Featured Books for 3+ readers

Silly Billy
Anthony Browne
Shortlisted for the prestigious 2008 Greenway. A reassuring story about dealing with all kinds of worries. Billy can't stop worrying until his grandma gives him a set of worry dolls. Billy tells the dolls his worries and, at last, he...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/11/2007
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Counting In The Sea 1, 2, 3!
Sue Hendra
A great watery way to practice early maths. Can you find the mermaid on every page of this book amid the ocean deep and all its creatures? Beautifully illustrated and designed, Counting in the Sea is another fantastic creation by...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 30/10/2007
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Emily Brown And The Thing
Cressida Cowell
Emily Brown and her old grey rabbit were an instant hit with children and parents everywhere when they burst onto the scene not long ago and won the 2006 Nestle prize.  The book was called That Rabbit belongs to...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 18/10/2007
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I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato
Lauren Child
Witty, colourful and unpredictable this is a delightful picture book that has a very original presentation.  With a fussy eater at its core we discover that various vegetables come from all manner of planets in space so that by the end of it even...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 18/10/2007
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The Story of the Little Mole - Plop Up Edition
Werner Holzwarth
Toddlers will love this delightfully entertaining but yucky pop-up (or plop up!) book but perhaps parents will enjoy it a little less although the humour is brilliantly portrayed in it. It’s packed full of poos that plop, drop, splish, splosh and...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 15/10/2007
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Wendel's Workshop
Chris Riddell
Prize-winning illustrator Chris Riddell’s Wendel’s Workshop tells of the battle of the robots when Wendel, the master inventor, finds himself threatened by his new assistant, the Wendelbot. The highly detailed robotic illustrations provide endless delight while also conveying a serious...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/10/2007
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The Gruffalo Slipcase
Julia Donaldson
“A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood. A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good.” So begins the story of how a clever little mouse outwits his big scary enemy. The tasty little mouse needs...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/10/2007
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Room On The Broom And Other Songs (Book and CD)
Julia Donaldson
A book of nine songs and music together with an accompanying CD including her most famous Room on the Broom.  Julia may well be one of the UK’s best-loved picture book authors but she is also a very talented song...
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Format: Mixed Media Product - Released: 05/10/2007
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Room On The Broom And Other Songs (Book and CD)
Julia Donaldson
A book of nine songs and music together with an accompanying CD including her most famous Room on the Broom. Julia may well be one of the UK’s best-loved picture book authors but she is also a very talented song...
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Format: Mixed Media Product - Released: 05/10/2007
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The Bear In The Cave
Michael Rosen
From the brilliantly talented author of We’re going on a Bear Hunt , comes a wonderfully warm and funny story about a bear who lives by the sea but thinks life in the city will be more fun – until...
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Format: Mixed Media Product - Released: 01/10/2007
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Sir Charlie Stinkysocks And The Really Big Adventure
Kristina Stephenson
Most children think they are bold and brave and terribly clever. So why not join up with Charlie the Knight on a marvellous adventure, where whilst all around him are in fear of their life, Charlie is big, bold and daring...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/10/2007
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Olivia Helps With Christmas
Ian Falconer
In another addition to the Olivia series, Ian Falconer has written a charismatic account of everyone’s favourite family of pigs and their preparations for Christmas. As you follow the story, you can’t help but share the sense of...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2007
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One Snowy Night
Nick Butterworth
The classic tale from Nick Butterworth now comes complete with a full-length DVD animation feature film with narration by Jim Broadbent. One Snowy Night is a touching story with plenty of small cuddly animal characters and a suitably happy ending....
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Mixed Media Product - Released: 01/10/2007
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Russell's Christmas Magic
Rob Scotton
From the same Sheep that made his debut back in 2005, Russell is here for a pure snowy holiday treat. Complete with a book and CD readers won’t be disappointed as Russell sets about repairing Santa’s sleigh before Christmas has...
