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Books > Children's & Educational > Young children's, early learning & special book types > Early learning / early learning concepts > Things that go
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.
Choose your favourite vehicle and LET'S GO! Join all the busy animals as they zoom around in every kind of vehicle you can imagine, vibrantly illustrated by the talented Katie Abey. Is that a cheeky monkey flying a plane? And did I see a llama riding a scooter? And there's a whole pack of animals catching that bus. All the animals are on the move in their favourite vehicles, zipping by in their own hilarious way. Travel across airports, race through city streets in fire engines and drive around building sites. Wherever you're going today ... tell us how it should be done! We Catch the Bus invites children to choose their favourite vehicles and how they like to travel over 12 spreads, packed with animals driving cars, buses, diggers, spacecraft, bikes, ships, scooters and more. With interactive speech bubbles and hilarious shout outs, this hilarious follow-up to We Wear Pants and We Eat Bananas is perfect for fans of You Choose and Just Imagine and kids who love to be on the move.
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.
The colorful and joyful illustrations in Jumbo Stickers for Little Hands: Things That Go are sure to inspire imaginative play and storytelling. With 75 large (2 inches or larger) vinyl reusable stickers and 24 pages of roads, construction sites, and more, there are no rules or set places for stickers to go. Jumbo stickers are perfect for learning fine motor skills, and even the youngest children who haven't yet achieved full manual dexterity can have loads of fun.
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.
Push, pull and slide the tabs to whizz around the pages of Busy Bikes! Perfect for toddlers just starting to cycle on a scooter or trike, or little ones starting to ride off on their first big bike! Children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with a gentle rhyming story and wonderful illustrations by Yi-Hsuan Wu, which is part of the popular Busy Book series. This book is perfect for young children who are learning exciting new skills. Busy Bikes has been endorsed and recommended by Dr Amanda Gummer's Good Toy Guide. Discover more of our Busy Book world with Busy Diggers, Busy Cars, and Busy Ambulance.
Push, pull and slide the tabs to help the Busy Ambulance on its way! Join the ambulance crew as they hurry to an accident before racing to hospital, with flashing lights and a noisy siren. Children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text and wonderful illustrations by Louise Forshaw, which is part of the popular Busy Book series. Discover more of the Busy Book series with titles such as Busy Fire Station, Busy Builders, Busy Airport, Busy Railway and Busy Town.
Here on the construction site, Bulldozer, Digger, Dump Truck, Concrete Mixer and Crane have a tough job ahead of them. Each one has their own story of resilience to tell, as they meet the challenge to get the job done! Double-layer lift flaps and read-aloud rhyming texts make this perfect inspiration for young readers.
Things that Go! 4-pack Children will LOVE finding out about busy machines with this 4-book vehicle pack. From planes to trains and boats to buses, kids will learn all about their favourite ways to travel, as each book takes a look at different types of vehicles in the air, and on water, tracks and road. Every page is packed with brilliant facts and super-bright illustrations that little learners will love.
Take an exciting bus ride from a Guatemalan village to a market town with this fresh approach to a favourite song. Features a Guatemalan-inspired, marimba-flavored singalong and educational endnotes about life in Guatemala. A QR code on the book provides access to video animation and audio singalong.
There Are 101 Things That Go in This Book is perfect for curious preschoolers who are discovering the world around them. Split 'flip-flap' pages encourage spotting and finding skills as little ones match up each set of things that go with the correct scene and learn the vehicle names. With five beautifully illustrated scenes from Neiko Ng, each vehicle is located in the right environment, and with activities on colours, counting and more, there is lots to do and talk about. Discover more in the 101 series: There are 101 Animals in This Book, There are 101 Sea Creatures in This Book, There are 101 Things to Find in London and There are 101 Dinosaurs in this Book.
Long planes, short planes, stuck at the airport planes . . . which do you like best? Follow fifty colourful planes as they race through the air - soaring, swooping and loop-the-looping! Can you find your favourite? Full of spotting and counting fun, with different planes to follow on each page and an exciting fold-out race at the end, this rhyming preschool picture book from Donna David and Nina Pirhonen has been specially developed to encourage pre-reading skills and expand language and vocabulary. With a super-shiny foil cover and fun read-aloud text, Planes Planes Planes! is perfect for any transport-obsessed toddler! Part of a preschool series from Macmillan Children's Books, Planes Planes Planes! includes reading tips for parents and carers at the back of the book. Fans of this book will love the others in the series: Trains Trains Trains! and Cars Cars Cars!
