Item category 1: Picture book

Can a penguin be the perfect present? Ben is delighted when he opens his present and finds a penguin inside. But Penguin says nothing. It isn't until a passing lion intervenes that Penguin finally speaks - and when he does, Ben discovers something that was really worth the wait.

'The Jungle Book' meets the 'Lion King' in this magically illustrated tale of one little tiger's adventures as he grows up.

Dougal the Digger is working down at the harbour. There's a trench to be dug and he's just the digger for the job! But before long he's needed for a dramatic rescue. Some children have got into trouble with the tide while out fishing. Can Dougal save the day?

Little Red Riding Hood braves the deep, dark woods to visit her grandmother, but can she outwit the wolf she encounters along the way?

Follow the tracks of ten woodland animals but watch out for the skunk! Here, children learn the ways of forest animals to the rhythm of 'Over in the Meadow' as they leap like a squirrel, dunk like a raccoon, and pounce like a fox. They will also count the babies and search for ten hidden forest a...

Somebody's making a horrible racket in the middle of the night. Teddy thinks its a scary monster. Opening the pages of this pop-up-book will provide a spooky surprise.

Nine-year-old Roger is a miserable landlubber with a bad-tempered mother. When he is bagged by pirates to be a cabin boy, he finds himself aboard the Golden Behind with the smelliest, hairiest, scariest pirates the world has ever seen.

One day, Mr. Noisy meets a sad and lonely giant, who frightens everyone with his huge voice. But can Mr. Noisy put a smile back on his face?

'Nothing or no one will make me wear pink!' declares Plunkett the pig. But could there be one shade of pink that is perfect - for a boy or girl pig? And will Plunkett find true love, whatever his colour?