Item category 1: Picture book

Chirton Krauss is a good child - the very goodest. He does everything he is told, when he is told. He even does good things without being told. He eats his broccoli, he goes to bed on time and he never, ever sticks his finger up his nose. Meanwhile, Chirton's sister, Myrtle, is NOT a good child. ...

There's a new girl in my class. She has eyes as wide and as golden as a tiger's, a face as pale as a glass of milk, and hair as shiny as a mirror. I'd like to be her friend. But she never wants to play with me in the playground or makes sandcastles in the sandpit. The cleverest people I know say ...

You are your mother's bright eyes and her joyful wide grin, your father's big heart and his kindness within. Inspired by the author's own experience of raising her children to celebrate their British and Indian heritage, 'Best of All' is a gorgeous and heartwarming book exploring what makes us wh...

Cluck, cluck, cluck. Scritch and scratch. Chickens look for eggs that match. Help the chickens look for their eggs - quickly before they hatch into chicks! There's lots to find. Some with spots, stripes and even zigzags.

Gertie LOVES snacks: sofa snacks, bath snacks, bedtime snacks - it's a snack life! She abandons almost every mealtime in favour of snacking. Her daddy can't help but feel frustrated - how can he convince her to try new food? Or to even talk about something other than snacks? A day in Granny's all...

The Earth has flooded. The only signs of humankind are the waterlogged structures they left behind. Peeking out from the deluge are the remnants of a zoo, home to rare and endangered animals, survivors of long neglect. In 'The Last Zookeeper', a master of the wordless form imagines a futuristic N...

Jenny Peckles lays eggs with speckles. Featherly Botts lays eggs with spots. Sally McSquawk lays eggs that can TALK?! Hang on a minute. Down on Old Worrall's Farm, the hens are laying their eggs - and FAKING spots, stripes, sparkles and speckles. Why? Because they all want to BE IN THIS BOOK! But...

When Aunt Lucy cooks up her special Peruvian stew recipe, it is so delicious that Mrs Brown makes up a new word to describe it ('Scrumflumptuous!') and everyone in the street wants to eat it! Aunt Lucy appoints Paddington as the perfect bear to take charge of her takeaway business to make sure ev...

A baby unicorn in Happyland? Now that would be a surprise! Mr Wrong is going on a unicorn hunt, which would usually mean no hunt and no unicorn, as Mr Wrong is never right. But he does find a baby unicorn and no one is more surprised than Little Miss Surprise! Though the surprises don't stop ther...

The Eid al-Fitr festival is celebrated by millions of people across the world and the Mr Men and Little Miss can't wait to join in. At the end of Ramadan, there will be a wonderful celebration with a huge feast and lots of presents. The perfect opportunity for Little Miss Splendid to wear her mos...