Item category 1: Picture Books

Deep in the woods in an old white cabin, three friends make their soup the same way every day. Everyone has his own job and everyone seems happy until one day Duck decides it's his turn to stir the pumpkin soup and the quarrelling starts.

The Dorling Kindersley Touch and Feel novelty books use full-colour photographs, a simple text and tactile patches to explore animals, homely objects, the farm and clothing with the very youngest readers in mind.

Every morning a very large and very snappy crocodile shouts 'Stay away from my river! If you come in my river, I'll eat you all!' All the animals are frightened to go in the river until one day the crocodile is ill, and a mouse solves their dilemma.

Ideal as a first read-alone text, this book will help to explain parental breakup to children. Binch's characters are realistic and easy for children to identify with.

All the animals on the farm are sleeping happily - until Dog starts to snore! On and on, he snores through the night while the other animals grow angrier and sleepier by the minute. Something will have to be done.

This lift-the-flap book contains cheerful illustrations, large type and simple stories to delight and entertain young children. In this story, discover the present that Santa has brought for Spot.

Willa was tired, so she went to bed. But when she got into bed, Willa found that she couldn't get to sleep. So little bunny Willa appealed to her wise older brother, Willoughby, to help her.

This new series of Maisy books has been produced to accompany a 52 programme animated TV series. There are sticker books, lift-the-flap books, colouring books and a mix and match book.

When the weedy Hargraves have another baby, they're concerned that it's going to be just as weak and pathetic as them. Then one day they feed it avocados.

The classic story of Beauty and the Beast is retold by Geraldine McCaughrean accompanied by Gary Blythe's artwork.