Synopsis: A sing along book designed for prereaders to learn a selection of carols. A CD accompanies the book to help children memorise the songs.

Review: This is a colourful, well designed board book with easy to use tabs which make page turning easy for little fingers. Traditional carols are illustrated with images of stars, angels and other Christmas symbols. Words and pi ...

Synopsis: Lift the flaps and find all the babies in this funny, full-up picture book!

Review: This would be a lovely book for introducing the idea of a new sibling, or siblings, to a toddler. One by one the dog, then the cat, then mum get fatter and fatter and give birth, the dog to two puppies, the cat to three kittens and mum to FOUR babies! The text is simple and rhymin ...

This is a fabulous 'paper engineering' pop up book where various creatures(a frog, a vulture, a gorilla, a tiger, a cocodile and a shark) open and close their mouths to eat the one on the preceeding page. Although I'm reviewing this in the 0-3 category, I have enjoyed this book many, many times in the past with the over 3's. It's great to read , "I'm going to e ...

Synopsis: Just how messy can a little piglet be? An amazing pop-up book with a truly suprising ending.

Review: Actually I thought the ending was thoroughly predictable, but then I'm not two and it did still amuse me.. This book is great fun while at the same time seriously developing languge and literacy.Correct terminology for pig parts, tail, snout and trotters is us ...

Synopsis: Whether it is sunny, rainy, cloudy or snowy, friends always have fun together – whatever the weather.

Review: A rhyming, touch-and-feel book about a girl and her pet dog (in the now characteristic style of Caroline Jayne Church) playing in all kinds of weather. Most of the tactile parts work well, particularly the woolly hat and scarf, and squishy wellingto ...

Synopsis: A rabbit sits in a box and informs the reader that, in fact, it is not a box. The rabbit goes on to show the many ways it imagines the box to be something else, including a robot costume, a tugboat and a rocket ship.

Review: This book has a delicious feel to it when it's picked up. True to its box theme, the cover is made of a rough cardboard and the graphic ...

Synopsis: Some dinosaurs are tall and some are short, some are happy and some are sad, and some are clean and some are messy. This delightful touchy-feely flap book provides a lovely opportunity to talk about opposites.

Review: This is a brilliant book with a lot to offer. Not only is it a touch and feel book, with lots of different textures throughout, it has plenty of fla ...

Synopsis: Very young children will love finding out about opposites by spotting all the familiar objects and animals in this lively board book, from an enormous whale to a tiny little fish.

Review: Here is another Usborne book of opposites. This is a sturdy board book with bold illustrations, ideal for sharing with babies as there is plenty to talk about. The wide variety ...

Synopsis: Have fun and amaze baby with this book of changing weather pictures that move magically before your eyes!

Review: Rain or Shine is a lovely sturdy board book, well constructed with a cut out on the front. Basic two-line rhyming text on each double page makes it easy to read aloud and there is also a lot to talk to about in this book on weather. The brightly colou ...

Synopsis: One of a series of board books aimed at very young children. The bright pictures, with their patches of different textures, are designed to develop sensory and language awareness. Babies and toddlers will love turning the pages and touching the feely patches.

Review: The pictures are bold and inviting and the text simple and repetitive as a little mouse searches, ...