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In this follow up to Cat Family Christmas and Cat Family at the Museum, find out what the Cat Family get up to in each season of the year. On every page is a detailed scene with lots of things to discover under the flaps that are waiting to be opened by inquisitive little hands.In spring, follow the cats as they help Grandma and Grandpa Cat in the garden, celebrate new beginnings and visit the village fete. In summer, join the kittens as they build sandcastles on the beach, go on a camping holiday in the countryside and take a train ride to visit their grandparents. In autumn, come along on a nature walk, carve pumpkins for Halloween and harvest fruit and vegetables. In winter, enjoy a snowy day building snowcats, celebrate Christmas and ring in the New Year.This whimsical book celebrates the changing seasons and the simple pleasures that can be enjoyed throughout the year. Lift-the-flap on each page to discover hidden details in each season, from eggs waiting to hatch in the bird's nest to a mouse poking out of a pumpkin!Richly illustrated in a nostalgic and whimsical style, children will love poring over each scene and discovering charming details. Each page is made from slim boards to ensure the flaps are sturdy and the book can be used for many years and endure as a family favourite.

Science tells us that young children develop best when they are read to. In this follow-up to Read to Your Baby Every Day, soothe your toddler with retellings of traditional folk tales, fairy tales and fables from around the world paired with images of Chloe Giordano’s charming hand-embroidered illustrations on cloth.Every tale is the perfect length to read aloud to your toddler before bedtime and carries a message of empathy, friendship and care for the world around us. Bond with your toddler and help them grow as you read to them these timeless stories:THE THREE WISHES, ScandinaviaTHE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER, Ancient RomBRER RABBIT AND THE WELL, North AmericaHOW THE BEAR LOST HIS TAIL, IroquoisTHE MAGIC PEAR TREE, ChinaWHY THE BANANAS BELONG TO THE MONKEY, BrazilTHE FISHERMAN AND THE GENIE, SyriaTHE STONECUTTER, JapanTHE RAINBOW SERPENT, Indigenous AustraliaTHE CLEVER LITTLE TURTLE, MexicoTHE SCRUFFY DUCKLING, DenmarkTHE LION AND THE THORN, Ancient GreeceANANSI AND THE TURTLE, CaribbeanKING MIDAS, Ancient GreeceA BAG FULL OF STORIES, CambodiaTHE MICE AND THE ELEPHANTS, IndiaSNOWFLAKE, THE SNOW CHILD, RussiaWHY CATS CHASE MICE, NigeriaHOW THE WREN BECAME KING OF THE BIRDS, IrelandTHE FEAST, Mali

Journey back in time to the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods with Illumisaurus, coming face-to-face with prehistory’s most spectacular dinosaurs, plants and animals. Bring this lost world to kaleidoscopic life with your magic three-colour viewing lens (included).With your lens in hand, discover amazing places and the creatures that roamed them many millions of years ago.Your green lens reveals a location, spanning 9 ancient land masses across millions of years. Learn how these places transformed over time to become the habitats of the most spectacular life on Earth.Your red lens brings to life the mightiest beasts ever to walk the planet: the dinosaurs. Meet a T. rex up close, run with packs of velociraptors and marvel at the gigantic brachiosaurus as you discover how these animals came to rule the Earth.Your blue lens uncovers the wildlife that lived alongside and after the dinosaurs, including monstrous dragonflies, woolly mammoths and fungi taller than trees.Fact pages fill in the details and guide you through a world bursting with life and colour.The latest in the bestselling Illumi series, Illumisaurus is a hidden-world adventure with a fascinating scientific angle, and the perfect gift fordinosaur enthusiasts 7 years and older. Innovative illustrations from award-winning design duo Carnovsky make this a natural history like no other, with hundreds of places, plants and creatures to discover on three layers of detailed artwork.  How many dinosaurs will you find on your prehistoric journey?​See 3 images in 1 with the eye-boggling Illumi series, featuring magic-lens artwork from creative design duo Carnovsky. Dinosaurs, animals, the human body, and even ghosts are envisioned like never before in this groundbreaking series. The explosions of colour on each page are in fact three distinct layers of illustrations, each exploring a different aspect of a fascinating subject. Use the three-colour lens to reveal the hidden details on each one, then read all about the topic on in-depth fact pages. There’s always something new to discover in Illumi!Also available from the Illumi series: Illuminatlas, Illuminature, Illuminightmare​ and Illumanatomy.

