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New York Times Best Board Book for Babies 202510 Best Board Books for Babies, Booktrust Silver Winner MadeForMums Award 2024Parent Club Baby Box Book 2023, gifted by the Scottish Government to every newbornBookstart Book 2022, gifted to every newborn in England, Wales and N. IrelandThis high-contrast, fold-out book is the essential first book for newborn babies. Designed for tummy time, the panorama of images can be spread out in front of them, so it’s perfect for keeping a baby’s brain busy while their muscles are hard at work.Tummy Time! is a double-sided, fold-out book with mirror designed as a very first book for newborns and perfect for tummy time. It keeps their brains busy while their bodies are hard at work.With high-contrast images on one side, perfect for newborns' developing vision, and photos of babies on the other because babies love looking at other babies. There's a mirror, too, because older babies love looking at themselves. Whether you stand it up in front of them when they are on their tummies, to the side of them during nappy changes, or read it together like a book, the mesmerising patterns, high-contrasting colours, and baby faces will encourage babies to look at and “read” each image.Suitable from birth to 1 year.Sharing books with your child is one of the most beneficial things you can do to give them a head start in life, so why not start from birth. It’s proven to be good for them!Look out for Reading Time and Playtime!, more tummy time books from Mama Makes Books.Safety tested and printed on FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council) board.

Reading Time is a high-contrast fold-out book that offers parents the opportunity to exercise their baby's body and brain while enjoying some special together time.Like Tummy Time (BookTrust's Book Start Pick for 2021), the book opens out and stands up in front of newborns during the all-important tummy time, a practice encouraged by healthcare professionals because it prevents flat spots on the back of a baby's head, and encourages them to use muscles needed for rolling, sitting and crawling. However, these early months are also when a baby's brain is developing faster than at any other time in their lives. Reading together is proven to accelerate language and literacy, giving children a head start in life.The book has bold black-and-white images with splashes of colour for a baby's developing vision. The images are some of the first words children learn to say, such as cat, car, book and teddy, so it serves as a first words book, but it also has a soothing, rhythmical nursery rhyme based on "I see the moon, the moon sees me" which babies will love to hear their loved ones read. And there is mirror at the end to personalise the shared reading experience - "I see Mummy/Daddy/Grandpa" - as they look in the mirror together.So go on. Read to your newborn. It's good for them!0 to 9 months, printed on FSC board

BABY LOOK! is a novelty board book that aims to grab a baby's attention and keep it. It introduces first words and concepts in a fun and engaging way, inviting babies to touch the book, spin the wheel, move the sliders, say the words, pull funny faces in the mirror, or imitate animals. Every page-turn reveals something new to learn, from colours to counting, animals to actions, emotions to parts of the body. It's a baby book to grow up with through each developmental phase, making it an enjoyable and long-lasting gift for children from 10 months to 3 years old.This internationally successful Baby Sensory series is bright, bold and built for babies, with strong embedded materials and thick board pages that will endure lots of enthusiastic handling. Other titles in the series are BABY SAYS, a touch-and-say book with bumpy pages, finger trails, flaps and tabs and BABY'S FIRST 100 WORDS, with big, sturdy flaps and fun surprises, and page tabs for easy page turning.Printed on FSC paper from sustainable forests. Tested and conforms to British and EU toy safety standards as safe for all ages.

Playtime! is a book that turns tummy time into playtime.Like our bestselling book, Tummy Time! it folds out and stands up in front of newborns during the all-important tummy time – a practice encouraged by healthcare professionals to prevent flat spots on the back of the head, and to strengthen muscles in their necks and upper bodies. These early months are also when a baby’s brain is developing faster than at any other time in their lives. Reading together is proven to accelerate language and literacy, giving children a head start in life.A newborn baby’s world is a blur of light and dark and moving forms. They are attracted to high-contrast images, faces and movement, so this finger-wiggle book is a perfect first book. Make rabbit’s ear prick up, puppy’s tail wag, or turn your finger into a wiggly worm hiding somewhere on the wiggle train. Where will it pop out next?!With babies turning their heads towards the movement, it helps build strength and flexibility, and gives parents a fun opportunity to engage with their babies face-to-face. The simple text introduces new vocabulary and encourages parents to read playfully, trumpeting loudly, like an elephant, or wagging the puppy’s tail excitedly.So go on. Read to your newborn. It's good for them!0 to 9 months, printed on FSC boardOther titles in the series: Tummy Time! and Reading Time.

