A fun version of the popular card game with 26 pairs of knight and castle pictures to match, helping young children develop important word and picture matching skills. A great game for all the family.

This adorable book for babies and toddlers is full of fun rhyming questions to answer and charming illustrations. Little ones will love looking at the pictures and discovering which animal is wearing a hat, which dog is chasing a ball and much more. A lovely book to enjoy together.

Discover and name lots of things you might find at the seaside, from sandcastles, ice cream and sunglasses, to crabs, limpets and sea urchins. The book is organised into themed pages, including a rock pool, on the cliffs, out at sea and on the pier. Great for developing vocabulary and language skills.

This sumptuous picture book is based on the beloved classic and retold for younger children to provide an ideal introduction to the story. Featuring artwork taken from the popular 'Young Reading series', this gorgeous book with its vibrant illustrations is sure to enthrall very young children as well as those just beginning to read. It is a delightful present for any child lucky enough to go to the ballet at Christmas, and wonderful compensation for those who aren't.

Who's wearing blue socks? Who's friends with the fox? This adorable book is full of rhyming questions for little children to answer by looking at and talking about the charming illustrations. A lovely way to encourage young children to talk and form sentences, and a delightful book to enjoy together.

A delightful version of Shakespeare's play specially retold for children to read themselves. The enchanting story of magic and mix-ups, fairies and fools is retold in a captivating style, with beautiful illustrations that bring the characters to life. Includes links to carefully chosen websites with video clips and activities. Part of Young Reading Series 2 for readers growing in confidence.

Young children can learn the alphabet with the help of favourite Farmyard Tales characters: Poppy, Sam, Rusty, Curly and Woolly. Helps teach letter recognition, letter sounds and alphabetical order - all vital preschool skills.

This Topsy and Tim activity book has shiny, wipe-clean pages and also comes with a special pen to make practising first sums as easy as 1, 2, 3!

Number bonds from 1-10 are introduced in the order that they are taught in schools and content has been approved by an educational consultant. Simple sums and interesting maths activities help to reinforce first adding and subtracting skills, while colourful pictures of Topsy and Tim and their world are fun and reassuring.

Help your child to fill in the answers, then they can wipe clean using the special eraser on top of the pen and practise again! The last page has space for your child to practise their own sums, too.

Perfect to help support children learning to add and subtract single numbers at school, and the ideal companion to Topsy and Tim's Wipe-Clean First Numbers.

This Topsy and Tim activity book has shiny, wipe-clean pages and a special pen to make practising first spellings as easy as A, B, C!
Each page has a selection of themed, high-frequency words to practise that children will come across often and that are based on the new English curriculum to help support school learning. Content includes key phonics spelling patterns such as 'ai', 'er' and 'igh', nouns, verbs, tricky words, numbers and family words. The last page can be used as a place for your child to practise their own school spellings using the 'look, cover, write, check' approach.

Help your child to copy over the words or write them out themselves, then they can wipe clean using the special eraser on top of the pen and practise again!

Written in conjuntion with an educational consultant and teacher, this book is perfect to help support children learning to spell simple words at school and is the ideal companion to Topsy and Tim's Wipe-Clean First Letters.

Having lived in the city of Orphalese for twelve years, the revered Prophet is about to board a ship taking him back to the isle of his birth. Before he departs, a group of people gather round and ask him to share his wisdom. Written as a collection of poetic essays, and detailing such diverse and sprawling topics as love, death, pleasure and prayer, The Prophet was an immediate success on its initial publication in 1923, and has since been translated into more than a hundred languages.

This edition contains the original illustrations by the author himself

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

Includes pictures, notes and an extensive section on Oscar Wilde's life and works. Dorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits, and seduces Dorian into the worship of youthful beauty with an intoxicating speech, Dorian makes a wish he will live to regret: that all the marks of age will now be reflected in the portrait, rather than on Dorian's own face. The stage is now set for a masterful tale about appearance, reality, art, life, truth, fiction and the ultimate burden of conscience.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

Russia's literary world is shaken to its foundations when a mysterious gentleman - a professor of black magic - arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a bizarre retinue of servants. It soon becomes clear that he is the Devil himself, come to wreak havoc among the cultural elite of a disbelieving capital. But the Devil's mission quickly becomes entangled with the fate of the Master - a man who has turned his back on his former life and taken refuge in a lunatic asylum - and his past lover, Margarita. Both a satirical romp and a daring analysis of the nature of good and evil, innocence and guilt, The Master and Margarita is the crowning achievement of one of the greatest Russian writers of the twentieth century.

If you enjoyed Master and Margarita, you might like A Young Doctor's Notebook, A Dog's Heart, The Life of Monsieur de Molière, The White Guard, The Fatal Eggs, Notes on a Cuff and Other Stories, Diaries and Selected Letters, Diaboliad and Other Stories, Black Snow, all part of Alma Classics Bulgakov Collection.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

Invited to an extravagantly lavish party in a Long Island mansion, Nick Carraway, a young bachelor who has just settled in the neighbouring cottage, is intrigued by the mysterious host, Jay Gatsby, a flamboyant but reserved self-made man with murky business interests and a shadowy past. As the two men strike up an unlikely friendship, details of Gatsby's impossible love for a married woman emerge, until events spiral into tragedy.Regarded as Fitzgerald's masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of American literature, The Great Gatsby is a vivid chronicle of the excesses and decadence of the 'Jazz Age', as well as a timeless cautionary critique of the American dream.

If you enjoyed The Great Gatsby, you might like Tender is the Night, also available in Alma Classics Evergreens series. You could also browse The Complete Fitzgerald's Collection for more books by the same author.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

For two and a half thousand years The Art of War has been the core text of military strategy and planning, providing leaders with enduring insights into tactics, psychology, discipline and the nature of power.

