Get Ready for School

Bears  are clumsy. They don't sit still. They're much, much bigger than teachers -  and they eat SUCH a lot of lunch! Yes, taking a bear to school is a BAD idea.  But will this little boy find the courage to face the first day of school  alone?

Ceri the  cat and Deri the dog are best friends who do everything together and love to  learn new things. When Deri arrives late for lunch one day, their friend  little Gwen explains what a clock is and how it can help them organise their  day.

Which animal friends are having fun outside and who is busy inside? Enter the world of Acorn Wood and find out in this fun book of opposites.

Explore the amazing A to Z of vehicles in this ultimate book of things that go. This bright and busy picture book is packed with all the vehicles little ones love, from diggers and fire engines to spaceships and underwater robots.

When a dragon goes to school, will she enjoy a book in the reading den and save her lunchtime treats for a friend? Or will she throw the crayons and refuse to share? She's going to need her friends to help her behave herself - she is DRAGON after all.

A school isn't just a building; it is all the people who work and learn together. It is a place for discovery and asking questions. A place for sharing, for helping, and for community. It is a place of hope and healing, even when that community can't be together in the same room.

Meet Ivor, a little boy in a big world, who absolutely, categorically, definitely does NOT like any sort of attention. So it's more than a minor catastrophe for Ivor to discover on his first day of school that he has a great big - BEAR BEHIND!

The Pigeon is about to get schooled! Do you think he should go? Why does the Pigeon have to go to school? He already knows everything! Well, almost everything. And what if he doesn't like it? What if the teacher doesn't like him? I mean, what if he learns too much!?!

Learn all the super-important life skills you need to become a big boy or girl with this ultimate guide to being a toddler and starting school.

A classic picture book which offers advice and enjoyment for the whole family before school starts. From first day nerves to finding your peg, this reassuring read is full of humour and fun for children and parents alike.

Featuring all the words a child should know before they start school, this charming book takes you from familiar scenes of home, the playground and the classroom. Children will start school with confidence and a brand-new vocabulary after exploring the colourful community in this book.

Book-loving Lulu is excited to start pre-school. Everyone gets up super early to make sure they are ready. There's so much to do at pre-school: Lulu makes a new friend, reads (of course), plays dress up and builds and sings.

For any child who is anxious about starting nursery, this fun-filled story, brimming with positivity, is the perfect antidote! It is Monday and Rosa feels very big and very, very grown up. She is going to nursery.

It's a big day for Little Owl. His first day at school. Little Owl doesn't want a big day though. He'd rather stay at home and have fun with Mummy and Baby Owl. But at school he gets to build a rocket, learn to fly and even make a tiny new friend.

A reassuring introduction to nursery that will ignite discussion and help very young children tackle all kinds of new experiences.

I have to start at school today. 'You'll have such fun!' my parents say. I know they think I'll be okay. But what if things don't go my way? Starting at a new school can be scary business. Luckily, Grandma is on hand to point out that there's no need to fright, as things could just as easily go right!

Written in a tongue-in-cheek instructional style, this book is a playful and heartwarming celebration of teachers and school, and an empowering book to help calm back-to-school nerves!

It's Mouse's first day of school. It's Dinosaur's first day of school. They don't want to go! But when lessons start, there's a very big surprise!

'Hello, Friend!' tells the story of one relentlessly big-hearted and enthusiastic little girl who is insistent on befriending a certain little boy. And why wouldn't he want to be friends with her?

Meet a determined little spider who can't seem to spin a perfect web. WHOOSH goes the wind as it blows each web away. But one thing Walter can spin is spectacular shapes and, one day, he spins the most spectacular shape of all - it's better than perfect - it's a truly wonderful web!

At the bottom of the garden where no one really sees, a secret school is hidden amongst the grass and weeds. Welcome to Bug School. Don't be nervous on your first day - it's lots of fun. This is a rhythmic, bright celebration of school, starring some very cute bugs indeed, sure to allay first-day-at-school fears.

Join Little Fish on an underwater journey, and count from 1 to 10 along the way. Little readers will love Lucy Cousin's bright, bold characters and will delight at the final page, teeming with colourful fish of all shapes and sizes.

Shapes cleverly demonstrates the way that different shapes appear in nature, through the outlines of animals, or through the negative space between them and their family members.

There are circles, squares and stars to spot. And maybe one final, extra-special shape from him to you. A fun, rhyming, first introduction to shapes with Nibbles' book-munching twist. Babies and toddlers will love peeping through die-cuts and lifting flaps as they follow Nibbles on his exciting, shape-filled journey.

Cat's family return to introduce basic concepts. Babies will love the bold colours and enjoy listening to a reader share the simple text!

Busy little hands can lift the flaps to discover the shapes with iconic illustrations of Dahl's much loved characters from Quentin Blake.

This is a book about opposites: big and small, fast and slow, carnivore and herbivore. Some dinosaurs are small, and some dinosaurs are BIG. Some dinosaurs have tiny teeth for munching leaves, and some dinosaurs have POINTY teeth for munching. OTHER dinosaurs! UH-OH. Some dinosaurs need to RUN!

