Join Thomas for an adventure on the Island of Sodor in this delightful new picture book! This action-packed story is filled with diggers, mud and lots of engine fun! Alfie the digger just wants to be a part of the team and help get Sodor ready for a big fair. But he is too little and nobody needs a digger. That is until Thomas gets himself stuck in the mud! Alfie must rush to the rescue to make sure Thomas gets to the fair on time. Thomas has been teaching children lessons about life and friendship for over 75 years. He ranks alongside other beloved characters such as Paddington Bear, Winnie-the-Pooh and Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage.

George loves to play with his toy tractor, but all he really wants to ride a real tractor! Peppa and George are helping Granny and Grandpa Pig take their vegetables to the farmers' market - will they see a real tractor when they get there? This super fun story will delight younger readers and is the perfect present for any Peppa fan!

This title deals with: tractors, trucks, trains, planes, helicopters, balloons, ships, ferries, boats, bicycles, motorcycles, and, cars. This special padded boardbook encourages toddlers to talk and to learn new words, using the popular subject of moving vehicles - on land, off road, on the farm, in the snow, on water, in the air, and even in space! Young children are fascinated by things that go, and this book is full of bright, bold action photographs of all kinds of transport, from a tiny tricycle to a giant jet plane. Eye-catching pictures, informative and entertaining captions, and simple challenges will encourage children to observe, name, count, group and remember, all while increasing their reading skills. Annotated images show the different parts of a truck, a racing car and a motorcycle. With an engaging point-and-say format, this book is designed for children and grown-ups to read together, or for more confident readers to enjoy by themselves. This bright picture and word book introduces a diverse collection of modes of transportation.You can: see all the different things that busy trucks help us to do; add up the wheels, from a single-wheeled unicycle to a four-wheeled quad bike; count five red vehicles, four yellow ones and three blue ones; find the tractor in the collage of photographs; see brave firefighters in action; spot the odd one out, play a game of I Spy, and much more. With plenty of activities, and lots to talk about, this first words and recognition book is ideal for young readers.

Where do the trains go? There and back. Let's sing a train song All down the track. Toddlers love trains and the noises they make. Listen Up! Train Song uses repeating verse and bright photographs to match this enthusiasm with a unique take on the conceptual sound book that is perfect for reading aloud. Each spread uses onomatopoeia to highlight the ting-a ling! of subway door chimes, the chuff-a-gruff-a! of a diesel engine, and more. And after the children have sung along through the colorful pages, a final note to caregivers offers enriching, age-appropriate activities to keep building their child's foundational learning skills. A first expectation of kindergarten curriculums is for preschoolers to explore sounds, rhythms, and language structures. With repetitive, easy-to-remember verse from the award-winning author of Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That and Shape Up, Construction Trucks!, Victoria Allenby's Listen Up! Train Song invites its young audience to recognize the songs of the train yard and to proudly sing their own.

Vibrant photos of race cars, rockets, trucks, trains, jets and more will excite the very youngest travelers as they learn about the many ways that people get from here to there. These sturdy pages showcase the ways people get around across land, water, and the sky with bold photos, supersimple facts, and lively, age-appropriate language to keep babies and toddlers-and their grown-ups-fascinated by every colourful page. Designed to be the stepping-stone to the best-selling National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book series, the Little Kids First Board Book series takes similar subjects and distills them down to the simplest nonfiction concepts for the youngest audience. Not only will readers learn about several different kinds of transportation, they can also find recurring shapes and patterns in the art, while adults can keep their eyes open for occasional funny commentary from the animals. Sidebar text offers additional learning for older siblings or those ready for more complex information. With their square shape, bright and playful design, awesome photography, clear text, and cues to encourage interactive learning, the Little Kids First Board Books mirror the beloved First Big Books while taking a fresh new approach to excite a baby's sense of wonder and make learning about nature and science fun.

