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Pumpkin, candles, spider, witch, skeleton, laughing, facepaint… introduce your little ones to the words of the Halloween season with cute characters, bright colours and playful scenes.From pumpkin picking to dressing-up fun and slime to eyeballs, this charming book introduces a range of different spooky scenes and objects. Along with the halloween items, each scene contains one feeling word and one action word to spot, such as excited and running – colour-coded circles point them out. With a glitter-accented cover that adds visual and tactile interest, this fun book inspires a deeper knowledge of the world, introduces language skills and supports emotional intelligence.An original, contemporary take on teaching first words, the My World in 100 Words series of board books helps children ages 0–3 boost vocabulary, engage with the world around them and become familiar with specific subjects. With bright, playful illustrations from Sophie Beer, each book explores a different theme, including starting nursery and Christmas. With 10 words per page and variation between full scenes and visual lists, there’s plenty for children to look at and enjoy.Other titles in the My World in 100 Words series: Christmas, Nursery, Home.

Pumpkin, candles, spider, witch, skeleton, laughing, facepaint… introduce your little ones to the words of the Halloween season with cute characters, bright colours and playful scenes.From pumpkin picking to dressing-up fun and slime to eyeballs, this charming book introduces a range of different spooky scenes and objects. Along with the halloween items, each scene contains one feeling word and one action word to spot, such as excited and running – colour-coded circles point them out. With a glitter-accented cover that adds visual and tactile interest, this fun book inspires a deeper knowledge of the world, introduces language skills and supports emotional intelligence.An original, contemporary take on teaching first words, the My World in 100 Words series of board books helps children ages 0–3 boost vocabulary, engage with the world around them and become familiar with specific subjects. With bright, playful illustrations from Sophie Beer, each book explores a different theme, including starting nursery and Christmas. With 10 words per page and variation between full scenes and visual lists, there’s plenty for children to look at and enjoy.Other titles in the My World in 100 Words series: Christmas, Nursery, Home.

Bedroom, window, cooker, sofa, garden, family, playing, bedtime… introduce your little ones to the words they'll encounter around them at home, with cute characters, bright colours and playful scenes.My Home in 100 words introduces a range of different scenes and objects, from eating in the kitchen to bubbles in the bathroom, and windows to armchairs. Along with the home items, each scene contains one feeling word and one action word to spot, such as happy and hiding – colour-coded circles point them out. With a bright cover that adds visual and tactile interest, this fun book inspires a deeper knowledge of the world, introduces language skills and supports emotional intelligence.An original, contemporary take on teaching first words, the My World in 100 Words series of board books helps children ages 0–3 boost vocabulary, engage with the world around them and become familiar with specific subjects. With bright, playful illustrations from Marijke Buurlage, each book explores a different theme, including the garden and the seaside. With 10 words per page and variation between full scenes and visual lists, there’s plenty for children to look at and enjoy.Other titles in the My World in 100 wordsseries: Halloween, Nursery, Christmas.

Bedroom, window, cooker, sofa, garden, family, playing, bedtime… introduce your little ones to the words they'll encounter around them at home, with cute characters, bright colours and playful scenes.My Home in 100 words introduces a range of different scenes and objects, from eating in the kitchen to bubbles in the bathroom, and windows to armchairs. Along with the home items, each scene contains one feeling word and one action word to spot, such as happy and hiding – colour-coded circles point them out. With a bright cover that adds visual and tactile interest, this fun book inspires a deeper knowledge of the world, introduces language skills and supports emotional intelligence.An original, contemporary take on teaching first words, the My World in 100 Words series of board books helps children ages 0–3 boost vocabulary, engage with the world around them and become familiar with specific subjects. With bright, playful illustrations from Marijke Buurlage, each book explores a different theme, including the garden and the seaside. With 10 words per page and variation between full scenes and visual lists, there’s plenty for children to look at and enjoy.Other titles in the My World in 100 wordsseries: Halloween, Nursery, Christmas.

