Featured Books for 3+ readers

Penguins Can't Fly
Richard Byrne
A touching story of an unusual but very special friendship. Growing up together, Hudson the Penguin and Gregory the Gull do everything together. Everything – except flying! The gulls laugh at Hudson for not being able to fly but, when...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/03/2013
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The Disgusting Sandwich
Gareth Edwards
There’s a great joke running right through this witty picture book to the excellent punch line. Badger is always hungry and now his tummy is rumbling! He so badly wants the fresh white bread and peanut butter sandwich which he...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2013
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Pugwash in the Pacific
John Ryan
The return of this wonderful piratical romp sees Captain Pugwash and his resourceful cabin boy Tom outwit the British Navy! Relaxing on a beach in the Pacific, the Captain and his crew learn that the Admiral of the British Navy...
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Format: Mixed media product - Released: 01/03/2013
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Varmints
Helen Ward
Shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award 2009. The most overlooked threat in the world today is the loss of peace and tranquility. Can someone find the time and space to stop, think and plant the seeds of change before it’s...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2013
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The Museum
Susan Verde
With exhuberant illustrations by bestselling illustrator Peter Reynolds, The Museum playfully captures the many emotions experienced from the power of art by a little girl who tours and twirls through the halls of an art museum. It’s a wonderfully inspirational...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2013
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Bubble Trouble Big Book
Margaret Mahy
This Best Picture Book Award book by best selling author Margaret Mahy and illustrator Polly Dunbar is available here in a big book format perfect for reading to groups of children. When little Mabel bows a big bubble she never...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2013
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Matilda's Cat
Emily Gravett
Award-winning Emily Gravett has come up with another witty gem. Specialising in simplicity and relying on readers taking their cues from her characters, here Matilda’s cat makes it plain that she does NOT like all the things Matilda wants her...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/02/2013
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Pirates Love Underpants
Claire Freedman
Shortlisted for the National Book Tokens Children’s Book of the Year 2012  ‘Pants ahoy!’ in this hilarious new adventure by the best-selling author /illustrator duo of Aliens Love Underpants. Armed with a map, the pirate captain and his crew are off to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/02/2013
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Goat Goes to Playgroup
Julia Donaldson
Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson gives an excellent simple and reassuring introduction to playgroup showing the fun it can be. Nick Sharratt’s bold illustrations capture the range of activities that goat could be enjoying with newly made friends – and how...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/02/2013
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Ruby, Blue and Blanket
Jane Hissey
March 2013 Book of the Month Best-selling Jane Hissey creates a joyful story of imaginative play as three delightful, soft toy friends dress up as a number of different characters. Blanket the horse decides to be a unicorn, Blue the rabbit...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | Books of the Month | Jane Hissey - Illustrator
Format: Hardback - Released: 27/02/2013
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Busy Bees Easter
Jocelyn Miller
A perfect activity book for the Easter holidays for kids aged 3 upwards as it will keep them busy in the run up to Easter with activities to be done alone or with a parent or play group or Sunday...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 18/02/2013
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My Swashbuckling Pirate Activity and Sticker Book

Ahoy me hearties! A swashbuckling activity book packed full of a treasure trove of pirate tasks and stickers - for hours of fun on the high seas. Sail your way through the island maze, crack the pirate code and much...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 14/02/2013
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My Pretty Pink Princess Activity and Sticker Book