Favoured by countless great generals and military tacticians throughout history, over the last century the book has found a new lease of life, inspiring business leaders, politicians and sporting figures, and offering a profound understanding of such diverse topics as managing others and outwitting competitors.

Alma Classics Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus and extra reading material, including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

Includes pictures, notes and an extensive section on Stevenson's life and works. One of Stevenson's most famous and enduringly popular works, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde describes the mysterious relationship between a respectable and affable doctor and his brutal associate. Set in the grimy streets of Victorian London, this tale of murder, split personality and obscure science, with its chilling final revelation, became an instant horror classic when it was first published in 1886 and has enthralled and terrified generations of readers ever since.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

Pride and Prejudice is one of the most cherished love stories in English literature; Jane Austen's 1813 masterpiece has a lasting effect on everyone who reads it. The pride of high-ranking Mr Darcy and the prejudice of middle-class Elizabeth Bennet conduct an absorbing dance through the rigid social hierarchies of early-nineteenth-century England, with the passion of the two unlikely lovers growing as their union seems ever more improbable.

Also available in the Alma Classics Jane Austen Collection: Emma, Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sanditon, Love and Friendship, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

As Mrs Dalloway works on the preparations for a dinner party, her thoughts throughout the day wander from memories of the past to interrogations about the present and lead her to assess the choices she has made in life and love. Her monologue interweaves with the account of the distress, on that same day, of the shell-shocked veteran Septimus Warren Smith, whose trauma and hallucinations end in tragedy, as the links between the two characters unfold. One of Virginia Woolf's most famous novels, Mrs Dalloway is a triumph of experimentation, a cornerstone of Modernism and a subtle examination of love, freedom, mental illness and the female condition in society.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series, this new edition of Frankenstein contains pictures and an extensive section on Shelley's life and works. Since it was first published in 1818, Mary Shelley's seminal novel has generated countless print, stage and screen adaptations, but none has ever matched the power and philosophical resonance of the original. Composed as part of a challenge with Byron and Shelley to conjure up the most terrifying ghost story, Frankenstein narrates the chilling tale of a being created by a bright young scientist and the catastrophic consequences that ensue. Considered by many to be the first science-fiction novel, the tragic tale of Victor Frankenstein and the tortured creation he rejects is a classic fable about the pursuit of knowledge, the nature of beauty and the monstrosity inherent to man.

If you enjoyed Frankenstein, you might like reading Transformation, a chilling gothic tale available in Alma Classics 101 Pages series.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

Ravaged by years of war and civil conflict, Britain has changed its name to Airstrip One and become part of Oceania one of the three totalitarian blocks dominating the world ruled by a mysterious leader called Big Brother who keeps the population in thrall through strict surveillance and brutal police repression. In a society where the individual is suppressed and turned into an unperson for not conforming, and where not only personal thought, but also historical record and language itself are constantly being manipulated by the ruling regime, Ministry of Truth worker Winston Smith tries to make sense of the rebellious thoughts and passions that are stirring inside him, and finds himself impotent against the inexorable machine that surrounds him and threatens to crush him at any time.

Arguably the greatest dystopian novel of all time and the most influential post-war work of fiction which enriched the English language with words such as Newspeak, doublethink and thoughtcrime Nineteen Eighty-Four is a riveting read and a groundbreaking exploration of mass surveillance, censorship and mind control, which has a deep resonance with the world we live in.

If you enjoyed this book, don't miss Animal Farm and Keep the Aspidistra Flying, all published in Alma Classics Evergreens series.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Classics Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus and extra reading material, including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

The disparity between Emma Woodhouse's self-confidence and self-knowledge, and her determination to arrange marriages for her friends while avoiding one for herself, leads to a painful series of misunderstandings for everyone who suffers from her well-meaning altruism - and with Mr Knightley being the only person of her acquaintance who has the good sense to challenge her, Emma must eventually recognize her match in every sense.

Peppa and her friends are going to playgroup, and you can join in the fun!
Over 50 stickers inside!

This amazing book is packed full of:

Stickers
Activities
Colouring
And lots of fun!

Help Peppa colour, stick and draw her way through a lovely day with her friends.

The tale of Heathcliff and Cathy's ungovernable love and suffering, and the havoc that their passion wreaks on the families of the Earnshaws and the Lintons, shocked the book's first readers, with even Emily's sister Charlotte wondering 'whether it is right or advisable to create beings like Heathcliff'. Replete with unforgettable characters and situations that have seared themselves into our literary consciousness, Emily Brontë's intense masterpiece is one of the most haunting love stories in the canon of English literature.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

One of the best-loved adventure stories ever written, Treasure Island's timeless tale of pirates, lost treasure maps, mutiny and derring-do has appealed to generations of readers ever since Robert Louis Stevenson penned it in 1881 with the claim: 'If this don't fetch the kids, why, they have gone rotten since my day.' But more than just a children's classic, the novel is considered to be one of the greatest feats of storytelling in the English language, with characters such as the unforgettable Long John Silver becoming part of the cultural consciousness. Treasure Island is a coming-of-age story that will captivate both adults and children for as long as stories are told.

If you enjoyed reading Treasure Island, you might also like Kidnapped also available in Alma Junior Classics collection.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Junior Classics series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children s literature. All children s classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz.

When Mrs Ramsay tells her guests at her summer house on the Isle of Skye that they will be able to visit the nearby lighthouse the following day, little does she know that this trip will only be completed ten years later by her husband, and that a gulf of war, grief and loss will have opened in the meantime. As each character tries to readjust their memories and emotions with the shifts of time and reality, this long-delayed excursion will also prove to be a journey of self-discovery and fulfilment for them.

Rich in symbolism, daring in style, elegiac in tone and encapsulating Virginia Woolf's ideas on life, art and human relationships, To the Lighthouse is a landmark of twentieth-century literature and one of the high points of early Modernism.