Discover a tactile world of early learning in this first shapes book. Children will love to explore the pictures in this rhyming novelty book.

Triangles are tremendous, circles are sensational, but Bear loves squares. A gloriously colourful celebration of shapes, friendship and the power of seeing things from a different perspective.

This is a young colourful concept book which is presented in Britta Teckentrup's distinctive style. The book features bright, bold, and distinctive artwork.

This fun-filled story, which explores early-learning concepts, is great to share with very young children. With lots of things to spot and describe on every page, this brilliant train ride is a trip worth taking again and again.

The Hueys explore the concept of opposites in their characteristically quirky way. Starting out with some easy ones like 'up' and 'down', they move on to ever more wildy imaginative examples, guaranteed to raise a smile!

Day and night, big and small, hungry and full - learn your opposites with the Enormous Crocodile! With lots of flaps for busy little hands, this sturdy board book is the perfect introduction to the world of Roald Dahl.

Join Percy the park keeper and learn all about opposites! With simple text and beautiful illustrations, this fun concept book is perfect for the youngest of Percy fans.

A wonderfully funny introduction to opposites for the very young and great to read aloud. Follow these hilarious pogo-stick loving bunnies through their crazy day. These bunnies go up and these bunnies go down. Sometimes they're funny and sometimes they frown!

From up and down penguins to hot and cold aardvarks, the charming characters and bright colours will have your little ones exploring opposites in no time.

Explore planet Earth and all its riches and variety in this board book inspired by the bestselling picture book 'Here We Are' from artist Oliver Jeffers.

'Animal Opposites' is a bold, fun board book book introducing the concept of opposites with an eye-catching, animated style of illustration and amusing animal characters.

Here is a counting story that goes wrong when one hungry little T-Rex can't help himself from gobbling up the other dinosaurs! Let's count dinosaurs! Rex the T-Rex is 1. Add Patty the Diplodocus, that's 2. And here's comes Brian the Ankylosaurus to make 3. But wait, where's Brian gone? Rex? Rex! You didn't EAT him, did you?

With this board book, learn your numbers with lots of animal friends. Starting off with one giraffe and finishing with 10 gorgeous animals (including The Very Hungry Caterpillar himself!), this is the perfect introduction to counting for very young children.

Count from 1 to 10 with the Enormous Crocodile! With one big flap and an enormous surprise, this sturdy board book is perfect for little hands. A brilliant introduction to the world of Roald Dahl.

'Peppa's Counting Rhyme' is a fun rhyming story that explores the different activities that Peppa and her friends do at playgroup and gently teaches first numbers from one to ten.

Join in the simple, catchy rhyme in this madcap banana adventure. Featuring bananas in pyjamas, a llama panorama, an inflatable banana boat and lots of other silly nonsense that children will love. With a catchy counting rhythm, this is a great way to help children learn to count in a fun, accessible way.

Look out! Nibbles the book monster has munched his way into this book of numbers! Count along with him as he chomps his way from one to ten. But wherever will he go next?!

A bright, cheerful and stylish board book introducing the numbers one to ten along with lots of different animals - watch out for the pop-up surprise at the end!

Is the maths monster biting at your brain? Maths can be scary, but not with 'Monster Maths'. Whether you're counting or measuring, sorting shapes or picking out patterns, these friendly maths monsters can help any young mathematician find the right answer.

Perfect for kids ages 3 to 6, this book is full of activities to show young readers just how much fun maths can be. Discover the magic of numbers with number bugs, investigate addition by creating a hungry adding robot, learn about subtraction by playing skittles, craft 3D shape aliens, and even make a repeating pattern fruit wand.

A delightfully exuberant counting story with bunnies galore! Did you know that bunnies love to play hide-and-seek? Count from one to ten with these cheerful bunnies and one not-so-scary fox!

When a dragon comes to stay, will she behave herself? Why, of course she will. Obviously she knows she must share her toys, eat daintily and skip happily upstairs at bathtime. Well, not quite. Like all toddlers, this little dragon finds good manners a tiny bit tricky. It's lucky she has some friends to help her.

Rhino does not have very nice manners, especially at the dinner table. But soon no one wants to sit near him at lunch time and he even misses out on tea at his friend's house. It is time for Rhino to bring out his very best manners.

Panda has a tray of doughnuts. Animal after animal tells him the one they want, but it's only when Lemur says 'please' politely that Panda will give any out! A witty and stylish lesson that manners will get you EVERYTHING. Even a trayload of doughnuts.

Penguins are always perfectly polite. But then Polly the not-so-polite penguin decides that being polite is boring! Uh oh!

Bear can't wait to introduce himself to his new neighbours because he thinks he has the best name in the world! But when he learns his neighbours' names he can't stop laughing and his comments become more and more rude! Will Bear ever learn some manners?

Join Algernon the raccoon at Miss Molly's School of Manners and take lessons in the Careful Listening Laboratory and the Art of Sharing Studio, learn table manners in the Dining Hall of Decorum, visit Sorry Sickbay, and shine at Good Sports Day.

