Item category 2: Picture books

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.

Peepo! has become a classic story for babies and toddlers. The book follows a day in the life of a baby, with a series of peep holes leading readers on to the next stage in the day.

There's a House Inside My Mummy is a story about a little boy's wait for his new baby. The author gives us a child's-eye view of this important period in a family's life, which will touch parent and child alike. A funny and tender picture book about a little boy waiting for his new brother or sis...

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.

'Gruffalo' author, Julia Donaldson, revisits Edward Lear's favourite rhyme in this new story set in a nonsensical land full of adventure. When their beautiful golden ring is stolen, the Owl and the Pussycat must travel far from the safety of the Bong-tree glade as their search for the thief leads...

It's Mr Large's birthday and Mrs Large has prepared him a meal. But Mr Large arrives home tired and falls asleep while reading the children their bedtime story and then Mrs Large does the same. The kids put themselves to bed, taking the food with them.

My mum loves spots, spotty clothes, spotty wallpaper, spotty games like dominoes. My dad loves stripes, stripy suits and stripy ties, stripy humbug sweets. But they think I'm the funny one.

Sid the cat is probably the luckiest and greediest cat in the world. He has six owners so he eats six times a day and his life is just about perfect. One day however he is found out!