If you enjoyed To the Lighthouse, you might like Mrs Dalloway, Monday or Tuesday, Jacob's Room, Flush, A Room of One's Own, The Waves, Orlando, all published in Alma Classics Collection.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the aliens traverse the country in huge three-legged machines, incinerating all in their path with a heat ray and spreading noxious toxic gases, the people of the Earth must come to terms with the prospect of the end of human civilization and the beginning of Martian rule.Inspiring films, radio dramas, comic-book adaptations, television series and sequels,The War of the Worlds is a prototypical work of science fiction which has influenced every alien story that has come since, and is unsurpassed in its ability to thrill, well over a century since it was first published.

The War of the Worlds is part of Alma Classics H.G. Wells collection to include The Invisible Man, The Island of Dr Moreau and The Time Machine.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

           The boy who wouldn't grow up, Peter Pan has the power of flight and lives on a magical island. But he is fascinated by Mary Darling's bedtime stories for her children and makes covert night-time visits to their Bloomsbury home. One evening he loses his shadow, and after Mary's daughter Wendy helps him reattach it, he invites her to fly away with him on an extraordinary adventure. In addition to the famous 1911 novel Peter and Wendy, which tells the familiar adventures of Peter Pan in Neverland and introduces the unforgettable characters of Tinkerbell and Captain Hook, this volume contains the celebrated stage version on which Peter and Wendy is based, as well as Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, in which Peter Pan is a seven-day-old infant who consorts with birds and fairies and travels down the Serpentine in a thrush's nest.

            ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Junior Classics series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children's literature. All children's classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz.

Oliver Twist is Charles Dickens's second novel, and it tells the tale of a young orphan who faces the gruelling conditions of a Victorian workhouse before finding himself sucked into the criminal underworld of London. Teeming with unforgettable characters such as the villainous Fagin, the virtuous Nancy and the brutal Bill Sikes, Oliver Twist combines dark humour, elements of melodrama and social polemic. At once a ferocious indictment of the author's era and a timeless story of coming of age, this classic has enthralled readers and inspired countless adaptations and imitations since it was first published in 1838.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

 Read and spell simple words with Twilight Sparkle and friends! Single letters and sounds are introduced in a systematic order, with fun activities to build confidence in reading and spelling.

Every set of activities follows the same structure, so that children can focus on the letters and sounds covered on each page. By working through the book, they will learn to read lots of new words with their favourite pony friends.

This colourful book is filled with stickers and engaging activities to help young children practise early phonics skills.

 Yum yum! Duggee and the Squirrels are growing, making and eating their favourite food and drinks. Fruit, veg, pizzas, cakes, smoothies - they're all here! Includes over 60 stickers that you can use to complete the activities and send everyone home with full tummies.

When the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab's whaling ship, little does he suspect that the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfilment of his master's obsessive desire for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale who has already claimed countless human victims and destroyed many fleets. With some sinister crew members in their midst and the hazardous conditions of the sea to contend with, the expedition becomes increasingly dangerous the closer it gets to its quarry.One of the great American novels, if not the greatest, Moby Dick epically combines rip-roaring adventure, a meticulously realistic portrayal of the whaling trade and a profound philosophical disquisition on the nature of good and evil.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

This busy book will take you on a tour of London's most famous sights, from bustling Trafalgar Square to majestic Buckingham Palace, Camden Market and Piccadilly Circus. Every picture is crammed with things to spot and talk about, and there are puzzles, games and four pages of stickers too. The puzzle answers are included at the back of the book.

Meet all the baby animals with Baby Sparkle: Baby Animal Friends, ideal for early learning, introducing simple rhymes and funny animal noises.

Say baaa to the lamb, quack with the duckling and watch the bunny sleep in Baby Sparkle: Baby Animal Friends, the ideal first board book for your baby. Read along with your little one to introduce baby animals and the noises they make.

With crystal-clear photos, read-aloud text and an extra special twinkle on every page Baby Sparkle: Baby Animal Friends engages young babies with sing-song rhymes and bright, colourful pages.

Introduce your baby to the fun of farm animals with this touch and feel baby board book. Your little one will love learning new words and feeling the different tactile features on every page, making this the perfect baby book to encourage early learning.

Inside, you meet cute animals, including fuzzy ducklings, woolly lambs, ponies on shiny grass, and more! The delightful animals are easily recognisable and appealing to young children, and every picture has a tantalizing texture or an eye-catching shiny area to expand your baby's senses.

This chunky book is perfect for tiny fingers to explore and turn pages as the small, padded format is ideal for young children. The simple design is easy for young children to follow and the clear images and word labels help promote naming and communication skills, as well as picture-and-word association. Baby Touch and Feel Farm Friends will provide hours of enjoyment.

With touch and feel patches and sparkly areas to explore, this baby dinosaur board book encourages early learning, and is just right for sharing with your little one. Inside, on 12 sturdy pages, you meet engaging baby dinosaurs hatching, hiding, playing, and sleeping, from long-necked Diplodocus with leathery skin, to baby T. rex with twinkly teeth, and bumpy, plated baby Stegosaurus.

The delightful baby dinosaurs are unique, full of character, entertaining, and immediately appealing, and every page of Baby Touch and Feel Baby Dinosaur has tantalizing texture or an eye-catching shiny area to expand a baby's senses. Easy for very young children to follow, there's one main picture per page to focus on that's clear and life-like, which help a young child's identification skills.

The short, fun text is great for reading aloud and building language. All the dinosaurs are also labelled, with helpful pronunciation guides for their names.

This small padded book is perfect for little hands to hold. Babies and toddlers will love turning the tough board pages themselves, which develops their fine motor skills. Part of DK's popular Baby Touch and Feel series, this exciting preschool dinosaur book with its super sparkly jacket makes an ideal baby gift. Age Range- 0-5 years

Get to know how numbers feel with Baby Touch and Feel Numbers, let them touch and learn about numbers one to ten with a cuddly dog, furry cats, shiny fire engines, fuzzy ducklings and more!

