Dear Zoo (PB) by Rod Campbell
Category: Picture Books | Series: Campbell, Rod
'I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet . . .'Rod Campbell's classic lift-the-flap book Dear Zoo has been a firm favourite with toddlers and parents alike ever since it was first published in 1982.Young children will love lifting the flaps to discover the animals the zoo has sent - a monkey, a lion and eve ...Show more
Roarsome by Joel Slack-Smith
Category: Picture Books
Half lion. Half werewolf. All pillow. Totally roarsome! All Walter wanted for his birthday was a limited edition, nitro-powered drone. Instead, he gets a tattered old lion-shaped pillow (that smells suspiciously like werewolf wee). Roar-kward! Now the full moon is out and Roars the lion-pillow has come ...Show more
The Very Best Words by Erin Munro
Category: Picture Books
Emma's new baby brother James was very nearly perfect, from his velvety head to his wiggly toes. She just wished he could talk. 'I am going to help you find your words,' she told him. But there were too many words to gather them all. So, she decided to bring him only the very best ones. From debut write ...Show more
Alison Lester Mini Book Collection by Alison Lester
Category: Picture Books
Four incredible worlds by Alison Lester are presented together in this very sweet mini library format. Imagine a perfect beach where you can splash through the waves, make sandcastles, explore rock-pools, and build a bonfire under the stars. Come to Magic Beach, where adventure begins. Imagine yourself ...Show more
The Book That Wouldn't Read by Tim Tipene; Nicoletta Benella (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
The boy at the centre of Tim Tipene's striking new story doesn't like reading, until one day in the school library he picks up The Book that Wouldn't Read. Suddenly the book takes on a life of its own - with sentences moving up and down, words changing colour and disappearing, and strange fonts and char ...Show more
Richard Scarry's The Great Steamboat Mystery by Richard Scarry
Category: Picture Books
There's always something fun to see or learn in Richard Scarry's Busytown! A jewel thief is aboard a steamboat. Thankfully, Sam Cat and Dudley Pig, two of Busytown's best detectives, are on the case! Detectives Sam Cat and Dudley Pig have been invited to a fancy wedding party aboard a steamboat. But whe ...Show more
Peck Peck Peck by Lucy Cousins
Category: Picture Books
A "hole" lot of fun! Today my daddy said to me, "It's time you learnt to peck a tree." Little Woodpecker has just learnt how to peck and - ooh! yippee! - what fun it is! Off he goes, on his first big pecking adventure, and he peck, peck, pecks his little heart out. He pecks the hat and then the mat, the ...Show more
Where The Wild Things Are (PB) by Maurice Sendak
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: very good
One night Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief of one kind and another, so his mother calls him 'Wild Thing' and sends him to bed without his supper. That night a forest begins to grow in Max's room and an ocean rushes by with a boat to take Max to the place where the wild things are. Max tames ...Show more
Bubbles the Zooting, Tooting Manatee by Minky Stapleton
Category: Picture Books
Meet Bubbles, a lovable, funny, one-of-a-kind young manatee with a love for speed! Bubbles is a gassy little manatee who loves swimming fast. The more she eats, the more she toots, and the faster she zoots. Her elegant mother and aunties are horrified, but when trouble comes – in the form of a hungry al ...Show more
How to be a Cat by Juliette MacIver
Category: Picture Books
“Come,” says Mama, “Time to chat. I’ll show you how to be a cat.” The lessons continue as little Duck learns all the tricks of the trade to be a cat. From washing fur, to stalking prey, to climbing trees. Can little Duck do the same things the kittens do? Another simple story by Juliette MacIver with ...Show more
Bowerbird Blues by Aura Parker
Category: Picture Books
I am a collector. Always looking, finding ... and keeping! Bowerbird loves BLUE. Magnificent colbalt. Brilliant, vibrant blue! But something is missing. What could it be? This picture book from Aura Parker stars a beautiful bowerbird on the search for blue! It’s a moving story of longing and connection, ...Show more