Child's Play Fall 2024

Fall 2024 New Titles

Copy Cats [Spanish Bilingual]

Can you bark like a dog? Slide like a penguin? Choo choo like a train? Or dig like a digger? Join in the fun as we copy the sounds and actions of familiar animals and vehicles.

Perfect for developing observation skills encouraging physical activity and developing vocabulary.

Written by Child’s Play

Illustrated by Cocoretto and Abi Hall

¿Puedes LADRAR como un perro? / Can you BARK like a dog?

¿Te puedes DESLIZAR como un pingüino? / Can you SLIDE like a penguin?

¿Puedes CAVAR como una excavadora? / Can you DIG like a digger?

¿Puedes hacer CHÚ CHÚ A como un tren? / Can you CHOO CHOO like a train?

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Copy Cats [Spanish

Bilingual]

Spread from Can you bark like a dog? English only text.

Spread from Can you choo choo like a train? English only text.

Baby Rhyme Time

[English + Spanish Bilingual]

This charming series has been specifically designed for babies. A great introduction to books through well-known nursery rhymes and interactive text. Singing songs and rhymes is the perfect way to bond with baby and share quality time. It also aids language development by introducing them to the natural sounds and patterns of speech. Combining these with actions also stimulates the brain and helps muscle development.

Written by Child’s Play

Illustrated by Annie Kubler and Sarah Dellow

Baby Rhyme Time

[+Spanish Bilingual]

Spread from Row Row Your Boat English only text.

Spread from Down by the Station English only text.

So Can We!

Each beautifully illustrated title features two opposing characters who observe each other’s strengths as they face different challenges on a journey together. An early introduction to STEM and technology to support problem solving skills for young children.

Through mimicking the other, they come to learn that two is better than one!

Written and illustrated by Jo Empson

With a gatefold flap surprise at the end!

So Can We!

Spread from Cat and Bird.

Spread from Fox and Goose.

Baby See

Building on the success of Look, Touch, Learn, Baby See has been developed with a leading university baby lab. Each book in the new Baby See series is designed to promote early brain development through maximal targeted stimulation, using topics such as repetition, optical illusions, odd one out and sequencing. A bold and contrasting palette of colors is optimally suited to infant retinas, and looks completely different to more traditional books for babies.

Written by Anna Franklin

Illustrated by Andy Passchier

Baby See

Provisional spread from Look and See.

Provisional spread from Ready, Set, Go.

Water Songs

A true cascade of poems.

Following on from the success of Tree Whispers, Mandy Ross has turned her attention to the diverse voices of water. Beautifully illustrated by Sam Rudd, this is her collection of its haunting and lyrical songs.

Our relationship with water is celebrated in its many forms - playful, industrious, productive, life-giving - and many more. With a strong environmental message, this book will be a source of fascination and inspiration for young readers.

Written by Mandy Ross. Illustrated by Sam Rudd.

Water Song

Kende, Kende, Kende!

Lolie’s childhood in a village north of Kinshasa is filled with laughter and curiosity. She loves to Kende, Kende, Kende, or Go, Go, Go! But when fighting nears the village, they must flee as fast as her pregnant Mamá can walk. In their years in a refugee camp, Lolie’s responsibilities grow as does baby Nico’s ability to restore the family’s laughter.

Resettled in the US, the family awakes to a blizzard and the realization that Mamá, again pregnant, must go to the hospital.

The family makes another journey through the unknown, relying on new words and a community of Mamás to help them Kende, Kende, Kende.

Written in both French and English with action words in Lingala, the multi-language text is a literal embodiment of the way Central Africans move through many languages to build community and to navigate migration.

Written by Kirsten Cappi and Yaya Gentille

Illustrated by Rahana Dariah

Kende, Kende, Kende!