thinks she can. She knows there's creative spirit in everyone, and encourages Vashti to sign the angry dot she makes in frustration on a piece of paper. This act makes Vashti begin to perceive herself differently, and see that where there's a dot there's a way...

Your first car is always the best. And your first trip is unforgettable - even when it doesn't go exactly to plan. 'Grandpa brought me a surprise. 'For you,' he said. It was rusty. Really rusty. But you could tell what it was - a little car! Exactly my size. 'Diesel or gas?' I asked Grandpa. 'Sweat,' he said. A hilarious picture book about brothers and cars. An adventure story about a perilous journey with great details about cars and car parts. Full of details about realistic and funny family dynamics.

Three children and their teacher are pretending to be firefighters. They zoom through the playground in their pretend fire engines and fight an imaginary fire. Then a real fire engine with real firemen on board arrives for a surprise visit. This lively picture book has bright illustrations and will appeal to both boys and girls.

The penguins are coming and there is a great excitement at the zoo. But what's a penguin? The animals don't quite know what to expect - but they all have an opinion, each more outlandish than the last. When the truth about penguins is finally revealed, everyone is in for a surprise ...

Introducing the Hueys - a fabulously quirky group of characters from internationally bestselling, award-winning author/illustrator, Oliver Jeffers, creator of How to Catch a Star and Lost and Found. The thing about the Hueys is that they are all the same! They all look the same, think the same and do the same things. Until one day, Rupert knits himself a new jumper! How will the other Hueys react? A hilarious story about individuality.

'In this book With your little eye Take a look And play I spy' A poem on each page gives the clue as to what is hiding in the picture opposite, so young children can follow the rhymes. Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal 1978.

What does it take to transform a gloomy pig into a break-dancing, tango-tastic super pig? A pair of polka-dot knickers! Pig's new polka-dot knickers make him feel so special that he can't stop showing off in them. But is it really Pig's knickers that are so extraordinary, or is it something else?

'Knuffle Bunny' goes international! The hilarious and touching final instalment in 'The Knuffle Bunny series' from bestselling, award-winning author Mo Willems. Trixie is growing up! Knuffle Bunny and Trixie are going on a very exciting holiday abroad to visit 'Oma' and 'Opa' in Holland. But when they finally get there, Trixie can't find her best friend Knuffle Bunny anywhere! With the absence of her beloved fluffy friend, everyone tries their best to help Trixie enjoy the rest of her holiday. Soon, she realizes that maybe sh... read more

An enchanting tale from the creators of Guess How Much I Love You Mummy Bear and Daddy Bear reassure their three little bears that each is equally special to them. But the little bears start to wonder: do their differences mean they are loved less? In the end they are satisfied that they really are all their parents' favourites.

The tale of an old salty sailor who swallows a krill which makes him ill, and who cures his terrible bellyache by eating each animal in the sea, one after another. A hilarious new twist on There was an Old Woman who Swallowed a Fly, delightfully brought to life by Cassandra Allen.

An Easter book with a counting element for little children, with one big colourful easter egg to find under a flap on each spread. It allows children to help each group of baby animals to find the egg that the Easter Bunny has hidden for them - lambs, ducklings, chicks, puppies and kittens.

Lets you join LEGO(R) City minifigures on their action-packed adventures. This storybook comes with interchangeable minifigure parts and lots of accessories, that helps you build 3 different LEGO(R) characters.

It's Thomas' first day as a LEGO(R) CITY police officer and he's already on a case! This title lets you join the LEGO CITY police, as they try to figure out who stole blankets, a horse... and robbed the bank.

Prudence wants a pet. Desperately. No, says Dad, pets cost too much to keep. No, says Mum, pets make noise. But Prudence is determined. She finds her own pet and it is a ... Branch. But Branch isn't exactly the pet of her dreams, and neither are Twig, Mr Round (a car tyre), or her baby brother Milo. Will Prudence ever find the perfect pet?