Join Poppy and Sam for a steam-train adventure with this delightful book and jigsaw. Young train lovers can enjoy the story book and have fun completing the simple 9-piece jigsaws, all featuring Stephen Cartwright's beautiful illustrations, with the famous little yellow duck to spot in each one. Jigsaws measure 17 x 17cm once complete.
Push, pull and slide the tabs to help the Busy Trucks with their important jobs! Collect the recycling, dump the rubble and tow the broken-down car to the garage. Young children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text, lots to spot and talk about, and wonderful illustrations by Yi-hsuan Wu. Busy Trucks has been endorsed and recommended by Dr Amanda Gummer's Good Toy Guide. Discover more vehicles in the Busy Book series: Busy Diggers, Busy Trains and Busy Cars.
Join Poppy and Sam on Apple Tree Farm with this truly interactive book for young children. Wind up the red train, place it on the tracks embedded in the thick card pages, and watch as it whizzes around the farm. There's even a turntable which allows you to change direction. Three delightful train stories are brought to life with this book and toy.
Mini Rabbit is back in another adventure from leading new talent John Bond! Mini Rabbit has a VERY important letter to post. Mini Rabbit is being VERY helpful. Mini Rabbit will NOT lose the letter, WILL be very careful, and definitely will NOT be late... Another hilarious adventure featuring the irrepressibly enthusiastic Mini Rabbit. Wittily told and beautifully illustrated from dynamic new author/illustrator talent John Bond.
Help the rangers on the LEGO (R) City wildlife reserve look after the safari animals! Little LEGO fans can bring the safari to life as they push, pull and slide the tabs in this fun board book. Make the LEGO (R) bricks move - feed the monkeys swinging in the tree, guide a lost elephant to a new home and then slide the scene-changing mechanism to discover all the animals on the reserve! Helps creative minds to: - enhance motor skills - develop hand-eye coordination - play as they read - be imaginative LEGO (R) City. Safari Rescue is a great gift for toddlers with inquisitive fingers and minds. Add to the collection and bring more of the LEGO City to life with LEGO (R) City. Police Patrol, LEGO (R) City. Fire Station and LEGO (R) City. Building Site.
Take to the water with this fun, visual miscellany for children who love anything boat related! Each double-page spread features a different group of boats and other watercraft to explore, such as helpful lifeboats, racing dragon boats and super submarines. Discover rowing, fishing and record-breaking boats from around the world, plus hard-working ships such as icebreakers and fireboats. Explore inside a car ferry, visit the floating market and find out how a boat floats. Filled with hundreds of different boats, ships, subs, and other wonderful watercraft, even the most avid young boat fanatic will discover new vessels they haven't seen before!
Elephants driving diggers? Gorillas on scooters? A shark in the bath? A kangaroo ... on the loo? Join in with the fun as an array of improbable creatures tries to be helpful (with hilarious consequences) in this laugh-out-loud picture book. The brilliant follow-up to the bestselling You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus
Peep inside a rocket to see the fuel going in, then help launch it into space. Ingenious flaps show how parts drop away from the rocket as the fuel is used up, and how it clicks into the docking position when it reaches the International Space Station. Curious young children can open flaps to peep right inside the capsule, Mission Control and the ISS to find out how everything works, and then open a parachute to help the astronauts return to Earth.
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.
All the favourites are here in this bright, bold picture book for machine-mad little ones - from diggers and tractors, to cranes, bulldozers and more! With fun, rhyming text and vibrant artwork, this is perfect for sharing and reading aloud. Children will love spotting all the details on each page and joining in with all the different sounds; as tractors 'squelch' through the mud and dumper trucks go 'crash!'. Part of the best-selling Awesome Engines range.
Big trains, small trains, short trains, long trains . . . which do you like best? Follow fifty colourful trains as they whizz along tracks and through tunnels - up, down, around and back again! Can you find your favourite? Full of spotting and counting fun, with five trains to find on each page and an exciting fold-out race at the end, this rhyming preschool picture book from Donna David and Nina Pirhonen has been specially developed to encourage pre-reading skills and expand language and vocabulary. With a super-shiny foil cover and fun read-aloud text, Trains Trains Trains! is just the ticket for any transport-obsessed toddler! |
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