Shell, wave, starfish, crab, ball, bucket, spade, hat… introduce your little ones to the words they'll encounter all around them at the seaside.The Seaside in 100 words introduces a range of different scenes and objects. With bold colours and a silky-feel cover that add visual and tactile interest, this fun book inspires a deeper knowledge of the world, introduces language skills and supports emotional intelligence.From things to take to the beach – hat, beach ball, sun cream, towell, spade – to foods we might eat – sandwiches, lolly, apple, banana, ice cream – to creatures we might see – turtle, octopus, whale, seagull, dolphin, fish, seahorse – this title covers all the words which young children might encounter at the beach.As well as objects and creatures, the book contains feeling words, like 'happy' and 'excited', as well as actions like 'waving' and 'splashing' or qualities like 'wet' or 'helpful'.Different types of world are given a different colourcode to help differentiate them and to help kids identify the different kinds of word!An original, contemporary take on teaching first words, the My World in 100 Words series of board books helps children ages 1–3 boost vocabulary, engage with the world around them and become familiar with specific subjects. With bright, playful illustrations from Sophie Beer, each book explores a different theme, including starting nursery, the home and the seaside. With 10 words per page and variation between full scenes and visual lists, there’s plenty for children to look at and enjoy.

Shell, wave, starfish, crab, ball, bucket, spade, hat… introduce your little ones to the words they'll encounter all around them at the seaside.The Seaside in 100 words introduces a range of different scenes and objects. With bold colours and a silky-feel cover that add visual and tactile interest, this fun book inspires a deeper knowledge of the world, introduces language skills and supports emotional intelligence.From things to take to the beach – hat, beach ball, sun cream, towell, spade – to foods we might eat – sandwiches, lolly, apple, banana, ice cream – to creatures we might see – turtle, octopus, whale, seagull, dolphin, fish, seahorse – this title covers all the words which young children might encounter at the beach.As well as objects and creatures, the book contains feeling words, like 'happy' and 'excited', as well as actions like 'waving' and 'splashing' or qualities like 'wet' or 'helpful'.Different types of world are given a different colourcode to help differentiate them and to help kids identify the different kinds of word!An original, contemporary take on teaching first words, the My World in 100 Words series of board books helps children ages 1–3 boost vocabulary, engage with the world around them and become familiar with specific subjects. With bright, playful illustrations from Sophie Beer, each book explores a different theme, including starting nursery, the home and the seaside. With 10 words per page and variation between full scenes and visual lists, there’s plenty for children to look at and enjoy.

Leaf, flower, tree, snail, bee… introduce your little ones to the words they'll encounter all around them in the garden.My Garden in 100 words introduces a range of different scenes and objects. With bold colours and a silky-feel cover that add visual and tactile interest, this fun book inspires a deeper knowledge of the world, introduces language skills and supports emotional intelligence.Take your children on a journey through the seasons, exploring the garden in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. The vibrant and fun illustrations will help introduce kids to new words, from vegetables to garden animals as well as feelings, items and actions.An original, contemporary take on teaching first words, the My World in 100 Words series of board books helps children ages 1–3 boost vocabulary, engage with the world around them and become familiar with specific subjects.With bright, playful illustrations, each book explores a different theme, including starting nursery, the home and the seaside. With 10 words per page and variation between full scenes and visual lists, there’s plenty for children to look at and enjoy.

Step into Sleeping Beauty. This exquisite board book introduces the classic story to the youngest children with playfully layered pages, engaging text and beautiful, colourful illustrations.Once upon a time, in a far-off land, a royal baby was born. The King and Queen hosted a great party, inviting friends and neighbours from all over the kingdom…Sleeping Beauty combines a simple narrative with die-cut holes and high-contrast illustrations to create a captivating storytelling experience that encourages tactile interaction. Delight in the increasingly expansive spreads as the story grows and grows with each page!Keep the magic of Sleeping Beauty alive for the next generation with this gorgeous interactive retelling.The Layer-by-Layer series of interactive board books introduces the youngest children to classic stories through beautifully layered pages featuring bright, contemporary illustrations, die cuts and gentle text. The illustrations, and wonders, expand as each new layer is revealed.Step into even more classic stories with: The Nutcracker, Alice in Wonderland, The Jungle Book.

Being a baby is a busy job! This set includes three books for a baby's day – a board book for playtime, a bath book for bathtime and a soft cloth book for bedtime.Each of these books tells the story of the different parts of baby's day!The different formats maximise sensory development – durable board for playtime, a waterproof book specially designed for bathtime, and a soothingly soft cloth book to read together at bedtime.Great for introducing babies and young children to these daily routines, bright and bold colours will ensure that these books are loved time and time again, and the interactive elements will encourage hand-eye co-ordination, communication, exploration and play!

