The Great Big Christmas Tree Hunt

Illustrated by Ekaterina Trukhan

Lift-the-flaps in this Christmas board book full of surprises –perfect for sharing this festive season!

Follow Polar Bear on an exciting lift-the-flap adventure as he hunts for decorations to go on his Christmas tree. But what will he find along the way? With lots of sturdy flaps to lift on every page and a simple story to join in with, this delightful Christmas board book will make a wonderful stocking filler.

Listen to the Christmas Songs

Listen to the Dance Music

Illustrated by Marion Billet

26 titles in the series!

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Brand-new editions of the popular sound-button series – over 10 million copies sold worldwide!

This ground-breaking series of interactive board books has a button on every spread, which plays one of five different exceptional quality sound effects. These reformatted new editions include replaceable AAA batteries, tactile covers, and an exciting ‘Look and Find’ game on the final page.

1+ • £6.99 • 10pp

200 x 200mm Board book with flaps

ISBN: 978 1 83994 604 2

Illustrator location: Belgrade, Serbia

Also available (p.161)

9 months+ • £10.99 • 14pp • 165 x 165mm Board book with five sound clips

Illustrator location: Paris, France

Also available (p.148)

See the full series and buggy book editions (p.146)

Felt Flaps series

Where’s Mrs Fox?

Illustrated by Ingela P Arrhenius

Meet Mrs Fox in the newest title in everyone’s favourite novelty series – with 5 million copies sold worldwide!

Five beautifully illustrated spreads show a series of friendly animals hiding behind bright felt flaps. And there’s a mirror on the final page! A perfect book to share with very little ones.

Where’s Mr Penguin? Buggy Book

Illustrated by Ingela P Arrhenius

An adorable new buggy edition of this bestselling baby book –with felt flaps and a mirror!

Each title in this stylish series has five spreads with friendly characters to find behind colourful felt flaps. Lift the final flap and there’s a surprise! With its handy strap and mini format, this cute little buggy book is just perfect for babies and toddlers on the go.

Over 5 million Felt Flaps books sold worldwide!

Big Outdoors for Little Explorers series Snow

Illustrated by Anne-Kathrin Behl

A snowy board book that will inspire a love of nature in even the littlest of animal lovers.

There are squirrels, geese, robins and many more animals in the snow that can be brought to life with easy-to-use, robust sliders on every page. With stunning snowy artwork and gentle rhyming facts, this book will captivate curious explorers time and time again.

The Big Book of First Words

Learn over 250 simple first words and discover amazing objects from the British Museum’s collection with this stunning board book.

Build your child’s vocabulary with this unique board book of first words. The sturdy tabbed pages make page turns easy, while the gorgeous images and objects will capture the imagination of curious toddlers. Equally curious adults can find out more about every objects featured online using a handy QR code.

2+ • £6.99 • 10pp

180 x 180mm Board book with sliders

ISBN: 978 1 83994 847 3

Illustrator location: Celle, Germany

Also available (p.150)

1+ • £12.99 • 20pp

305 x 280mm Board book

ISBN: 978 1 83994 925 8

Pip and Posy series

Snow Coaches

A festive snowy picture book based on the hit preschool animated Pip and Posy TV series.

Ruffles series

Ruffles and the Cold, Cold Snow

Written and illustrated by David Melling

Coaches

Pip and Posy are having such a good time sledging in the snow that they want Jamila to join in too. They offer to coach her but they are soon arguing about how to do it. A charming seasonal story about learning to listen to one another and work together.

3+ • £6.99 • 32pp • 250 x 250mm Paperback

ISBN: 978 1 83994 817 6

Ruffles faces all the tricksy troubles of preschool life in this picture book series from bestselling author and illustrator David Melling.

Today it is snowing, and the teeny, tiny kittens want to play outside! Ruffles loves the teeny, tiny kittens but Ruffles DOES NOT LOVE the snow. It’s too cold, too slippy, too slidey and too sinky, ESPECIALLY in the deep snow places. But when the teeny, tiny kittens get stuck, will Ruffles be very brave and help his friends?

Also available (p.186)

3+ • £10.99 HB / £7.99 PB • 32pp

250 x 250mm • HB ISBN: 978 1 83994 597 7

220 x 220mm • PB ISBN: 978 1 83994 768 1

Author/Illustrator location: Oxfordshire, UK

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We Disagree About This Tree

Now in paperback! A fantastically funny festive story about the bear and mouse who ALWAYS disagree from the award-winning Ross Collins.

Little Robin Red Vest

Written and illustrated by Jan Fearnley

Twenty-fifth anniversary edition! The much-loved festive story about a kind little robin has a wonderful new foiled cover.

Bear and Mouse have finally overcome their differences and are living together in perfect harmony . . . until it’s time to decorate the Christmas tree! Bear wants dazzling lights, while Mouse prefers gigantic baubles . . . and, wait a minute, did Mouse just put a MANATEE on the top?! A topsy-turvy tree is definitely THE LAST STRAW and it looks as if Christmas is RUINED. But maybe, just maybe, Bear and Mouse can reach a compromise in time . . . ?

FEARNLEY

3+ • £7.99 • 32pp • 270 x 270mm Paperback

ISBN: 978 1 83994 860 2

Author/Illustrator location: Glasgow, UK

See 25 years SPECIAL ANN VERSARY ED ON

One frosty evening, a week before Christmas, Little Robin washes and irons seven warm vests for the chilly nights to come. As the days go by, he comes across lots of cold and shivering animals, and kindly offers them his vests to wear. But – oh no! – on Christmas Eve, Little Robin is cold and all alone with no vests left! This timeless Christmas classic by bestselling, award-winning author Jan Fearnley is now available with a beautiful new cover.

3+ • £7.99 • 32pp • 290 x 250mm Paperback

ISBN: 978 1 83994 986 9

Author/Illustrator location: Limousin, France

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