Welcome to the jungle! It's full of misbehaving animals, from messy monkeys to grumpy grizzly bears. But with the help of our quirky, memorable rhymes and adorable animal illustrations, your child will enjoy learning why it pays for pandas to say 'please', and how good manners make the world go round.

Flaps, facts and an exciting range of outfits will inspire kids to get dressed for the day. From sports kit and superhero costumes to coats and wellies, this delightful book makes getting dressed fun.

The penguins really want to make some new friends. But does anyone want to play? When two penguins arrive from a faraway place and want to make friends, the other animals do not want to play with them. If only they would give the penguins a chance, they might discover how wonderful they really are!

The Little Princess wants her dinner! And her teddy, and her potty. Several tantrums later, she learns that good manners go a long way. But not everyone else is so polite - Beastie must also master 'please' and 'thank you' if the Little Princess is to give him his dinner back.

Wouldn't the world be a better place if everyone knew how to apologise? For both listeners who are just learning and older readers who need a refresher, this book will come as a welcome reminder that even though apologising can be hard, it doesn't have to be complicated.

A simple, yet hilarious, story about kindness, manners and friendship that gets more and more chaotic with every turn of the page!

Finn has always loved going to stay with his grandma - until one day, he tells a little fib that gets out of control! This is a book about telling the truth. Be open, be honest, be you!

Pandas wearing pants? Surely not! And what about wombats wearing wellies, sloths in socks, or even giraffes wearing scarves? Whatever you do today, don’t forget to get dressed!

This novelty book with a sweet story has fun flaps to lift and mechanisms to move, as well as practical tips for parents and carers on each page, endorsed by leading Early Years Consultant, Dr. Amanda Gummer.

Getting ready in the morning can be a bit of a struggle. No matter what grown-ups tell you, being little is hard work; there's so much to learn! This book will guide you along the way by teaching you the skills you need to look after yourself and get ready for the day ahead.

Create crazy costume combinations as you flip the flaps to mix and match! Watch as spacesuits, tiger costumes and footballers get all mixed up in this rainbow book of new fancy dress friends.

Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers team up to create a colourful solution to a crayon-based crisis in this playful, imaginative story that will have children laughing and playing with their crayons in a whole new way.

Lemur loves yellow, Elephant likes blue, but what could Mr Panda's favourite colour be? Find out and help your little bears explore colours in this Mr Panda board book!

Learn your colours with Roald Dahl's Colours, from the world's NUMBER ONE storyteller (and with some help from your favourite Dahl friends). This sturdy board book is the perfect introduction for titchy toddlers to the world of Roald Dahl - and is just right for little hands.

I am Little Fish, swimming in the sea. I love spotting colours. Can you spot with me?" Join Little Fish on a fun adventure, spotting colours along the way!

Let's look at colours! With beautiful artwork from best-selling author and illustrator Marion Deuchars, this book is the perfect introduction to colours.

Jam-packed full of things to spot, questions to answer and details to discover, all from Elmer's colourful world. Help young children learn their colours while searching each busy scene, developing their powers of observation, visual acuity, and their number and language skills.

Exuberantly coloured artwork and favourite animals make this rhythmic story the perfect introduction to looking and learning about colours. Each spread leads seamlessly into the next and young children will delight in Eric Carle's colourful collage animals and simple repetitive language.

Join everyone's favourite family pet and learn your ABC with Mog! Mog is the forgetful cat that everybody loves, and you can learn your ABC with her in this book for very young readers.

Explore planet Earth in all its colourful glory in this board book inspired by the bestselling picture book 'Here We Are' from artist Oliver Jeffers.

Explore the amazing animal alphabet in this delightful board book. The book features Eric Carle's bright, distinctive artwork and lots of favourite animals, big and small.

A is for Anteater; B is for Books; C is for Crocodile; D is for Delicious! Learn your ABC in the gloriumptious world of Roald Dahl! This sturdy board book is perfect for little hands.

Lucy and Tom know a lot of words: they have books read to them at bedtime. They know that D is for Dog, like the dogs that live on their street, F is for Friends, and P is for Park and for Playing. Join Lucy and Tom on a journey through their life, in this satisfying alphabet tale from master storyteller, Shirley Hughes.

Guinea pigs Bob and Ginger head to the great outdoors to hunt for bugs and try to find one for every letter of the alphabet. From bumblebees to earthworms, junebugs to katydids, all your favourites - and some lesser-known - are here in this sturdy ABC board book, perfect for little hands.

Duck is a magician. Abracadabra! He can conjure up a bunny, a chicken and even the king of the jungle. But can he make a dragon disappear?

Learn the alphabet and meet amazing animals along the way in this beautiful lift-the-flap book. Jonny Lambert's gorgeous illustrations make letters fun and little ones will love the suprises hiding under the flaps.

With this first alphabet book from Rod Campbell, children can learn both their ABC and the names of animals. There are flaps to lift and all sorts of fun to be had.