Michael Symmons Roberts’s fourth book of poetry, Corpus, was the winner of the 2004 Whitbread Poetry Award, and was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Forward Prize, and the Griffin International Prize. His sixth collection, Drysalter, was the winner of both the Forward Prize and the Costa Poetry Prize in 2013. He collaborated with Paul Farley on Edgelands (Cape/Vintage) and will do so again in The Deaths of the Poets (Cape, 2017). He has also worked many times with the composer James MacMillan. He has published two novels, and is Professor of Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Michelle Robinson

Nick East

Two space-mad little boys get ready for bed and say goodnight to their toy rockets, launch pads and planet mobiles, before being whisked away into space on an adventure beyond their wildest dreams . . . 
 
This is the sixth book in Michelle Robinson and Nick East's beloved series. With a lyrical rhyme and evocative illustrations, this is the perfect bedtime book.

Goodnight Spaceman

Book and CD

Eric Hill

Eric Hill's Where's Spot? was the first ever lift-the-flap book - and his ground-breaking innovation continues to delight and surprise readers with interactive fun. Spot has now been a trusted character in early learning for over 40 years, selling over 65 million books worldwide. 
 
Join the hunt to find lovable Spot in Eric Hill's first ever lift-the-flap tale! 
 
Lift each flap to find all sorts of funny animal surprises, before discovering where cheeky Spot has been hiding. This is the perfect first book for little ones - the playful text is a wonderful spur to read and respond together, and the hide-and-seek flaps encourage curiosity and interactivity. 
 
This is a special anniversary edition of this much-loved classic to celebrate 40 years since the first publication of Where's Spot?.

Where's Spot?

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway is hopping into cinemas from 17th May 2021. Peter is off on a new adventure, featuring all the star-studded cast as last time, including James Corden as Peter Rabbit! 
 
Peter Rabbit is up to mischief again and it's over to you to help him in this action-packed sticker book. This awesome activity book is based on the major new movie, so you can relive the best moments of the film. 
 
 
Other Titles In The Series: 
Peter Rabbit, Based on the Major New Movie 
Peter Rabbit The Movie: Sticker Activity Book 
Peter Rabbit Quiz Book 
Peter Rabbit Colouring Sticker Activity Book 
Peter Rabbit Movie 2 Quiz Book 
Peter Rabbit 2 Sticker Activity Book 
 
Perfect for keeping younger Peter Rabbit fans busy for hours!

Peter Rabbit Movie 2 Sticker Activity Book

Allan Ahlberg

Andre Amstutz

"All he does is DIG holes - and BARK!" 
"WOOF!" Barks the dog. 
 
When The Big Skeleton and The Little Skeleton become fed up with The Dog Skeleton they decide to swap him at the pet shop! 
 
They start off with a goldfish but soon get tired of him and swap him for a parrot - but soon they get bored of him too . . . Eventually the pet shop owner gives them a box to take home with a surprise pet inside. 
 
What do you think it will be? 
 
Can't get enough of the Funnybones skeletons? Discover: 
Funnybones: The Black Cat 
The Funnybones Collection

Funnybones: The Pet Shop

Ian Whybrow

Adrian Reynolds

The unabridged audiobook edition of Ian Whybrow's Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs Story Collection, read by Andrew Sachs. 
 
Meet Harry and all of his dinosaurs friends in this brand new downloadable audiobook. The collection contains every single Harry story published to date including five stories previously unreleased on audio, and one completely brand new story - Harry and the Dinosaurs Have a Very Happy Birthday. Charmingly read by Andrew Sachs, these stories feature specially composed music, lots of noises and amusing sound effects, and a theme tune that will have Harry fans roaring with delight - Raaaaah!!!

Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs Story Collection

Janet Ahlberg

Once more the Jolly Postman rides - and flies - and shrinks! 
 
This brilliant book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg is the third adventure for the Jolly Postman, originally published in 1995 and now back in print! The Jolly Postman's morning is set off course when he suffers a bump to the head before he shrinks to the size of a postage stamp . . . and it just gets curiouser and curiouser! 
 
Featuring a whole host of familiar characters, pull-out letters and a magnifying glass.

The Jolly Pocket Postman

The interactive pocket-sized adventure

Harry is not happy. Today he has to go to Charlie's house and he doesn't want her to play with his dinosaurs. But when Charlie builds a primordial swamp, Harry gets drawn into an exciting adventure. Together they must rescue Tyrannosaurus from the giant swamp snake!

