Bear and Puffin’s Big Book Club: books with pictures

BEAR and Puffin have teamed up on a grrrreat big book club and every month will be revealing a free extract of a book for you to enjoy.

19 July 2017

For children just setting out on their reading adventure we’ve picked our favourite books with pictures for you to explore. You can find out more about each book club pick below. Check back as more books will be added every month!

Dogger

Shirley Hughes

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Dogger by Shirley Hughes

D is for … Dave who lost his favourite toy, Dogger.

There is genuine heartache when Dogger is lost, nearly found and then whisked away again by another child at the school fair. The beautiful illustrations and the involving story by renowned Shirley Hughes will help to foster a love of books to last a lifetime and will touch every child who has a favourite toy.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Eric Carle

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Eric Carle and Bill Martin Jnr

B is for … a beautiful brown bear.

Children love the brightly coloured artwork of the Very Hungry Caterpillar and Eric Carle brings more favourite animals to life in Brown Bear. This rhythmic story is the perfect introduction to looking and learning about colours.

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Competitions

Win a limited edition frost-heart crystal, signed print and the Frostheart book series

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Recommendations

20 best Christmas books for kids

From A Christmas Carol to the iconic The Snowman, here are some of the greatest festive tales to share this Christmas.

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Games & activities

How to make frosty paper snowflakes

Inspired by the icy landscape in Jamie Littler's Frostheart trilogy, make your own sparkly snowflakes with our easy magical salt crystal experiment.

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