Encourage your baby to learn early concepts such as colours, shapes and patterns as they turn each page. The easily recognisable images and labels will encourage recognition and naming of objects while the textured format promotes sensory learning.

This chunky package is perfect for encouraging tiny fingers to explore and young minds to develop. Sturdy pages with rounded corners means Baby Touch and Feel Numbers will provide hours of enjoyment.

When the Selfish Giant decides to build a wall around his garden to prevent the children from playing in it, it becomes barren and stuck in perpertual winter. It takes a wonderful event and the heart of a young boy for him to realize the error of his ways. A classic tale for children, 'The Selfish Giant' is presented here with all of Oscar Wilde's other fairy stories - 'The Happy Prince', 'The Nightingale and the Rose', 'The Devoted Friend', 'The Remarkable Rocket', 'The Young King', 'The Birthday of the Infanta', 'The Fisherman and His Soul' and 'The Star-Child' - brought to life by Philip Waechter's bright and imaginative illustrations.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Junior Classics series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children's literature. All children's classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz.

A brightly illustrated word book full of colourful garden scenes, winding fingertrails, textured patches and simple vocabulary. Babies and toddlers can discover which creatures live in a pond, help panda water his vegetables and lots more. With new words to learn on every page, from animals and weather to plants and outdoor toys.

It's Easter and Peppa and George are having an Easter egg hunt for their friends! Mummy and Daddy Pig help them paint all the colourful eggs and together they hide them all round the garden. Their friends arrive and are soon busy hunting for eggs but Peppa and George have disappeared... where could they have gone? Aha! There's Peppa the Easter Bunny and George the chick to surprise their friends! Everybody loves Easter!

Baby Touch First Focus: Things That Go is part of Ladybird's best-selling Baby Touch range. The book contains a range of different vehicles in high-contrast black, white and yellow colours to help stimulate a baby's developing eyesight from birth. There is also a peepo hole to explore on every page and lots of different vehicle noises to make together!

Enter a magical world where unicorns sleep under starry skies, graze in sunny meadows, fly around a majestic rainbow and roam the garden of an ice castle. With over 250 stickers of unicorns, flowers and other adorable creatures, including 80 extra-special sparkly stickers to decorate the pages.

Having crash-landed in the Sahara desert, a pilot comes across a young boy who introduces himself as the Little Prince and tells him the story of how he grew up on a tiny asteroid before travelling across the galaxies and coming to Earth. His encounters and discoveries, seen through childlike, innocent eyes, give rise to candid reflections on life and human nature. Presented here in a new translation by Gregory Norminton and featuring the author's own watercolour illustrations, The Little Prince has become a classic philosophical fable for young and old.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Junior Classics series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children's literature. All children's classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz.

Coloré, vivant et facile à utilise, le Dictionnaire illustré Junior est idéal pour apprendre les premiers mots de la langue française. C'est un livre plein de surprises qu'enfants et parents pourront lire ensemble pour s'amuser et pour familiariser de façon agréable avec la langue française. Avec le Dictionnaire illustré Junior, apprendre, c'est plus facile et plus amusant! Envciron 1000 substantifs, adjectifs, verbes et prépositions 36 planches situationnelles Des sujets prochzes des intérêts des enfants Un index alphabétique des mots

Join your favourite Squirrels as they try sleeping upside down, standing up and holding hands . . . Will they ever fall asleep and earn their Sleeping Badges? Featuring all of your favourite characters from the triple BAFTA-winning CBeebies show, this board book story is perfect for reading at bedtime and naptime with little Hey Duggee fans.

            The four March sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy live in financial hardship in New England with their mother, while their father has been drafted to fight in the Civil War. The girls embark on a series of adventures and endure a number of unexpected misfortunes experiences that allow their personalities to emerge: Meg sensible and outgoing, Jo literary and boyish, Beth musical and shy, and Amy artistic and selfish but the bonds holding together the March family remain unbroken. Initially written as a novel for girls, Little Women is now regarded as an all-time American classic for all readers, inspiring generations of women writers and giving rise to many adaptations.
            ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Junior Classics series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children's literature. All children's classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz.

Orphaned at an early age, Heidi has been brought up by her mother s sister Dete in Switzerland. Having been offered a job in Frankfurt, however, her aunt is forced to entrust her young charge into the care of her grandfather, the reclusive Alp-Uncle who lives in the mountains without any interaction with the villagers beneath. The curmudgeonly old man is initially reluctant to accept the new arrangement, but his grand-daughter s warmth, cleverness and exuberance soon win him over, while Heidi learns to love her new surroundings and makes a new friend, Peter the goatherd. But as Heidi gets settled in her new life, little does she suspect that a major upheaval is just around the corner. A timeless classic of Swiss literature that has inspired many adaptations and has captured the imaginations of children the world over, Heidi: Her Early Lessons and Travels is here presented in a brand-new, unabridged translation by Peter James Bowman, with charming illustrations by Susan Hellard.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Junior Classics series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children's literature. All children's classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz

The orphan girl Pollyanna moves in with her miserable aunt in New England. Despite being unwanted, Pollyanna's exuberance and positivity affect everyone who meets her, and she spreads joy and love wherever she goes. But when tragedy strikes, Pollyanna finds her optimistic attitude tested and she must learn to find happiness again. A heartwarming tale that has become one of the most loved children's stories of all time, Eleanor H. Porter's 1913 bestseller - the first in a long series of Pollyanna novels by the author and other writers - is a beautiful story with a powerful moral message. ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Junior Classics series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children's literature. All children's classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz.

Roberta, Phyllis and Peter have their comfortable lives in London thrown into disarray by the unexpected disappearance of their father. They are forced to move to a small cottage in the countryside with their mother, who struggles to make ends meet by writing books. The children find solace in a stretch of railway track and the station nearby, and befriend the railway porter, who teaches them about running the station, and an old gentleman who takes the 9.15 train every day. Through this love of the trains they are led on many exciting adventures, including a quest to discover the secret of their father's disappearance.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Junior Classics series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children's literature. All children's classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz.