Harry and the Dinosaurs Romp in the Swamp

Harry and his dinosaurs love birthday parties, so Harry's disappointed when big sister, Sam, says she's going to one - alone. Not only is it Mr Oakley's birthday, but Harry finds out that it's the dinosaurs' one hundred millionth birthday too! Harry decides to throw a surprise birthday party and soon even Sam helps to make the party treats. Mum invites Mr Oakley over and he is very surprised when he arrives; in fact, everyone agrees that it's the best birthday party ever!

Harry and the Dinosaurs have a Happy Birthday

Beatrix Potter

Hop into a brand new lift-the-flap Easter adventure with Peter Rabbit! 
 
Peter's sisters are egg-cellent at hide-and-seek - Peter and his cousin Benjamin can't find them anywhere! But they do keep finding mysterious easter eggs wherever they go . . . Who could they all be from? 
 
Join Peter and his friends in this irresistible new lift-the-flap adventure, full of Easter delights.

Peter Rabbit: The Easter Bunny Hunt

A Lift-the-Flap Storybook

Tom Fletcher

A brand-new series of novelty board books from bestselling author Tom Fletcher! 
 
MEOW! MEOW! Oh look - there's a tired little Kitten in your book! 
Shall we get him ready for bed? 
 
Tap, slide, and jiggle the pages to help Little Kitten put away his toys, brush his fur, and pick a story for bedtime. Can you help him drift off to sleep? 
 
Toddlers will love this interactive board book, full of fun novelties that encourage curiosity and exploration and a gentle narrative that is perfect to read aloud whilst winding down before bed. 
 
More Who's in Your Book interactive board books: 
 
There's a Little Chick in Your Book 
There's a Little Snowman in Your Book 
There's a Little Puppy in Your Book 
There's a Little Ghost in Your Book

There’s a Little Kitten in Your Book

A brand new adventure for Harry and his Bucketful of Dinosaurs - this time involving saving animals! 
 
On a trip to the safari park, Harry and his dinosaurs are horrified to discover that some animals are in danger of becoming extinct. Harry wants to help save them but Sam says he's too small and won't be able to do anything that will make a difference. But Harry is desperate to do something and gets to work making some posters for the window. He takes them off to a local shop who won't put them up because they're too small to be seen - but when Harry goes back the week after, his posters have been made into cards and are selling like hot cakes! He quickly discovers that it doesn't matter how small you are - you can be a tiny as a tick on a turtle's tail and still make a big difference!

Harry and the Dinosaurs Go Wild

Join Spot and his friends on a fun day at nursery in this interactive slide-and-seek adventure! 
 
Curious young readers will love joining Spot at the nursery in this colourful, interactive board book. The sturdy novelty book encourages little hands to push, pull, slide and play as they join in with painting, playing games, and more! 
 
Where's Spot? was the first ever lift-the-flap book – and his ground-breaking innovation continues to delight and surprise readers with interactive fun. Spot has now been a trusted character in early learning for over 40 years, selling over 65 million books worldwide. 
 
Other titles in the Slide-and-Seek series: 
Spot's Slide and Seek: Aquarium 
Spot's Slide and Seek: Funfair 
Spot's Slide and Seek: Farm 
Spot's Slide and Seek: Playground

Spot's Slide and Seek: Nursery

Eric Carle

In this festive lift-the-flap story, set on a silent, snowy Christmas Eve, The Very Hungry Caterpillar is hoping for a very special visitor. 
 
Lift-the-flap on every page to discover who's at home. Could it be Father Christmas?

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Christmas Eve

Helen Cooper

A wonderfully inventive and heart-warming story starring a brave and adventurous lost rabbit, from the award-winning Helen Cooper. 
 
Molly's toy rabbit, Tatty Ratty, is lost again. 
 
But don't worry, he's on his way back to her - and there are lots of adventures on the way, including flying on a dragon, and jumping aboard a pirate ship.... all before waiting for her to come and pick him back up in the toyshop. 
 
This imaginative and heart-warming adventure story is perfect for little ones - especially those missing a teddy. With glowing illustrations from Helen Cooper, twice winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. 
 
Other stories available by Helen Cooper: 
The Bear Under the Stairs 
The Baby Who Wouldn't Go to Bed 
Pumpkin Soup 
A Pipkin of Pepper 
Delicious!

Tatty Ratty

In a dark dark street 
There is a dark dark house 
And in the dark dark house . . . 
 
In this FUNNYBONES story, the Big Skeleton and the LIttle Skeleton are being chased by dinosaurs . . . in their dreams!

