Inspired by traditional animal stories from Africa, find out WHY Giraffe has a long neck. Once upon a time, Giraffe's neck was quite short. Until the hartebeests wouldn't share their lunch, so Giraffe had to STRETCH to reach the juiciest leaves! A vibrant animal adventure perfect for curious little ones. Written by the award-winning Ken Wilson-Max and illustrated by Tumi Steyn. Other titles in the African Stories series: Once Upon a Lion, Once Upon a Zebra, Once Upon an Elephant and Once Upon a Hippo.

Ganga Ma is the goddess of the scared River Ganga-Ganges in Asia. She represents purity and wellness. This simple books tell us about her symbolism and how Shiva stooped her coming to flood the Earth. These books are a great modern-day approach to teaching children or all diversities and background about Hindu gods and goddesses. The books teach basic facts about the origins of the deities, their beginnings, and their symbolism.

Explore the construction site with a new title from Priddy Books-Let's Learn & Play! Construction. This fantastic new format is aimed at children aged three and over. Packaged in a sturdy case with a magnetic fastening, there is a board book with die-cut spaces to fit in over 20 play pieces. These pieces complete the busy scenes of different construction sites, from building a house, fixing the road to creating an outside play area. Each of the illustrated pages is full of things for children to spot and look for as they learn about how construction sites work. This book is great for encouraging problem solving skills as well as hand-eye coordination.

Join Spot as he goes for a walk in this classic lift-the-flap tale, now available as a board book!

Spot is walking in the garden and meeting lots of new friends along the way - including a hen, a woodpecker and a busy bee! What else will he see?

With fun flaps to develop fine motor skills and a story that encourages curiosity and exploration, this classic story is perfect for early learning and play.

Little Tommy loves to play pretend but how will he feel when he takes part in his very first school play?

This joyful picture book is all about giving every child their chance to shine. The story perfectly captures all the happy chaos of the classroom and the moment when a little boy, who is destined to become a star, first steps onto the stage. As rain starts to fall and the stage begins to wobble everyone works together because the play must go on!

And by the end, Tommy loves his time on stage so much that the real challenge will be encouraging him to let the play end!

The innovative teaching materials contained in this box have been designed and created following the principles of the Montessori method. They have been designed to be used by children on their own; no help is required from the adult who can simply observe their child as they enthusiastically discover the world. Thanks to the fun and enjoyable activities proposed, play becomes an educational moment for your children whose curiosity will inspire them to start building up experiences for the future. Maria Montessori believed that babies had innate abilities and that it was up to adults to offer suitable stimulus to develop them. This box, for babies from 0 to 12 months, contains some entertaining cards with shapes and patterns in black and white as well as coloured cards showing interesting animal faces to stimulate the attention and visual perception of new-borns, and to be used as a first puzzle for babies from 10 months on. Parents themselves may enjoy making up a memory book with photos of their babies' funniest and most interesting expressions, using the poster included in the box.

This adorable book for babies and toddlers is full of fun rhyming questions to answer and charming illustrations. Little ones will love looking at the pictures and discovering which animal is wearing a hat, which dog is chasing a ball and much more. A lovely book to enjoy together.

Claris, the chicest mouse in Paris, is setting off on an exciting adventure, with this look and find activity book that takes the reader through the famous landmarks of Paris! Can you find Claris and her friends in fabulous Parisian places such as the patisserie, the florist and the carousel? Look inside to find out! Compassion is always in fashion in this beloved series by acclaimed children's author and fashion illustrator Megan Hess. With more than a million children's books in print, Megan Hess's beautiful rhyming picture books are adored worldwide. She is the creator of three best-selling picture-book series for children: Claris, World of Claris and the Young Queens Collection. Perfect for: Readers aged 3-6 who love dress-ups, gentle adventure and friendship stories ​Readers of all ages who love all things fashion and style! Fans of sparklingly fun picture books such as Eloise and Olivia. Gift-buyers looking for a dazzlingly beautiful illustrated look-and-find story! The Where Is Claris series includes: Where is Claris in Paris! Where is Claris in New York! Where is Claris in London! Where is Claris in Rome! Where is Claris at Easter!

This bus-shaped, lift-the-flap board book introduces five key concepts: the alphabet, numbers, colours, shapes, and opposites, making it ideal for preparing young children for school. Each double-page spread introduces a different concept, and has cute and colourful illustrations of animal characters in a preschool setting. The rhyming, alliterative text encourages children to lift the flaps, and what they reveal is part of the learning experience. This is active learning at its most fun, and this book will not only prepare preschool kids for school, but it will reassure them that school is a happy and interesting place to be.

Go on an adventure into the jungle with a brave and loveable tooth fairy – the perfect story for any child with a wobbly tooth, and a great introduction to the tooth fairy for younger readers!

A snappy, happy jungle adventure from the bestselling picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, creators of the What the Ladybird Heard series, which has sold over four million copies worldwide.

Ruth Mary the tooth fairy has been sent off to the jungle to collect teeth from animals! Everything goes well until a crocodile wakes up and decides that she looks like a tasty snack . . . and with her wings not working, how will she escape?

An official lift-the-flap board book for Alphablocks, one of the most-watched shows on Cbeebies! Learn and play with the Alphablocks! This fun lift-the-flap book helps young children to recognise letters A to Z, use phonics skills to blend letters and build words, and match letters to sounds. Perfect for early learners aged 3+ years.

Astrid has always loved the stars and space. "I want to be an astronaut!" she says. While Mama is away, Papa and Astrid have fun acting out the challenges an astronaut faces on a space mission - eating food from a tube, doing science experiments, living and sleeping in near-zero gravity. Astrid can do it all! Then it's time to meet Mama at the airbase. But where has Mama been?

The workbook has been was developed in compliance with the requirements of the curriculum (CAPS).

This workbook pays attention to the vocabulary that the child must repeat aloud to ensure that the child can speak English fluently by the end of the Foundation Phase and can read graded reading material.

The written activities that the child has to complete in accordance with the oral work provide valuable opportunity for practice and inculcation. The workbook clearly indicates during which week the worksheet, practise page and vocabulary game should be used to learn the systematic progression of skills.

This thematic workbook contains:

• worksheets.
• practise pages that instils the learner’s knowledge of new vocabulary and the phonic activities done orally.
• fun games to practice thematic vocabulary.
• sound cards needed in the third term for discrimination of sounds and word building.
• footnotes that provide guidance to the educator on how to tackle each activity or game with the child.