BABY AND TODDLER

Baby Touch series April, 978184646 A sensory feast for babies designed to stimulate growing minds and senses Baby Touch Book and DVD book and cd, £9.99, 8025 Baby Touch Cars board, £3.99, 9114 Baby Touch Colours (Rejacket) board, £3.99, 9084 Baby Touch Farm board, £3.99, 9107 Baby Touch Shapes (Rejacket) board, £3.99, 9091

Lark All Better Now Masoff, Joy; Dickason, Jack, illus May, board, £5.99, 9781600591280 A thoughtful board book for poorly children which focuses on getting better again

Lion Children’s Books Baby’s Little Bible and Prayers Toulmin, Sarah; Stephenson, Kristina, illus February, £12.99, 9780745960395 Small format, padded cover edition bound in a boxed set for gift occasions

See and Say! series Goodings, Christina; Mitchell, Melanie, illus March, £4.99 each, 9780745960 Simple retellings of favourite Bible stories with hlighlighted words to share and encourage interaction The Lost Sheep Story (See and Say!), 876 The Creation Story (See and Say!) 890

Little Hare Kiss Kiss Wild, Margaret; Strevens-Marzo, Bridget, illus February, board, £3.99, 9781921272332 Charming tale of a baby hippo who has forgotten to give his mum a kiss

Boots Munroe, Maisie; Hale, Jenny, illus May, board, £3.99, 9781921272295 Boots are for your feet and... splashing in puddles! Fun board book all about boots

Shoes Munron, Maisie; Hale, Jenny, illus May, board, £3.99, 9781921272301 Shoes are for your feet and... walking up hills! Fun book all about shoes

Slippers Munroe, Maisie; Hale, Jenny, illus May, £3.99, 9781921272318 Slippers are for your feet and... for puppies to chew

Orchard Books Choo Choo Clickety-Clack! Touchand-Feel Book Mayo, Margaret; Ayliffe, Alex, illus April, board, £4.99, 9781846167607 Based on the bestselling picture book

Dig Dig Digging Touch-and-Feel Book Mayo, Margaret; Ayliffe, Alex, illus January, board, £4.99, 9781846167591 Young children will love to explore all the different textures in this board book

Emergency! Touch-and-Feel Book Mayo, Margaret; Ayliffe, Alex, illus June, board, £4.99, 9781846167614 Bright colours and various textures bring these rescue vehicles to life

Fun on the Farm Lift-the-Flap Book Whybrow, Ian; Ayliffe, Alex, illus March, board, £4.99, 9781846167584 Children will enjoy lifting the flaps to find all their favourite farm animals

Shimmery Dinkies series Davis, Caroline January, board, £2.99 each, 9781846167 Glittery first concept books Chug-Chug!, 348 My Words, 331 One Two Three, 324 Roar!, 355

Secret Fairy Jigsaw Book series Dann, Penny May, board, £9.99, 9781846167829 Novelty title in the Secret Fairy series

Baby Loves Visiting Lawrence, Michael; Reynolds, Adrian, illus March, £4.99, 9781846169878 Third title in a set of popular baby books

Pinwheel Children’s Books Sandcastle Moon, Jo, illus April, board, £5.99, 9781904921806 Touch-and-feel book. Feel the textures of the bucket, sand and slimy seaweed

Priddy Books Baby Farm February, board, £9.99, 9781843325628 Interactive board book with simple rhyming text. Features touch and feel patches, tabs and flaps

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Quack! Quack! February, interactive book, £5.99, 9781843326755 Soft-to-touch photographic cloth book with simple questions inviting children to interact with the images

First Words Flash Card Book May, board, £9.99, 9781843325864 Board book with flash cards which can be fitted into the pages or used independently

Bright Baby Colours, ABC, Numbers April, board, £5.99, 9781843325826 Sturdy, colourful board book which introduces three key first concepts: letters, numbers and colours

Baby ABC Flash Cards May, flash cards, £3.99, 9781843325871 Twenty die-cut flash cards featuring familiar objects and corresponding words, encouraging word and picture association