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Format: Mixed Media Product - Released: 01/10/2007
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The Snowlies Find a Letter
Corinne Mellor, Ashe Ericksson
An absolutely enchanting pop-up story book.  Enter a world of dark pine forests, purple skies and icy lakes.  Children will fall in love with the magical snowlies – forest fairies – as they journey across the arctic to deliver a...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2007
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The Mog Collection
Judith Kerr
A delightful boxed collection of 6 books together with a free audio CD of Mog, the cat with attitude.
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/10/2007
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Pancakes for Findus
Sven Nordqvist
This is the first in the Findus series and not to be missed.  Philip Pullman has written so eloquently on the series that I’m leaving the words to him.  “It’s not often that we come across books with such...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 24/09/2007
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Baggy Brown
Mick Inkpen
Well illustrated with a touching plot comes Mick Inkpen’s book on the bear that is promised to a princess but ends up in the arms of someone else. Whilst perhaps not everlasting as the Kipper stories, Baggy Brown still...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 20/09/2007
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The Tear Thief
Carol Ann Duffy
This is a warm, poignant and beautifully illustrated story set in a magical world where the tears of children arising from every emotion are of a different colour.An underlying thought -provoking message about emotions lies at its heart. The multi-coloured tears are collected by...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 14/09/2007
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Princess And The Wizard - Book and CD
Julia Donaldson
New fangled techniques can spoil a good story but here, the use of glitter on every page is nothing short of inspirational. And now with accompaning CD. It provides that wonderful opportunity for children to linger on each spread and...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Mixed Media Product - Released: 07/09/2007
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Puff The Magic Dragon
Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton
A gorgeous picture book in which a green and yellow Puff, the magic dragon from the old song, frollicks happily with his friend Jackie Paper in the land called Honalee. Their adventures are charmingly visualised and the accompanying CD allows...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/09/2007
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Princess And The Wizard
Julia Donaldson
A Picture Book for kids that love Magic.  New fangled techniques can spoil a good story but here, the use of glitter on every page is nothing short of inspirational and provides that wonderful opportunity for children to linger...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2007
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Small
Jessica Meserve
I know what it was like to be small and in the shadow of my big sister and as a consequence I wish I’d read this when I was little.  A wonderful story of sibling rivalry and of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2007
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Whale
David Lucas
David Lucas has been selected as one of The Big Picture campaign's Best New Illustrators in 2008. Big, bold illustrations are the hallmark of this gorgeous picture book and whales have an unerring fascination to children and adults alike that...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2007
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Elmer
David Mckee
Elmer the colourful patchwork elephant has been a nursery favourite since this first book was published in 1989. A modern classic, this picture book is known to millions, and continues to be one of the biggest selling picture books ever,...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Bookshelf Essentials
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2007
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Elmer (Book & CD)
David Mckee
The subtle message is that it is OK to be different, and combined with the vibrant colour and cheeky humour of the main character, this paperback and CD edition is a celebration of its continued popularity. To see other Elmer...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2007
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Small
Jessica Meserve
I know what it was like to be small and in the shadow of my big sister and as a consequence I wish I’d read this when I was little.  A wonderful story of sibling rivalry and of gaining confidence. ...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2007
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Maisy Big, Maisy Small
Lucy Cousins
Loveable Maisy is back in this enjoyable exploration of the concept of opposites. Thus, Maisy young, Maisy old; Maisy hot, Maisy cold and so on. Lucy Cousins’s incredibly expressive pictures provide a rich drama to support the concepts. Big and...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/09/2007
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Tiddler
Julia Donaldson
Best-selling author/ illustrator of The Gruffalo have created a fantastic new character with Tiddler, the little fish who tells some big stories! Can they be true? A bouncy, rhyming text delights while the jewel bright illustrations bring alive the feeling...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/09/2007
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Present For Freddie Small
Nick Butterworth
Michael Evans is a new talent in the world of picture books and it’s a real feather in his cap that an established author of Nick Butterworth’s calibre has chosen to collaborate.  Michael’s artwork is fresh, child-friendly, and bursting with...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/2007
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