Item category 2: Picture books

When a woeful mouse is swallowed up by a wolf, he quickly learns he is not alone: a duck has already set up digs and, boy, has that duck got it figured out! Turns out it's pretty nice inside the belly of the beast - there's delicious food, elegant table settings and, best of all, dancing. And the...

Wolf never thinks about other people. He doesn't share toys, and he doesn't care when Hippo is hurt. But when his friends get cross with him, Wolf is upset. Can he start thinking of others?

Wolf never thinks about other people. He doesn't share toys, and he doesn't care when Hippo is hurt. But when his friends get cross with him, Wolf is upset. Can he start thinking of others?

Wolfboy is hungry! He's drooly and growly and fussy! As he stomps through the forest looking for rabbits, he grows hungrier and growlier by the minute! What will happen if Wolfboy can't find those rabbits? And what will happen if he does?

Anna can't decide what to dress up as for World Book Day, but her dad knows just what to do to help - he takes Anna to a bookshop where a friendly bookseller helps her to pick out the perfect book for her. Now she knows exactly what to dress up as!

When Suzy's father is called to war in a faraway jungle, she struggles to deal with his absence. When will he return? As the months go by, measured by the arrival of postcards, Suzy's father starts to feel further and further away. Here is a book that will speak to any child who has had to spend ...

It was Christmas Eve and the dino-tots were tucked up in bed dreaming of Christmas magic. But where were the jolly jingle bells? The hearty 'ho, ho, ho'? And who was this green scaly creature stomping through the snow? Yikes, it's Santa-Claws and he's causing chaos. Can anyone stop him and save t...

Everyone knows that little sisters can be a handful. But this little sister is more - she's a zoo-ful! She's a monkey, a bear, a camel, a penguin, a crocodile. If only she'd be a little girl now and again. After all, you can't cuddle a crocodile.

You can't let an elephant pull Santa's sleigh, if you want your presents on Christmas Day. He'll do his best to tug it up to the sky but the sad fact is - elephants can't fly! Raccoons decorating your Christmas tree? Pulling crackers with alpacas? Kissing a buffalo under the mistletoe? Oh no - th...

You can't take an elephant on the bus - it would simply cause a terrible fuss! Never put a camel in a sailing boat, or a tiger on a train, and don't even THINK about asking a whale to ride a bike. This riotous picture book is filled with animals causing total disaster as they try to travel in the...