The best adventures start at home! You don't need to trek to the South Pole or hack your way through a rainforest to explore our wonderful world. Your own backyard is just waiting to be discovered. Scribble, jot and draw in this brilliant fill-in journal, brought to you by Lonely Planet Kids, an imprint of Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher. Backyard Explorer is filled with fun things to make, do and find, to discover the exciting world beyond kids' front door! They can go cloud-spotting, make a skyline collage, design your dream house, complete a scavenger hunt, make your very own time-and-place capsule and lots more? Kids will see their surroundings in a wonderful new way. There's space to write, draw, collage, colour and complete - turning the finished book into a wonderful scrapbook to treasure forever. With fun illustrations, a super bright neon cover and a handy, backpack sized format, it's a must-have item for any young explorer. Part of our Family Activity Range. Also available: Boredom Buster, My Travel Journal, My Family Travel Map, Round-the-World Quiz Book, My Family Height Chart. Collect them all! About Lonely Planet Kids: From the world's leading travel publisher comes Lonely Planet Kids, a children's imprint that brings the world to life for young explorers everywhere. With a range of beautiful books for children aged 5-12, we're kickstarting the travel bug and showing kids just how amazing our planet can be. From bright and bold sticker activity books, to beautiful gift titles bursting at the seams with amazing facts, we aim to inspire and delight curious kids, showing them the rich diversity of people, places and cultures that surrounds us. We pledge to share our enthusiasm and love of the world, our sense of humour and continual fascination for what it is that makes the world we live in the diverse and magnificent place it is. It's going to be a big adventure - come explore!

"Are we there yet?" Banish the boredom of long car journeys and big trips with Games on the Go, a fun and colourful mix of spotting games, drawing challenges, word searches, dingbats and more. A must-pack addition on any family trip, it fits easily inside hand luggage and can be deployed in seconds! Comes with 40 wipe-clean cards and a dry-erase pen, all stored in a small, handy box. Games include: Road trip bingo Turning fingerprints into colourful friends Amazon rainforest-themed crossword Wildlife watching Drawing suitcase contents Dingbats and puzzles Mazes Drawing favourite meals Making star constellations Designing flags Noughts and crosses Drawing city skylines About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids - an imprint of the world's leading travel authority Lonely Planet - published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travellers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore!

This is a charming picture story about a curious giraffe named Josie and her helpful friends on the African plains. You can follow the little giraffe's exciting journey of discovery in this perfect bedtime storybook for the under 5s. Sparkling silver foil stars are used for a special finish. One night, Josie the giraffe is strolling across the African plains looking for food and water when she finds a waterhole, looks down into the clear pool and sees something amazing - hundreds of sparkly, silver lights. She can't help feeling that her life has changed forever! But what is the meaning of what she has seen, and who can help her to find out the answer? This delightful story follows Josie as she tries to discover the secrets of the night sky by asking her helpful animal friends - elephant, warthog, zebra and antelope. With large, beautiful illustrations and simple text, children and grown-ups will love this magical tale that is perfect for reading at bedtime. The book is prettily decorated with silvery sparkling stars on the cover and final spread, and will captivate every young reader's imagination.

A retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears for early readers from Ladybird. Based on the traditional fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears, this vibrantly illustrated story is sure to become a favourite in every home. Follow the naughty Goldilocks into the house of the three bears, and see what happens when they come home and find her! This hardback book contains lots of funny rhythm and rhyme to delight young children. Ideal for reading aloud and sharing with 2-4 year olds. This book is part of Ladybird's First Favourite Tales series - these retellings are perfect for introducing young children to classic stories and fairy tales, and the books are just right for those just learning to read. Look out for other books in the series: The Elves and the Shoemaker; Goldilocks and the Three Bears; The Gingerbread Man; Little Red Riding Hood; The Three Little Pigs; The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Meet Farmer Shrive and the comical creatures on his land, including crotchety cows, a hopeless hen, a greedy pig, a perfect pony and a multitude of mice. You can read about Alice the puppy's amazing skills, Pudgy the prize pig's insatiable appetite, an inexplicable invasion by honking and hissing geese, how the sheep cope with baaathtime, and many more adventures. Cathie Shuttleworth's stunning illustrations bring this cast of curious characters to life. These tales are the perfect length for bedtime reading, with accessible language and amusing pictures that will keep small children entertained as you read together. It lets you hunt the hidden eggs on every page! On Oak Tree Farm, ducks are quacking, horses are neighing, sheep are bleating, cats are meowing...In fact, everyone is making noise, but what exactly are they all saying? These farmyard tales will let you in on the secret. You will meet lazy ducks and busy hens, daring dogs and shabby sheep, and more mice and bunnies than you might expect in a well-run barnyard. You also need to keep your eyes open - as you read the stories, see if you can spot Henrietta Hen's eggs on every page and solve the mystery of what happens to them.

