Baby's First Christmas

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.

Have fun at the farm with Duckling, Lamb, and Piglet!

Spend a day at the farm and meet some new animal friends! Each of the three adorable board books in this pack tells a story of a farm friend (a duckling, lamb, and piglet) and their adventures. With fun rhyming text and cute illustrations, little ones will fall in love with the farm!

About the author

Sam Meredith graduated from Loughborough University in 2001 with a BA(Hons) in Illustration. She currently works from a little house in North London, drawing pictures all day whilst drinking tea and wearing panda slippers. She spends most of her time designing and illustrating children's books. She also occasionally works in-house for various studios...but leaves the pandas at home.

Explore under the sea with Crab, Penguin, and Whale!

Dive into the ocean and meet some new sea creature friends! Each of the three adorable board books in this pack tells a story of an ocean friend (Crab, Penguin, and Whale) and their adventures. With fun rhyming text and cute illustrations, these books will inspire little ones to fall in love with the ocean!

About the author

Sam Meredith graduated from Loughborough University in 2001 with a BA(Hons) in Illustration. She currently works from a little house in North London, drawing pictures all day whilst drinking tea and wearing panda slippers. She spends most of her time designing and illustrating children's books. She also occasionally works in-house for various studios...but leaves the pandas at home.

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.

About the author

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.

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.

Get to know four things that go in this chunky board book series with sliding counters. Get to know things that go in these action-packed board books featuring sliding counters!

Discover different trucks in this series of interactive board books with easy-to-use moving parts - a lorry, a car transporter, a monster truck and a dustbin lorry! Learn vehicle vocabulary with simple first words, clear diagrams and helpful text prompts to encourage discussion. Then trace types of transport around the different tracks with a moving counter on every spread and the cover. The perfect book for children who love lorries - and being in the driving seat!

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.

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.

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.

About the author

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.

Whether we share a toy or include someone in a game, all acts of kindness – no matter how big or small – make the world a better place! From the bestselling and beloved creator of Love Makes a Family and How to Say Hello comes this beautiful board book about kindness and community.

In this bright and beautiful board book, award-winning illustrator Sophie Beer introduces babies and toddlers to the idea that kindness is doing what you can, where you are, with what you have.

Featuring cute kids, diverse family and community groups, and inclusive representation, 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
• Rainbow and queer families
• Toddlers and preschoolers learning to play well with others
• 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.

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

The PERFECT book for baby's first Christmas!

The bells ring out, today is Christmas Day!
Baubles drip rainbows in the morning light.

From a delicious Christmas feast to a unwrapping presents under the tree, share in the delight of baby's very first Christmas in this gorgeous board book from bestselling creator Cheryl Orsini.  

WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK GREAT:

KEEPSAKE TO TREASURE: The obvious choice for parents and grandparents looking to commemorate baby’s first Christmas celebration!

BELOVED ILLUSTRATOR: Cheryl Orsini is the bestselling illustrator of Fairy Dancers, Unicorn!, the Travelling Bookshop series and many, many more

TINY HANDS: Perfectly packaged for gifting to little hands – a stunning cased board book format with a luxe grain finish

Perfect For

• Newborns and one-year-olds
• Gifting in the lead up to Christmas
• Sharing with parents, older siblings and grandparents
• Building a library full of keepsakes

About the author

Cheryl Orsini taught herself to draw as a little girl. She grew a little taller, studied Visual Communications at UTS and finally, when she could grow no more, she started illustrating children's books, magazines and decorating a great many peg dolls!

Her books include Lucy's Book, Unicorn!, The Fairy Dancers and Pom Pom, Where Are You?. Cheryl's work also regularly appears in magazines and exhibitions.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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. 

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.

About the author

A beautiful, large-format gift board book with BIG flaps to lift and words to learn on every page. All toddlers and preschoolers will adore learning their numbers as they search for objects, animals and people behind the shaped flaps, name what they can see and begin to learn the numbers' names and sounds of counting.