Item category 2: Picture books

Colour and animals are shown (with a few surprises) together with a simple rhyming text, which contains some repetitive phrases.

Dave has a very special soft brown toy called Dogger. Dave is very fond of Dogger and takes him everywhere. Then one day Dogger goes missing - and Dave won't rest until he's found.

Complemented by pictures from a variety of sources from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this songbook features an extensive collection of favourite songs, both contemporary and time-honoured.

Red, blue, yellow, green - Grandpa's handkerchiefs are useful in so many ways - for waving to trains, making a sailing-boat, bandaging a knee, or reminding Grandpa about a special birthday!

Grannie Island and Granma Mainland are like chalk and cheese - but ever resourceful Katie Morag finds an un-ewe-sual way of helping them understand each other better.

Since his first appearance ten years ago, Lars the little polar bear has come to be known and loved by children all over the world. This is the first of Lars' adventures, now published in very large format.

Mr Archimedes' bath always overflows and he always has to clear up the mess, until the day he decides to find out where the water comes from and if Wombat, Goat or Kangaroo are responsible.

Mucky Pup is getting under his family's feet. It's Christmas Day tomorrow. But Mucky Pup doesn't know what Christmas is. So he goes to find his friend Pig. Perhaps he will know about this Christmas thing. But Pig doesn't and so what anyway?

This is a classic counting rhyme which has been wonderfully illustrated to help young children improve their counting skills.