A pink and perfect activity book packed full of royally splendid activities and stickers - for little princesses everywhere!  Perfect for providing entertainment at home or on the move.  Dress the princesses for the ball, help them find their way...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 14/02/2013
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Oh No, George!
Chris Haughton
Shortlisted for the 2013 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013    Award-winning Chris Haughton’s George is a dog with a terrible habit of getting into trouble!  He wants to be good and he tries to be...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 11/02/2013
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Friends
Michael Foreman
Award-winning Michael Foreman puts an unlikely friendship at the heart of this captivating story of a cat and a fish who become such firm friends that the fish chooses friendship over freedom. Together the friends tour the world – especially...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2013
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The Princess and the Peas
Sarah Warburton
A brilliantly fresh take with the traditional tale of the Princess and the Pea at its heart, this will entertain girls everywhere – and their fathers! Dad tries everything to disguise the peas he cooks but even the faintest hint...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2013
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Sam Who Went to Sea
Phyllis Root
Written in lyrical prose by Phyllis Root and illustrated in bright bold colours by Axel Sheffler, the illustrator of The Gruffalo, this book is the story of a river rat who follows his heart and realises his dreams when he...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2013
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Hooray for Bread
Allan Ahlberg
February 2013 Book of the Month  Allan Ahlberg at his masterful best with words that just slip off the tongue complemented by some delightful illustrations by Bruce Ingman.  The two of them have come together a number of times now...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/02/2013
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Ant and Bee
Angela Banner
I remember the original Ant and Bee books.  Mine had a cloth cover, smelt musty and the pages were falling out!  Here, the books have been beautifully revamped and revitalised with colourful new pictures by Angela Banner whilst maintaining the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/02/2013
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More and More Ant and Bee
Angela Banner
This classic from the 1950's has been lovingly re-illustrated by the author Angela Banner to provide a fun, contempory story which takes those much-loved characters, Ant and Bee on an alphabetical adventure.  Surprises and humour appear on each page, along...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/02/2013
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More Ant and Bee
Angela Banner
The much-loved Ant and Bee are back! More Ant and Bee is another alphabetical story in which the dynamic duo fly off to Asia, introducing children to longer words along the way.
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/02/2013
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Easter Things to Make and Do
Leonie Pratt, Kate Knighton
In this enchanting book you'll find all kinds of exciting Easter activities.  Just follow the simple steps to find out how to make pretty decorated eggs, paper flowers and an Easter crown.  Other ideas such as fingerprinted bunnies and painted...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2013
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Lunchtime
Rebecca Cobb
Winner of the Waterstones Best Children's Picture Book 2013 and Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2013 Acclaimed new illustrator Rebecca Cobb injects the unexpected into this pleasingly imaginative and un-preachy story about a little girl who doesn’t want...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Paperback - Released: 31/01/2013
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Monkey Nut
Simon Rickerty
Bold images brilliantly convey this witty story about how much trouble one monkey nut can cause! One nut; two friends. The friends find a monkey nut can be a bench, a drum or a boat – in fact, there...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler
Format: Paperback - Released: 31/01/2013
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Dr Seuss's ABC
Dr. Seuss
Dr Seuss is always first on my list when reading out loud.  The crazy rhymes and fantastical images never cease to amuse and engage the reader, whatever their age!  Full of irresistible alliteration and hilarious illustrations, this classic journey through...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 31/01/2013
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Tabitha Posy Was Ever So Nosy
Julie Fulton
Curiosity can be a good – or a bad thing! Tabitha Posy,  who can’t stop asking ‘Why?’ And ‘What For?’ drives the neighbours mad.  When Tabitha Posy is taken on a school trip to the zoo, her nosiness becomes...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/01/2013
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My Own Little Easter Story
Christina Goodings
Simple, sincere, straightforward and heartwarming retelling of the story that is at the heart of Easter with its message that Jesus is alive and has opened the way to heaven.
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Format: Hardback - Released: 18/01/2013
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The Shape of My Heart
Mark Sperring
January 2013 Picture Book of the Month   Bright images offer loads to look at for young readers to think about the shape of all the things around them in the world. Birds have a shape and so does food. But what...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 17/01/2013
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Cuddle Bear
Claire Freedman
Meet Cuddle Bear - the unforgettable hero with hugs for everyone! A perfect book for parent and child to share time and time again. Click here to visit the author page for Claire Freedman, where you can read a Q&A including...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/01/2013
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Chickens Can't See in the Dark
Kristyna Litten
Chickens with a difference! When Pippa hears that chickens can’t see in the dark, she decides things have got to change! What can she do to improve her feathered friends’ night vision? Soon Pippa is cooking up a giant carrot...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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