Illustrated by Paula Bowles

Meet Rex and his dinosaur crew – they’re here to help you handle everyday toddler challenges!

Rex is a spirited, curious little dinosaur with four older friends who are a guiding influence in his life. In Big Like You, Rex sets out to discover how he can become as big, strong, fast and smart as his pals. One by one they explain that eating their favourite superfoods might be the answer. He won’t find out unless he tries them, so he does. Enter Big T, Rex’s grandpa and hero, who is always a source of encouragement and love. He reminds Rex that if he continues to eat well, he might just become as magnificent as his grandpa! 

Packed with interactive fun – lift-the-flaps, an 'opening eye' pop, and a big pop-up ending - Big Like You keeps toddlers aged 2 to 4 engaged while gently encouraging positive behaviours. The text has rhyme and repetition, playful dialogue and familiar themes, which make it a book you’ll enjoy reading together again and again.

• Encourages healthy eating habits

• Builds emotional confidence and independence

• Interactive features keep toddlers engaged

• Ideal for shared reading and learning through play

Whether you’re dealing with a picky eater or just want a joyful story to enjoy at mealtimes, Big Like You makes healthy habits easier to talk about - and a whole lot more fun.

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Give a child the gift of self-belief and the power to shine brightly every day.

Sow the seeds of self-belief in your child at an early age with this transformative board book of daily affirmations designed to build self-worth, resilience and confidence in young children.

I shine like the Sun.
I am precious like the Earth.
I am gentle like the Moon.
I am mighty like the wind …

More than just phrases – they are the seeds that grow into beliefs that can be returned to in times of self-doubt. A child who believes they are 'mighty like the wind' will face challenges with positivity and fearlessness.

The beautiful collage artwork introduces children to the most powerful elements around them – including the Sun, the Earth, fire and water – and by asking them to repeat the accompanying affirmations, you are embedding self-esteem and a connection to the natural world. 

The highlight of the book is its built-in mirror to reflect your child saying the most uplifting affirmation of all: 'I love myself. I love my world. I am happy to be me!'

• This is a positive tool for adults who want to impart in children a sense of self-love and love of the planet

• Low self-esteem impacts every area of a person’s life. Introducing the idea of self-talk and self-love at an early age will help to establish positive mental health and the resilience to cope with life’s challenges

• An affirmation mirror will make the phrases more impactful and the messages more powerful

Printed with eco-friendly inks on FSC paper.

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These Choose Your Mood Board Books are a fun, interactive way for young children to recognise their emotions and develop their emotional vocabulary, using animal associations, decision-making and mood-lifting suggestions. Teresa Bellón’s animal characters brilliantly visualise the moods and feelings to help children identify their own. The double-sided ‘You Choose’ puzzle pieces offer different ways for children to play with the book and offer parents and carers a tool to open conversations to foster good mental health through play. 

Brave as a Lion focuses on feelings – 10 long-lasting but often hidden feelings, BRAVE, WORRIED, CUDDLY, LONELY, CALM, JUMPY, BOLD, SHY, STRONG, LAZY.

So, are you as CUDDLY as a KOALA or LONELY as a LEOPARD? Look at the illustrations, choose your mood, and if you’re feeling lonely, find your best bear or human and tell them that you need a hug - hugging yourself feels good too. This encourages children to seek comfort and reassurance from a trusted person to make them feel better. So suggest it to your child for those times when they feel lonely.

Other suggestions include breathing techniques, exercise, humour, role play and mindfulness.

Good for…

• Children 2 to 5

• Focusing on 10 feelings, such as scared, tired, angry or upset

• Enabling children to identify their feelings and develop their emotional vocabulary

• Tried-and-tested strategies to help turn negative feelings into more positive one

• A fun and physical way for parents and carers to open up conversations  

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Little, Brown Nut is the second book in our Start Small, Think Big series that sets young readers on a journey of discovery, beginning from the small and familiar to new areas of knowledge where you really have to think big!