This stylishly illustrated reference book probably contains every type of vehicle you've ever seen - and lots that you haven't. There's everything from rockets, racing cars and planes to tanks, trucks and Roman chariots. Every picture is labelled with its name, and there's an index of all the names at the back of the book.

Soothe truck-loving toddlers off to sleep with this vehicle-themed bedtime picture book Hush, little trucker, you're in luck. Mama's gonna find your lost toy truck. A new spin on the classic song "Hush, Little Baby," this truck-themed lullaby follows a mother and child as they discover different vehicles, from a bulldozer to a front-end loader. Kim Norman's gentle rhyming text, paired with Toshiki Nakamura's imaginative illustrations, makes this picture book a great option for bedtime read-alouds.

Take a train ride with Mickey in this accordion-fold board book, with flaps to lift on every page All aboard! While reading a simple story about Mickey's train ride to the countryside, fold this book out car by car to explore the train inside and out-and meet Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and more of Mickey's pals along the way! Each page has a flap to lift for added seek-and-find fun, and the back sides of the pages feature a running landscape with plenty of fun objects to discover and count. A magical, interactive ride from beginning to end!

Vivid paintings by Shari Halpern and light verse by Philemon Sturges take readers through the roaring world of rumbling trucks and reveal each truck's special job.

George is going on a long train journey with Peppa, Daddy Pig and Mummy Pig. Board the train and follow George on his exciting train ride in this super fun novelty book that's shaped like train!

This train-shaped board storybook has 6 real wheels!

Mighty Machines Diggers! Certain to delight young vehicle fans, this action-packed title is bursting with all types of diggers and other building machines. With clear, engaging text and bright illustrations, including a host of lively vehicle characters, there's lots for busy little people to look at, talk about and explore on every page.

Babies and toddlers will love making the vehicles in this brightly coloured board book move by sliding the panels. Bright, bold, colourful illustrations are attractive to very young children, and the sliders, cut-outs and fingertrails in this book are brilliant for developing essential motor skills and hand-eye coordination. A joy to share with a baby or toddler.

A spectacular collection of four much-loved modern classics from the multi award-winning, internationally best-selling picture book creator, Oliver Jeffers, along with a captivating behind-the-scenes look at the making of each in four fascinating sketchbook sections.

Contains the following stories:

- How to Catch a Star

- Lost and Found

- The Way Back Home

- Up and Down

Also within the pages of this exquisite collection is a special letter from Oliver Jeffers and more than 100 wonderfully distinctive sketches, notes and ideas, carefully chosen from his archives and revealed here for the first time. Watch as the boy and his friends spring to life on the sketchbook pages. See the real-life starfish that appears in How to Catch a Star, learn the true story of the boy and the penguin who inspired Lost and Found and find out what the Martian’s dad looks like! With all these things, and more, this incredible volume gives a unique insight into the life story of the iconic books – loved by readers the world over – and celebrates the incredible work of one of today’s most popular and highly regarded picture book creators.

Join Thomas and his friends for a festive adventure! In this beautifully-illustrated picture book, Thomas and Percy must work against the clock to clear the snow and deliver the presents for Christmas. Can they make it in time? Thomas and Percy were really excited for Christmas Day. They were busy getting their jobs done when they found out that the presents hadn't been delivered to the villagers! Find out if our beloved engines can save Christmas in this wonderful picture book adventure. Thomas has been teaching children lessons about lift and friendship for 75 years. He ranks alongside other beloved characters such as Paddington Bear, Winnie the Pooh and Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage.

Campbell Books are coming to the rescue in My First Touch and Find: Emergency. Lift the giant flaps to reveal the touchy-feely emergency vehicles and lots of exciting textures. Feel the bumpy tyres of a police car, the rubbery hull of a coastguard's boat and a smooth and shiny ambulance! Bright and friendly illustrations from Tiago Americo bring the scenes to life and, with something to spot or count on every page, each colourful book in the My First Touch and Find series provides lots of fun for older babies and toddlers. Also available in this tactile series: Dinosaurs, Park, Farm, Zoo, Sea, London, Jungle, Christmas, Baby Animals, Beach and Things That Go.

