Join in with Pip, Lizzy, Katie and Freddy for lots of fun! Now in small format board books and stored in a handy slipcase, children will love to join in with Pip the Puppy, Lizzy the Lamb, Katie the Kitten and Freddy the Frog for lots of fun! With rhyming text and delightful illustrations from award winning illustrator, Axel Scheffler, children will be entertained for hours!

As Posy is baking cupcakes one rainy day, a big furry hand taps on her window, then a growl and a knock bring her to her door, where a scary--but somewhat familiar--monster waits.

The fun, rhyming text in these stories and accompanying CD will delight young children Katie, Pip, and Freddy are lively creatures who love to make noise, dance about, and have fun. Beautifully illustrated by the award-winning Axel Scheffler, these stories have lots of details that children will love to spot. This rhyming collection is completed by robust, easy-to-hold tabs to keep track of each story, and an audio recording by the voice of Poppy Cat, Joanna Page.

Pip and Posy disagree about whether to build a snowrabbit or snowmouse.

A first novelty board book for young children about noisy frog Freddy, with push, pull, slide and turning mechanisms.

"Little ones will love pulling out the sliders, jiggling the animals and making all the noises in this fun farm book with a delightful rhyme"--Back cover.

Imagine a world where everyone is kind-how can we make that come true? With gorgeous pictures by a host of top illustrators, Kind is a timely, inspiring picture book about the many ways children can be kind, from sharing their toys and games to helping those from other countries feel welcome.

A charming new picture book from the bestselling creators of The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom!

Tabby McTat is purr-fectly happy, singing along all day with Fred the busker. But when Fred gives chase to a thief, the two are separated. Will they ever find each other again? A heart-warming story of friendship, loyalty - and kittens! 'Our five\-year-old gave it the thumbs up, and that's about the best endorsement you can get.' News of the World

This practical guide is the ideal tool for the busy practitioner or speech and language therapist to provide an effective, meaningful, and contextualised approach to language development using picture books. Drawing from up-to-date, evidence-based research, each chapter shows you how to get the most out of picture books to support language development, with a focus on the range of opportunities that reading aloud can bring. The guide offers a complete package to promote speech, language, and early literacy, and to enrich language comprehension, vocabulary, phonological awareness, and oral language – all by using books to provide a context for meaningful language learning. The resource also includes advice on how to develop intervention goals and outcome measures for reading aloud, with practical suggestions covering topics from creating a reading routine and book nooks, to encouraging reluctant readers and reading aloud challenges. Language skills are essential for academic, social and communication success and this reading aloud resource will be valuable reading for early year educators, primary teachers, and speech and language therapists working with young children aged 0-7.