            When Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane accidentally destroy a carpet in their London home with fireworks, their parents replace it with a second-hand one. Upon unfurling it, the children find an egg inside, and, when one of them accidentally drops it into the fire, it hatches into a magical golden phoenix, who tells them that he can take them on the carpet to any location they wish. This revelation sets the siblings - and their baby brother Lamb - off on wild adventures, taking them around London and to far-flung destinations such as India and a remote tropical island. After the success of Five Children and It, E. Nesbit decided to recast its much-loved characters in this sequel, which has now become a classic in its own right, enchanting generations of readers and inspiring many film and television adaptations.

            ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Junior Classics series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children's literature. All children's classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz.

            John Dolittle is a highly respected doctor in the village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, yet he loves animals so much that his house is soon full of them. With all his patients scared away, and the expense of feeding his menagerie mounting, a friend suggests that the Doctor become a vet instead. With the help of Polynesia the parrot, Doctor Dolittle swiftly learns the language of the animals so that he can talk to all of his new patients. However, when a message comes from Africa, telling of a terrible sickness among the monkeys there, the Doctor and his animal friends depart on a thrilling and dangerous adventure that they are never likely to forget.

            ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Junior Classics series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children's literature. All children's classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz.

            When Buck is smuggled from his beloved home in the Santa Clara Valley and forced to work as a sled-dog in the frozen wilderness of the Yukon, he must forget the long, lazy Californian days and face a life of constant toil and danger under the whip of cruel or inept masters, where survival itself must be fought for. But with his primal instincts stirred, how long can Buck resist the call of the wild?

            Set at the time of the Klondike Gold Rush, The Call of the Wild is one of the greatest evocations of the natural world, and perhaps the best example of London s famously urgent and vivid style.

            This edition also includes Brown Wolf , That Spot and To Build a Fire three Yukon tales that demonstrate London s mastery of the short-story genre.

            If you enjoyed The Call of the Wild, you might also like White Fang, illustrated by Ian Beck.

            Alma Junior Classics series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children s literature. All children s classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz.

            Originally told by Rudyard Kipling to his children at bedtime, this compendium of witty tales imagines how animals came to be as they are now. Discover how the massive whale got a tiny throat by swallowing a mariner, how the lazy camel got a hump so that he had no excuse not to work, and why the leopard's spots were painted on.Kipling's imagination runs wild as he creates charming origin stories that still enchant and delight children to this day. This edition features Kipling's iconic original illustrations.

            ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Junior Classics series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children's literature. All children's classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz.

           After her parents die of cholera in India, Mary Lennox is sent to live with her uncle in his gloomy house in Yorkshire, where she leads a lonely and neglected life, with nothing to do apart from exploring her surroundings. One day she discovers a walled garden which has been locked up, and becomes determined to enter it and find out its secret and the source of the mysterious crying sound that can be heard nearby.A powerful tale of regeneration and personal transformation, The Secret Garden has become one of the most popular children's classics, and has continued to delight generations of young readers.

            ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Junior Classics series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children's literature. All children's classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz.

            When Sara Crewe is brought from India to attend Miss Minchin's boarding school for girls in London, she arrives looking rather like a princess, with trunks full of the finest clothes. Yet, despite having her own pony and carriage, private room and personal maid, Sara is never a snob to her fellow pupils. Instead, she is kind, thoughtful and generous, and soon she is friends with all the girls there. But when the terrible news of her father's death and failed financial investments arrives, Sara is suddenly left a penniless orphan. She is allowed to stay at the school, but as a servant, and the cruel Miss Minchin starves and ill-treats her. Faced with day after day of endless, exhausting work, Sara relies on her friendships and her imagination to get her through the misery of her circumstances. However, when Mr Carrisford and his assistant Ram Dass arrive from India and move in next door to the school, and warm blankets and delicious food mysteriously begin to appear in Sara's little room in the attic, it looks like her life is about to change for ever...

            ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Junior Classics series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children s literature. All children's classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz.

            Growing up in a poor New York neighbourhood, Cedric Errol appears to be a normal American boy. However, as he discovers when he meets his grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, he is actually Lord Fauntleroy, and is expected to become an English gentleman. Whisked away from his mother and his friends, Cedric must find a way to convince his grandfather to send him home and show him that there is more to nobility than titles and wealth.First published in 1886, Little Lord Fauntleroy was Frances Hodgson Burnett's first children's novel, and was hugely popular in its day. It contains many of the themes that would recur in her masterpiece The Secret Garden, and remains a witty and charming tale of a transatlantic clash of cultures.

            ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Junior Classics series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children's literature. All children's classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz.

              Venture back in time to the foggy, mysterious backdrops of London and the English countryside, to join literature's greatest detective team – the brilliant Sherlock Holmes and his devoted assistant, Dr. Watson – as they investigate a dozen of their best-known cases.

            This classic collection includes many of the famous cases – and great strokes of brilliance – that made the legendary Sherlock Holmes one of fiction's most popular creations. With his devoted amanuensis Dr Watson, Holmes emerges from his smoke filled room in Baker Street to grapple with the forces of treachery, intrigue and evil in such cases as 'The Speckled Band', in which a terrified woman begs their help in solving the mystery surrounding her sister's death, or 'A Scandal in Bohemia', which portrays a European king blackmailed by his mistress. In 'Silver Blaze' the pair investigate the disappearance of a racehorse and the violent murder of its trainer, while in 'The Final Problem' Holmes at last comes face to face with his nemesis, the diabolical Professor Moriarty - 'the Napoleon of crime'.