From the moment a child opens the textured cover with the peep-through hole, they will be transported to the Amazon rainforest to see a huge fruit falling from the tallest tree.
Inside is a little brown Brazil nut, surrounded by 20 others. It sits and waits for an agouti, a rodent with teeth so strong that it can free the nut from its hard casing. The story of the Brazil nut tree and the agouti is told clearly and carefully, with facts about germination, photosynthesis, seed dispersal. The narrative progresses in a way that builds understanding and the gorgeous illustrations bring the story and the science to life.

Thinking big, the book shows why the rainforest is important to local people and the wider world.

To make this book truly special, there is a big fold-out at the back, with a world map, a picture lifecycle, and an I-Spy game to take children back into in the book to find the polar animals.

Good for…

• children 4 to 8

• primary science: the lifecycle of a tree, germination, photosynthesis and other life processes, the role rainforests play in a healthy planet

• Clear narrative text with two levels - main text written in the first-
  person for emerging readers, and additional information for
  confident readers or shared reading

• Textured cover with a cut-through, a big fold-out with world map
  and an I-Spy game

• Beautiful illustrations: a blend of non-fiction realism and picturebook beauty

230mm x 230mm hardback with textured cover and cut-through hole, 28 pages including a 6-page fold-out

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A fascinating delve into the life of an African dung beetle, covering its life cycle and the super-strength it takes to keep the planet tidy.

This book will feed the curiosity of the youngest of readers who are:

• keen to know how the world works
• fascinated by nature
• enjoy learning new information

The story is carefully written for children learning to read, with additional factual captions for more advanced readers.

And here’s the WOW-factor – a large fold-out map of Africa at the end, with diagrams and a fun I-Spy game to take children back into the book to find and identify animals in the pictures.

Small, Shiny Dung Beetle is part of the Start Small, Think Big series of science-based picture books:

• Aimed at children aged 4 to 8

• Covers KS1 primary science subjects that children learn at school: life cycles, parts of an insect, grassland food webs, metamorphosis, predation and other life processes, the role decomposers and recyclers play in a healthy ecosystem

• High-quality educational content, beautifully illustrated

230mm x 230mm hardback with 28 pages including a 6-page fold-out.

Printed on FSC paper with eco-friendly inks

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🌟 “This is an absolutely brilliant start to a child’s understanding of space, planets and the solar system… a joy to read.” Children's Librarian and Reviewer @erinlynhamilton

Somewhere in our vast universe floats a little blue dot. This dot is Earth and she is surrounded by lots of impressive planets – Saturn with his ice-crystal rings and 146 moons, fiery Mars with his huge storms and volcanoes, bright and beautiful Venus...

Earth feels small and insignificant, until the other planets tell her why she is the envy of them all. And then another little voice, very close by, has something important to say.

A Little Blue Dot is a story packed full of scientific information about the planets in our solar system and space exploration. Told by the planets themselves and charmingly illustrated, this reassuring story will be a hit with readers big and small.

Good for…

• Children 4 to 9 years old

• A story that introduces the planets of our solar system in a child-friendly way

• Charming illustrations that bring the subject of space to life

• Full of the stats and facts about each planet

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Sustainably produced - printed on FSC paper, with eco-friendly inks and varnish, laminate-free

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Baby say ‘hello’ to this very first word book, with bumpy pages, flaps, finger trails and tabs for easy page-turning.

BABY SAYS is a touch and say book, introducing babies and toddlers to first vocabulary. By seeing and feeling the embossed images, and hearing someone say the words, young children are using three senses to acquire language and make an association between picture and word.

Each spread has a theme: animals, family, park, mealtime and on the road, with lots to spot and say.

210 x 210mm, thick board book with rounded corners, tabs, 10 pages, flaps, embossing and embossed finger trails

Good for

• 1 to 3 years

• Learning first vocabulary

• Word-picture association

• Developing fine motor skills

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Did you know that farmers sometimes put duck eggs under broody hens to hatch them? The duckling and hen fall in love and it’s as natural as natural can be...until the duckling starts swimming!