Say "hello" to this colourful first word book with bumpy pages, flaps, finger trails and tabs for easy page-turning. By seeing and feeling the images, and then hearing someone say the words, young children are using three senses to learn language and make an association between picture and word. BABY SAYS has tabs and flaps to develop gross motor skills, and bumpy finger trails for fine motor skills. Each double page has a theme based on familiar things – animals, family, park, mealtime and on the road – and a gentle rhyming text leads you through the book.This internationally successful Baby Sensory series is bright, bold and built for babies, with strong embedded materials and thick board pages that will endure lots of enthusiastic handling. Other titles in the series are BABY LOOK, a sensory playbook with sliders, holes, textures and lots to learn, and BABY LOVE, a touch-and-feel bedtime book with fur, glitter, felt, a mini book, and a soft blanket. Printed on FSC board from sustainable forests.Perfect for children 1 to 3 years.

Bright, bold and built for little hands, this sturdy flap book is a fun, interactive way to introduce the first 100 words in a child’s vocabulary, from the usual tractor and trains to spaghetti, swimsuit and superhero!There are five themes in Baby's First 100 Words: around the home, getting dressed, vehicles, animals and mealtime. The images are bright, colourful and inclusive, and the fun flaps are strong enough to withstand enthusiastic handling. There are page tabs, too, to help toddlers turn the pages.Perfect for shared reading with babies from 8 months, the book is ideal for identifying and naming familiar things in their world. With repetitive reading, they will learn the association between words and pictures. Before long they will be saying the words and lifting the flaps by themselves, so it's not only great for speech and language development, but it's good for their motor skills too!Perfect for children from 12 months to 3 years.Printed on FSC paper from sustainable forests.

A counting lift-the-flap farm board book with pop-up chicks, part of the FUNNY FARM series.Did you know that farmers sometimes put duck eggs under broody hens to hatch them? The duckling and hen fall in love and it's as natural as natural can be... until the duckling starts swimming!Cluck Cluck Duck is a beautifully produced, sturdy lift-the-flap board book, the first in the series about the humorous goings-on at Funny Farm. Each book has an early-learning concept underlying the story and Cluck Cluck Duck introduces early maths skills. There is a page of pop-up chicks for the children to count - four little eggs, four little chicks...plus one! An uplifting, warm-hearted story of acceptance and family love.The Funny Farm series is beautifully produced with matt laminated and embossed covers and sturdy board pages. It also includes Tractor Tractor, a book about opposites starring an old and new tractor who form the very best of friendships.

One big tractor, shiny and new. One small tractor, rusty and blue... TRACTOR TRACTOR is the second book in a series of lift-the-flap books about the humorous goings-on at Funny Farm. Each book has an early-learning aspect and TRACTOR TRACTOR is all about opposites. It has sliders too, so children can make the tractors move forward and back, fast and slow. It's harvest time and Red arrives shiny, fast and strong. Blue is an old faithful - small and rusty but wise and calm. So when Red decides to race home after a hard day's harvesting, Blue lets him go, only to find Red in a ditch, no longer shiny and clean but the dirtiest - and smelliest! - tractor he's ever seen. A warm-hearted story that shows, despite being opposites, young and old can make a great team, and be the very best of friends.The Funny Farm series is beautifully produced with matt laminated and embossed covers and sturdy board pages. It also includes Cluck, Cluck, Duck, a counting lift-the-flap book.

Are you as HAPPY as a lamb, or as GRUMPY as a goat? Jump around the room like a little spring lamb. How do you feel now?A positive, energetic and playful way for children aged 2 to 5 years to recognise their emotions and lift their mood. The different animal characters visualise each emotion – from excited to sad, joyful to angry – so children can identify and communicate their own feelings. Underneath the puzzle pieces are funny or reassuring things for children to do to lift their mood or turn negative feelings into more positive ones.Self-regulating emotions is a learned skill. This book offers strategies for children to practise, such as fun physical activities, mindfulness, breathing techniques and reassurance. The book also offers parents and carers a tool to open conversations to foster good mental health through play.The double-sided puzzle pieces fit together for extra fun - good for concentration and mastering fine motor skills.Emotions included: happy, grumpy, excited, sad, safe, scared, joyful, angry, proud, embarrassed.Also available in the Choose Your Mood Puzzle Book series is Brave as a Lion, which focuses on feelings: brave, worried, cuddly, lonely, calm, jumpy, bold, shy, strong, lazy.

Are you feeling as BRAVE as a lion or as WORRIED as a warthog? Find the brave inside you by roaring like a lion. How do you feel now?A positive, energetic and playful way for children aged 2 to 5 years to recognise their feelings and lift their mood. The different animal characters visualise each feeling – from brave to worried, cuddly to lonely – so children can identify and communicate their own emotions. Underneath the puzzle pieces are funny or reassuring things for children to do to lift their mood or turn negative feelings into more positive ones.Self-regulating feelings is a learned skill. This book offers strategies for children to practise, such as fun physical activities, mindfulness, breathing techniques and reassurance. The book also offers parents and carers a tool to open conversations to foster good mental health through play.The double-sided puzzle pieces fit together for extra fun - good for concentration and mastering fine motor skills.Feelings included: brave, worried, cuddly, lonely, calm, jumpy, bold, shy, strong, lazy.Also available in the Choose Your Mood Puzzle Book series is Happy as a Lamb, which focuses on emotions: happy, grumpy, excited, sad, safe, scared, joyful, angry, proud, embarrassed.

