Synopsis: Meet Elephant Gerald and Piggie. Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In this story, Piggie wants to fly. But Gerald knows that she cannot – or can she?

Review: This picture book is 57 pages long, which is unusual, but it only contains a ...

Synopsis: Out in the woods, Little Bear is showing off: climbing on rocks, hopping on stones, bouncing on branches, until . . . splash! Luckily, Big Bear is always there for him, to help if he’s needed.

Review: Anyone who has ever felt a child depend on them can’t help but feel a warmth towards this endearing tale. Little Bear can clearly count on Big Bear, as ...

Synopsis: Scary Sid reckons he is terrifying! Let’s see what you think, shall we?

Review: This book is ideal for an audience that is ready to get into the story. With an instruction for the kids on four of the five spreads (sit on your hands, roar, etc.), how scared can they be of Sid? The most prominent element of this book though is not the snappy text or the colou ...

This colourful book depicts very simply and clearly some basic shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle and oval, and includes push out shapes in foam to help a child to compare and match. It’s not a board book- one to share. The child is encouraged to look for these shapes in daily life, e.g. a sandwich might be a triangle, and other shapes, e.g. star, are mentioned at the end. The ch ...

Dad, the kids and a bright pink elephant are off to Dreamland. They are taking a magical, topsy-turvy ride through Wiggletown, Giggletown and Groggy Grove. Mesmeric rhyming text and fanciful illustration combine to make ‘All Aboard for Dreamland’ into a magical and special bedtime story for the very young.

Poetic in form, yet still a story and a flight of fantasy this is a spe ...

This sturdy, chunky board book offers a tactile, immediate approach to learning different shapes at a young age. The book is so strong that even the most aggressive, determined little fingers would struggle to inflict even the slightest damage, tooth marks may succeed where hands do not. 

However, longevity aside this little book is cleverly designed with five basic shapes presented ...

This attractive board book allows you to talk about and explore the idea of opposites with your baby. Simple themes such as day and night, hot and cold are presented with simple, colourful text and pictures, providing the opportunity for the carer to elaborate. With cleverly placed holes to see through to the next page, little fingers will love to explore this book, which is robust enough to w ...

Synopsis: This robust board book has lots to see and touch. It is designed to be interactive so there are flaps to lift, textures to feel and brightly coloured pictures children are likely to be familar with such as bees, butterflies, tractors. There is lots to talk about and the author addresss the reader, 'Now see the whale with her tail'. A baby's face is hidden in the pic ...

 Synopsis: This chunky little board book features animals from different groups; the ones we are familiar with like kittens and puppies and the more exotic animals such as elephants. Each animal pictured has a tactile feature such as scales for the fish or hair for the chimpanzee, which can prompt children’s memories, when pointing and naming.

Review. Although t ...

 Synopsis: This spiral bound robust board book has a mirror on the front cover, easy to turn pages with finger flaps and high quality photos of babies and toys with various expressions: happy, sad, excited and grumpy. Finally there is a memory game where children open flaps to find the answers to questions such as ‘Who was happy?’ There is also a fold out feature with n ...