Gifts For 6 Month Old

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. 

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.

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.

When a little girl decides to play dress-up, she and her grandma decide to dance their way around the house.

Dancing with Grandma is an enchanting story full of warmth and joy, and captures those precious, playful moments that bond children and their grandparents.

About the author

Rosemary Mastnak is the author and illustrator of three gorgeous picture books about the special relationships between grandparents and their grandchildren. 
Dancing with Grandma was her first picture book, and it was inspired by her beautiful granddaughter Anya. Rosemary’s second book, Cooking with Grandma, became a CBCA Notable Picture Book. Adventures with Grandpa is her third picture book.
Rosemary began her career as an early childhood teacher and then spent thirty years teaching watercolour to children and adults. She has won numerous art awards throughout Tasmania and has held thirty solo exhibitions, as well as exhibiting both interstate and internationally. Rosemary lives in Tasmania.

There are four friendly bears for you to tickle on each page as you follow the felt trails with your finger. Die-cuts in the pages reveal bright felt finger trails to touch, feel and follow to tickle each animal and make them laugh, giggle and roar!

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.

It's a new day in Australia. Let's follow the sun! Wake up with kookaburras on Arakwal Country (Byron Bay), bask with wombats on ??wulinantikala (Cradle Mountain), ?watch black and red cockatoos flying over A??nangu Country, scratch the Daintree Rainforest floor with cassowaries on Kuku Yalanji Country, and go to sleep as quokkas wake up on Whadjuk Noongar Country (Rottnest Island).

Welcome to Australia as you've never seen it before: a dreamy pastel-popping ode to the significant places and animals on the land we all call home, from emerging artist Brentos.

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.

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.

A heart-warming book celebrating the special bond between father and child, featuring flurries of silver foil on every page! A heart-warming book celebrating the special bond between father and child, featuring flurries of silver foil on every page! When I became your daddy, you made my world complete. I didn't know the little things in life could be so sweet. A beautiful, reassuring picture book about the unconditional love a father has for his children. Whether exploring rockpools, playing in the sand, or floating snug together in the sea, there's nothing this little otter loves more than spending time with their daddy.

You're fabulous when you are free to be yourself! This beautiful board book, from the bestselling and beloved creator of Love Makes a Family and Kindness Makes Us Strong, embraces the gender spectrum and encourages self-expression, regardless of labels.

Whether you like wearing sparkly tutus or stomping around in big boots, have messy fun or need quiet time, this stunning rainbow board book from award-winning illustrator Sophie Beer affirms and celebrates it all – even if it changes day by day.

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 0-4 years
• Rainbow and queer families
• Toddlers and preschoolers exploring new activities and ways to express themselves
• 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.

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.

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