CLUCK CLUCK DUCK is the first book about the humorous goings-on at the Funny Farm, illustrated by Rachael Saunders. Each book has an early-learning concept and CLUCK CLUCK DUCK introduces early maths skills. There is fun page of pop-up chicks to count, plus a surprise fifth egg. When a duckling hatches, the chicks accept their surprising sibling, and Mama Hen adores them all. But when grumpy old Sheep reveals the truth, what can the chicks do to reassure their sister and put Sheep in his place?

An uplifting, warm-hearted story of the nature of animals, family acceptance and love.

170 x 180mm, 10 pages with flaps and pop-up flaps

Good for

• 18 months to 3 years

• Fun story time for toddlers

• Introducing counting and early maths skills

• Learning about animal nature and an understanding of the world

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Fluffy, Flying Seed is the fourth book in our Start Small, Think Big series that sets young readers on a journey of discovery, beginning from the small and familiar to new areas of knowledge where you really have to think big!

From the moment a child opens the textured cover with the peep-through hole, they will be transported to a meadow on a windy day to see tiny dandelion seeds being carried by the wind. One lands safely in a sunny patch of grass, the perfect place to grow. This is its story, how it grows, protects itself from frost, reproduces and becomes a food source for many creatures. There are facts interspersed within an easy-to-read story on primary science topics, such as germination, photosynthesis, seed dispersal, parts of a plant, and food chains. The story narrative progresses in a way that builds understanding and the gorgeous illustrations bring the story, and the science, to life.

Thinking big, the book shows why this much maligned wildflower is important for animals in the spring, and why it is so successful at surviving and spreading. A big fold-out world map shows the temperate regions where dandelions thrive, an illustrated life cycle, and an I-Spy game to take children back into the book to find and name the animals within the detailed pictures.

Good for…

1. children 4 to 8

2. primary science: the lifecycle of a plant, food chains, photosynthesis,
   seed dispersal, parts of a plant and more

3. Clear narrative text with two levels - main text written in the first-
   person for emerging readers, and additional information for
   confident readers or shared reading

4. Textured cover with a cut-through, a big fold-out with world map
   and an I-Spy game

5. Beautiful illustrations: a blend of non-fiction realism and picturebook beauty

230mm x 230mm hardback with textured cover and cut-through hole, 28 pages including a 6-page fold-out.

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BABY LOOK! It’s your very first book. And you’re going to love it!

This multi-sensory playbook is a book to grow up with through each developmental phase from 8 months up to 2½ years. There is a surprise at every page turn — something to touch, slide, or see — to develop coordination and fine motor skills. The thick board pages and robust mechanisms are designed to withstand enthusiastic handling, and it's a fun way to learn counting, colours, parts of the body, and lots of new vocabulary.

210 x 210mm, board book with 8 pages, including touch-and-feel textures and embossing, a mirror, die-cuts, sliders and a cover wheel

Good for

• 6 months to 2½ years

• Developing fine motor skills & vocabulary

• Learning colours, counting, parts of the body, animal sounds, actions, emotions

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One big tractor, shiny and new.
One small tractor, rusty and blue.

TRACTOR TRACTOR is the second book about the humorous goings-on at the Funny Farm, illustrated by Rachael Saunders. Each book has an early-learning concept and TRACTOR TRACTOR is all about opposites.

With flaps to lift and sliders to slide, children can make the tractors go forward and back, fast and slow at harvest time. Red is new, shiny, fast and strong. Blue is an old faithful – small and rusty but wise and calm. When Red decides a race is a good idea after a hard day’s harvesting, Blue lets him go, trundling slowly home at his own pace – only to find Red no longer shiny and clean. He’s the dirtiest, smelliest tractor you’ve ever seen!