Slide and Find series March, board, £4.99 each, 9781843325 Interactive titles which encourage learning by inviting toddlers to find hidden answers behind sliding doors Colours, 819 Words, 802

My Big Boxes series June, present pack, £12.99 each, 9781843326 Big gift boxes for babies and toddlers, each containing 12 themed photographic mini board books My Big Farm Box, 212 My Big Things That Go Box, 229

Scholastic Children’s Books Hand-Puppet Board Books: Good Night, Panda Bear Berg, Michelle, illus February, board, £6.99, 9781407105529 Adorable black-and-white animal finger puppets with a board book

Baby Einstein series Aigner-Clark, Julie 978140710 Bright and colourful books to challenge your baby Caterpillar Explores Outdoors April, board, £3.99, 6489 First Book of Words January, £8.99, 4126 First Words Discovery Cards March, flash cards, £9.99, 5895 Jungle Animals February, book with toy, £6.99, 4119 Language Nursery April, board, £3.99, 5826 Little Box of Books May, board, £9.99, 6496 My Favourite Colours February, book with toy, £6.99, 4133 My First Book of Shapes May, board, £6.99, 5833

Ten Little Fish Wood, Audrey, author and illus; Wood, Bruce, illus June, board, £5.99, 9781407106090 Little ones will love the cute fish in this glittery count-and-rhyme board book

Simon & Schuster Katy Duck Capucilli, Alyssa Satin; Cole, Henry, illus March, board, £4.99, 9781847382122 Duck feet and a ballerina dream... what’s a web-footed Katy Duck supposed to do?

Katy Duck, Big Sister Capucilli, Alyssa Satin; Cole, Henry, illus March, board, £4.99, 9781847382139 Katy Duck is back and this time she’s sharing the spotlight

Uh-oh, Calico! Wilson, Karma; Erdogan, Buket, illus May, board, £4.99, 9781847382481 Wake up Calico, it’s time to explore. Follow Calico as she discovers a new world

Hello, Calico! Wilson, Karma; Erdogan, Buket, illus May, board, £4.99, 9781847382474 Meet Calico, a fluffy, furry, purry kitten who just loves exploring

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BABY AND TODDLER

Templar Amazing Baby: Touch and Play Dodd, Emma, illus January, 2nd edn, £12.99, 9781904513599 A new edition of this popular activity centre with a new cover and improved novelties

Amazing Baby: Rainbow Fun Dodd, Emma, illus January, board, £4.99, 9781904513605 A concept book that introduces colour in a fun, engaging way through a die-cut rainbow

Amazing Baby: Five Little Ducks Dodd, Emma, illus January, board, £4.99, 9781904513612 A concept book that uses the traditional rhyme to count down from five to one

Snappy Sounds Party Matthews, Derek, illus; Hamilton, Libby February, £9.99, 9781840113617 Colourful pop-up book which features sounds. Join tortoise at his surprise party

Snappy Felt Fun Farm Matthews, Derek, illus; Hamilton, Libby February, £8.99, 9781840117783 A bright, fun farm book containing 30 felt pieces to play with on felt areas

Snuffle and the Egg Lambert, Jonathan, author and illus April, £7.99, 9781840113532 Delightful new series, beautifully illustrated. Follow Snuffle as he investigates new things he encounters

Snuffle and the Flower Lambert, Jonathan, author and illus April, £7.99, 9781840111422 Further adventures with the endearing Snuffle

Treehouse Little Hands Library series Powell, Richard; Fuller, Rachel, illus January, present pack, £5.99 each, 9781855765 Set of cloth, bath and board books following baby’s routine. Comes in attractive display bag Ready for Bed 108 Ready To Play 115

My Dinosaur series Powell, Richard; Haines, Genny, illus March, board, £4.99 each, 9781855765 Big movement board books about first discoveries in Dinosaur land Billy’s Egg, 405 Little Brown Dinosaur, 436

