30 Books to read before you're 2!Unpublished

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Celebrating 25 years the best-loved picture book. A young boys exciting adventure with a menagerie of colourful animals. And by the end of his walk, he has a zany parade following him. Julie Vivass whimsical paintings lend humour to this simple story. Children will enjoy identifying the animals and...

From beautiful butterflies to kaleidoscopic Christmas beetles, First Nations author and illustrator Helen Milroy returns to the backyard with a picture book designed to teach kids (and their handlers) all about the scurrying, scuttling, scooting, buzzing, zooming splendour of insects.

*Shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards 2021: Birth to 3 Years* Age range 0 to 3 All our hearts shine with love for you. Welcome, child! Birds sing songs of delight to greet you. Flowers dance with joy to celebrate you....

From acorn to zebra dive into the alphabet of the outdoors! This tactile touch and trace book, inspired by the beauty of the natural world, will help to develop your child's vocabulary and hand-eye coordination, while encouraging a lifelong love of nature.

Beloved for more than 30 years, this award-winning classic from Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury celebrates the joys of an afternoon outdoors with family. We're going on a bear hunt. We're going to catch a big one. Will you come too? Join a father and his four...

Old MacDonald had a farm, e-i-e-i-o. Old MacDonald is working on the farm. But he'd better watch out... the cheeky Australian animals are up to mischief!

Go on a first words adventure with a friendly ladybird as you follow finger trails and explore exciting, peep-through, cut-out pages in this playful learning book. Bright illustrated scenes feature first word topics that stimulate early learning, with clear labels for each...

Take a first look at the amazing world of ants in this beautifully illustrated non-fiction picture book, a perfect first gift for babies and toddlers. The friendly, read-aloud text and exciting illustrations by Kate Slater will have young nature-lovers smiling in no...

A classic in the making - joyous and playful, this will be read again and again. Pitched perfectly at the preschooler, just learning the rules who loves being the boss. Gorgeous illustrations and a rhyming text that's a delight to read out loud.

This charming, best-selling board book introduces eight adorable baby animals, featuring high-contrast black-and-white illustrations perfect for babies from birth to age two. Research has shown that infants respond more readily to contrasting black and white images, making this book an...

**SPEECH PATHOLOGY AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020 SHORTLISTED** For the Little Explorers- Learn with Roo! Roo knows, Roo knows, Roo knows blue. But does Roo know about other colours too? Learn colours with Roo and Possum and...

The board book edition of the international bestseller.

An exciting new title in the best-selling touchy-feely series Join five colourful parrots in this jungle-themed addition to the UK's favourite touch-and-feel baby book series, That's not my....Babies and toddlers will delight in the bold illustrations and touching the fuzzy, furry,...

Named a Best Children's Book of the Year bythe Washington Post, Amazon, Working Mother, and more! Now available in a board book edition for the very youngest readers to enjoy, Hello Hello explores all aspects of seeing...

Rod Campbell's classic lift-the-flap book Dear Zoo is now available as an oversized jacketed hardcover keepsake edition! Young readers will love lifting the flaps to discover the animals the zoo has sent as potential pets--a monkey, a lion, and even an elephant! But will...

The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been enchanting generations of toddlers for over forty years. Now you can share this enduring story in a brand new big board book format, perfect for the home, library or nursery classroom.

In lively rhyming prose, Moira Court captures all the fun and diversity of the dog park - 'This dog is loud, this one is quiet. This dog is tiny, this one's a giant.' Each illustration is created using layered woodblock prints, screen-printing and collage. Children will love identifying their...

Combining scooped-out die-cuts with raised, shaped elements, two new TouchThinkLearn books offer youngest learners an irresistible opportunity to explore their universe in a hands-on, multisensory way. See the image, trace its shape, say its name: these modes of perception combine in a dynamic way...

Join Hairy Maclary and his friends on their first ever adventure in this golden 40th anniversary edition of the beloved rhyming classic! Hairy Maclary is off for a walk in town, and on the way he's joined by many furry friends of all shops and sizes, from Bottomley Potts (covered...

Here is the blue sheep, and here is the red sheep. Here is the bath sheep, and here is the bed sheep. But where is the green sheep? Mem has never owned a sheep, let alone a green one, but she does admit to having woolly thoughts from time to time....

Eric Hill's first and most famous lift-the-flap book re-orginated with endpapers and new font and cover treatment. Originally published in 1980 this was the book that lead the way in terms of innovative flaps, bright colourful artwork and gentle stories for the very young. Now loved all over the...

Once there was a very hungry crow. He searched in the trees and in the grass, but he couldn't find any food. Then he saw some people at a ceremony. The young men were dancing, and their mother was making a fire to cook a turtle egg.Clever Crow is an endearing and witty tale that follows the exploits...

Hands can do all kinds of things! A rhyming text with eye-catching color photos offers just the encouragement young children need to explore their world -- hands on. Hands can hold things. Hands can mold things.  Hands can catch and hands can throw. ...

Did you know that a daddy gorilla is called a silverback and a baby gorilla is called an infant? Or that a daddy turkey is called a gobbler and a baby turkey is called a poult? THE DADDY ANIMAL BOOK is an adorable and informative picture book about baby animals and their...

Ladybird Favourite Nursery Rhymes is a beautiful treasury that every young child should have on his or her bookshelf. It contains over 100 rhymes, each one beautifully illustrated. A gorgeous complete collection, this is ideal for parents to read or sing from, and to pass on the rhymes they knew...

A board book edition of the satisfying and delightful rhyming pony story for young children by the much-loved Alison Lester . Noni is the nicest pony any little child could ever hope to meet.