Hannah Wood – författare

A colourful picture word book with illustrations of around a thousand everyday words. Words are arranged by theme, providing lots to spot and talk about together. A fun way to build a child's vocabulary, with delightful pictures to pore over. Listen to all the words read by a British English speaker at the Usborne Quicklinks website.

A wipe-clean book with drawing and tracing activities to help children practise holding and manipulating a pen. Little children can solve the monster machine maze, join the dots in a picnic and trace over the circles, loops and swirls made by fireworks in the sky. With a special wipe-clean pen so mistakes are easy to correct and the activities can be done again and again. A fun way to develop the pen control skills that are essential for learning to write.

This beautifully illustrated reference book has pictures of 1000 things to eat from around the world. Children can pore over topics such as 'Breakfast', 'The bakery', 'Italian restaurant' and 'Street food', and a section called 'Festivals and celebrations' which shows foods associated with Ramadan, Chinese New Year, Diwali and Thanksgiving.