Tricycle My Teeth Steckel, Dr Richard and Steckel, Michele, author and illus June, board, £3.99, 9781582462103 Readers will count, bite and brush their way to a healthy set of teeth

Busy Bunnies Schindel, John February, board, £4.99, 9781582462424 Features a parade of adorable bunnies doing things that toddlers love to do

Eco Babies Wear Green Colman, Michelle Sinclair; Dion, Nathalie, illus April, board, £4.99, 9781582462530 Urban babies have gone green; these tots reduce, reuse and recycle

Chaat & Sweets Sanger, Amy Wilson, author and illus May, board, £3.99, 9781582461939 Tricycle’s World Snacks series introduces toddlers to Indian snack foods known as chaat

Usborne Go To Sleep Little Baby + CD Watt, Fiona, ed; Allwright, Deborah, illus January, book and cd, £9.99, 9780746084533 Bedtime book with touchy-feely patches and gentle music CD to help babies sleep

Snuggletime: I Love You Watt, Fiona; Mackinnon, Catherine, illus January, board, £5.99, 9780746089118 Touchy-feely board book with a variety of textures and repetitive storyline

100 Things for Little Children To Do on a Journey Clarke, Catriona, ed; Sage, Molly, illus March, flash cards, £5.99, 9780746089217 Box of 100 cards each with a simple activity to complete on a journey

Sticker Book series Pbk, £4.99 each, 97807460 Colourful scenes for young children to complete using the stickers provided Diggers Sticker Book Brooks, Felicity, ed June, 89392 Farm Sticker Book Brooks, Felicity, ed June, 89408 Summer Sticker Book Pratt, Leonie, ed; Baggott, Stella, illus April, 90046

First Fairytales: Little Red Riding Hood Brooks, Felicity, ed; Litchfield, Jo, illus June, board, £5.99, 9780746093764 Robust board book retelling the fairytale in simple pictures and text

Look and Say series Brooks, Felicity, ed; Litchfield, Jo, illus Board, £5.99 each, 978074608 Robust board books with simple pictures and text covering everyday topics Baby Brother May, 9323 Baby Sister May, 9330 Birthday March, 8128 Weather January, 8135

Farmyard Tales Sticker Storybooks series January, pbk, £3.99 each, 9780746087 Stickerbooks with gaps for keywords to be replaced by stickers provided Farmyard Tales Sticker Storybooks: Barn on Fire Amery, Heather; Cartwright, Stephen, illus, 473 Farmyard Tales Sticker Storybooks: Kitten’s Day Out Amery, Heather; Cartwright, Stephen, illus, 503

Farmyard Tales Sticker Storybooks:

Surprise Visitors Amery, Heather; Cartwright, Stephen, illus, 497 Farmyard Tales Sticker Storybooks: The Snow Storm Amery, Heather; Cartwright, Stephen, illus, 480

Walker Books Hooray For Fish! Cousins, Lucy, author and illus March, board, £5.99, 9781406306699 Swim with Little Fish in this under-the-sea board book from the creator of Maisy

No No Yes Yes Patricelli, Leslie, author and illus February, board, £4.99, 9781406311792 An introduction to the concept of ‘’yes’’ and ‘’no’’, and good and bad behaviour

Baby Happy Baby Sad Patricelli, Leslie, author and illus February, board, £4.99, 9781406311785 Fifth in a series of popular board books starring a gloriously expressive baby

Frederick Warne Peter Rabbit Naturally Better Book Potter, Beatrix June, pbk, £9.99, 9780723262787 Store and share memories of baby’s first year in this beautiful gift book

Beatrix Potter Baby and Toddler Books series Potter, Beatrix February, 97807232 A simplified version of the classic tales for young children

Jemima Puddle-Duck Sticker Story Pbk, £3.99, 58773 Peter Rabbit Sticker Story Pbk, £3.99, 58766 Peter Rabbit: Shapes, Opposites and Sizes Board, £7.99, 59251

Peter Rabbit: Who Lives Here £6.99, 62763

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