Featured Books for 3+ readers

Barry the Fish with Fingers (Book & CD)
Sue Hendra
Quirky and original, this will be a real joy for both toddler and parent.  Full of kindness, Barry, a fish with the special attributes of fingers, uses his unusual feature to delight his friends. Fingers are good for all sorts...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/10/2010
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Barry the Fish with Fingers : Tickle Hide & Seek
Sue Hendra
April 2012 Book of the Month. Best-selling Barry, a fish with a difference, is back for a new, pop-up adventure and this time he’s helping readers to count. Barry’s playing tickle chase with his friends under the sea. There’s one...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 29/03/2012
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Barry the Fish with Fingers and the Hairy Scary Monster
Sue Hendra
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Barry, the unusual fish with a full set of fingers, is back for a new set of adventures.  This time he is set to help a hairy, scary monster who no...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2011
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Bartholomew and the Bug
Neal Layton
Peaceful Bartholomew Bear leads a quiet life watching the sun go down and contemplating the calm around him. But then the Bug turns up. The Bug has no time for contemplation. A creature in a hurry, he thirsts for the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 14/07/2005
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Basher's ABC
Simon Basher
Big, bold images match each letter of the alphabet making for easy recognition while an alliterative verse gives lots of examples of the uses of each. Both words and pictures are full of jokes making this a perfect alphabet introduction...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 18/04/2011
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Batty
Sarah Dyer
A touching story about what it feels like to be an outsider and how you can make friends. Batty longs to have fun with some of the other animals in the Zoo. He tries to join in but, splashing in...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/02/2011
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Bear Flies High
Michael Rosen
This is an exhilarating story about friends helping each other realise their dreams and, having great fun doing it.  When bear wants to fly he’s helped by four little children to realise his dream.  What fun they have.  In addition, it comes complete...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Mixed media product - Released: 05/07/2010
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Bear Flies High (Hardback and Audio CD)
Michael Rosen
This is an exhilarating story about friends helping each other realise their dreams and, having great fun doing it.  When bear wants to fly he’s helped by four little children to realise his dream.  What fun they have.  In addition, it comes complete...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 21/09/2009
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Bears In The Night
Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain
One of our 'Must Reads'. Lively pictures, charming characters and the fact that the story only uses 24 words, but to beautiful effect, make this a brilliant book for beginner readers.  The bears are running through the woods in the...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Bookshelf Essentials
Format: Paperback - Released: 08/08/1991
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Beatrice and Vanessa
John Yeoman
Quentin Blake’s award winning picture books have been delighting readers for decades. In this classic story of two friends, Beatrice the ewe and Vanessa the nanny-goat set off from the field where they have spent their days nattering and chomping...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/07/2011
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Beauty and the Beast (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 Illustrated...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2009
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Bedtime for Monsters
Ed Vere
Shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2011. Award winning Illustrator Ed Vere bravely takes a delightfully scary look at what makes monsters scared. It’s monster bedtime and everyone knows that when danger lurks under the bed or outside the door....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/07/2011
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Bedtime without Arthur
Jessica Meserve
How brave can a little girl be when her beloved bear goes missing? Arthur always keeps Bella safe at night. He is bold and brave and sees off the scary monsters so that Bella can dream of all her favourite...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2009
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Bedtime without Arthur
Jessica Meserve
How brave can a little girl be when her beloved bear goes missing? Arthur always keeps Bella safe at night. He is bold and brave and sees off the scary monsters so that Bella can dream of all her favourite...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 08/07/2010
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Bella's Butterfly Ball
Anna Nilsen
The follow-up to the very popular Bella's Midsummer Secret.  A lovely story containing everything children would expect from a fairy book.  Beautifully illustrated with large flaps to lift and a special pop-up surprise at the end.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/01/2012
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Best Counting Book Ever
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s busy pages have delighted for generations – and do so still! Willy Bunny has no one to play with so, he starts counting instead. From 1 bunny, though 10 watermelons, 15 musicians, 20 cats, 30 school buses right...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2006
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Big Book of Big Animals
Hazel Maskell
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. This is an absolutely cracking book for animal lovers as it is crammed from end to end and beyond, you could say with animals of every shape and size.  Pull-out concertina...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 28/01/2011
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Big Book of Big Dinosaurs
Alex Frith
This is an enormous new book for kids (and probably their dads!!!) fascinated by gigantic dinosaurs. It's chock full of the biggest dinosaurs on land, in the sea and in the air.From the mighty Brachiosaurus to the fearsome Tyrannosaurus, children...
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Format: Big book - Released: 26/03/2010
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Big Book of Big Machines
Minna Lacey
This is the perfect book for kids who go bonkers over big machines - well in that case it's virtually all boys, and their dads of course! It features some of the world's biggest machines found on building sites, farms,...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 29/01/2010
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Big Brave Brian
M P Robertson
An exuberantly illustrated book perfect to help children see that even the 'seemingly' bravest people in the world have things they are afraid of.
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 14/05/2009
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Big Bug, Little Bug
Paul Stickland
A fantastic book of opposites featuring bugs of all shapes and sizes which can be found wriggling, creeping and crawling their way through the book. It also features vibrant illustrations, lively rhyming text and a spectacular pop-up ending.
Featured in: 3+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/04/2010
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Big Dog and Little Dog Go Flying
Selina Young
Beautifully balanced words and attractive pictures tell the story of Big Dog and Little Dog’s great flying adventure. Having built the plane, they load up a delicious picnic and set off on a great adventure – looping the loop high...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/07/2006
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Big Scary Monster
Thomas Docherty
Engagingly scary but also containing an important message about sharing not scaring, this tells what happens when the monster finds the tables are turned and instead of being scary himself he is being scared! Young readers will enjoy the frisson...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/08/2009
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Big Scary Monster
Thomas Docherty
Engagingly scary but also containing an important message about sharing not scaring, this tells what happens when the monster finds the tables are turned and instead of being scary himself he is being scared! Young readers will enjoy the frisson of the Big...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2010
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Billy Monster's Daymare
Alan Durant
A topsy-turvey story of scared monsters and scary children, pleasant night time and frightening daytime…Billy Monster can’t sleep even though Daddy Monster howls lullabies to him and makes him soothing cups of cold slime. What can be done to help...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/03/2008
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Billy's Beetle
Mick Inkpen
October 2011 Guest Editor Roddy Doyle. When my kids were kids – if that makes sense – Mick Inkpen’s books were all over the floor and on every bed – but never up on a shelf. Kipper felt like a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2007
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Blue Chameleon
Emily Gravett
Prize winning illustrator Emily Gravett triumphs again in her witty story of how a lonely chameleon does what he does best in a desperate attempt to make a new friend. Changing colour comes naturally to the blue chameleon so he...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/02/2010
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Blue Chameleon
Emily Gravett
Prize winning illustrator Emily Gravett triumphs again in her witty story of how a lonely chameleon does what he does best in a desperate attempt to make a new friend. Changing colour comes naturally to the blue chameleon so he...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2011
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Blueberry Girl
Neil Gaiman
Feisty in its hopes and wishes for a modern baby girl, this is also an enchanting lullaby which is warmly illustrated. The hopes for the baby girl include, “let her have brave days and truth”, “trust and delight in her...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2010
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Boris Goes Camping
Carrie Weston
A follow-up to best-selling Oh Boris! this warm-hearted and lively story captures all the excitement of an outdoor adventure. The big bear Boris and his classmates are off camping. Luckily, Boris is not only very big but also very strong...
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/07/2011
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