Join a young brother and sister in this fun interactive picture book with pop-out flaps as they searches for traces of a monster in their garden.This beautifully illustrated fun interactive book follows them around their garden on their search for a monster. They follow a growling noises and other clues, and on each page readers can spot glimpses of the monster.Lift the flaps, pull the sliding tabs and open the pop-ups to help them find the monster, as the clever interactive features bring this book to life!Hide and Peek: Monster is a playful, interactive board book with a fun peekaboo element which young children will love! Also available from the Hide and Peek series are Dragon, Mermaid and Unicorn.

Join Sam in this fun interactive picture book with pop-out flaps as he searches for traces of a dragon in the forest.This beautifully illustrated fun interactive book follows Sam's journey through the forest to his campsite on his search for a dragon. He follows some footprints and other clues, and on each page readers can spot glimpses of the dragon.Lift the flaps, pull the sliding tabs and open the pop-ups to help Sam find him, as the clever interactive features bring this book to life!Hide and Peek: Dragon is a playful, interactive board book with a fun peekaboo element which young children will love! Also available from the Hide and Peek series are Monster, Mermaid and Unicorn.

Join Luca in this fun interactive picture book with pop-out flaps as he searches for a mermaid at the beach.Luca was so excited to go to the beach! He was bound to find a mermaid...This beautifully illustrated fun interactive book follows Luca around on his day at the beach. He follows a trail of shells and other clues, and on each page readers can spot glimpses of the mermaid hiding behind surfboards, beneath waves and inside sandcastles.Lift the flaps, pull the sliding tabs and open the pop-ups to help Luca find her, as the clever interactive features bring this book to life!Hide and Peek: Mermaid is a playful, interactive board book with a fun peekaboo element which young children will love!

This impressive, space-themed board book, produced in collaboration with children’s party brand Meri Meri, is filled with clever novelty devices to encourage a playful imagination in children.Children will love to explore this stylish and playful book, filled with sturdy sliders, flaps and amazing pop-up features. From a rocket that zooms across the page to a hilarious rotating robot and pop-up planets, each spread has a fascinating new design with unique devices to interact and play with.The Meri Meri pop-up books (Zoom to the Moon, Fairytale Forest and The Bear Family Goes Camping) contain multiple cleverly-designed mechanisms, including lift-the-flap, sliders, pop-ups and peep-throughs. The paper engineering is innovative and the artwork is stylish and engaging, making them a perfect interactive experience for little astronauts, explorers and princesses everywhere! Also available are the Meri Meri cloth books (Follow the Rainbow, Sunny Days and Under the Sea) – beautiful, high-quality cloth books containing multiple novelty elements to stimulate babies’ senses, including touch-and-feel fabrics, embroidery, ribbons and tassels, pockets and mirrors, designed to be shared, played with and loved by readers big and small.

Little piglet needs a bath after a muddy day at the farm! Meet her and her farmyard friends in this charming, interactive board book, as Mama Pig looks for her daughter throughout the farmyard, so she can give her a bath. Featuring ribbon pull tabs and sliders which reveal extended scenes, Bathtime, Little Piglet introduces children to the daily routine of bathtime. Fun animal illustrations will make this a story to treasure that can be read together by children and parents again and again. This new board book series is designed to improve childrens' hand-eye coordination and to encourage a safe and loving bond between parent and child.

Tiny Cloth Books are a range of soft, stackable, collectable cubes. With padded pages that are perfect for little hands, each cloth book aids developing vision and hand-eye co-ordination.

Tiny Cloth Books are a range of soft, stackable, collectable cubes. With padded pages that are perfect for little hands, each cloth book aids developing vision and hand-eye co-ordination.

Tiny Cloth Books are a range of soft, stackable, collectable cubes. With padded pages that are perfect for little hands, each cloth book aids developing vision and hand-eye co-ordination.

Have silly scrambled fun with these mix-and-match eggs that all have crazy, colourful personalities. Over 144 combinations to keep little ones entertained for hours.In this wacky split-page board book, meet...A space egg! Doing the moonwalk.A pirate egg! Sailing the seven seas.A disco egg! Dancing the night away. But also...A space egg! Dancing the night away.A pirate egg! Doing the moonwalk.A disco egg! Sailing the seven seas.Featuring a dozen loveable eggs, this playful pre-school offering is full of humour, with the final egg in the pack being a chocolate Easter egg... all gobbled up!   Exciting matching game for laughing and bonding with your little egg Ideal Easter gift for babies and toddlersA precious keepsake from Easter that can be re-read year-round A crazy range of egg characters to surprise and entertain What’s the funniest egg you can make? Read together at playtime or before bed! Or share with your friends and family to really crack them up laughing!A delightfully eggy book that makes an ideal Easter gift for 1-4-year-olds, which will then be picked up from the shelf year-round for non-stop fun. Perfect for sitting down with your little one and laughing together at the crazy combinations you come up with. Fun, bright images to help keep kids entertained and distracted, and the interactive, split-page format makes this a quirky and exciting read for any time of day.