Science tells us that young children develop best when they are read to. In this follow-up to Read to Your Baby Every Day, soothe your toddler with retellings of traditional folk tales, fairy tales and fables from around the world paired with images of Chloe Giordano’s charming hand-embroidered illustrations on cloth.Every tale is the perfect length to read aloud to your toddler before bedtime and carries a message of empathy, friendship and care for the world around us. Bond with your toddler and help them grow as you read to them these timeless stories:THE THREE WISHES, ScandinaviaTHE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER, Ancient RomBRER RABBIT AND THE WELL, North AmericaHOW THE BEAR LOST HIS TAIL, IroquoisTHE MAGIC PEAR TREE, ChinaWHY THE BANANAS BELONG TO THE MONKEY, BrazilTHE FISHERMAN AND THE GENIE, SyriaTHE STONECUTTER, JapanTHE RAINBOW SERPENT, Indigenous AustraliaTHE CLEVER LITTLE TURTLE, MexicoTHE SCRUFFY DUCKLING, DenmarkTHE LION AND THE THORN, Ancient GreeceANANSI AND THE TURTLE, CaribbeanKING MIDAS, Ancient GreeceA BAG FULL OF STORIES, CambodiaTHE MICE AND THE ELEPHANTS, IndiaSNOWFLAKE, THE SNOW CHILD, RussiaWHY CATS CHASE MICE, NigeriaHOW THE WREN BECAME KING OF THE BIRDS, IrelandTHE FEAST, Mali

A beautifully told art story for children, looking at Georgia O'Keeffe's life through her masterpieces. Accompanied by stunning original illustrations from Alice Wietzel. ★★★★★ - The Portrait of an Artist series is an excellent introduction to art and its importance to our world.Georgia O'Keeffe is known as the Mother of American Modernism, discover why in this first story book about Georgia O'Keeffe. From humble beginnings living on a prairie farm, to taking the New York art scene by storm, to living a solitary life in the New Mexican desert, find out how Georgia's extraordinary life unfolded and how each place changed the ways her paintings came out. See how her life shaped her much loved masterpieces and find out why she is such an important figure in the history of art. An O'Keeffe masterpiece is featured on every spread. This art story also includes a closer look at 10 of O'Keeffe's masterpieces at the back.

A beautifully told art story for children, looking at Georgia O'Keeffe's life through her masterpieces. Accompanied by stunning original illustrations from Alice Wietzel. ★★★★★ - The Portrait of an Artist series is an excellent introduction to art and its importance to our world.Georgia O'Keeffe is known as the Mother of American Modernism, discover why in this first story book about Georgia O'Keeffe. From humble beginnings living on a prairie farm, to taking the New York art scene by storm, to living a solitary life in the New Mexican desert, find out how Georgia's extraordinary life unfolded and how each place changed the ways her paintings came out. See how her life shaped her much loved masterpieces and find out why she is such an important figure in the history of art. An O'Keeffe masterpiece is featured on every spread. This art story also includes a closer look at 10 of O'Keeffe's masterpieces at the back.

A beautifully told art story for children, looking at Claude Monet's life through his masterpieces. Accompanied by stunning original illustrations from Caroline Bonne-Muller. ★★★★★ - The Portrait of an Artist series is an excellent introduction to art and its importance to our world.Claude Monet is one of the best loved artists of all time. Find out how this special young painter strove to capture light and feeling in his paintings and how together with a group of talented friends, he came to start the most famous art movement of all time, Impressionism. In his long life he experienced war and heartbreak, love and the joy of family. See how his life shaped each piece of art he made and that throughout it all he never stopped trying to paint the ever changing light and glimmering water. In the end he built himself a garden filled with both, with waterlilies floating on dappled ponds setting the scene for his last, infamous masterpieces. A Monet masterpiece is featured on every spread. This art story also includes a closer look at 10 of Monet's masterpieces at the back.

