Featured Books for 3+ readers

The Rhyming Rabbit
Julia Donaldson
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Award winning Children's Laureate Julia Donaldson has created a delightfully entertaining picture book that celebrates poems of all kinds. All the rabbits are sick of hearing the rhyming rabbit’s poems for...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
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Jonah's Incredible Journey
Elena Pasquali
A colourful, jolly and interactive board book featuring cut-in finger-trails on every page for children to follow as they read the story.
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Format: Board book - Released: 18/05/2012
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The Monster Machine
Nicola L. Robinson
May 2012 Book of the Month. Have monster fun with the making of monsters and what they do next! Topped up with the right ingredients of slugs, toenail clippings, earwax, spiders and some special glue, the monster-making machine churns out...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 16/05/2012
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A First Book of Nature
Nicola Davies
A beautiful book which brings nature to life in words and pictures. Nicola Davies interweaves fact and fiction as she brings each season into focus. She celebrates new growth and the rich harvests of autumn. Stunning, richly textured illustrations encourage...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Out and About
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Christopher's Caterpillars
Charlotte Middleton
Whatever happens to the six hairy caterpillars that Christopher Nibble and his friend Posie are keeping as pets? The guinea pig friends have looked after the caterpillars perfectly, keeping them well fed with lots of juicy leaves and making sure...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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I Love My Daddy
Giles Andreae
An amusing, touching and heart-warming look at the special relationship between father and child from the bestselling Giles Andreae, perfectly portrayed by Emma Dodd's charming and vibrant artwork. It is the sister picture book to the award-winning I Love My...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Mayfly Day
Jeanne Willis
Its message is one to treasure.  Mayfly lives for only one day. Is she sad? No, everything about that one day is to be celebrated. Mayfly sees buds burst open, she sees babies being born; she feels breezes blowing and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
Mo Willems
Award-winning author/illustrator Mo Willems brings back his beloved pigeon for another delightful and wacky story. In previous stories the noisy pigeon has demanded to drive the bus and have a puppy among other things. Now he wants the lovely cookie...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Picture Book Picnic
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Skeleton Pirate
David Lucas
“I’ll never be beaten!” boasts the skeleton pirate. But it turns out not be true... Bound in chains and tossed over board by his enemies, the Skeleton Pirate is set free by a mermaid before both are swallowed up by...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Peppa Pig: Peppa Meets the Queen

Join Peppa Pig as she goes to the Palace and gets to meet the Queen! Miss Rabbit is invited to the Palace to get an honour and Peppa and her friends are going too! It’s a wonderfully celebratory day out...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler | Diamond Jubilee
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Charlie and Lola: We Completely Must Go to London