Welcome to MiniTouch: Fruit & Veg! A gorgeous, giftable touch-and-feel book for little ones from birth upwards. Introduce fruit and vegetables and numbers 1–10, and boost motor skills with sensory touch-and-feel fabrics.The MiniTouch series for babies aged 0–3 is packed full of developmental benefits. Fresh, stylish and playful with gently rhyming text, each book makes a beautiful addition to your child's playspace or bookshelf, forming an eye-catching collection.The content of each book covers core early learning concepts. There are two layers of learning: the first being topic-themed, such as fruit and vegetables, and the second being learning-based, such as first numbers. The playful rhyming text is perfect for engaging your child and will help develop their rhythm and rhyme as well as bringing added context to each new word.Each book in the series features a unique range of touch-and-feel areas, which are ideal for developing your child's motor skills as well as aiding sensory development. Fabrics such as corduroy and metallic PVC feel fashionable and contemporary, as well as importantly providing a wide range of textures for a multi-sensory experience.Start building your MiniTouch library today with MiniTouch: Fruit & Veg!Also available: MiniTouch: Animals, MiniTouch: Nature and MiniTouch: Toys.

Welcome to MiniTouch: Animals! A gorgeous, giftable touch-and-feel book for little ones from birth upwards. Introduce first animals and first words, and boost motor skills with sensory touch-and-feel fabrics.The MiniTouch series for babies aged 0-3 is packed full of developmental benefits. Fresh, stylish and playful with gently rhyming text, each book makes a beautiful addition to your child's playspace or bookshelf, forming an eye-catching collection.The content of each book covers core early learning concepts. There are two layers of learning: the first being topic-themed, such as animals, and the second being learning-based, such as first first words. The playful rhyming text is perfect for engaging your child and will help develop their rhythm and rhyme as well as bringing added context to each new word.Each book in the series features a unique range of touch-and-feel areas, which are ideal for developing your child's motor skills as well as aiding sensory development. Fabrics such as corduroy and metallic PVC feel fashionable and contemporary, as well as importantly providing a wide range of textures for a multi-sensory experience.Start building your MiniTouch library today with MiniTouch: Animals!Also available: MiniTouch: Nature, MiniTouch: Fruit & Veg and MiniTouch: Toys.

Welcome to MiniTouch: Nature! A gorgeous, giftable touch-and-feel book for little ones from birth upwards. Introduce the natural world and first colours, and boost motor skills with sensory touch-and-feel fabrics.The MiniTouch series for babies aged 0-3 is packed full of developmental benefits. Fresh, stylish and playful with gently rhyming text, each book makes a beautiful addition to your child's playspace or bookshelf, forming an eye-catching collection.The content of each book covers core early learning concepts. There are two layers of learning: the first being topic-themed, such as nature, and the second being learning-based, such as first colours. The playful rhyming text is perfect for engaging your child and will help develop their rhythm and rhyme as well as bringing added context to each new word.Each book in the series features a unique range of touch-and-feel areas, which are ideal for developing your child's motor skills as well as aiding sensory development. Fabrics such as corduroy and metallic PVC feel fashionable and contemporary, as well as importantly providing a wide range of textures for a multi-sensory experience.Start building your MiniTouch library today with MiniTouch: Nature!Also available: MiniTouch: Animals, MiniTouch: Fruit & Veg and MiniTouch: Toys.

Welcome to MiniTouch: Toys! A gorgeous, giftable touch-and-feel book for little ones from birth upwards. Introduce a range of toys and first shapes, and boost motor skills with sensory touch-and-feel fabrics.The MiniTouch series for babies aged 0-3 is packed full of developmental benefits. Fresh, stylish and playful with gently rhyming text, each book makes a beautiful addition to your child's playspace or bookshelf, forming an eye-catching collection.The content of each book covers core early learning concepts. There are two layers of learning: the first being topic-themed, such as toys, and the second being learning-based, such as first shapes. The playful rhyming text is perfect for engaging your child and will help develop their rhythm and rhyme as well as bringing added context to each new word. Each book in the series features a unique range of touch-and-feel areas, which are ideal for developing your child's motor skills as well as aiding sensory development. Fabrics such as corduroy and metallic PVC feel fashionable and contemporary, as well as importantly providing a wide range of textures for a multi-sensory experience.Start building your MiniTouch library today with MiniTouch: Toys! Also available: MiniTouch: Animals, MiniTouch: Fruit & Veg and MiniTouch: Nature.

