Early years: verse, rhymes and wordplay

What kinds of instruments would you imagine a band of cowboys playing?

A special and heartfelt Christmas book, created by bestselling author and artist Nancy Tillman.

The perfect gift for a new baby or young child, celebrating just how precious and loved they are.

A beautiful gift edition of Aesop's Fables featuring eight classic stories, charmingly retold in rhyming verse with stunning illustrations.

We're Nature Girls!

This old dragon is very hungry!

At night, when we are feeling tired and ready for bed, owls are just waking up.

Come on a great escape through the kitchen as we follow each sausage that decides to make a run for it.

THE BEST-SELLING, GORGEOUSLY GOTHIC, WICKEDLY FUNNY SERIES FROM AUTHOR-ILLUSTRATOR LAURA ELLEN ANDERSONMEET AMELIA FANGThe bravest little vampire in the kingdomIt's the half-moon holiday in gloomy Nocturnia which means no school for Amelia and her friends!

Fast cars, slow cars, ready steady go cars .

Follow ten little monsters as they dress up, explore and more in this fun preschool counting book based on the classic nursery rhyme This Little Piggy.

Big trains, small trains, short trains, long trains .

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,How I wonder what you are!

Two ducks meet an incredible cast of characters on the river one day in this hilarious and vibrantly illustrated rhyming picture book.

A delightful seaside story about making friends when you least expect it, from a pair of very talented new picture book creators.

Count down to an Aussie Christmas, from 10 Christmas crackers ready to pop, to 1 last present underneath the tree.

Ideal for sharing with toddlers, Snick-Snack Sniffle-Nose is perfect for helping young children take their first steps towards learning to read.

Ideal for sharing with toddlers, Ladybird I'm Ready to Read: Knock!

Ideal for sharing with toddlers, Trip-Trot Tippy-Toes is perfect for helping young children take their first steps towards learning to read.

Ideal for sharing with toddlers, The Tale of the Snail is perfect for helping young children take their first steps towards learning to read.

Celebrate 100 years of Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes!

This original, authorised version has been lovingly recreated electronically for the first time, with reproductions of Potter's unmistakeable artwork optimised for use on colour devices such as the iPad.

'Dinosaur Whizz loved to run and to chase; the swift Coelophysis would win every race!

'The scariest monster to wander the map, was the mean Spinosaurus, Dinosaur Snap!

'The kind Oviraptor named Dinosaur Flap was so nervous, she couldn't sit down for a nap!

There was an old lady who gobbled a skink.

In this sequel to The Secret Destiny of Pixie Piper, Pixie Piper-who is a direct descendent of Mother Goose-and her adorable gosling, Destiny, head to Chuckling Goose Farm, where she bakes magical wishing cakes, makes new friends, and defends the farm from the evil Sinister Sisters.

Pixie Piper, an ordinary fifth grader, discovers she is a direct descendant of Mother Goose-and she has the magical ability and poetry power to prove it!

One day Alice follows a rabbit into a large hole under the hedge, and a magical adventure begins.

Onesie party,Onesie party,What do you want to wear?

A toothsome take on a much loved nursery rhyme - with an all-singing, all-dancing finale!

In this hilarious book, featuring three timeless fables, Dr.

As our hero struggles to reach the city of Solla Sollew, where they never have troubles, at least very few, we realise that it's better to face up to life's problems than to try to run away from them!

A hilarious new picture book from Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning author Peter Bently and the incredibly talented illustrator John Bond, creators of Dogs in Disguise.

An exciting new collaboration between the Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning author Peter Bently and the incredibly talented illustrator John Bond!

In this delightful classic from the one and only Dr.

In this hilarious tale of mishap and misadventure, Dr.

Full of funny rhymes and shapes, this rhyming Dr.

A sleepy tale full of wonderful yawning creatures from the iconic Dr.

What a lot of hats Bartholomew has in this imaginative and clever tale!

In this classic Dr.

This charming book introduces young children to words that rhyme, with classic Dr.

A wonderfully waggy story of one dog day afternoon, from the genius behind the #DrawWithRob phenomenon and the bestselling and award-winning Blown Away!

Some of the Sneetches have bellies with stars, but the plain-bellied ones have none upon thars!

Listen along as comedy legend and children's author David Walliams reads these seven laugh-out-loud Dr.

Try to keep up with Dr.

Laugh along with irrepressible Fox in Socks and his hilarious tongue-twisters and rollicking rhymes, read by the brilliant Adrian Edmondson.