Item category 1: Picture Books

"The Mousehole Cat" was the winner of the British Book Award for the Illustrated Children's Book of the Year and the British Design Production Award (Children's Books). It was also shortlisted for the Smarties Prize, the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Children's Book Award.

A book of baby games and lullabies which is part of a series containing traditional rhymes and stories for the nursery. Sally Emerson is a journalist and novelist whose other books include "A Celebration of Babies", a collection of poetry and prose.

Captain Pugwash was a pirate. He thought himself the bravest, most handsome pirate on the seven seas. So begins this account of the adventures which befell Pugwash, his little cabin boy, Tom and his great rival, Cut-throat Jake. By the author of "Pugwash in the Pacific".

A retelling - with the aid of imaginative dialogue - of the story of Jonah, with an emphasis on God's love and compassion. The author also wrote and illustrated "Mabel and the Tower of Babel".

The story of the princess who lost her gravity as the result of her father forgetting to invite his sister to the christening, written by the Victorian children's writer.

The story of Baron Fatsophilus Fitzpugwash, an ancestor of Captain Pugwash. Fatsophilus is ordered by the King of England to clean up the city of Winkle, which is the pongiest place in the whole kingdom. The hapless baron fails miserably in his task. But luckily fate intevenes.

"We'll build a tower, the biggest and tallest tower ever made," said the king. "It won't work," said Mabel, who is almost always right. A retelling of the age-old Bible story. By the author of the "Captain Pugwash" stories.

"The Mousehole Cat" was the winner of the British Book Award for the Illustrated Children's Book of the Year and the British Design Production Award (Children's Books). It was also shortlisted for the Smarties Prize, the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Children's Book Award.