This is a wonderful anthology of timeless children's stories, retold for a modern audience. All the most popular tales are here, including "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", "Rumpelstiltskin", "The Frog Prince", "Rapunzel", "The Brave Tin Soldier", "The Princess and the Pea", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "Sleeping Beauty", "The Elves and the Shoemaker", and "Thumbelina". These fantastical adventures that have stood the test of time are part of a rich heritage of folk and fairy tales that is shared across borders and languages. It is delightfully illustrated throughout with intricate and imaginative drawings. In this magical book, 24 fairy tales by the famous storytellers Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm are enchantingly retold for the enjoyment of children today. The collection includes poignant love stories like "The Little Mermaid", comical tales such as "The Emperor's New Clothes", and the fiendish characters faced by Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood. Cathie Shuttleworth's beautifully detailed illustrations decorate every page, making this an essential addition to any young reader's library.

The car in this story is fast and fun, and your child's first steps in reading can be just the same when you share this book at home or school. The book can be used in a number of ways to help young readers build confidence. Grown-ups can begin by reading the illustrated words at the edge of each left-hand page with the child. Have fun trying to spot the same terms within the story itself. Finally, all the illustrated words can be found at the end of the book, so the child can enjoy checking all the phrases that you can now read together!

This beautifully illustrated collection will introduce children to a lifetime of pleasure in poetry. Carefully selected, the poems open up an enchanting world of rhythm and language, feeling and fantasy. The collection features a wide range of well-known writers including Christina Rossetti, William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, William Blake and John Keats. the colorful and imaginative illustrations on every page capture the magic of imaginary worlds loved and enjoyed by generations of girls and boys.

These are first reading books for 3-5 year olds. Join Rosa and Tom as they travel to the frozen North...and into a whole heap of trouble! Learning to read is 'snow' trouble at all with this larger-than-life adventure - perfect for show and tell. The book introduces words such as anchor, iceberg and whale - all of which are encountered by Rosa and Tom. Silly situations, repeated vocabulary and bright pictures on every one of the giant-format pages will help children to feel confident as they develop their reading skills. It's fun to start reading with this troublesome tale! The book can be used in a number of different ways to help young readers build confidence. Grown-ups can begin by reading the illustrated words at the edge of each left-hand page with the child. Have an 'ice' time spotting the same terms within the story itself, as explorers Rosa and Tom slip and slide, and have their camera stolen by a polar bear. Finally, all the illustrated words can be found on the last two pages of the book, so you can enjoy checking all the phrases that you can now read together!

Never forget an adventure with this bright and bold journal from Lonely Planet Kids. Packed with writing topic suggestions, lists to complete, ideas for getting the creative juices flowing and lots more fill-in fun, this is the perfect way for young travellers to record their memories from a trip. There's space to write, draw, collage, colour and complete - turning the finished journal into a wonderful scrapbook to treasure forever. With fun illustrations, a super-bright neon cover and a handy, backpack sized format, it's a must-have item for any trip. Part of our Family Activity range. Also available: My Family Travel Map, Boredom Buster About Lonely Planet Kids: From the world's leading travel publisher comes Lonely Planet Kids, a children's imprint that brings the world to life for young explorers everywhere. With a range of beautiful books for children aged 5-12, we're kickstarting the travel bug and showing kids just how amazing our planet can be. From bright and bold sticker activity books, to beautiful gift titles bursting at the seams with amazing facts, we aim to inspire and delight curious kids, showing them the rich diversity of people, places and cultures that surrounds us. We pledge to share our enthusiasm and love of the world, our sense of humour and continual fascination for what it is that makes the world we live in the diverse and magnificent place it is. It's going to be a big adventure - come explore!

Pictures change for learning fun! Watch the picture turn and change! This is a first knowledge book for small children, with lively drawings and a kaleidoscope wheel on every page. Twist the dial to find out what happens when an artist mixes paints on a palette, rotate shapes to make a cute face, and watch as a flower comes into bloom. It's fun to learn with this interactive book! You can find out about shades, shapes, numbers, seasons, opposites and lots more, then turn the kaleidoscope wheels for further learning fun. Count your fingers and toes, then count backwards until a spaceship lifts off and rockets away from the Earth. You can change the season from summer to winter with one twist of the dial. See what people with different jobs do during their time off. You can find out who wins the race between the tortoise and the hare. The picture wheels on each page are perfect for small fingers, and the bright, charming images will encourage everyone to get involved. This is a first information book that children will love to use over and over again.

