A classic English word book to help children learn key vocabulary, with one hundred everyday words illustrated in busy scenes and with labelled pictures. Colourful illustrations by Stephen Cartwright provide lots to look at and talk about, and there's a little yellow duck to find on each double page. An essential word book for preschoolers and children learning English as a second language - readers can also listen to every word read by a native English speaker at the Usborne Quicklinks website.

The first steps in learning a new language are made easy and fun in this engaging picture-and-word book. Containing more than 1000 Italian words, all of them illustrated with lively drawings by Susie Lacome. Words and images are arranged by subject, such as the bedroom, the garden, food, shapes and clothes, and will immediately capture the interest of young readers. Simple questions in English and Italian allow beginners to explore the language further.

A pack of illustrated cards with fifty words in simplified Chinese characters, as used on mainland China. Each card shows a picture of an everyday object with the Chinese word on one side and just the word on the other to aid revision. Illustrated with Jo Litchfield's handmade models. The cards can be used to play games, for self-testing, or simply propped up around the house or classroom as useful reminders.

This varied picture reference book contains 199 individual items found at the seaside. Children will enjoy spotting familiar sea creatures, birds, boats and shells, plus some more unusual ones. Themes include: `In the rock pool, `Along the shore' and `Seaside shop'.

Learn to read with young Amelia Bedelia!

The Amelia Bedelia books are great for growing the vocabularies of newly independent readers. In Amelia Bedelia Gets a Break, Amelia Bedelia is put in charge of caring for her class hamster over a school vacation. But Amelia Bedelia gets more than she bargained for when the hamster goes missing!

Amelia Bedelia is left in charge of her class pet—a hamster named Harry—over school break, and she’s excited to learn all about caring for an animal. But when Harry goes missing, Amelia Bedelia is upset. Her friends Dawn and Clay help her search the house and make “lost pet” signs, but it seems hopeless, until Amelia Bedelia puts herself in Harry’s shoes and finds him hiding in her favorite spot in the house.

A Level 1 I Can Read book featuring the childhood of America’s favorite housekeeper, Amelia Bedelia. More than thirty-five million Amelia Bedelia books sold since 1963!

These board books with handles by bestselling author-illustrator Jo Lodge are perfect for little hands! All the colours of the rainbow! This bright and bold book brings colourful fun to little ones as they explore the rainbow garden and search for friendly creatures. With flaps to lift and tabs to push and pull, toddlers will love learning numbers while developing their hand-eye co-ordination. The fun carry handle mean toddlers can take them with them on their busy days.

With 5 fun surprises, your baby will love the bright photographs and pop-out characters, perfect for reading aloud, learning first words, and encouraging early word recognition.

Ideal for preschool play, Pop Up Peekaboo! First Words is full of bright pictures and common words from around the home such as teddy, dog, bird, sock, tree, flower, ball, and more. Read the simple rhyming text and lift the flaps to discover what - and who - is hiding underneath. Your little one will love recognising familiar objects on the page.

This delightful early-learning book is perfect to read together and the surprise pop ups will keep your little one entertained.

The perfect baby present and self-purchase for just the right moment in a baby and parent's life.

Introducing Beginning Baby, a new line of novelty board books and gifts from the Chronicle Children's group. Based on over 30 years of distinctive, innovative, bestselling, and award-winning children's publishing, Beginning Baby is the ultimate series for new parents and their children. We've taken our experience as creative professionals, moms, dads, aunts, uncles, siblings, and friends to create a line of books and gifts that we would want to share with the little ones in our lives. Every Beginning Baby book, toy, or game features simple icons to denote which developmental milestones it supports, along with the intended age range. With its distinctive yet accessible art, lovable characters, and educational concepts, Beginning Baby is designed to make growing and learning as easy as playing and dreaming―and will become the must-have gift or self-purchase for every baby's first library. Because a strong beginning sets the groundwork for a bright start!

Smile, Baby!'s playful text introduces babies to their faces and asks them to find their nose, ears, and eyes in the embedded mirror.

• DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE: Every book is conceived and written to address milestones in a baby's life, from fine motor skills to shape recognition and emotional awareness.
• TEACHES PARTS OF THE FACE AND MOTOR CONTROL: Using the embedded mirror, parents and babies can find different parts of the face and touch their noses, pat their cheeks, and blow baby a kiss.
• CUTE CHARACTERS: Evoking Richard Scarry's classic characters but for much younger readers, these adorable characters―from an artistic llama to a musical elephant and gardener octopus―teach toddler concepts while promoting socialization and community.
• BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED FOR DISCERNING EYES: Bright, peppy colors and patterns make this series of books attractive for both babies and adults!
• MORE TITLES COMING: Beginning Baby will launch with 3 titles and publish 2–3 titles per season through 2022.

• Parents of babies and toddlers
• Grandparents
• Uncles and aunts
• Teachers and educators at daycare and early childhood centers
• Anyone looking for the perfect baby shower gift

Featuring spreads each with raised shaped objects that fit into scooped cutouts on their opposite page, these two new TouchThinkLearn books offer the youngest learners an irresistible opportunity to explore their universe in a hands-on multisensory way. Seeing the image, tracing its shape, saying its name: these modes of perception combine in a dynamic way to stimulate understanding of essential concepts. Discover-and experience-a pig by tracing its raised outline on one side and the concave form of the mud puddle it wallows in on the other. Clusters of related words on each spread offer parents and children a springboard for further conversations to encourage the language skills so crucial to later successful learning. In a format unlike any other, these groundbreaking books translate abstract thought into tangible knowledge.

In this delightful series of books, under GMC's exciting new imprint, Button Books, Alain Gree's stunning vintage illustrations leap out from every page. With three titles, Alphabet, Transport and Nature, aimed at 2-4 years, children will love to be taught their first words with the aid of such absorbing and vibrant illustrations. Despite their simplicity there is a richness of content that children will be fascinated by, and this wealth of information will be a joy for adults to share and discuss, making the potential for learning endless. As an educational tool and a pleasure to own, this fabulous series of books is a wonderful investment for families.

This BIG board book helps children to talk about how they feel. With a lift-the-flap matching game!

Big Book of Feelings helps busy, curious toddlers understand and express their feelings. There are questions to answer on every page, lots to spot and giggle at and a lift-the-flap matching game to play. Each page features a different emotion, and essential first words are placed in engaging contexts that prompt further talking and interaction between parents, carers and little ones. Perfect for boosting empathy and reducing frustration by equipping children with the words they need to express themselves.

A collection of reissued stories with simple vocabulary featuring Dick, Jane, and other familiar characters.

Enjoy reading first words to your baby, with beautiful illustrations of everyday objects. Your baby will love the stylish illustrations and the shiny coloured foil on every page. Black and white board books are perfect for helping your baby to identify first objects and their very first words. The eye catching foil design will ensure these books will continue to be well loved throughout their first few formative years. Words included: Sock Bear Cup Duck Goodnight

Meet The Googlies by Jo Lodge! In Tiger At The Beach, children will learn their first summer holiday words! Bold, googly eyes and a sliding mechanism bring this adorable tiger to life, while children share the simple story and point at the bold pictures. An ideal book for babies, this title combines brilliant illustrations, a simple story and first words - a perfect introduction to summer words for your little one! Read more in the series with Let's Play, Cheetah; It's Lunchtime, Monkey!; Time For Bed, Panda; Let's Go Out, Elephant and Frog At The Farm

Fans of Chris Ferrie's ABCs of Biology, ABCs of Space, and ABCs of Physics will love this introduction to engineering for babies and toddlers! This alphabetical installment of the Baby University baby board book series is the perfect introduction to science for infants and toddlers. It makes a wonderful science baby gift for even the youngest engineer. Give the gift of learning to your little one at birthdays, baby showers, holidays, and beyond! A is for Amplifier B is for Battery C is for Carnot Engine From amplifier to zoning, the ABCs of Engineering is a colorfully simple introduction to STEM for babies and toddlers to a new engineering concept for every letter of the alphabet. Written by two experts, each page in this engineering primer features multiple levels of text so the book grows along with your little engineer. If you're looking for the perfect STEAM book for teachers, science toys for babies, or engineer toys for kids, look no further! ABCs of Engineering offers fun early learning for your little scientist!