A warm-hearted story about opposites and how they can make the very best of friends.

170 x 180mm, 10 pages with flaps and sliders

Good for

• 18 months to 3 years

• Fun story time for toddlers

• Introducing the concept of opposites, teamwork and friendship

• A great book for grandparents to share with their grandchildren

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These Choose Your Mood Board Books are a fun, interactive way for young children to recognise their emotions and develop their emotional vocabulary, using animal associations, decision-making and mood-lifting suggestions. Teresa Bellón’s animal characters brilliantly visualise the moods and feelings to help children identify their own. The double-sided ‘You Choose’ puzzle pieces offer different ways for children to play with the book and offer parents and carers a tool to open conversations to foster good mental health through play. 

Happy as a Lamb focuses on emotions – 10 physical, reactive emotions, HAPPY, GRUMPY, EXCITED, SAD, SAFE, SCARED, JOYFUL, ANGRY, PROUD, EMBARRASSED.

So, are you as HAPPY as a lamb or as GRUMPY as a goat? Look at the illustrations, choose your mood, and if you’re grumpy, jump around the room like a spring lamb to lift your mood. This uses role-play, exercise and humour. So try it with your child when their grumpy. You’ll be laughing at one another soon enough!

Other suggestions include breathing techniques, mindfulness, or seeking help or comfort.

Good for…

• Children 2 to 5

• Focusing on 10 emotions, such as joy, sadness, excitement, embarrassment

• Enabling children to identify their feelings and develop their emotional vocabulary

• Tried-and-tested strategies to help turn negative feelings into more positive one

• A fun and physical way for parents and carers to open up conversations  

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The third book in our Start Small, Think Big series that sets young readers on a journey of discovery, beginning from the small and familiar to new areas of knowledge where you really have to think big!

Tiny, Floating Coral starts with a tiny coral planula floating through the ocean in a soup of plankton, looking for a place to settle, divide and grow. It finds a place on a healthy reef off the coast of Australia. Learn about this remarkable animal, how it feeds, starts a colony and becomes a part of the Great Barrier Reef – a vast underwater city where other animals live, feed and bring up their young. The story’s narrative progresses in a way that builds understanding, and the delicate illustrations bring the story to life. 

Thinking BIG, the book highlights that 25 per cent of marine life relies on the world’s coral reefs, and at the back the big fold-out map shows where they are. There is also an illustrated life cycle, and an Animal I-Spy to take children back into the book to find the reef animals.

Good for…

• children 4 to 8

• primary science: the life cycle of coral, marine food webs, metamorphosis, fluorescence, and other life processes, the role reefs play in a healthy ocean

• Clear narrative text with two levels - main text written in the first-person for emerging readers, and additional information for confident readers or shared reading

• Textured cover with a cut-through, a big fold-out with world map and an I-Spy game

• Beautiful illustrations: a blend of non-fiction realism and picture-book beauty

230mm x 230mm hardback with textured cover and cut-through hole, 28 pages including a 6-page fold-out

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SMALL SPECKLED EGG • LITTLE BROWN NUT • TINY FLOATING CORAL • FLUFFY FLYING SEED • SMALL SPARKLING RAINDROP • SMALL SHINY DUNG BEETLE

A special offer for our friends and online customers, our Start Small, Think Big series for only £45 (RRP £65.94). Expand your child’s world with these beautiful science-based books that focus on life cycles but open out to a world of discovery! Easy-to-read, narrative non-fiction for curious young children with two text levels – the main text for newly emerging readers and reading together. The caption text is for able readers and little David Attenboroughs who are fascinated by the natural world.

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**Shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Awards 2024 - Children's Book of the Year: STEM Book**

**Shortlisted for the School Library Association's Information Book Award 2024**

**Books for Topics Recommended Reads: 50 Best Books for Year 1**

**Chalkdust Readers' Choice 2023**

That's Mathematics is a maths book like no other. It's a vibrant, colourful book for young children showing them that maths is useful, interesting, fun and EVERYWHERE! They use it every day when they count, share, play, do sport, make cakes or move to music.

