Books to read with your children

Dad’s putting Daisy to bed. What would life be like if they swapped places?She would read him a story and leave him to go downstairs. He would wake her by bouncing on her in the morning. Daisy would dress Dad in a pink tutu and make him eat porridge, but Dad would lie around watching TV whi...

Oliver Donnington Rimington-Sneep, the small boy with the big name, returns for further adventures, his quest this time to find his lost Ted, who is nowhere to be found.But then Oliver notices his toy train is roaring and revving to go, and they steam through deserts and forests, over lakes and s...

‘In a faraway place on a high mountain top’, a dragon named Sylvia lives in a leafy paradise. Sylvia has searched the world for another dragon to be her friend, but closer to home she finds little yellow Bird. The two become companions, but it takes a courageous act of true friendshi...

Everyone knows that owls are nocturnal but one curious little owl decides to take a long nap at night so she can stay awake during the day. What she sees, from the warm, pink glow of dawn through to a day filled with the bright colours of green leaves, blue sky, grey clouds and, finally, a stunni...

This rhyming text transports the reader from a grey winter’s day to a fantastical underwater land. We see a little girl (and her trusty dog) jump upon a whale’s tail and get taken deep underneath the sea, where colourful fish dance and dart across the pages, eels shimmer in ruby red ...

Cat's feeling grouchy: he's been harshly woken up again by the farm cockerel crowing. 'Something's got to be done about that', he mutters and after a little thought, weaves a crafty spell. When the cockerel opens his beak next morning, all he can say – very quietly - is 'squeak'. Other an...

This is a wonderfully whimsical nonsense rhyme in classic picture-book format from the inimitable Quentin Blake. Mr Magnolia has many things, such as an old trumpet that goes rooty-toot, some very fat owls learning to hoot, a big purple dinosaur who's a magnificent brute, two sisters who play the...

This is a delicious little picture book that children will demand to hear again and again. The excellent, rhyming text and warm, sunny illustrations work together perfectly. Children will enjoy the traditional tales and finding all the hidden characters in the pictures.