            'Arthur Conan Doyle is unique ... I would walk a mile in tight boots to read him to the milkman'—Stephen Fry

            "Perhaps the greatest of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries is this: that when we talk of him we invariably fall into the fancy of his existence."—TS Eliot

           Published to coincide with Alice in Wonderland's 150th anniversary, this volume includes John Tenniel's iconic engravings, the sequel Through the Looking Glass and a facsimile of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, the early manuscript version of the novel illustrated by Lewis Carroll himself. Originally conceived by its author as an entertaining story for Alice Liddell, the daughter of an Oxford dean, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the fantastic tale of the young Alice's encounters with the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts, has captured the imaginations of young and old throughout the world since it was first published in 1865. In addition to the vivid and unforgettable characters, it is the book's experimental style, linguistic inventiveness and myriad of jokes and puzzles that account for the timeless fascination it inspires.

            ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Junior Classics series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children's literature. All children's classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz.

Practise your counting with Duggee in this amazing activity book with 55 stickers!

Journey through the numbers one to ten with Duggee and the Squirrels!

Every number features multiple characters from Duggee's hilarious, adorable world, plus stickers and super fun activities to complete. Now your little ones can learn their numbers Duggee-style! 123! Ah-woof!

This collection of five animal nursery rhymes includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, Incy Wincy Spider, This Little Piggy, Hickory Dickory Dock and Little Bo Peep. Little hands will find stimulating pictures and interesting textures such as a soft woolly sheep, a fluffy spider and a silky little pig in this bright board book. There is a fun question for each rhyme to share with your toddler.

The ants are feeling a bit chilly - can Mouse help with her knitting skills? Press the buttons on the pages to hear this entertaining story read aloud, helping beginner readers learn to read themselves. With simple rhyming text, colourful illustrations and parents' notes on phonics at the back of the book.

Baby Touch: Shapes is part of Ladybird's best-selling Baby Touch series, designed to help stimulate a baby's senses from birth. Encouraging interaction and play, the Baby Touch books are lots of fun for the very youngest babies, as well as toddlers. Baby Touch: Shapes is a bold, bright board book perfect for little hands to explore. With a big touch-and-feel on every double page, it helps to stimulate your baby's senses as well as gently helping to teach first shapes such as square, circle, triangle, star and rectangle.

 This collection of five bedtime nursery rhymes includes Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, Wee Willie Winkie, Hush-a-bye, Baby, Hey Diddle Diddle and Rock-a-bye, Baby. Little hands will find stimulating pictures and interesting textures such as a a sparkly star, a glittery moon and a fleecy blanket in this bright board book. There is a fun question for each rhyme to share with your toddler.

In the first few years of life, babies' vision is still developing. They see first of all in black and white, and in bright, high contrast colours such as yellow and red. Designed to develop babies' eyesight, this book of friendly farm animals will stimulate vision from birth. With clearly-defined simple images that even the youngest children will respond to, it provides a fun multi-sensory experience. Includes black and white patterns throughout to help focus a baby's attention and concentration.

In the first few years of life, babies' vision is still developing. They see first of all in black and white, and in bright, high contrast colours such as yellow and red. Designed to develop babies' eyesight, this book of large, friendly faces will stimulate vision from birth. With clearly-defined simple images that even the youngest children will respond to, it provides a multi-sensory experience that will help focus a baby's attention and concentration. Wave to mummy, daddy, the animals, the sun, the flower... and who's that in the mirror?

 A hands-on activity book introducing science to young children! Join Peppa and her friends as Daddy Pig teaches them the basics of science.

 Introducing the interactive Little World series from Ladybird that makes our big world little.

Little World is designed for curious toddlers, allowing them to explore familiar landscapes and faraway places, from cities and jungles to outer space and the depths of the ocean.

The gentle narrative is perfect for reading aloud and guiding children on their adventure, following in the footsteps of the first lunar astronauts. A novelty slide, push or pull on every spread also helps children to engage and explore.

Allison Black's bright artwork and charming characters encourage interaction and play, with lots to spot, see and enjoy on every spread.

This series has been created in collaboration with subject experts, to produce an accurate representation of the world around us and provide a perfectly designed Little World.

Little World is designed for curious toddlers, allowing them to explore familiar landscapes and faraway places, from cities and jungles to outer space and the ocean depths. The gentle narrative is perfect for reading aloud, guiding children on their adventure as they venture further into the jungle. A novelty slide, push or pull on every spread also helps children to engage and explore. Allison Black's bright artwork and charming characters encourage interaction and play, with lots to spot, see and enjoy on every spread. This series has been created in collaboration with subject experts, to produce an accurate representation of the world around us and provide a perfectly designed Little World.

 For fifty years, The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been a part of every family's bookshelf. Now in its golden anniversary year, you can celebrate the caterpillar's birthday with him!

In this brand new board book, join the Very Hungry Caterpillar as he gets ready for a very exciting birthday party. Along the way, meet new animal friends and discover a special fold-out surprise at the end!

This chunky board book, with its sparkly cover, is the perfect gift for little hands and a fun, interactive way to join in the birthday celebrations for The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

 Introducing the interactive Little World series from Ladybird that makes our big world little.

Little World is designed for curious toddlers, allowing them to explore familiar landscapes and faraway places, from cities and jungles to outer space and the ocean depths.

The gentle narrative is perfect for reading aloud, guiding children on their adventure as they dive the ocean depths and discover the secrets of the sea. A novelty slide, push or pull on every spread also helps children to engage and explore.

Allison Black's bright artwork and charming characters encourage interaction and play, with lots to spot, see and enjoy on every spread.

This series has been created in collaboration with subject experts, to produce an accurate representation of the world around us and provide a perfectly designed Little World.

Peppa and Rebecca Rabbit would love to be mermaids!

When they come up with a plan to have an under-the-sea party, Peppa gets carried away and invites all her friends over for a swimming disco with starfish-shaped sandwiches and a real beach!