Best-selling Charlie and Lola and their best friends Marve and Lotta are very excited to be going on a trip to London! They gaze up at Buckingham Palace and wonder which is the Queen’s Bedroom, they look in wonder at...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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I Spy with My Little Eye
Edward Gibbs
Nominated for 2011 CYBILS award (Children and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Award). A simple I-spy with die-cut holes so little ones can spy through the page and guess the animal. Dramatic bold illustrations focus on a single colour and each page...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2012
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Foxly's Feast
Owen Davey
This witty wordless picture book charts how much the hungry and greedy Foxly thinks about his next meal. Foxly eyes up the chickens, the ducks, the fish and the rabbits and looks as if he will feast on them all....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2012
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Stuck
Oliver Jeffers
Shortlisted for the Galaxy Children's Book of the Year Award 2011. Delightful chaos ensues when a young boy gets his kite stuck up a tree in this laugh-out-loud new picture book from award-winning, internationally best-selling author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers!  A hilarious book...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler | Ebooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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The Worst Princess
Anna Kemp
May 2012 Book of the Month. A funny new picture book from the team behind the successful Dogs Don't Do Ballet and Rhinos Don’t Eat Pancakes! Girls everywhere will be cheering for Sue in this story of determination and derring-do. The galloping, tongue-in-cheek...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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The Singing Mermaid
Julia Donaldson
Best-selling author Julia Donaldson captures the magic of the mermaid’s song in this dramatic story of how a mermaid is lured from her beautiful home by the sea to the circus to sing for the crowds. How she escapes with...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 26/04/2012
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The Hueys in The New Jumper
Oliver Jeffers
The thing about the Hueys is that they are all the same! They all look the same, think the same and do the same things. Until one day, Rupert knits himself a new jumper! How will the other Hueys react?...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 26/04/2012
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The Queen's Knickers
Nicholas Allan
It's a busy year for the Queen - she has lots of important events to attend. Meanwhile, a little girl is wondering what knickers. Her Majesty will choose to wear on a school visit! Will they be her at home...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Diamond Jubilee
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Princess Poppy: The Royal Parade
Janey Louise Jones
This is a brand-new story in the best-selling Princess Poppy series, with a right royal theme perfect for the Jubilee! Find out whether everything will be ready in time for the annual dress-up parade to go ahead. With royal...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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My Story Time Bible
Sophie Piper
Twelve of the most popular stories from the Bible - six from the Old Testament and six from the New Testament - are simply retold in this edition. The power of stories such as Noah and the Flood, David and...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 21/04/2012
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My Very First Noah's Ark Playtime Activity Book with Stickers
Lois Rock
Lots of activities for very young children will help them to enjoy the story of how Noah built his Ark when the rain came and flooded the Earth. Matching the stickers of the animals to their shapes or helping a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 21/04/2012
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Hairy Hettie
Polly Lawson
This is wonderfully funny book of friendship in which Hettie, the hairy Highland cow ends up having all sorts of insects and animals living in her fur throughout the seasons.  From caterpillars and butterflies to birds and hares, Hettie looks...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 19/04/2012
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Lost at the Zoo
Gill Arbuthnott
Take a delightful and unusual trip around the zoo as seen by Rory, a little mouse who has lost his owner. From the anteater to the penguin, all the animals try to help Rory find his owner but Rory’s descriptions...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 19/04/2012
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The Very Helpful Hedgehog
Rosie Wellesley
May 2012 Book of the Month. Within this attractive picture book with its touching story some useful advice is craftily hidden. The little hedgehog lives alone; he has never helped anyone and no one has ever helped him. But, when an...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 18/04/2012
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Now We Have a Baby
Lois Rock
A great little board book to help a young child welcome a new baby sibling. Amusing and life-affirming, it enables a grown-up and child to share together the excitement, bewilderment and challenges associated with having a new baby in the house....
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Format: Board book - Released: 18/04/2012
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The Biggest Thing in the World
Kenneth Steven
An endearing picture book which tells us that love is the biggest thing in the world. This heart-warming picture story - now available in a board book - stars an adorable cast of wide-eyed animals which are sure to appeal...
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Format: Board book - Released: 18/04/2012
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The Great Easter Egg Scramble
Timothy Knapman
A fabulously funny rhyming text with adorable illustrations. The perfect Easter treat!
Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/04/2012
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Fancy Dress Farmyard
Nick Sharratt
Perfect for the very youngest readers, this ‘peepo’ story provides endless fun as storybook characters turn up dressed as different animals. A pirate, fairy and wizard are each entertainingly transformed into a cow, pig and a sheep for the party....
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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My Adventure Island
Timothy Knapman
April 2012 Book of the Month. My Adventure Island is a magical place where anything can happen particularly if you have a little bit of imagination.  It's a brilliantly funny tale of mischief and mayhem by Timothy Knapman, author of the Mungo...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Under the Spell of the Moon
Katherine Paterson
Age 3+. Stunning illustrations from around the world lie at the heart of this beautiful book. Each has been gifted by its creator as a contribution to support the work of the International Board of Books for the Young. To...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Poetry
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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