Funnybones: Dinosaur Dreams

Virginia Kroll

Nancy Carpenter

A little girl learns about the Masai tribe at school and daydreams about what her life would have been like if she had been born into the tall, proud East African tribe. Comparing her life and theirs, she celebrates both the differences and the similarities and she learns that she has her own spiritual and even physical kinship with them. 
 
&lsquo;The text and pictures achieve a perfect harmony &hellip; The comparisons are always positive &hellip; A joy of a book&rsquo; Junior Education.

Masai and I

Tove Jansson

Lift the big flaps in this book to say 'Peekaboo!' to Moomintroll and all his friends! 
 
With bright colours and beautiful illustrations, this book is perfect as a first baby gift or for the littlest of Moomin fans! 
 
In this beautiful new range of baby books, Tove Jansson's much-loved world of the Moomins is brought to life for the very tiniest of bookworms. 
 
Discover more marvellous Moomin stories: 
<ul><li>My First Moomin: Goodnight Moomin</li><li>My First Moomin: Best Friends</li><li>My First Moomin: Be Brave, Moomin</li><li>Moomin's First 100 Words: A lift-the-flap book</li><li>Moomin: The Very BIG Moominhouse Lift-the-Flap Book</li><li>Moomin's Peekaboo Night Night: A Lift-and-FInd Book</li></ul>

Moomin Baby: Peekaboo

Dougie Poynter

Garry Parsons

Join Danny and Dinosaur at the Galaxy Cup football final! When the sneaky, cheating Saturn Slimers cover Danny’s favourite team in goo, Dino and Danny need to come up with a game plan...Can Dino’s rumbling tummy save the day? 
 
With rip-roaring rhyme and laugh-out-loud silliness, the Dinosaur that Pooped series has sold over 1.5 million copies around the world! 
 
Danny and Dino were really excited. 
A big football final – and they were invited! 
The Galaxy Cup was about to take place 
on planet Galaxis, out in deep space. 
 
This hilarious addition to the lift-the-flap series features a host of hidden surprises. The poop-filled adventure is written by bestselling author duo Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter, and brought to life by the proposterously talented Garry Parsons! 
 
A brilliant addition to this ridiculously funny picture book series, which includes: 
 
The Dinosaur that Pooped Christmas 
The Dinosaur that Pooped a Planet 
The Dinosaur that Pooped the Past 
The Dinosaur that Pooped the Bed 
The Dinosaur that Pooped a Princess 
The Dinosaur that Pooped a Pirate

The Dinosaur that Pooped A Football

Kaye Umansky

Nick Sharratt

This is the way we stomp our feet, Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! This is the way we like to eat, Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! Stomp! Chomp! Big Roars, Here come the dinosaurs! 
A brilliant third action rhymes book from the perfect duo of Kaye Umansky and Nick Sharratt. Following on from Tickle my Nose and Wiggle My Toes, this book focusses on the perennial favourites, dinosaurs, and boasts a whole host of brand new interactive fun rhymes about all sorts of things. Illustrated with Nick Sharratt's superbly vibrant and fantastic dinosaur characters, this will soon become a most popular book.

Stomp, Chomp, Big Roars! Here Come the Dinosaurs!

Tom McLaughlin

My name is Nugget. Chicken Nugget . . . 
 
It's not easy being the smallest chick in the family, but Nugget has had some good news: he's going to be a big brother! Little baby Benedict is still an egg at the moment and it's Nugget's job to look after him. What could possibly go wrong? 
 
Another cracking story from bestselling duo Michelle Robinson and Tom McLaughlin.

Chicken Nugget: Scrambled Egg

Rachel Bright

"That's my bunny!" "NO, that's my bunny!" Oh dear. How difficult it is to share when there's only ONE beloved Funny Bunny. Luckily for twins, Fifi and Frankie, Granny is on hand to show them a way to play together nicely that keeps everyone, including Funny Bunny, happy.

Mine!

Roald Dahl

Quentin Blake

What will you choose to feed the hungry tortoises? Who will you invite to a party on a fantastic peach? Choose your magnets to let the mischief begin! 
 
With five different scenes and twelve marvellous magnets this interactive activity book is perfect for chiddlers aged three years and up. Packed with anarchy and limitless storytelling opportunities this is the perfect introduction to the wonderful world of Roald Dahl. 
 
