Item category 1: Picture book

Once, many years ago, there was a baby, in his pram, with his sisters and their sandwiches and lemonade and toys. A lyrical and epic story about a baby and a trio of toys, and their adventure on the high seas. Beautifully told by master storyteller Allan Ahlberg and stunningly illustrated by Emma...

Once, many years ago, there was a baby, in his pram, with his sisters and their sandwiches and lemonade and toys. A lyrical and epic story about a baby and a trio of toys, and their adventure on the high seas. Beautifully told by master storyteller Allan Ahlberg and stunningly illustrated by Emma...

This book is about the bravest ever bear. Or maybe a penguin. That can't be right. This book is about a princess, a wolf, a troll, a dragon, a sausage? The problem is everyone thinks this is a story about them and is determined to tell it their way.

Another entertaining story of the big skeleton, the little skeleton and the dog skeleton. The three skeletons are down in their dark cellar and are dreaming of being chased by dinosaur skeletons. Dog skeleton, however, chases them off.

One night the three skeletons go for a ride on a ghost train with monster ticket collectors, and real ghosts driving the train. They stay out all night and get back home at four in the morning. As they wander home, they are scared by a screaming baby and race back to hide under the bed in their d...

Three cheers for bread, HIP-HIP-HOORAY! Early in the morning the baker bakes a lovely loaf of bread. So lovely, in fact, that by the time the sun goes down it's been gobbled up! Who eats it all? Well, the baker munches on its crunchy crust. The baker's wife has the second slice as toast and the b...

A wonderful rhyming story to read aloud. Every parent can immediately relate to the simple joy felt by a boy simply kicking a ball, and how there is nothing else quite like it.

Master Track is adopted as a baby when he is found by Mr and Mrs Track in a handbag on a railway station. Little do they realise that he's going to grow up to be a hero and rescue a train that's been stolen by Mr Creep the Crook and his family.