Children’s picture books

By award-winning Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, the first book in the Luna Loves.

Lulu doesn't want to be stuck in a museum, she wants to play outside in the snow!

Discover the most entertaining way to spend the year: with a spot of spring cleaning (that ends in a mess), a summer picnic (invaded by ants), Halloween dress-up (or not, if you're already scary) and the only thing to be done in December.

The night of the hurricane is one that David and George will never forget.

We're the Yoga Babies, look what we can do!

When Rose meets Elmer she's humming a tune, a tune she just can't get out of her head.

Which fish holds the world record for most escape attempts?

Shortlisted for the 2018 Waterstones Childrens Book Prize.

Two bored gorillas decide to play a game of dares.

Hans Christian Andersen's powerful and haunting tale describes how a one-legged tin soldier falls in love with a proud dancer from the same toy collection.

The whole kingdom is plagued by the screeching, howling din made by the Nasties, so the King sends Sir Ned to deal with them.

Could you pass the test to join the Tickle Squad?

There once was a large country that was ruled by a General.

"e;Go straightly to school, Our Kid,"e; said Dad.

Tonight, for the first time, Flynn is going to sleep in a proper big boy bed.

Pigeon private investigator Murray just wants to take things easy, but when kind-hearted Vee starts to sing like a canary (after all, she is a canary) he can't hold out.

Mr Benn always visits a costume shop, chooses a costume and goes through a special door.

Nate wakes up one morning to see The Opposite sitting on his ceiling.

The farmer is snoozing on the hay in his barn, surrounded by his dozy animals, when the fly buzzing about lands on his nose!

Jamal is a little camel so he must walk, walk, walk through the desert.

When you are big, you're not the baby any more, but sometimes you want to do the baby things you used to do before!

Billy Goat and his best friend Cyril are messing about with the farmer's mobile phone, taking selfies and playing games.

Samson is the star of Fleabag's Circus - this strong-flea can lift a match, he can lift a pea, he can lift lovely flea Amelie.

It's time for the yearly Ceremony of the Crown, where the King proves his right to rule.

Twins Vicky and Bertie buy a horse at an auction, but this is no ordinary horse, this is a Young Performing Horse.

The young elephants want to prove who is the fastest, so Elmer and Wilbur organise a race.

Lulu is going to be a bridesmaid, but the night before the wedding she eats too much chocolate and is very poorly.

Nara lives with her father on a tiny island and dreams of visiting the island across the waves.

The most beautiful girl in the whole of the school is Lucinda Belinda Melinda McCool - but Lucinda Belinda felt it was her duty to guide all her friends in the subject of beauty.

When Hamish and Hermione hole are chased out of the cheese where they live, they search the palace for a new place to call home.

When it begins to bug slug that his mummy doesn't hug him, he leaves home to find out why.

All aboard for the Bobo Road!

Tufty the duckling lives with his family on an island in the middle of a lake.

Magician Monsieur Lapin is auditioning assistants and Houdini the rabbit is the obvious choice - he loves magic and knows how to take care of everyone and everything in the theatre.

All day there had been disasters - the water pot went all over the latest painting; the Little Princess fell off the seesaw and banged her knee; and worst of all, there was a monster under the bed that night.

Every bedtime the King tells the Little Princess a story before she falls asleep.

Suki and Sosh love their life.

Mr Nodd is a keen carpenter - he's made a wooden umbrella for his wife, wooden bicycles for his sons Ham and Shem, and a wooden romper-suit for baby Japhet.

When Cat is accidentally whisked away in a fish van, her kittens find themselves all alone.

This is my hand.

Pignatius was passing the palace one day, when he saw ten fresh buns left to cool on a tray.

As your bath water drains down the plughole, that slurping sound is the Bath Monster - dirty bath water is his SECOND favourite food.

Joey has chicken pox and has to stay at home.

Rain or no rain, Elmer is going for a walk.

It's two days before Christmas Eve, the night Papa Red visits, and the young elephants are very excited.

Beast has been robbed!

This is not a handbook for farmers.

Discover the magic of Anna Sewell's Black Beauty in this picture book, retold and stunningly illustrated by Ruth Brown for the very youngest of horse lovers.

When the other baby animals laugh at Elephant for not being able to jump, he sets out to prove them wrong.

Lenny the lion loves his grandpa, King Lion.