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Books > Children's & Educational > Young children's, early learning & special book types > Early learning / early learning concepts > First experiences
Join Lucy and Oscar as they set off on a big adventure in this perfect first introduction to busy city life. What amazing things will you spot? The city wakes up and the streets begin to buzz with hustle and bustle. Bright lights flash, vehicles whizz past and bridges reach across the river carrying traffic to the other side. The city is full of adventure! Spot everything you could possibly find in the city! Zoom on the train, discover deadly dinosaurs at the museum, climb through the clouds to the top of the tallest building, glide along the river and wander past all kinds of treasures at the market. What incredible things will you see? Each spread uncovers an exciting new city scene. Take a bus tour, spot cranes building skyscrapers and watch as fountains throw water into the air. Have a picnic in the park, hear the ducks quack and watch the dogs prance and play. Discover wild and wonderful things at the museum plus lots more. With delighful artwork from Hannah Tolson, In The City will delight kids who love to explore.
"Dear Kids, A long time ago, when you were little, Mom and I took you to where we wanted to build a house. . . . I remember there was one tree, however, that the three of you couldn't stop staring at. . . ." After the family spares him from the builders, Steve the tree
quickly works his way into their lives. He holds their underwear
when the dryer breaks down, he's there when Adam and Lindsay get
their first crushes, and he's the centerpiece at their outdoor
family parties. With a surprising lack of anthropomorphizing, this
is a uniquely poignant celebration of fatherhood, families, love,
and change.
Take the worry out of toilet training with these two engaging books, specially designed to motivate boys and girls to get excited about using the potty. Full color.
Nita is struck by a car and breaks her leg. She needs to be brave when she is taken to hospital to have it treated. This dual language book will help ease children's fears and prepare them for their first hospital visit.
Nita is struck by a car and breaks her leg. She needs to be brave when she is taken to hospital to have it treated. This dual language book will help ease children's fears and prepare them for their first hospital visit.
Join the busy farmer in this playful, interactive flap book! It's a busy day on the farm! Join in and use the flaps to help the farmer collect the eggs, harvest the crops, milk the cow and much, much more. With interactive action-flaps, you can do it, too! Each clever flap provides an action or scene-change to encourage children to actively engage and explore. The playful flaps are perfect for little hands to develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Original concept and illustration by Dan Green. The Busy Day series: Introduces the world Boosts motor skills Recommended for children aged 2+ Also available in the Busy Day series: Builder Vet Chef Astronaut Firefighter Athlete Train Driver . . . and many more to come!
Celebrate the World Cup with this lift-the-flap football book. Join in to help the footballer bring the trophy home! Ready, shoot . . . SCORE! Can you help the busy footballer to win the match? Join in and use the flaps to pass the ball, tackle the player, and shoot for the goal. With interactive action-flaps, you can do it, too! Each clever flap provides an action or scene-change to encourage children to actively engage and explore. The playful flaps are perfect for little hands to develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Original concept and illustration by Dan Green. The Busy Day series: Introduces the world Boosts motor skills Recommended for children aged 2+ Also available in the Busy Day series: Astronaut Athlete Builder Chef Farmer Firefighter Mechanic Train Driver Vet
Which plants shall we grow? Where should we plant them? And how do we care for them? Helping with real tasks is a natural progression from pretend play, and is a crucial stage in a child's development. Achieving a shared goal encourages a sense of responsibility, and develops many skills useful in later life. Simple conversational text and lively illustrations are carefully designed to encourage further dialogue between reader and child.
This gentle introduction to how our lives are organized according to time makes a perfect starting point for introducing this core concept. Times of the day, times of the year, and the passing of time are all explored. This title follows a young boy's week, from his Monday visit to the library right through to Sunday lunch. Little ones will love reading his story and sharing their own routines and experiences.
ME includes songs about the body, the five senses, growth and change, food and drink, and movement and feelings and is specially designed for generalist teachers in the classroom. Songbirds: Me includes songs about the body, the five sensse, growth and change, food and drink, and movement and feelings and is perfect for topic work in PHSE. The songs appeal especially to young children and are short enough to teach by rote. No music reading is required and the CD includes both sample performances and backing tracks.