Aimed at children from 5 to 8 years, the youngest can enjoy it as a picture book, reading Tom Lehrer's rhyming song lyrics and looking at Elina Braslina's joyful illustrations. They will pick up a basic understanding of real-world maths and learn some core maths language along the way. Older children are challenged to 'Try This' and 'Explore This' by author Chris Smith, who is a maths teacher, musician and all-round maths enthusiast. The activities are designed to deepen their curiosity and knowledge.

There are supporting online activities to continue the fun, plus notes for parents to encourage you to get involved and help you discuss topics covered and keep the learning going after the book is closed.

Good for

• Introducing real-world maths to young children

• Reading together - the main text is a rhyming song illustrated with busy images and lots to spot and talk about

• Family fun – the whole family can get involved with the challenges

• Introducing maths vocabulary, ideas and knowledge, giving your child a head start at school

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Bright, bold and built for little hands, this sturdy flap book is a fun, interactive way to introduce the first 100 words in a child’s vocabulary, from the usual tractor and trains to spaghetti, swimsuit and superhero!

BABY’S FIRST 100 WORDS has five themed double-page spreads, each one with flaps to lift and a tab for easy page-turning. The themes are around the home, getting dressed, vehicles, animals and mealtime. The images are bright, colourful and inclusive, and the flaps are integrated (not stuck on), designed to be strong enough to withstand enthusiastic handling.

BABY’S FIRST 100 WORDS is the fourth book in our internationally successful Baby Sensory series for children 8 months up to 3 years old. Other titles are BABY LOOK!, BABY LOVE and BABY SAYS.

Each book is designed for children who like books that DO things with thick board, rounded corners, and so much inside to keep their attention. There are textures to stroke, wheels to turn, finger trails to follow, mirrors to look into and lots, lots more.

Good for…

• Children 1 to 3 years old

• Any toddler’s bookshelf

• Word-picture association is essential for developing vocabulary and speech

• Flap books are great for gross and fine motor skills

• Built for enthusiastic little hands: thick board pages and sturdy integrated flaps

• Page tabs make page-turning easier

• The words included are not just nouns, but include verbs and adjectives – carefully selected as the first words in a child’s vocabulary

• Diverse and inclusive

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Small, Speckled Egg is the first book in our Start Small, Think Big series that sets young readers on a journey of discovery, beginning from the small and familiar to new areas of knowledge where you really have to think big!

From the moment a child opens the textured cover with the peep-through hole, they will be transported to the Arctic. What will hatch from the speckled egg?

The cute fluffy chick that emerges will grow into one of the most remarkable creatures on the planet – an Arctic tern. Learn why it is extraordinary by seeing her grow up quickly, learning to fly and feed on the wing. At two months old, she is ready to embark on her record-breaking migration from the top of the world to the bottom and back again – a journey she does every year of her life. Her story is told clearly and carefully in a way that builds understanding, and it ends with the 50 fluffy chicks she has in their lifetime.

To make this book truly special, there is a big fold-out at the back, with a world map, a picture lifecycle, and an I-Spy game to take children back into in the book to find the polar animals.

Good for…

• children 4 to 8

• primary science: the lifecycle of a bird, food chains, migration,
  seasons and polar regions

• Clear narrative text with two levels - main text written in the first-
  person for emerging readers, and additional information for
  confident readers or shared reading

• Textured cover with a cut-through, a big fold-out with world map
  and an I-Spy game

• Beautiful illustrations: a blend of non-fiction realism and picturebook beauty

230mm x 230mm hardback with textured cover and cut-through hole, 28 pages including a 6-page fold-out

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Small, Sparkling Raindrop is the fifth book in our Start Small, Think Big series that sets young readers on a journey of discovery, beginning from the small and familiar to new areas of knowledge where you really have to think big!

