It's bedtime, but five animal friends just can't seem to fall asleep. Little crocodile wants one last hug, Little monkey feels it's too dark and Little cat just wants to play some more. With patience and understanding, their mums and dads know just how to soothe their children, and provide the comfort that eventually sends them off to sleep. Young children will enjoy pulling the tabs to change the pictures on every spread, to see just how the little animals are reassured.

"Katie's Year" is the fifth in the best-selling "Katie" series of board books. In this new book, Katie makes her way through the months of the year, experiencing the changing seasons and some of the key events of the calendar - from wind and snow to rain and sunshine, from spring days with new lambs and bright flowers to summer days on the beach and in the garden. Winter celebrations include Halloween, Bonfire Night and of course Christmas. Simple Scots words in rhyming couplets guide the reader through the months of the year, and Katie is as cheery and inquisitive as ever. Her Granda and some of her animal pals from previous books also make an appearance, and there are some new friends too. With lots of things to look at and point to in Karen Sutherland's bright and cheery illustrations, "Katie's Year" should prove just as popular as its predecessors.

Whether it's raining, sunny, hot or cold, Bear always knows how to have fun. This early learning book teaches young readers about the weather and the seasons of the year, while Bear skates, paints, sings and plays. This bilingual edition includes vocabulary words in French and English.