Warning: This book contains bathroom humor. Take one of the most significant milestones in a child s life potty training add loads of silliness, and the result is the perfect book for the toilet-training set (and their parents). Potty Palooza is a fun and informative step-by-step guide that kids will love to hear read aloud as they sit on the potty. Written from the perspective of an eager and curious toddler (and, unlike other potty-training books, designed to teach both boys and girls), this charmingly illustrated book celebrates every successful trip to the bathroom with a potty palooza and stars an endearing and quirky cast of characters: potty hippos, who gather when you use too much toilet paper; space aliens, who zoom in to try to use your potty; a wild elephant; and the Poop Police, who issue Mom or Dad a ticket for sounding too silly when singing the Potty Song. Toddlers will giggle as they learn the answers to all their questions: Will I fall in? (No, you re way too big.) How often will I be using the potty? (As often as you feel like you need to poop or pee.) Is it true that everyone poops, even the president of the United States? (Yes, everyone poops ) The book also includes fun poop and pee facts, a parents guide written by a board-certified pediatrician, and a potty chart with stickers to track progress. It s for every child ready to make a real bathroom breakthrough."
Change each Magic Window and watch the world transform... Magic Windows is the new novelty non-fiction series from Ladybird Books. Perfect for curious toddlers, this new series explores the wonderful transformations found in nature. Little ones will love to pull the sliding mechanism on each spread and change what appears in each Magic Window. They will learn why puddles appear, what hides behind the clouds and how rainbows are made. With Magic Windows: Weather, toddlers will not only learn more about the weather, they will interact and play with it too! Introduces the world Boosts motor skills Recommended for children aged 2+ Also available in the Ladybird Magic Windows series: My Body
This book shows in fun, colourful illustrations the many ways we move. Bright pictures and text explain the different methods we use to travel, and to transport goods and various things. In this book you will see people who walk, are pushed in a buggy, use a wheelchair, or use a car, and pictures of a bicycle, a racing car, a bus, tanker, lorry, tractor, roller skates, a van, a boat, a yacht, and a hot air balloon. The Tarantula Early Learners series takes simple and essential topics and makes them easy, and fun to learn. There are 12 books in the series. Their colourful illustrations and friendly style - with titles such as 1 2 3, A B C, and Time make them perfect pre-school books. These books have appealing pictures and are suitable for reading aloud, again and again.
It's breakfast time! Can you butter the toast and pour the milk? In this fun new series, little ones learn first words and experiences by using satisfying sliders and sturdy flaps. Each spread introduces a new scenario with characteristic vibrant artwork from acclaimed artist Jane Foster.
Let's play out in the rain! There's a wealth of sights, sounds, smells, tastes and textures to discover and enjoy! In this series of richly illustrated books, Carol Thompson celebrates the immediate and sensory response of children to the natural world - whatever the weather!
It's pottytime! Little boys and girls will love listening to familiar melodies of instrumental nursery rhyme favorites. Read the potty-themed lyrics throughout the book to sing along! Fun tunes include P-O-T-T-Y (Bingo), Sit and Try (If You're Happy and You Know It), Do You Have to Go? (Do Your Ears Hang Low?), Everybody Potties(Dem Dry Bones), and It's So Great to Wear Undies (Boom Boom, Ain'tIt Great to Be Crazy). Lyrics to all five toilet training songs are accompanied by playful artwork and audio buttons that match up with the icons on the pages are surrounded by a textured bathroom tile for an enhanced sensory experience. Pushing the buttons helps toddlers develop fine motor skills while singing strengthens early literacy skills. Sing along to the sound board book and get ready to go with this encouraging and fun pottytraining book!
Little Movers Run, climb, crawl or jump - everybody loves to move! Fast or slow, up or down, alone or with our friends! Carol Thompson's exquisite illustrations allow us to share and explore the struggles, achievements and sheer delight of children learning to manage and explore early movement challenges. These books are perfect aids to help build confidence and control. Ready? One, two, three...let's move!
Welcome to the world little one! Come explore our Animals and colours Lift-a-Flap board book filled with surprises Perfectly sized for little hands and fingers to open and close the flaps. 6 chunky and sturdy flaps are extra strong so your little one can open and close again and again Surprise and delight baby with bright artwork and special treats under each flap Collect all the books in the Babies Love series. From colors and animals, to first words and holidays, the Babies Love Chunky Lift-a-Flap series is a great introduction to reading with cheerful, contemporary, and whimsical illustrations and sturdy, easy-to-lift flaps
This latest entry in the bestselling Peek-a series invites young readers on a trip to the farm! From a cow to a rooster to the surprise ending, the lively, rhyming text and colourful pictures help children predict what is peeking through die-cut windows. Look at the clue . . . guess the rhyme . . . giggle wildly . . . and repeat!
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