Look out for more brilliant books for titchy toddlers: 
Roald Dahl: Birthday Bonanza 
Roald Dahl: Revolting Things to Touch and Feel

Roald Dahl: Marvellous Magnet Book

Once upon a bicycle, so they say 
The Jolly Postman came one day . . . 
 
Join the Jolly Postman on his rounds as he delivers cards and letters to various fairy-tale characters. He has a letter of apology for the three bears from Goldilocks, a postcard from Jack for the giant, a solicitor's letter on behalf of Little Red Riding-Hood for the wolf who ate grandma, and more! This classic and innovate story includes six envelopes with pull-out letters and cards

The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters

Michael Whaite

What do you get when you cross a digger and a dinosaur? 
 
A DIGGERSAUR (of course!) 
 
These mighty beasts are the perfect mixture of two childhood favourite things, and they're off on a wonderful rhythmic, rhyming adventure full of funny details to spot and noisy diggersaur sounds to shout out loud. This book is a colourful burst of fun from this fantastic debut illustrator.

Diggersaurs Explore

It's Moominpappa's birthday - pull the tabs in this novelty book to help celebrate this special day! 
 
Everyone is getting ready to celebrate Moominpappa's birthday in this brightly coloured novelty book.Discover more marvellous Moomin stories:<ul><li>My First Moomin: Goodnight Moomin</li><li>My First Moomin: Best Friends</li><li>My First Moomin: Be Brave, Moomin</li><li>Moomin's First 100 Words: A lift-the-flap book</li><li>Moomin: The Very BIG Moominhouse Lift-the-Flap Book</li><li>Moomin's Peekaboo Night Night: A Lift-and-FInd Book</li></ul>

Moomin and the Birthday Surprise

Everyone has their favourite Harry story and here they all are in this roaringly good collection at this amazingly good price! 
This superb collection features Harry and the Snow King, Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs, Harry and the Robots, Romp in the Swamp and Harry and the Dinosuars say 'Raaah!' Read about how Harry first found his beloved dinosaurs, their adventures together in the scary swamp and discover just how brave they all are when they visit the dentist. There are even two stories just about Harry.

Harry and the Dinosaurs and the Bucketful of Stories

Julia Donaldson

Helen Oxenbury

Rabbit was hopping home one day when he heard a loud voice coming from inside his burrow. 
 "I'M THE GIANT JUMPEREE 
 AND I'M SCARY AS CAN BE!" 
 
When Rabbit's friends Cat, Bear and Elephant come to help they are each scared away in turn by the mysterious voice. 
 
 He can squash you like a flea 
 He will sting you like a bee 
 And he's taller than a tree! 
 
But who is the Giant Jumperee? 
 
Inspired by a traditional African tale, this is a new read-aloud classic from internationally bestselling author Julia Donaldson, beautifully brought to life by award-winning illustrator Helen Oxenbury.

The Giant Jumperee

Can you help The Very Hungry Caterpillar find all his favourite foods in this magnificent magnet book? 
 
Read the story and play with the magnets to bring The Very Hungry Caterpillar's world to life. Discover first concepts like numbers, shapes and colours as you play, using your imagination and creativity to help finish the adventure! 
 
The eight chunky magnets are the perfect size for little hands and can be used again and again, helping to develop fine motor skills.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Magnet Book

Join Spot and his friends on their brilliant adventures in this fun-filled magnet book! 
 
Spot and his friends are visiting some of their favourite places - the farm, the park, the beach, and more! But they need you to help them by choosing magnets to complete the pictures and make their adventures even more fun! 
 
This interactive book encourages little ones to use their imagination and create exciting adventures for Spot and his friends, as well as providing engaging questions on each page for early learning development as they play. 
 
With five magnetic scenes and twelve chunky magnets that are perfect for little hands to pick and place again and again, this book will provide hours of fun. 
 
Spot is the fun-first friend for new experiences, early learning, and stories you can play with. 
 
Loved this? Why not try: 
 
Where's Spot? 
Where are the Five Frogs, Spot? 
Where are the Yellow Chicks, Spot? 
What's that Sound, Spot? 
Spot's Noisy Farm 
Spot Goes To The Farm 
Spot Goes to the Park 
Spot Goes to School 
Spot Says Goodnight

Spot's Magnet Fun

Spot and Dad are off to the aquarium - but will Spot find the clownfish he's looking for? 
 
Curious minds will love exploring the aquarium with Spot in this colourful board book, which features a sturdy novelty to slide, push, jiggle or pull on every spread . . . 
 
The gentle narrative is perfect for reading aloud, whilst the interactive novelty on every spread helps children to engage and explore.

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