Featured Books for 3+ readers

Harris Finds his Feet
Catherine Rayner
Winner of the Kate Greenaway Award 2009. Touching and inspiring, this is a beautiful story of a youngster finding his feet and being encouraged to forge his own way in the world by his remarkable Grandfather. Harris is a very...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2009
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Miaow Said The Cow
Emma Dodd
Shortlisted for the Pre-school Award, Early Year Awards 2009   One morning, the farm animals wake up to find something strange is going on.  Sheep are barking, ducks are neighing - no one knows quite what they're saying! Find out why in...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2009
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The Three Little Pigs (Classics Illustrated Junior)
Joseph Jacobs
One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured and covers digitally enhanced for a new generation. Perfect Bound at a terrifically good value price.   A message from the publisher: Classics...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2009
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Matty In A Mess!
Miriam Moss
Matty’s orderly life is turned topsy-turvy one day when a very strong wind turns everything upside down. Matty is horrified but soon finds that being in a mess can be fun too.  Another title featuring Matty is Matty Takes...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/02/2009
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Dogs
Emily Gravett
Prize-winning illustrator Emily Gravett delights with another wonderful new book. Apparently a celebration of dogs of all kind, this is also a book with a witty twist at the end. Gorgeous pictures of big dogs and small dogs, hairy dogs...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 06/02/2009
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Moon Rabbit
Natalie Russell
As an author/illustrator Natalie is not just an immensely talented storyteller but also her print-making skills are shown off to their absolute best in this, one of the most striking debuts seen in the world of picture books.  Fresh and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/02/2009
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I Don't Want A Posh Dog
Emma Dodd
Dog lovers everywhere will enjoy the inventive display of different dogs that prove to be unsuitable before at last, an acceptable one is found. A patterned dog, a jump-up-and-flatten dog and a handbag dog are all captured in witty illustrations...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2009
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Fine As We Are
Algy Hall
In his first picture book, author and artist Algy Craig Hall has crafted a gentle, charming, and witty story that shows exactly what it means to be a good big brother. Thoroughly delightful illustrations - many featuring a deluge of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2009
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Matty Takes Off!
Miriam Moss
A delightful pair of bear siblings, Matty and Milly make a delightful duo. Matty likes everything to be just-so. He is as neat and tidy as his sister Milly is not. In Matty’s house, everything has its own place but,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2009
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Elmer and the Stranger (Book & CD)
David Mckee
How strangers can become friends is the theme of this entertaining story about Elmer, everyone’s favourite patchwork elephant and this edition comes complete with audio CD. This time, Elmer and his friends in the jungle help Kangaroo find out that...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2009
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Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar

Age 3+. Here is a collection of more than 80 poems and rhymes from a glittering galaxy of more than 50 poets. It is a delectable assortment of light, melt-in-the-mouth poems for the very young to dip into again and again.  They...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2009
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Elmer and the Stranger
David Mckee
How strangers can become friends is the theme of this entertaining story about Elmer, everyone’s favourite patchwork elephant. This time, Elmer and his friends in the jungle help Kangaroo find out that he can jump after all. At first the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2009
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I Don't Want a Cool Cat
Emma Dodd
The search for the perfect cat is a delight. A little girl thinks of all the kinds of cats she doesn’t want – a ‘treat-me-like-a-fool’ cat or a ‘looking-for-a-fight' cat, for example. And then the kind she really does want...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/02/2009
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Gilbert in Deep (book & CD - read by Dervla Kirwan)
Jane Clarke
Witty writing with lots of shark-infested humour.  Gilbert is a shark with a softer side. He has had Raymond, his pet friend Remora, since he was just a tiny pup. They have swum through the seaweed together and played finball,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2009
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A Michael Recycle Adventure: Litterbug Doug
Ellie Bethel
A campaigning picture book that will encourage all to recycle. Litterbug Doug hates recycling; instead he creates a heap of litter all around his home. When green-hero Michael appears Litterbug Doug refuses to listen to the recycling message and does...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2009
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The Sleeping Beauty (Classics Illustrated Junior)
Charles Perrault, Brothers Grimm
One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured and covers digitally enhanced for a new generation. Perfect Bound at a terrifically good value price.   A message from the publisher: Classics...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2009
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Sylvia and Bird
Catherine Rayner
Shortlisted for the Pre-school Award, Early Year Awards 2009   Sylvia is the only dragon in the whole world, and she is very lonely... until one day, she meets Bird. Tiny and chirpy, so different from the huge dragon, Bird somehow changes...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/02/2009
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Happy Birthday Chimp and Zee
Catherine, Anholt, Laurence Anholt
“Ha, ha, ha! Hee, hee, hee! Happy Birthday, Chimp and Zee! Mischievous twins Chimp and Zee are celebrating their birthday. There are birthday cards and presents and, as with everything to do with this delightful pair, absolute chaos everywhere they...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/01/2009
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The Two by Two Band
David Flavell
A particularly jazzy retelling of Noah's Ark with a twist with vibrant illustrations and suspenseful text.  Fun, humorous and original why not find out what the mandolin-playing pangolins and the didgerdoo-blowing kangaroos get up to.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 08/01/2009
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Mole's In Love
David Bedford
A gorgeous love story featuring Morris the Mole who is looking for love, but given his shortsightedness it's not easy to find. And, when he finds it, it's not quite the love he was expecting.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2009
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Thump Quack Moo
Doreen Cronin
A wonderfully wacky adventure involving Farmer Brown and his various farmyard animals in preparing for the great maze day opening.  Farmer Brown is working on a brilliant maze creation but little does he know what duck is doing to it...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2009
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Emergency Rescue!
Jonathan Emmett
A Picture Book for kids that love Vehicles.   Children will love joining in with the siren noises as they race to the rescue with Cat and Dog. With bouncy rhyming text, humorous detail and a different colourful, sturdy pop-up emergency vehicle...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/01/2009
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Smelly Peter: The Great Pea Eater
Steve Smallman
Peter, who eats only peas, soon turns green and farts incessantly. It makes him very unpopular at home but luckily he is spotted by a space ship who whisk him away to their alien planet where his greenness and farting...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2009
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My Mum!
Beth Shoshan
From the same illustrator that brought us the charmingly funny My Dad! - we now have My Mum! - who is rather silly but simply lovely. Guarenteed to put a smile on your child's face.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2009
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Small Mouse Big City
Simon Prescott
Shortlisted for the Best Emerging Illustrator Award, Early Year Awards 2009 Perfectly capturing the atmosphere and excitement of the city with dramatic perspectives and shifting cityscapes, this stylish and contemporary twist on Aesop’s classic fable when country mouse goes off on...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/01/2009
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The Pied Piper (Classics Illustrated Junior)
Robert Browning
One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured and covers digitally enhanced for a new generation. Perfectly bound at a terrifically good value price.   A message from the publisher: Classics...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 25/12/2008
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Cinderella (Classics Illustrated Junior)
Charles Perrault
One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured and covers digitally enhanced for a new generation. Perfect Bound at a terrifically good value price.   A message from the publisher: Classics...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 25/11/2008
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The Gruffalo Pop-up Theatre Book
Julia Donaldson
Not only can you read and reread the much loved story of the Gruffalo in this complete work of art but you can open the pop-up stage to act out the adventures of the little brown mouse, or even create...
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Format: Novelty Book - Released: 07/11/2008
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There are Cats in This Book
Viviane Schwarz
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2010. It’s time to play with the cats in this – Tiny, Moonpie and André. All you have to do is turn the pages. PS There are fish in this book too.      CILIP...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/11/2008
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