This lively storybook presents ten fantastic tales about the adventures and mishaps of witches, wizards and magicians. It's hard to explain everything that we see around us but just maybe we live in a world full of magic, where witches, wizards and magicians make extraordinary things happen. The book is perfect for reading aloud to young children or for confident readers to enjoy by themselves.

This collection of stories takes you around the globe on an incredible journey. The characters you will meet are as varied as the countries they come from, whether the icy Arctic or the steamy rainforest. You will meet wise baboons and foolish merchants, beautiful maidens and ugly trolls. There are funny tales, magical tales, love stories and adventures. Retold for children, this book is perfect for reading together or for new readers to enjoy by themselves.

A retelling of The Three Little Pigs for early readers from Ladybird. A perfect introduction to the traditional fairy tale The Three Little Pigs. Join the three little pigs as they set off to see the world, build their houses and encounter the big, bad wolf. This hardback book contains amusing pictures and lots of funny rhythm and rhyme to delight young children. Ideal for reading aloud and sharing with 2-4 year olds. This book is part of Ladybirds First Favourite Tales series - these retellings are perfect for introducing young children to classic stories and fairy tales, and the books are just right for those just learning to read. Look out for other books in the series: The Elves and the Shoemaker; Goldilocks and the Three Bears; The Gingerbread Man; Little Red Riding Hood; The Three Little Pigs; The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Copy us and sing along! This wonderful boardbook features three popular traditional rhymes..."The Wheels on the Bus" - engaging pictures show little ones (and big ones) exactly how to have fun with words and actions. "Round and Round the Garden" - includes a visual guide for parents on how to use their fingers to take one step, two steps, and tickle under there! "Peter Hammers with One Hammer" - youngsters aged 3 to 5 will love learning the words and singing along. The wheels on the bus go round and round, Round and round, round and round, The wheels on the bus go round and round, All day long. Peter hammers with one hammer, One hammer, one hammer! Peter hammers with one hammer, All day long. Round and round the garden, like a teddy bear...One step...two steps...And tickle you under there!

The first steps to learning are made simple and fun in this engaging picture-and-word book. Containing more than 1000 words, all of them illustrated with lively images by Susie Lacome. Words and pictures are arranged by topic, such as the kitchen, the garden, sports and games, numbers and opposites, which will immediately capture the interest. Without realizing it, young readers will enhance their language skills whilst having fun.

This is a crazy collection of 44 wacky and wonderful works. It presents rhymes from many of the world's most famous writers, such as Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, Alexander Pope...and of course the prolific Anonymous! Divided into thematic sections, including Animal Antics, Peculiar People, Nearly Nonsense and Silly Stories, it includes everything from lengthy poems such as "Little Birds", "The Walrus" and the "Carpenter", and "The White Knight's Song", to a multitude of single-verse limericks. Bright, lively illustrations by Cathie Shuttleworth bring all the characters to life in intricate detail - and watch out for a busy bee buzzing around on every page. It is a beautifully presented anthology that the whole family can enjoy. When your woggles are all of a winkle, And your bruggles are chingle and spleed, What you need is a look in a honglemous book Like this one - it's just what you need! There is nonsense that almost means something. There are antics and oddness in rhyme. You will giggle your klurkiest grungles away, And have a pomjinglemous time! And if you are funglous at every stage, There's a bee to be found on each yopplesome page!

The beautifully illustrated tales in this collection are all short and sweet. The cute pictures allow children to help tell each story along with their grown-up helper. There is plenty to laugh about together, and these tales are an ideal way to set kids on the path toward reading. From a naughty new puppy to learning how to play a musical instrument, children will be able to engage with these narratives. Others deal with the first day of school, bathtime fun, bright nightwear, a fairy who helps people sleep, and a mammoth mountain of cuddly toys. The final story in the book is designed to help kids to wind down and relax, ready to enjoy a good night's sleep.

This is an engaging collection of over 115 delightful stories illustrated throughout with colorful and lively drawings. The short stories are the perfect length for bedtime reading, with accessible language and pretty pictures that will keep small children entertained as you read together. It includes four chapters each featuring a different cast of cute animal characters: "Five Minute Teddy Bear Tales," "Five Minute Farmyard Tales," "Five Minute Kitten Tales" and "Five Minute Bedtime Tales."