Bright, bold and built for little hands, this sturdy see-touch-feel book is a fun, interactive way to introduce the first 100 animal words in a child’s vocabulary, from pig, sty and piglet to cat and chameleon.First 100 Animals has five themed spreads, each one with a flap and a soft, scratchy or bumpy texture somewhere on the pages. There are plenty of conversation openers, such as farm animals and their babies to different types of penguins or crab. The images are cute, bright and colourful, and the flaps are embedded in the page, so they are secure enough to withstand enthusiastic little ones.Perfect for shared reading with babies from 12 months, the book is ideal for identifying and naming familiar things in their world. With repetitive reading, they will learn the association between words and pictures. Before long they will be saying the words, reaching to touch the textures and lifting the flaps by themselves, so it's not only great for speech and language development, but it's good for their fine motor skills too!Perfect for children from 12 months to 3 years.Printed on FSC paper from sustainable forests.

Meet Rex and his dinosaur crew – they’re here to help with everyday toddler challenges!Rex is a spirited, curious little dinosaur with four older friends who are a guiding influence in his life. In Big Like You, Rex sets out to discover how he can become as big, strong, fast and smart as his pals. One by one they explain that eating their favourite superfoods might be the answer. He won’t find out unless he tries them, so he does. Enter Big T, Rex’s grandpa and hero, who is always a source of encouragement and love. He reminds Rex that if he continues to eat well, he might just become as magnificent as his grandpa! Packed with interactive fun – lift-the-flaps, and 'opening eye' pop, and a big pop-up ending - Big Like You keeps toddlers aged 2 to 4 engaged while gently encouraging positive behaviours. The text has rhyme and repetition, playful dialogue and familiar themes, which make it a book you’ll enjoy reading together again and again.Encourages healthy eating habitsBuilds emotional confidence and independenceInteractive features keep toddlers engagedIdeal for shared reading and learning through playWhether you’re dealing with a picky eater or just want a joyful story to enjoy at mealtimes, Big Like You makes healthy habits easier to talk about - and a whole lot more fun.

Meet Rex and his dinosaur crew – they’re here to help with everyday toddler challenges!Rex is a spirited, curious little dinosaur with four older friends who are a guiding influence in his life. In Not Sleepy, Rex sets out to discover how his friends get to sleep. One by one they show him how to brush his teeth, enjoy a relaxing bath, find (and use) his own pee-pee tree and snuggle down with a good book. Enter Big T, Rex’s grandpa and hero, to put sleepy Rex to bed and as he does he reminds Rex that we all need sleep, so we can power up for another day of play!Packed with interactive fun – lift-the-flaps, and 'opening eye' pop, and a big pop-up ending - Not Sleepy keeps toddlers aged 2 to 4 engaged while gently encouraging positive behaviours. The text has rhyme and repetition, playful dialogue and familiar themes, which make it a book you’ll enjoy reading together again and again.Encourages a good bedtime routineBuilds emotional confidence and independenceInteractive features keep toddlers engagedIdeal for shared reading and learning through playWhether you’re finding it hard to settle at night or just want a joyful story to enjoy at bedtimes, Not Sleepy makes bedtime easier to talk about - and a whole lot more fun.

Meet Rex and his dinosaur crew – they’re here to help you handle everyday toddler challenges!Rex is a spirited, curious little dinosaur with four older friends who are a guiding influence in his life. In The Hatchlings, Rex is excited to be a big brother, but he's not sure where to start. One by one they show him how to play games like peekaboo, be gentle when he's having a cuddle and how to help when the babies are crying or sleeping. Enter Big T, Rex’s grandpa and hero, to tell Rex how well he's doing and how much his new siblings love him! Packed with interactive fun – lift-the-flaps, and 'opening eye' pop, and a big pop-up ending - The Hatchlings keeps toddlers aged 2 to 4 engaged while gently encouraging positive behaviours. The text has rhyme and repetition, playful dialogue and familiar themes, which make it a book you’ll enjoy reading together again and again.Encourages positivity towards a new siblingBuilds emotional confidence and independenceInteractive features keep toddlers engagedIdeal for shared reading and learning through playWhether you’re preparing your little one for the arrival of a new baby or teaching them how they can help, The Hatchlings makes having a new sibling easier to talk about - and a whole lot more fun.