A beautifully told art story for children, looking at Claude Monet's life through his masterpieces. Accompanied by stunning original illustrations from Caroline Bonne-Muller. ★★★★★ - The Portrait of an Artist series is an excellent introduction to art and its importance to our world.Claude Monet is one of the best loved artists of all time. Find out how this special young painter strove to capture light and feeling in his paintings and how together with a group of talented friends, he came to start the most famous art movement of all time, Impressionism. In his long life he experienced war and heartbreak, love and the joy of family. See how his life shaped each piece of art he made and that throughout it all he never stopped trying to paint the ever changing light and glimmering water. In the end he built himself a garden filled with both, with waterlilies floating on dappled ponds setting the scene for his last, infamous masterpieces. A Monet masterpiece is featured on every spread. This art story also includes a closer look at 10 of Monet's masterpieces at the back.

This exquisitely illustrated treasury of narrative non fiction stories about the natural world, organised season by season and around the world, shows children the infinite beauty and variety of nature in every part of the planet.Arranged around the full cycle of a calendar year, each month chapter features four stories each from a different part of the world to show that while somewhere it is hot summer, somewhere else is in the middle of winter, while some are dry and others are rainy.48 story spreads tell fascinating single stories of animals and nature from each month of the year, showing how the changing of the seasons takes place around the world, promoting an international sense of the weather, seasons and cycles of nature from very big, to ever-so-small.This captivating book will transport readers across the globe, teaching them about the different kinds of weather and wildlife all across the planet.

Count all the way to Christmas Eve with the Cat Family in this lift-the-flap advent calendar–style book with more than 140 doors to open.Help the Cat Family decorate, bake and prepare the house for the holiday season as you count down the twelve days til Christmas. Just like an advent calendar, Cat Family Christmasends with the excitement and anticipation of Christmas Eve.Open up tiny but sturdy flap ‘doors’ on each one of the 24 pages to reveal little details and surprises. Peer inside the cupboard doors and different-sized tins in the busy Cat Family kitchen to find the missing ingredients for the cake. Open all the front doors on the street when the Cat Family go carol singing.This is a whimsical Christmas book that gives the Victorian advent calendar tradition a contemporary twist for advent calendar door–hungry hands. Every page is rich with Liberty print–style pick-and-mix patterns and William Morris–inspired friezes.The Cat Family are full of character and personality, and the picture painted of the holiday season in this charming picture book will fill you and your family with Christmas cheer!

Amazon Editors’ 2023 Gift Picks for Little Bookworms!A keepsake volume of tried-and-true lullabies and rhymes to share with your baby, illustrated with images of enchanting hand-embroidered art on cloth​.Science tells us that babies develop best and connect with people and the world around them when they are spoken to, sung to and read to. Even when they’re tiny, the sound of their parents’ voices helps them make sense of the world and feel comfortable with new people and places.This treasury gives parents the opportunity to rediscover just how useful (and calming) 30 of the best-loved lullabies and nursery rhymes are in one, beautiful volume. Stunningly embroidered illustrations for each rhyme offer little ones a visual delight and will make this book a keepsake to treasure.Sooth little ones with the gentle lullabies and rhymes including Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, Oranges and Lemons, The Grand Old Duke of York and many more beloved poems and songs.Stitched Storytime presents beautiful embroidered collections of nursery rhymes and folktales which young children will love. Also available are Read to Your Baby Every Day and Read to Your Toddler Every Day.

'The Cat Family… are truly in a league of their own in the "lift-the-flap" category.' - Fairytales and FingerpaintsJoin the Cat Family on a day out to the museum and discover the secrets behind artefacts from around the world and throughout history in this beautiful lift-the-flap book with 140 doors to open.Wander through the museum and gaze up at European masterpieces, roar at sabre-toothed tigers and marvel at enormous dinosaurs in this magical museum of wonders – there is something for every kitten to enjoy!Each room explores a different part of history or the world, from the prehistoric times and East Asia to the stone age and the modern world of space.Lift-the-flap on each page to uncover the inner workings of the museum and reveal hidden details on each page, from what’s behind paintings and statues to in display cabinets and even under the floorboards!Richly illustrated in a nostalgic and whimsical style and complete with sturdy flaps for little hands, children will love poring over each scene and discovering charming details.

