Item category 2: Storytime & Novelty

Join in with a chorus of farmyard sounds in this book. Bright artwork, finger-holes and a cheerful story make learning come alive.

When the sun goes down, the Kitchen Disco starts up - and all the fruit in the fruit bowl come out to play. There are lemons who break-dance, tangerines who twirl and some very over-excited apples. 'Kitchen Disco' is a zany and hilarious rhyming picture book for young children. At night when you ...

It's hard being a little monkey in a big jungle, and monkey has had enough of always being left out. So she's off to climb to the very top of the tallest tree and she's going to do it all on her own!

Take care as you turn the pages - each one conceals a terrifying dinosaur waiting to leap off the pages of this pop-up book. Illustrations are brought to life in a riot of colour and detail as you turn each page to see a 3D scene emerge.

Enter the jungle and explore this noisy collection of animal poems for young children from one of Britain's best-selling contemporary poets Giles Andreae. David Wojtowycz's artwork illustrates the poems.

Peter and Paul are the best of friends, but when Peter gets lost in a terrible storm he can't find Paul anywhere. With the help of a big blue whale Puffin Peter sets off to find him. They find all kinds of birds that match Peter's description but none of them is quite like Paul.

Goat is eager to try out his new kite with the help of friends, Sheep and Frog. But, just as they are about to see if it will fly, Super Duck arrives in his super truck. And, as always when Duck is around, things are bound to go wrong!

What would you do if you were settling down for a quiet bedtime story and you realised that a crocodile had fallen into your storybook and was - not to put too fine a point on it - furious? Would you slam that book shut, cram it in the bookshelf for evermore or would you be brave enough to peek? ...

Maisy and all her friends love making music and, tonight, they're going to have a concert. Time to practise everyone! With all their musical instruments - piano, triangle, drums, trumpet and double bass - they get a jam going. What a show it will be!