This is a bright boardbook full of bold action photographs of all sorts of vehicles - from the smallest child's bicycle to huge trucks and speeding express trains. Pictures of real machines are shown alongside toy versions with which little ones may be more familiar. It includes vehicles that move on land (cars, bikes, trains, tractors, diggers, dumpers and more) on water (boats and ships) and through the air. The basic, lively text encourages reading and interactive questioning, such as have you ever flown in a plane? Young readers will enjoy looking at, pointing to and recognizing all of these things that go, either on their own or with a grown-up. This first words and picture boardbook combines straightforward text with bold, bright photographs of vehicles, to promote the development of literacy and recognition. Devised with the help of educational specialists, it is visually appealing, designed for preschoolers to enjoy and to learn from. Simple captions and annotations reveal key facts about each mode of transport, such as pointing out a boat's sail, hull, rudder and keel. Look at the bristly brushes on the car wash. Who do you think will win the bicycle race?And learn how many people it takes to work a mighty excavator! The final pages challenge readers to remember the names of a selection of vehicles featured earlier on in the book. All of this encourages youngsters to make connections, and to see how various things link and work together.

The interactive Look & Learn series is a multi-layered, skill-building approach that introduces concepts with context reinforcement so learning sticks. These eye-catching books make early learning fun! Filled with colourful photographs inspired by National Geographic Little Kids magazine, this book introduces curious children to vehicles on the move-trains, planes, and trucks.

Cities around the world are always on the move, and this lively book puts little ones in the driver's seat with a cacophony of sounds right on the streets of some of the most exciting metropolises on the planet, including San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Tokyo, London, Vancouver, and more. The sturdy pages feature fire trucks, diggers, motorcycles, and boats, as well as police cars (weeeoooeee!), airplanes (swish!), and strollers in the park (whir, whir!). Zoom! Beep! Vroom! Busy Cities will surely charm any young vehicle enthusiast and the many tots that are intrigued by life in the big city.

Where do the trains go? There and back. Let's sing a train song All down the track. Toddlers and babies love trains and the noises they make. Listen Up! Train Song uses repeating verse and bright photographs to match this enthusiasm with a unique take on the conceptual sound book that is perfect for reading aloud. Each spread uses onomatopoeia to highlight the ting-a ling! of subway door chimes, the chuff-a-gruff-a! of a diesel engine, and more. And after the children have sung along through the colorful pages, a final note to caregivers offers enriching, age-appropriate activities to keep building their child's foundational learning skills. Playing with sounds and rhythms is a first step to language development. With repetitive, easy-to-remember verse from the award-winning author of Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That and Shape Up, Construction Trucks!, Victoria Allenby's Listen Up! Train Song invites its young audience to recognize the songs of the railway and to proudly sing their own. "Train lovers will delight in this book featuring photos of trains....[A] perfect match for story hours about things that go. The back matter provides three developmentally appropriate activities and prompts to increase and extend engagement with children, making this a first purchase for the shelves." -School Library Journal Starred Review

Make baby bathtime fun with DK's Squeaky Baby Bath Book: Things That Go. Squeaky Baby Bath Book: Things That Go is packed with bright, squashy, waterproof pages, and a built-in squeaker making baby bathtime fun or high chair play for your little one! Introduce your baby to recognisable modes of transport from a train to a plane from a tractor to a bus. Each page has one bright image showing a mode of transportation with a word book label making this baby-learning bath book clear and simple. Great for teething too, Squeaky Baby Bath Book: Things That Go is BPA free, non-toxic and wipe-clean with squishy pages, ideal for small hands. A great gift for any newborn Squeaky Baby Bath Book: Things That Go is perfect for learning and playing at baby bathtime!