Have you ever wondered if trees can communicate with each other? Well they can. Recently, scientists have discovered that forests communicate via underground networks of fungal threads knows as 'the wood wide web'. In this picture book for young children, we meet a little fir tree sapling who is stretching her first leaves into a dark ancient forest full of huge trees. She feels very lonely and she can't reach any light or water. Her worried feeling sinks down to the tips of her roots, which little does she know, are connected to the wood wide web. The fungal network sends her message all over the forest! "little tree needs help!"The message reaches mother trees who can't spare the energy from their own little ones, others who are sick and can't help but ultimately, one friendly paper birch tree helps her in her time of need. When the winter comes and birch tree needs help in return, the strong, not so little fir tree withe her evergreen leaves can come to the rescue. Our little tree learns that she is part of a loving, caring community, filled with family and kind strangers of entirely different species. She learns all the ways that there are to care and be cared for, and most importantly that she is not alone. After all, the forest is only as strong as its smallest tree. Trees can communicate using up to '50 words' and can send messages of distress, warn each other about incoming danger in the form of disease or pests, learn which trees are their parents and which are their offspring. If a tree is in danger, others can send spare sugars and water via the network and even sabotage trees they see as a threat. And they do it all via the wood wide web. This is a powerful book, that teaches children about a hugely important discovery in contemporary science, about a secret world beneath our feet and most importantly, about the strength that comes with asking for help, and discovering that you are not alone.

From the bestselling author of The Wonder Garden comes the incredible The Fantastical Safari!Step into some of the hardest to reach landscapes on earth and meet the extraordinary creatures who live there. Discover how they survive and thrive in some of the strangest, most remote and unusual places in the world.This book uncovers the science and stories behind some of the world’s most fascinating animals - from the tree kangaroo in the highlands of Papua New Guinea to the vampire ground finch in the Galapagos Islands. Alongside breath-taking illustrations, readers will explore different destinations where every day consists of endurance, perseverance and survival for the animals and plants that live there. With its stunning design, engaging storytelling and fascinating facts, this book encourages young readers to see the world in a whole new way. Whether exploring solo or sharing the adventure with family, this book is a gateway to curiosity, discovery and endless imagination.Locations include:The Mariana TrenchThe Greenland Ice ShelfThe Galapagos IslandsThe Highlands of Papua New GuineaThe Sahara Desert

Discover the unique ways children across the world celebrate Christmas in this captivating festive guide with 144 flaps to open.This fact-packed around-the-world adventure is designed to be revisited year after year in the lead-up to Christmas, reminding readers all about the value of other cultures and the importance of accepting differences.Each striking two-page spread covers the traditional Christmas foods, decorations and symbols of 10 different countries, complete with warm and merry illustrations to get readers ready for this wonderful celebration of love, harmony and goodwill to all.On this fascinating, festive journey across continents: Visit a Christmas market in GermanyIn Italy, have a feast of seven fishes on Christmas EveHang out stockings on Christmas Eve in the UKGo to a special Christmas Ganna procession in EthiopiaIn France, put your shoes by the fire and open your presents on Christmas EveGo to a St Lucia's day procession and have a smorgasbord on Julafton in NorwayBe dazzled by the Nochebuena light displays in the PhilippinesIn India, go to midnight mass and prepare a special Christmas Biryani with spices and nuts…and have a BBQ in the sunshine in Australia!Whether it's discovering the magic of Yule in Scandinavia, the colourful Pinatas of Mexico, or the time-honoured rituals of Ethiopia, this Christmas journey is a heart-warming reminder of the universal joy and togetherness that Christmas embodies around the globe. Get ready to lift the flaps and be transported into a world of festive wonder, spreading the holiday spirit far and wide.

In the newest addition to the Cat Family series, follow the kittens for a surprise-filled birthday week and lift 140 flaps, to join in with the fun!  It’s an important time in the Cat Family household: it’s nearly Bud and Pip’s birthday. The twin kittens take their birthday VERY seriously and there is LOTS to do before the big day.   From handwriting party invitations to baking a cake and picking their outfits, the Cat Family are excited for you to celebrate with them!   Brought to life by artist Eunyoung Seo’s hand-painted, nostalgic illustrations and with sturdy flaps designed for little hands, unveil little surprises on each page in the run-up to the big day.   Turn the countdown to a birthday into a shared adventure, with this latest story from the charming Cat Family!  Discover other titles in the Cat Family series: Cat Family Four Seasons, Cat Family at the Museum, Cat Family Christmas.