There's just one problem... Mummy and Daddy Pig aren't prepared for this at all . . .

Can Miss Rabbit, Emergency Party Planner and Entertainer Extraordinaire, come to the rescue? Of course she can!

Peppa the Mermaid has a super-sparkly holofoil cover covered with mermaid scales- it's the perfect present for every little reader and mermaid fan!

 Baby Touch: Colours is part of Ladybird's best-selling Baby Touch series, designed to help stimulate a baby's senses from birth. Encouraging interaction and play, the Baby Touch books are lots of fun for the very youngest babies, as well as toddlers.

Baby Touch: Colours is a bold, bright board book perfect for little hands to explore. With a big touch-and-feel on every double page, it helps to stimulate your baby's senses as well as gently helping to teach first colours such as red, blue, green, yellow and purple.

Join the busy chef in this playful, interactive flap book!

It's a busy day in the kitchen! Join in and use the flaps to help the chef as he chops, stirs and bakes! With interactive action-flaps, you can do it too!

Each clever flap provides an action or scene-change to encourage children to actively engage and explore. The playful flaps are perfect for little hands to help develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

Original concept and illustration by Dan Green.

The Busy Day series:

Introduces the world
Boosts motor skills
Recommended for children aged 2+

 Introducing the interactive Little World series from Ladybird that makes our big world little.

Little World is designed for curious toddlers, allowing them to explore familiar landscapes and faraway places, from cities and jungles to outer space and the depths of the ocean.

The gentle narrative is perfect for reading aloud and guiding children on their city adventure, and a novelty slide, push or pull on every spread also helps them to engage and explore.

Allison Black's bright artwork and charming characters encourage interaction and play, with lots to spot, see and enjoy at on every spread.

This series has been created in collaboration with subject experts to produce accurate representations of the world around us and to provide a perfectly designed Little World.

 Bright, bold and stylish this book will introduce young readers (and new vegans) to vibrant and powerful vegetables and plants:

Avocado: The Aztecs used these rich, creamy fruits as a symbol of love.
Bean: There are around 40,000 different types of these edible seeds.
Carrot: Carrots contain beta-carotene, a chemical that can improve your eyesight.
Durian: This strong-smelling fruit is highly prized throughout South East Asia.
Elderberry: These tart berries grow in clusters and are harvested in the autumn.

Carolyn Suzuki's bright, stylist artwork makes A is for Avocado the perfect introduction to plant-based foods for all ages.

GOLLY GUMDROPS . . . A LITTLE ELF HAS FOUND THEIR WAY INTO YOUR BOOK!
What does Elf want?
Oh! Just to see if you've been naughty or nice this year!

Elf will ask you a few simple questions to find out. And surely there won't be any tricks to try and get you to be naughty . . . will there?

Hmmm, this could be quite a tricksy little elf. You'd better keep your wits about you if you want to make it on to Santa's Nice List!

A fantastically fun and uniquely interactive treat from the creators of There's a Monster in Your Book. Discover a wonderful new Christmas tradition in a book to read again and again.

'Shireen’s latest book confirms her as one of the brightest and best picture book creators working in Britain today... Sensational.' - The Observer

Our fearless heroine Billy is back!

Whilst at a fancy-dress party, something terrible happens: Billy's loyal sidekick Fatcat is kidnapped by a fire-breathing dragon. Uh-oh!

But luckily for Fatcat, Billy won't stand for that: off she goes on a brave rescue mission...

Join Billy for a fairytale adventure with a twist.

'It's a great story for everyone, especially those not used to seeing themselves centre-stage'- The Guardian on Billy and the Beast

Meet hilarious, science-mad chatterbox, Rocket - she's going to be the greatest astronaut, star-catcher, space-traveller that has ever lived!

But... can she convince her big brother to stop looking down at his phone and start LOOKING UP at the stars?

Bursting with energy and passion about science and space, this heart-warming, inspirational picture book will have readers turning off their screens and switching on to the outside world.

*Shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards 2019*
"Outstanding - a breath of fresh air, just like Rocket herself" - Kirkus Reviews
"Energetic and with a wry, sweet take on family dynamics, it will alert readers to the mysteries of the night skies" - The Guardian

 Even pirates use the potty!

Pirate Polly's Potty is an entertaining picture book from Ladybird that helps parents struggling with potty training for toddlers aged 18+ months.

Easily follow along with the fun pictures, showing little ones that even pirates have anxiety about using the potty.

And when your own Pirate Polly uses the potty correctly, they can press the 'cheer' button as a fun, noisy reward!

If you need any more tips and tricks for potty training, visit the Ladybird website.

It's Easter, and the Easter Bunny has hidden some eggs for Spot to find! There's lots of fun (and chocolate) to be had for Spot and all his friends as they join the hunt. Toddlers will love discovering the Easter egg hunt in this classic picture book. With fun flaps to train fine motor skills and an adventure to encourage curiosity and exploration, this is great for early learning and play. If you loved this, try Where's Spot?, Spot Goes to the Farm and Spot Goes to School for more lift-the-flap fun!

 Peppa is playing hide-and-seek with her friends, but she can't find anybody! Her friends are all very good at hiding.

Join the fun and help Peppa spot everyone in this brilliant lift-the-flap book.

 Do you have a little mermaid who would rather do anything than sleep?

This is the perfect bedtime tale for them!

Written specifically for bedtime, join Splash the littlest mermaid as she dives and leaps through the underwater kingdom.

It's only ten minutes to bed, but with so many distractions it looks like bedtime could be quite a way away...

Count down from ten as you journey through the beautifully illustrated, gradually calming pages of this gorgeous bedtime story.

 Join Upsy Daisy, Igglepiggle and their friends in the Night Garden in this gorgeous picture book.

Upsy Daisy's having fun dancing, and she's not ready to go to bed yet. Come play with Upsy Daisy in the garden, and then settle down to sleep as she does the same!