This title features ten fantastic tales of frightful fun. Beware: gruesome fairy tale characters at large...but not all of them are as bad as they seem. Meet a gentle giant and a wise ogre, visit a party that shook the world, and join a troll's search for treasure. Lively drawings by leading children's illustrator Ken Morton bring all the odd and awful individuals to life. It is perfect for reading aloud to young children or for confident readers to enjoy by themselves. If you want to find out who won the ugliest ogre contest, what really happened between the troll and the Billy Goats Gruff, or why giants cannot be trusted with electricity, then this is the book for you! There has been a lot of misinformation over the years about the monsters of legend. Ogres might not be the friendliest of folk, but their cooking is out of this world - and it almost never includes small children. Giants are big, of course, but they are as harmless as kittens - except when they try to do their own rewiring. As for trolls, they couldn't care less about billy goats. The single thing they are interested in is neither hairy nor hooved, it is yellow and shiny - gold. If you want to find out more about the truth behind fairy tale fibs, read on...

This is a first reading book for small children. This illustrated and interactive pull-the-lever board book is ideal for preschool kids, with its bright pictures of children just like them - can you guess who they are? Each page asks a simple question, such as who's making music or who's dancing, and a special lever reveals the answer in a pop-up picture. Other titles in this series include Who Are You?, Who Does What?, Who's on the Farm?, Who's in Here?, Who's Hiding?, Who Lives Here?, and Who Says Moo? Who's painting, building and playing? Pull the lever on every page to find out who's saying hello, who's sitting nicely, who's making a castle out of toy bricks, who's bringing a snack on a tray, who's tidying things up, and who's having fun at nursery. Tiny hands will enjoy pulling the sturdy levers and finding out who is hidden from view, while friendly characters such as Messy Bessy and Neat Pete will delight your child as you read together. This engaging book, printed on thick board pages, is full of bright, bold pictures, and brings early learning concepts to toddlers and children under five.

This wonderful songbook has an accompanying CD that is perfect for sharing with lively little ones! Children aged 3 to 5 will enjoy looking at the pretty pictures, learning the words and singing along. It includes the classics One, Two, Three, Four, Five (Once I Caught a Fish Alive); Old McDonald; The Wheels on the Bus; and Row, Row, Row Your Boat. Youngers can join in with the actions shown for the rhymes Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush; and Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes. Old MacDonald had a farm, EE-I-EE-I-O! And on that farm he had some hens, EE-I-EE-I-O! With a cluck, cluck here, and a cluck, cluck there! Here a cluck, there a cluck, everywhere a cluck, cluck! Old MacDonald had a farm, EE-I-EE-I-O! One, two, three, four, five, once I caught a fish alive. Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, then I let it go again. Why did you let it go? Because it bit my finger so. Which finger did it bite? This little finger on the right.

This title features two wonderful books packed with timeless stories and rhymes, retold for today's young readers. It includes all the best-loved fairy tales, such as "The Little Mermaid", "Rumpelstiltskin", "The Frog Prince", "Little Red Riding Hood", and "The Emperor's New Clothes", as well as perennially popular poetry such as "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat", "The North Wind Doth Blow", "Hush Little Baby", "Greensleeves", and "Star Light, Star Bright". It is delightfully illustrated throughout with intricate drawings by talented artist Cathie Shuttleworth. It is embellished with gold decorations on every page, these heirloom volumes will be an indispensable addition to every family's library. This essential box set contains 24 beloved fairy tales and over 100 celebrated poems in two beautifully presented books. "The Classic Collection of Fairy Tales" features stories by Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. Children and adults alike will delight in these enchanting tales, which remain as popular today as they were more than a century ago. This volume retells unforgettable stories such as "Rapunzel", "The Princess and the Pea", "The Elves and the Shoemaker", "Thumbelina", "The Ugly Duckling", and "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". "Classic Poems for Children" features works by many of the world's best-loved writers, including Emily Bronte, Robert Burns, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas Hardy, Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, Christina Rossetti, Oscar Wilde and William Wordsworth. There are poems for reflection, some that will make you laugh and others that will make you cry, with songs and chants such as "Waltzing Matilda", and "It's Raining, It's Pouring"; evocative poems including William Blake's "Spring", and "When That I Was" and "A Little Tiny Boy" by William Shakespeare; and lullabies such as "Is the Moon Tired?", and "Sleep, Baby, Sleep"! Both young and old will enjoy these wonderful works, which have been told and re-told for generations.