Baby's First Birthday - Hardie Grant Publishing

A colourful first pop-up book of the sea, perfect for tiny hands.

On the beach, on the waves and under the sea – find lots of ocean things in this colourful pop-up book. With 15 pop-ups and beautifully stylish illustrations by Ingela P Arrhenius, this is a first pop-up book to treasure.

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This sturdy board book is full of bright illustrations and adorable animals to engage your baby's senses. Each double page has a chunky farmyard animal tab for little hands to grasp and is full of textured patches to touch, feel and explore. The perfect first book for babies to encourage their sensory development.

I love your quiet stories, songs sung loud in the rain. No one can hug like you, Mum or makes me feel the same. Brave mums, playful mums, cuddly mums, quiet mums - every mum is special in her own way. Charming, heartfelt and delightful, There's Only One Mum Like You is a tribute to the unique magic of mums.

A stand-out series of beautifully soft, black-and-white cloth books - with a crinkly page, buggy handle, felt flaps and a mirror!

Cuddle up with baby's first cloth book featuring high-contrast images to help develop a newborn's eyesight. In Cuddly Bear, you'll find a host of friendly faces in the forest, combined with bright felt flaps that are easy to tug and a crinkly page to stimulate a baby's senses and focus their attention. The surprise mirror ending is sure to delight the tiniest of babies! With bold artwork from Ingela P Arrhenius, bestselling illustrator of the award-winning, must-have board book series for babies and toddlers - Felt Flaps and Peekaboo.

Crinkly material, simple contrast illustrations and repeated patterns designed for your baby's sensory stimulation and development. Part of the Crinkly Book of Aussie Animals series which includes In the Bush, In the Nest, In the Ocean and In the Outback. Featuring Australian birds, and simple engaging text.

There’s so much more to Christmas than just getting presents. Celebrate all the ways you can be generous and kind in Twelve Days of Kindness, by the creator of best-selling Kindness Makes Us Strong.
 
Whether it’s making a card, sharing freshly baked cookies or sprinkling sparkly cheer, there are many kind ways to brighten someone else’s day during Christmas. Explore some of the simple ways you can spread kindness with this uplifting story by award-winning illustrator Sophie Beer.
 
Featuring an inclusive range of families, parents and cultures, readers young and old will love seeing themselves and their communities gathered together. Sparkling with gold foil, this high-quality, hardback picture book will be plenty of fun for young readers!

Perfect for

• Children aged 1-6 years 
• Rainbow and queer families
• Modern families re-thinking the way they celebrate Christmas
• Gift-givers for pregnancy and baby showers

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Sophie Beer is an award-winning author and illustrator based in Brisbane, Australia. She works primarily in children's books, having published with Penguin Random House, Simon and Schuster, Walker, Scholastic, Hardie Grant and many more. As an illustrator, she has worked with Disney/Pixar, Google and the Sydney Opera House, and she has collaborated with Myer for her own line of children's homewares. When she's not illustrating and writing, she thinks a lot about plants, animals, music, books and social justice. 

Grannies are all different – omas, yiayias or nans. There's only one like you, unique of all the grans. From grandmas who cuddle us when we're down, to nannies who send us letters from across the world, and nonnas who bake us scrumptious treats - and let us lick the spoon! - each has her own special place in our hearts. There's Only One Grandma Like You celebrates the joy of knowing a grandma.

A very special child has been born ...

By the light of a bright star, the shepherds and the three wise kings set off to visit Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. 

Designed especially for little ones, this die-cut board book is the perfect introduction to the story of Christmas.

Welcome to the Number Garden! Explore the outdoors with Marigold the Tortoise and a little group of nature lovers. How many pieces of fruit can you find in the orchard? Can you count all the dragonflies in the rockery? This joyful board book takes readers on an exciting tour of a variety of outdoor spaces. Discover all sorts of different gardens and learn to count to ten along the way! A unique counting book filled with peek-through gatefolds and questions for curious minds.

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Find your baby's face in this delightful new lift-the-flap book with a mirror on every page! 

One thing is for sure - babies love mirrors! This brand new series of board books aims to enhance early mirror play as very young children will enjoy finding their own face on every page. Featuring large card flaps with friendly animals which are easy for even the littlest hands to grab, babies will enjoy reaching for these books again and again.

Discover five different building site vehicles in this series of interactive Boardbooks with easy-to-use moving parts. Learn vehicle vocabulary with simple first words, clear diagrams and helpful text prompts to encourage discussion.

On a coral reef in the big blue sea, count the ocean creatures 1, 2, 3.Count from one giant whale shark all the way to twelve tired seahorses, meeting and learning about plenty of playful Australian sea creatures along the way.

With vibrant artwork, simple facts about each creature and a gentle conservation message, Frané Lessac’s Australia Under the Sea 1, 2, 3 is a celebration of twelve fish and friends living in our seas.

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Don't feel like hugging today? No worries! We can say hello with a smile, a wave or even a high five! Celebrate all the ways to say hello with this fun and inclusive board book from the beloved creator of Love Makes a Family and Kindness Makes Us Strong.

Saying hello can be tricky for some kids, but Sophie Beer's feel-good introduction to greetings is the perfect story to help! How to Say Hello explores consent with a light touch, taking big concepts and nestling them in clear yet playful read-aloud text. Inclusive, vibrant and uplifting, this beautiful board book will help support children in establishing boundaries as they navigate relationships.

Featuring an inclusive range of families, parents and cultures, readers young and old will love seeing themselves and their communities gathered together. With rounded edges and sturdy pages, this high-quality board book will be plenty of fun for little hands!

The perfect board book for:

• Babies and toddlers aged 0–3 years
• Modern families looking for a gentle introduction to consent and bodily autonomy
• Rainbow and queer families
• Gift-givers for pregnancy and baby showers

About the author

Sophie Beer is an award-winning author and illustrator based in Brisbane, Australia. She works primarily in children's books, having published with Penguin Random House, Simon and Schuster, Walker, Scholastic, Hardie Grant and many more. As an illustrator, she has worked with Disney/Pixar, Google and the Sydney Opera House, and she has collaborated with Myer for her own line of children's homewares. When she's not illustrating and writing, she thinks a lot about plants, animals, music, books and social justice.

A fun fossil-hunting adventure with die-cut holes and a surprise fold-out ending - perfect for budding dinosaur experts! A fun fossil-hunting adventure with die-cut holes and a surprise fold-out ending - the perfect picture book for budding dinosaur experts!Join three little explorers searching for dinosaurs . . . Can they find something REALLY BIG?

Dig, dig, dig through die-cut pages to find all kinds of fossils, discover which dinosaur they came from, then uncover a HUGE surprise with an amazing fold-out ending. Written by dinosaur expert, Professor Anjali Goswami, Research Leader at the Natural History Museum, this prehistoric picture book is sure to delight dinosaur fans!

Lift the flaps to find the animals in this eco-friendly board book. Who is hiding behind each flap? This gentle board book with lift the flaps invites you to celebrate our amazing planet and the animals that live on it with your baby. Say hello to a new

Say hello to all sorts of unicorns in this bright, interactive touch-and-feel-book! Baby Touch- Unicorns is part of Ladybird's bestselling Baby Touch series, designed to help stimulate babies' senses. With simple text, high contrast illustrations, and a touch-and-feel on every double page, this playful book helps to boost children's motor skills as they discover lots of unicorns.