The perfect bedtime read for little fans of In the Night Garden.

 The perfect bedtime book to calm your own sleepy unicorns!

Full of magic, sparkle and rainbows (and one naughty unicorn), little readers will love this calming tale before bed.

It's bedtime, but one lively little unicorn can't quite settle down and go to sleep! As her dad counts down the minutes to bed, what mischief can she get up to?

Finishing on a gentle end, it's the perfect bedtime tale.

Who will be crowned the most beautiful of all at the Jungle Jamboree? Lion, Leopard, Hippo, Zebra?

The jungle creatures all try to change themselves in this beautiful book, bursting with wild splashes of colour and hilarious animal antics. But Fly has a surprise in store - soon the animals learn that they are lovely just the way they are, and that kindness is the most beautiful thing of all.

Introduce young children to mindfulness with this beautiful alphabet book.

A gentle introduction to the concepts of mindfulness, such as the importance of being aware of your body and its sensations

This book encourages children to pay attention to their breathing, to think of their emotions as something that will pass, and being aware of the present moment.

*Originally published as Just Imagine and newly reissued as a Puffin paperback, this is the perfect imaginative book for fans of You Choose and You Choose in Space*

What would it be like to be as little as a mouse; or as big as a house?

Imagine exploring the depths of the ocean, travelling into the past or the future - YOU CHOOSE YOUR DREAMS and your own wild and wonderful adventure!

This highly inventive and interactive book allows children to tell their own stories, combining new elements each time.

You Choose Your Dreams is an incredible spur to the imagination and creativity, building confidence in storytelling.

Nick Sharratt's intricately detailed, funny illustrations ensure that read after read, you get a brand new story.

Join the busy astronaut in this playful, interactive flap book!

3, 2, 1 . . . Lift off! Join in and use the flaps to help the busy astronaut put on her spacesuit, launch the rocket and drive the moon buggy. With interactive action-flaps, you can do it too!

Each clever flap provides an action or scene-change to encourage children to actively engage and explore. The playful flaps are perfect for little hands to develop fine motor skills and hand-eye co-ordination.

Mabel may be a small fly but she has Big Plans...

1. Climb a mountain
2. Host a dinner party
3. Make friends with a shark

Mabel's friends aren't being very helpful, but Mabel knows the truth about Big Plans:
*Don't listen to those who say you cannot. Listen to those who say you can!*

So, even though a mountain is very, very high and Mabel is very, very small she knows she shouldn't give up.
And even though it might have been easier to fly up a tree, Mabel knows that she needs to keep going and climb!

Mabel is the best little fly to show readers big and small that there is nothing more important than the power of confidence, and believing in yourself!

Join the hunt to find lovable puppy, Spot, in Eric Hill's first ever lift-the-flap tale! Lift each flap to find all sorts of funny animal surprises, before discovering where cheeky Spot has been hiding. This is the perfect first book for little ones - the playful text is a wonderful spur to read and respond together, and the hide-and-seek flaps encourage curiosity and interactivity. This is a special anniversary edition of this much-loved classic to celebrate 40 years since the first publication of Where's Spot?.

Decorate the garden scenes with spiky hedgehogs, crawling caterpillars, busy bees and lots more in this rubberstamping activity book, bursting with fun ideas. The book comes with six colourful inkpads and circle, triangle, square and petal shaped rubber stamps. There are lots of hints and tips and the book has a spiral binding so that it lies flat.

With lots of fun-filled pictures, things to name and simple questions and activities, this first words board book is perfect for preschool learning. Read it together and help your toddler develop their speaking, listening, and observational skills as they learn to identify objects.

Chunky tactile tabs invite little hands to turn the page and improve dexterity, and there's more hands-on learning throughout, your toddler will love pointing to and naming objects, from body parts and clothes, to things that go, colours, shapes, numbers, and more. Then when they have named the objects, there are other fun activities to try, like choosing your favourite foods to eat or making farm animal noises.
Packed with colourful pictures and activities My First Words: Let's Get Talking, is perfect for any inquisitive toddler, making teaching your child first words as easy as a, b, c!

New York Times No.1 Bestseller - now including a story CD performed by the author, bringing the magic to life.

From the legendary Paul McCartney - an action-packed picture-book adventure celebrating the fun that grandparents and grandchildren can have when their imaginations run wild.

Grandude is a one-of-a-kind adventurer - a Mary Poppins for the modern day! With his magic compass he whisks his four grandkids off on whirlwind adventures, taking them all around the globe . . . Join them as they ride flying fish, dodge stampedes, and escape avalanches!

Beautifully imagined in a riot of colour by talented children's illustrator Kathryn Durst, it's the perfect bedtime story for little explorers.

This is a new paperback edition with an accompanying CD, featuring narration, instrumental music, and sound effects - all performed by the author himself.

A charming tale from the music legend - with the most glorious illustrations that will be enjoyed by old and young - THE SUN

The beautiful pictures in this book are full of wildlife to look out for when you're outdoors. There are birds, butterflies and plants to spot by a river, in the fields or on a city ramble, and pages on the seasons and creatures to look out for after dark. Children will love browsing the pictures at home then spotting the wildlife outside.

 Babies and toddlers will love this interactive touch-and-feel tab book from the best-selling Baby Touch series.

Use the animal shaped tabs to help turn the pages and find and name the different animals throughout.

There are also big, stimulating touch-and-feel areas to stroke and talk about on every page - which animal feels soft? Which one feels bumpy?

With each page containing differently themed animals from pets and farm to under the sea, this title is a perfect first word book for all young children.

Matilda's parents have called her some terrible things, but the truth is she's a genius and they're the stupid ones. Underestimating Matilda proves to be a big mistake as they, along with her spiteful headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, discover when Matilda uses her very special power to get the better of them. Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after 'a monumental bash on the head', sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990. Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved children's illustrators and it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations.