Shark in the Loo is a laugh out loud story about a cheeky Shark who shows up unexpectedly in the bathroom on birthday party day. Mum, Dad and the party girl herself try all sorts of crazy ways to clear the house before the party guests arrive, and of course all their attempts are unsuccessful. In the end, the family must accept the additional party guest, who turns out to be a larger than usual extra mouth to feed. There's a Shark in the Loo is so funny that you'll laugh no matter how many times you read it.

A playful peek into the homes of dinosaur babies and their parents at bedtime.

‘How does a dinosaur say good night
when Papa comes in to turn off the light?
Does a dinosaur slam his tail and pout?
Does he throw his teddy bear all about?’

Most certainly not! Dinosaurs give their mums and dads big hugs and kisses, tuck their tails in and whisper, 'Good night!'

Brimming with humour and familiar good-night antics, here is a playful peek into the homes of dinosaur children and their parents at bedtime. Mark Teague uses a variety of perspectives in his dramatic, full-page pictures of tyrannosaurus rexes, triceratopses, and pteranodons

Barry the Fish with Fingers has lots of favourite activities! He loves painting and knitting, amongst other things, and being with his friends.

Can you help Barry count his five favourite activities on his fingers? And find out what he loves doing best!

A boldly illustrated and fun way for little ones to discover new activities and to practise counting from one to five, from the creators of the bestselling Supertato series.

When Mr Wrong gives his friends a tour of the Space Centre, he wrongly shows them inside a rocket going to Mars! How will the Mr Men cope with being part of Captain Strongarm's space crew and will they find life on Mars? The Mr Men and Little Miss Adventures take Roger Hargreaves' beloved characters on amazing trips to other worlds and different times where they have all kinds of funny and exciting escapades. The books are a new larger format, so that you can enjoy their inimitable stories in even greater scale. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two years old and up. Have you collected all the Adventures: Mr. Men Adventure with Dinosaurs Mr. Men Adventure in Egypt Mr. Men Adventure with Knights Mr. Men Adventure with Pirates Mr. Men Adventure on Wheels Mr. Men Adventure in the Jungle Mr. Men Under the Sea Mr. Men Adventure in Magicland Mr. Men Adventure with Superheroes Mr. Men Adventure in Ice Age Mr. Men Adventure with Minibeasts

Learning to count is fun in this entertaining book of numbers from the creators of the #1 New York Times Bestsellers, The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home. Poor Duncan! His favourite colours have gone missing. Can you help find them for him and count along the way? From the creative minds behind the The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home comes a colourful board book introducing young readers to numbers.

The Mr Men are having a wonderful time at this year’s Winter Wonderland fair.

Everyone except for Mr Tickle, who can’t seem to tickle anybody.

Not the carol singers, or the toffee apple seller, or even Mr Dizzy on the Ferris wheel! No fun at all!

Mr Men and Little Miss Celebrations introduce children to all the exciting occasions that people celebrate including birthdays, Christmas, Halloween, Easter, sporting events ... and even a trip to the moon. These colourful adventures will delight children of two years and upwards. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience.

Just how wacky can a Wednesday get?! With shoes on the wall, tortoises in trees, pigs without legs and teachers on roller skates, children will have lots of fun counting all the wacky things they can find on each spread of this entertaining book.

With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Suess has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranked among the UK’s top ten favourite children’s authors, Dr. Seuss is a global best-seller, with over 650 million books sold worldwide.

As part of a major rebrand programme, HarperCollins is relaunching Dr. Seuss’s best-selling books. In response to consumer demand, bright new cover designs incorporate much-needed guidance on reading levels. The standard paperbacks divide into three reading strands – Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children, Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own, and Yellow Back Books for older, more fluent readers to enjoy. This is a Green Back book.

Mummy time is magic time in this unexpected and enchanting new tale from the one and only Judith Kerr, creator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat.

From Judith Kerr OBE comes a future classic to touch the heart and tickle the funny bone.

With whip-smart observation, illustration perfection and the unexpected twist on the everyday that personifies Judith’s classics, Mummy Time is sure to join the ranks of her very best, and bestselling, books. Full of warmth, whimsy and wit – and the very special magic that can only happen when you’re with Mummy…

Penguin Blue is back, in a swashbuckling new adventure about pirates, treasure, and friendship! A pirate hat. A sunny day. For Penguin Blue A game to play. Your favourite Penguin and his friends are back in a new adventure, and this time they're pirates - ARRRRR! Sailing the seven seas in search of treasure, Captain Blue and his friends are unexpectedly SUNK! But with a shipwreck to explore and a mysterious stranger on a desert island to meet, they might still find some treasure after all... The fourth book from the award-winning, bestselling picture book star Rob Biddulph.

The hilarious sequel to the prize-winning, international bestseller The Day the Crayons Quit, now available in this toddler-friendly board book format! Watch out - the crayons are back and they're crosser than ever! One day Duncan receives a set of postcards from his crayons who have been lost, forgotten, broken - even melted in a clothes dryer and stuck to a sock! A hilarious text and joyful illustrations combine to show that crayons have feelings too in this laugh-out-loud sequel to bestselling picture book The Day the Crayons Quit.

Mr Forgetful can't remember anything. Anything at all! If Mr Forgetful had a dream he couldn't remember what it was about. The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?

Dumbo, the Dalmatians, Copper, and Thomas O Malley all have wonderful adventures that inspire learning and sharing. Read about each character, and practice drawing, too! Designed for children 36 months and up, the Learning Series offers children the opportunity to develop fine motor skills while having fun. This storybook includes a reusable magnetic pen and drawing pad as well as step-by-step instructions. The erasable drawing pad makes it easy to practice until perfect. Sure to please children and adults alike!

This is a wonderful story about the meaning of loneliness and the importance of friendship. There once was a boy and one day a penguin arrives on his doorstep. The boy decides the penguin must be lost and tries to return him. But no one seems to be missing a penguin. So the boy decides to take the penguin home himself, and they set out in his row boat on a journey to the South Pole. But when they get there, the boy discovers that maybe home wasn't what the penguin was looking for after all

Meet LONG JOHN McRON, SHIP'S COOK . . . and the most unusual babysitter you've ever seen.

Long John has a whole crew of wild pirates in tow, and – for two intrepid children – he's about to transform a perfectly ordinary evening into a riotous adventure beneath a pirate moon. It's time to make some PIRATE STEW.

Pirate Stew! Pirate Stew!
Pirate Stew for me and you!
Pirate Stew, Pirate Stew
Eat it and you won't be blue
You can be a pirate too!

Marvellously silly and gloriously entertaining, this tale of pirates, flying ships, donut feasts and some rather magical stew is perfect for all pirates, both young and old. With a deliciously rhyming text from master storyteller Neil Gaiman, and spellbinding illustrations by the supremely talented Chris Riddell, three-times-winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, this is the picture book of the year! Joyful, quirky and action-packed, it makes a spectacular and magical gift.

A week on Gran’s farm becomes an adventure of discovery when Oom Kallas introduces them to the geometric tortoise. But a devastating veld fire sweeps through a nearby nature reserve. Will the firefighters stop the fire reaching Gran’s farm?

Little Red sets off to visit her auntie who is poorly. She walks under the giraffes, over the sleepy crocodiles, past the enormous elephants and the chattering monkeys. Then a Very Hungry Lion approaches Little Red, wanting to gobble her up. But despite all the cunning plans by Lion, Little Red outsmarts him and soon has him saying sorry and eating doughnuts instead. A classic fairy tale with a twist by the bestselling Alex T. Smith.

Winnie and Wilbur have found the perfect ingredients for six of their most adventurous and exciting stories: dinosaurs, pirates, space rockets, broomsticks, submarines, and flying carpets - and they would love to share them with you. Not only are there six Winnie and Wilbur picture books, illustrated by Korky Paul, to share, this great-value boxed set also includes two special edition CDs featuring more than 90 minutes of stories and music - perfect for storytime, bedtime and journeys. Includes the following Winnie and Wilbur titles: The Broomstick Ride, The Flying Carpet, The Pirate Adventure, The Dinosaur Day, Winnie and Wilbur In Space, Winnie and Wilbur Under the Sea.

Red and yellow and pink and . . . CHOMP! Uh-oh! Nibbles the book monster has munched his way into a book of colours! Can you catch him before it's too late? With die-cut holes throughout!

Mr Impossible could do the most amazing things. For instance, Mr Impossible could jump over a house and he could make himself invisible. He can even sleep standing on his head. The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrations and funny stories make Mr Men and Little Miss the perfect story time experience for children aged two up. Have you met them all?

George loves space. Peppa wants to see the stars. What will they see when they look into the telescope?

Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird's best-selling reading series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills.

Each Read it yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout. Simple sentences and frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers and the different levels of books support children all the way from very first reading practice through to independent, fluent reading.

There are more than one hundred titles in the Read it yourself series, ranging from classic fairy tales and traditional world stories to favourite children's brands such as Peppa Pig, Kung Fu Panda and Peter Rabbit. A range of first reference titles complete the series, with information books about favourite subjects that even the most reluctant readers will enjoy.

Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants and can be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school. Further content includes comprehension questions or puzzles, helpful notes for parents, carers and teachers, and book band information for use in schools.

Peppa Pig: Stars is a Level 1 Read it yourself book, suitable for very early readers who are ready to take their first steps in reading real stories. Each simple story uses a small number of frequently repeated words.

An uplifting story about confronting big emotions from the author of The Night Box, stunningly illustrated by Júlia Sardà.

Ed's bad mood begins as something really small, hardly a thing at all.

But before long it grows, gathers pace, and spreads through the whole town.

Can Ed sweep his troubles away?

THE SCARECROWS' WEDDING is the eagerly awaited new picture book from the creators of THE GRUFFALO and STICK MAN, now available as a chunky board book with hardback cover. Written in Julia Donaldson's glorious rhyme and illustrated in glowing colour by Axel Scheffler, THE SCARECROWS' WEDDING is a fabulous love story, with drama, humour, originality - and a happy ending! Two scarecrows, Betty O'Barley and Harry O'Hay, are planning the perfect wedding. But wicked scarecrow, Reginald Rake, has other ideas and almost ruins their special day. Harry must become a hero before he and Betty can have the wedding of their dreams.