Item category 1: Picture Books

Why do children need to go to the dentist? Topsy and Tim find out on their visit to see Mrs Berry. She cleans their teeth and explains all about how too many sweets can give them little holes - which would mean another trip to see her again.

Tim wakes up with a sore throat and so it's time to visit the doctor. Dr Sims looks in his mouth, listens to his chest and soon knows what's wrong. Tim goes home with a bottle of medicine to make him feel better, but soon it's Topsy who's feeling ill.

Topsy and Tim love the zoo and want to bring all the animals home with them! But Dad explains that polar bears are too fierce and sea lions might eat their goldfish, so the twins are happy to leave the animals where they are.

What do the police do? Catch burglars and find lost children according to Topsy and Tim. When PC Webb and PC May visit, the twins find out all about the police and how they help us. They learn about how children can be safe by not talking to strangers and staying away from dangerous places.

In 'Topsy and Tim Go for Gold', the twins take part in their school sports day. They take part in all sorts of races, and try to prove who is the fastest!

It's never too soon for children to learn that violence is never okay. Simple words and pictures teach this important concept in a way even the very young can grasp.

Happydale Animal Shelter has an aardvark, a lizard, a goose, a weasel, and plenty more. But do they have a dog? This little girl has even turned up with a trolley to take home a dog - and she will not take 'no' for an answer.

"Outrageous!" the judges cried. "Ridiculous!" Who would dare enter a portrait of a duck in the Grand Contest of Art? But when Felix Clousseau's painting quacks, he is hailed as a genius. Suddenly everyone wants a Clousseau masterpiece, and the unknown painter becomes an overnight sensation. That'...

'It's not easy getting your Lion Diploma'. So Jon Agee's little narrator begins his hilarious description of the crash course he took on becoming an honorary lion. At first he doesn't score high, but when it comes to rescuing an endangered neighbourhood cat, the lion in him is unleashed!

'It's not easy getting your Lion Diploma.' So Jon Agee's little narrator begins his hilarious description of the crash course he took on becoming an honorary lion. At first he doesn't score high, but when it comes to rescuing an endangered neighbourhood cat, the lion in him is unleashed!