Nearly three million years ago the Ice Age began. Oceans froze, ice sheets covered land and animals, along with humans, found ways to thrive. These prehistoric creatures were weird, wonderful and enormous. Explore the Earth continent by continent and come face to face with Ice-Age megafauna, such as North America's short-faced bear - which was 3.7 metres tall, and mastodons - which weighed twice as much as a T. rex! Accompanying the images, lively text allows you imagine exactly what these mega animals were like!

Behold: an opposites book like no other. Simple pairing of words, both expected (big/ small) and unexpected (clear/ blurry), are humorously illustrated with a graphic and loveable red hippopotamus. Bold colours and unexpected die-cuts and textures spice up this elegantly engaging board book.

When five little men come to visit Earth from Outer Space, they don't like what they see. Finding a planet that is spoiled and neglected, the little men fly away, one by one. Luckily, by the end of this much-loved counting song, the world becomes a better place to visit - and the five little men may even have had something to do with it! All children love this traditional rhyme and singing along will help to develop number skills. Bouncy illustrations, innovative die cutting and popular rhymes make Books with Holes a must for every child. Available in three formats, suitable for babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers and the nursery or classroom. Complete with Audio CD.

It's a busy day on the building site! Join in and use the flaps to help the builder climb the ladder, saw the wood, hammer the nail 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. Look out for other titles in the Busy Day series: Vet Chef Astronaut . . . and many more to come!

Calling all equestrians and horse enthusiasts! Inside Out: Horse gives you an exclusive look at the many exciting parts of the horse, from the powerful muscles that create its gallop, to the special stomach that helps digest more than twenty pounds of grass a day. Alongside beautiful illustrations and photographs, an interactive die-cut model reveals the different systems of the horse.

New, updated edition for 2009 featuring the 44th President of the United States - Barack Obama.
"Fandex Family Field Guides: Presidents "presents a chronological field guide to all 44 of America's chief executives. Which President made the Louisiana Purchase? Which President won a Nobel Peace Prize?
Which President also served as chief justice of the Supreme Court? Who was in office during the Teapot Dome scandal, and who endured the childhood nickname "Useless"?
From the historic Founding Fathers (three of whom died on the Fourth of July) to the 19th-century forgettables (Fillmore, Tyler, Pierce et al.) to our current leadership, " Presidents" lets you finally get it straight.
51 Die-Cut Cards
Full Color Throughout
Knowledge at Your Fingertips
For the Whole Family

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Sweet, simple rhyming text and an interactive finger puppet combine for hours of delightful play!

Discovering colours is more exciting and hands-on than ever with this interactive board book, complete with tactile moving spinners to encourage children to think, turn and learn!

Introduce your baby to all of the seasons with this bright, interactive playbook. Say hello to spring, summer, autumn and winter, from fluffy chicks to sparkly snowflakes! With textured patches to touch, feel and explore, this bright and sturdy board book with grabbable tabs will engage young children from birth upwards. High-contrast colours and touch-and-feels stimulate a baby's senses, while encouraging interaction and play. A perfect first words book for all babies and toddlers. Sensory development Boosts motor skills Recommended for children aged 0+ Illustrated by Lemon Ribbon Studio Also available: Baby Touch: Playbook Baby Touch: Peekaboo Baby Touch: Vehicles Baby Touch: Animals Baby Touch: Tummy Time Baby Touch: Night Night Baby Touch: Busy Day Baby Touch: Get Dressed

The bright, busy scenes in Hinkler’s Junior Jigsaws are packed full of fun details, each designed to captivate and entertain young children. Everyone in the family will enjoy putting them together! The 45 big puzzle pieces are perfect for little hands and will delight pre-schoolers aged 3 and up. Don’t forget to look for the mouse hiding in every puzzle!

Little ones will be giddy to race through the clouds and rainbows with unicorns and their friends in this magical jigsaw! They will enjoy looking out for the superhero unicorn, a griffin and cloud-dwelling cat and dog!

• New additions to the series.
• On the turn of every tabbed page, children will discover lots of things to look for and find.
• Wonderful, fun illustrations with ‘can you find’ activities.
• Chunky tabbed book with rounded corners.

Children will love helping Teddy cook up some yummy treats in this interactive novelty book with colorful felt pieces to place in five unique scenes! Teddy's ready to cook with Grandma! Can you help them? This sweet book celebrates special moments of togetherness and includes 20 soft felt pieces to place in five different scenes. The third book in the interactive Funtime Felt series, Let's Cook with Teddy invites little ones to help Teddy and his grandma make a vegetable soup, a pizza, and Teddy's favorite--ice cream sundaes! Includes a plastic storage pouch to keep the felt pieces secure and organized.

This delightful cloth Bible is fun, soft, and perfect for small hands! Accompanied by cute and colourful illustrations, the story of how God made the world is told in a simple way that very young children can understand. This cloth Bible is perfect for babies and toddlers to touch and squeeze! Content Benefits: Babies and toddlers will enjoy learning about God's care as they touch and feel their way through this tactile cloth Bible. * A lovely first introduction to the story of Creation * A tactile cloth book * Cute and vibrant illustrations will entertain babies and toddlers * Includes simple text very young children can understand * Perfect gift idea for a Christening, Baptism, Dedication or New Baby * Washable * Suitable for children 0 to 2 years

From Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella to Rapunzel and Pinocchio, this collection of ten popular fairy tales is one which children will want to hear again and again. Read by well-known children's TV presenter Floella Benjamin, with added sound effects and music and an approximate running time of 70 minutes, Favourite Stories is fun to listen to at home or in the car.

Stories: Beauty and the Beast The Princess and the Pea The Three Billy Goats Gruff Rapunzel Hansel and Gretel Cinderella Pinocchio The Elves and the Shoemaker Snow White Dick Whittington

Introducing the interactive Little World series from Ladybird that makes our big world little.

Little World is designed for curious toddlers, allowing them to explore familiar landscapes and faraway places, from cities and jungles to outer space and the depths of the ocean.

The gentle narrative is perfect for reading aloud and guiding children on their city adventure, and a novelty slide, push or pull on every spread also helps them to engage and explore.

Allison Black's bright artwork and charming characters encourage interaction and play, with lots to spot, see and enjoy at on every spread.

This series has been created in collaboration with subject experts to produce accurate representations of the world around us and to provide a perfectly designed Little World.

Look out for the other titles in the Little World series:

To the Moon, Jungle Journey and Under the Sea

... with many more to come!

With a wondrously simple die-cut book, the Caldecott Honor-winning creator of the Journey trilogy brings his talents further into the light.

This is the light that brings the day.

Open this beautiful book to find a graphic yellow sun surrounded by a halo of bright die-cut circles. Now hold the page up to the light and enjoy the transformation as the colors in those circles glow. In an elegant, sparely narrated ode to the phenomenon of light, Aaron Becker follows as light reflects off the earth to warm our faces, draws up the sea to make the rain, feeds all the things that grow, and helps to create all the brilliant wonders of the world, including ourselves.

Learn your ABC with the Very Hungry Caterpillar! * Explore the animal alphabet * Featuring Eric Carle's bright, distinctive artwork * Discover amazing animals, big and small * Strong and sturdy board book pages, for rough and tumble toddlers The Very Hungry Caterpillar makes learning fun!

Step into the past, a world of stone and steel--and excitement! Inside Out: Medieval Castle includes everything you need to start your medieval adventure, from scaling a tower to outfitting an armory. Alongside beautiful illustrations and photographs featuring reallife castles, an interactive die-cut model reveals the many parts of an ancient castle.

Little ones can join in the fun with Freddy the Frog by pulling out the sliders, pushing up the tabs and making lots of noise down at the pond! Follow Freddy as he squelches in slime, races his friends and croaks all the day long!

Children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text, from the award-winning illustrator of The Gruffalo, Axel Scheffler.

Discover more animal adventures from Axel Scheffler: Axel Scheffler Pip the Puppy, Axel Scheffler On the Farm, Axel Scheffler In the Jungle

Monster Mummy is going shopping, so Boris is babysitting for Monster Baby. The thing is, Boris isn't very good at it. He plonks Monster Baby in the dog basket, forgets to feed him and falls fast asleep when he should be putting Baby to bed. Can you help Boris babysit before things get really out of hand? There's a lot of looking after to do! With a cute, furry baby monster on ribbon to play with and attach to each page. A hilarious follow-up to the bestselling Calm Down, Boris! by the super-talented Sam Lloyd.

This bestselling Christmas poem celebrates the joys of the holidays with a thankful heart, especially the gift of baby Jesus. Woodland animals are grateful for holiday blessings, from decorating, baking, and caroling to Christ's special birth. This board book for little ones, ages 0 to 4, features Heartfelt rhyming text about all the blessings of winter and Christmas, Whimsical illustrations of favorite holiday activities, Easy to understand text that connects your favorite parts of the holiday season with the Truths of the biblical Christmas story, Sturdy board book pages that toddlers and preschoolers can easily hold, and A fun tree-shaped die cut and glittery sparkle on the cover. This sweet and festive prayer is a great gift from Santa, Christmas tree surprise, or Advent gift for you and your children or grandchildren to develop gratitude throughout the Christmas season.

In My Favourite Monkey, older babies and toddlers will have lots of fun playing peekaboo with the easy-to-grab pull-down flaps and turning wheel to choose their favourite character. From the bendy monkey swinging through the trees to the cheeky monkey hiding all the snacks, which monkey will your little one pick?

With a delightful question-and-answer rhyme and appealing illustrations from Daniel Roode, My Favourite Monkey is sure to focus and engage even the youngest of children.

Also available in the My Favourite series: My Favourite Owl, My Favourite Puppy, My Favourite Kitten