Picture storybooks

Ash is feeling lonely. She wishes she had someone to play with. Then a sad elephant comes along and Ash has an idea that will cheer him up. Soon she is sharing her idea with lots of animals in the forest.

Bing can't wait to go over to Sula's to play today but there's just one problem - he can't stop sneezing! Flop says he can't go or he'll give his snotty germs to his best friend. But Bing really really wants to see Sula and play at Amma's house! What will Bing do? A wonderful picture book about n...

The children are so excited! They are going to stay at Aunt Amelia's house. They always have a brilliant time with her, and can't wait to see what she has in store. But when they arrive, there seems to be no time for games. Instead Aunt Amelia has a long list of chores to do. But from the gardeni...

Together Grandad and Ava adventure along the twisting path and over the hill where, beneath the canopy of their friend the old Oak tree, they make wonderful memories to treasure and share: from summer picnics with jam-sticky fingers to carefree days kicking through russet leaves in autumn's soft ...

Avocado is feeling just fine in the fruit and veg aisle at the supermarket - until a young customer asks a difficult question: 'Is an avocado a fruit or a vegetable?' Avocado doesn't know the answer either - and the question won't seem to go away! A brilliantly funny book about identity and being...

Axolotl longs for adventure. One day, she finds an old bottle with something amazing inside. What could it be? A fun rhyming story, specially written to develop phonemic awareness, with wonderful illustrations by David Semple. This book is ideal both for reading aloud and for children who are beg...

Baby's brother is getting ready to take a basket of bananas all the way to Baba's bungalow in the next village. He will have to go along the bumpy road, past the baobab trees, birds and butterflies, and all the way over the bridge. What he doesn't realise is that his cute, very curious baby siste...

When an egg arrives on his doorstep, Beast doesn't quite know what to do: feed it? Take it for a nice long walk? Drop it? Doctor Yoko tells him he must keep it warm and just wait, but exactly what he's waiting for is a mystery to the Beast.

What could be cuter and more fun than a baby dinosaur?! Mr Happy and Little Miss Brave have found themselves looking after a baby. A baby diplodocus! And this baby dinosaur is growing bigger by the day, which means a bigger water bowl, a longer lead and increasingly inventive ways to keep him ent...

A beautiful and lyrical book that celebrates the warmth and tenderness of wrapping baby in night-time's embrace. Based on a Nigerian lullaby sung to Atinuke by her father, this story delights in the magical moments shared with a whole family and their baby at bedtime.