From the moment a child opens the textured cover with the peep-through hole, they will be transported to the mighty Mekong River and the South China Sea. This is the story of the water cycle and the journey of a small, sparkling raindrop, how it forms, where it falls, how it contributes to the ecosystems of our mountains, rivers and seas. There are facts interspersed within an easy-to-read story on primary science topics, such as the impact of water on the land and different ecosystems, how vital it is for all living things, the environmental threats of over-fishing and pollution. The story narrative progresses in a way that builds understanding and the gorgeous illustrations bring the story, and the science, to life.

Thinking big, the book shows why clean, healthy rivers are vital for both people and wildlife, including the endangered Irawaddy dolphin severely threatened by over-fishing and pollution. A big fold-out world map shows the major rivers of the world, an illustrated water cycle, and an I-Spy game to take children back into the book to find and name the animals within the detailed pictures.

Good for…

1. children 4 to 8

2. primary science: life processes and how all living things need water;
   states of matter; physical properties; erosion; rivers; watery habitats;
   and the impact of healthy and unhealthy rivers

3. Clear narrative text with two levels - main text written in the first-
   person for emerging readers, and additional information for
   confident readers or shared reading

4. Textured cover with a cut-through, a big fold-out with world map
   and an I-Spy game

5. Beautiful illustrations: a blend of non-fiction realism and picturebook beauty

230mm x 230mm hardback with textured cover and cut-through hole, 28 pages including a 6-page fold-out.

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“A wonderful celebration of nature and the inspiring and diverse contributions that species make to the world we live in.” – Professor Helen Roy, member of the British Ecological Society

“Engaging and understandable for newly independent readers, and the style makes for a fabulous non-fiction read aloud.”– @MissNCleveland, teacher and book blogger

“I hope every primary school in the land buys a copy – they really should!” – Dr George McGavin, lecturer, scientist, explorer and BBC presenter

In this beautiful picture book, endorsed by the British Ecological Society and illustrated by award-winning Hannah Bailey, a teacher challenges her class to decide which is the most important animal of all. Seven children champion a different animal for the top spot.

Is it bees as master pollinators, or elephants who shape their landscape and spread seeds? Or tigers who keep populations in balance? Also included are beavers, bats, sharks and krill.

Learning why these animals are important develops an understanding of ecosystems and the interconnectedness of everything. With lots of information about these and other super-animals, this is a positive and gentle primer to the worrying issues of habitat loss, endangered species and climate change for young children.

Good for

• Encouraging inquiry, discussion & critical thinking

• Cross-curricular primary science

• Learning about animals and their contribution to the planet

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Illustrated by Paula Bowles

Meet Rex and his dinosaur crew – they’re here to help you handle everyday toddler challenges!

Rex is a spirited, curious little dinosaur with four older friends who are a guiding influence in his life. In Not Sleepy, Rex employs the usual delaying tactics to avoid bedtime, and in turns learns how his friends wind down to sleep. One by one they show him how to brush his teeth, enjoy a relaxing and fun bath (with squirting frogs), find (and use) his own pee-pee tree, and snuggle down with a good book, before Big T, Rex’s grandpa and hero, carries a tired Rex to his cosy bed. He reassures Rex that all dinosaurs need sleep – it’s the only way to power up for another day of play! 

Packed with interactive fun – lift-the-flaps, an 'opening eye' pop, and a big pop-up ending - Not Sleepy keeps toddlers aged 2 to 4 engaged while gently encouraging positive behaviours. The text has rhyme and repetition, playful dialogue and familiar themes, which make it a book you’ll enjoy reading together again and again.

• Encourages a good bedtime routine

• Builds emotional confidence and independence

• Interactive features keep toddlers engaged

• Ideal for shared reading and learning through play

Whether you’re finding it hard to settle at night or just want a joyful story to enjoy at bedtimes, Not Sleepy makes bedtime easier to talk about - and a whole lot more fun.

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