Item category 2: Picture books

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...

Which Christmas jumper would you like to wear? Which job would you choose to do in Santa's workshop? Where would you like to sleep on Christmas Eve? The possibilities are infinite in this magical storytelling toolkit which will inspire children age 3 and upwards to make their own stories again an...

Mother Duck is shocked to discover that one of her ducklings looks a little different to the rest. He's large and grey, with a funny quack and an even funnier hair do! It's not just Mother Duck who has noticed - poor Ugly Duckling is bullied by the other farm animals and his siblings too! Ugly Du...

At the start of winter, two bear cubs are born, deep in their den in the frozen north. 'Mama, what lies beyond here?' they ask. 'Above us is a land of ice and snow.' 'What lies beyond the ice and snow?' they ask. 'The ocean, full of ice from long ago.' And as they learn the secrets of the earth a...