Item category 2: Picture books

This is a collection of Christmas poems for young children. The poems cover the journey to Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus and all aspects of the traditional Christmas story. Alongside, there are poems about children's experiences of Christmas today.

The titles in this series draw the reader from page to page with magical die-cutting. Classic nursery rhymes accompany the colourful artwork. This big format version of the book features parent/teacher activities.

In large, expressive paintings and simple rhapsodic words, this big-book version of a popular picture book introduces a young girl's favourite animals, all of whom live on her farm and all of whom she loves.

When Colin McNaughton says he's talking big, he means big. Meet monsters, dinosaurs, giants and many other larger-than-life characters in this selection of funny verse and pictures. The poems are those Colin's young audiences most often request.

The lighthouse light always needs to be lit at night. But when Mr Grinling falls asleep twice on the way to the lighthouse, he's too late to put the light on!

Peepo! has become a classic story for babies and toddlers. The book follows a day in the life of a baby, with a series of peep holes leading readers on to the next stage in the day.

Take one little child, nine nursery animals, an enormous bed and a favourite bedtime song. But who were the ten in the bed? And what happened to them all after they rolled out of bed?

One night, Elmer hears the sound of crying. It is Baby Elephant and he can't sleep because he has lost his teddy. Elmer spends the whole of the next day looking for the teddy and eventuallly finds it.

Cha-cha with the chimps, rock 'n' roll with the rhino in this funny and very moving story about Gerald the Giraffe who longs to dance - but is laughed off the dance floor. Hilarious illustrations complement Giles Andreae's rollicking rhyme.