Created in collaboration with the Play Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), this interactive board book encourages children to explore their feelings though touch-and-feel monster characters.Playful, friendly monsters prompt the reader to empathise with them as the child guesses the monsters’ feelings based on their facial expression or body language. Simple text encourages the reader to interact with the touch-and-feel patches, exploring how the tactile makes them feel.  The Feelings Book includes: Five key feelings to explore though lovable monster characters in entertaining scenes.A tab with emoji-style faces accompanied by simple feeling words – visible from every page, which encourages discussion.Vibrant, bold and funny illustrations from Miguel Ordenez will keep little ones entertained and engaged.A multi-sensory experience with a variety of touch-and-feel materials to stroke and examine!Simple, accessible vocabulary, which covers feelings both big and small. The Feelings Book helps children to think and talk about what the characters in the book are feeling, and also what they feel in response to tactiles and questions. Providing perfect, simple tools to help children explore their feelings, particularly if they find this difficult.  A charitable donation is given to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity for every copy sold.

Have silly scrambled fun with these mix-and-match pumpkins that all have crazy, colourful personalities. Over 144 combinations to keep little ones entertained for hours.In this wacky split-page board book, meet...A ghost pumpkin! Playing spooky tricks.A mermaid pumpkin! Splashing through the waves.An alien pumpkin! Aboard a UFO. But also...A ghost pumpkin! Aboard a UFO.A mermaid pumpkin! Playing spooky tricks.An alien pumpkin! Splashing through the waves.Featuring a dozen loveable pumpkins, this playful pre-school offering is full of humour, with the final pumpkin having fun and glowing at a Halloween party. Exciting matching game for laughing and bonding with your little pumpkinIdeal Halloween gift for babies and toddlersA precious keepsake from Halloween that can be re-read year-roundA crazy range of pumpkin characters to surprise and entertainWhat’s the funniest pumpkin you can make? Read together at playtime or before bed! Or share with your friends and family to really crack them up laughing!A delightfully silly book that makes an ideal Halloween gift for 1-4-year-olds, which will then be picked up from the shelf year-round for non-stop fun. Perfect for sitting down with your little one and laughing together at the crazy combinations you come up with. Fun, bright images to help keep kids entertained and distracted, and the interactive, split-page format makes this a quirky and exciting read for any time of day.

What do you want to be when you grow up? A brilliantly fun picture book about choosing jobs . . . the toddler way!   When a mum asks her child what he wants to be when he grows up, there’s only one answer . . . A SHARK, of course! No, I don’t want to be a teacher . . . Nor a firefighter . . . I’M A SHARK!   This sensible versus silly dynamic between adult and child brings humour and is something every grown-up will be able to relate to. The book is complete with a fabulous surprise fold-out page at the end.    Full of fun and imagination, No, I’m a SHARK! encourages little readers to dream big and, ultimately, be themselves.

Have silly scrambled fun with these mix-and-match Santas that all have crazy, colourful personalities. Over 144 combinations to keep little ones entertained for hours.In this wacky split-page board book, meet...Jungle Santa! Zipping through the trees.Keep-fit Santa! Working up a sweat.Chef Santa! Cooking up a storm. But also...Jungle Santa! Cooking up a storm.Keep-fit Santa! Zipping through the trees.Chef Santa! Working up a sweat.Featuring a dozen loveable Santas, this playful pre-school offering is full of humour, with the final page seeing Santa have a close call with a chimney on Christmas Eve... Exciting matching game for laughing and bonding with your little oneIdeal Christmas gift for babies and toddlersA precious keepsake from Christmas that can be re-read year-roundA crazy range of Santa characters to surprise and entertainWhat’s the funniest Santa you can make? Read together at playtime or before bed! Or share with your friends and family to really crack them up laughing!A delightfully silly book that makes an ideal Christmas gift for 1-4-year-olds, which will then be picked up from the shelf year-round for non-stop fun. Perfect for sitting down with your little one and laughing together at the crazy combinations you come up with. Fun, bright images to help keep kids entertained and distracted, and the interactive, split-page format makes this a quirky and exciting read for any time of day.