t Small Steps we have been on the hunt for some great baby toys and books suitable for under 12 months old. Here are our best 10!


Faces (Baby’s Very First Book) - John Fordham.


This beautifully designed high contrast book has black-and-white images that are easy for babies to focus on.


Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes & other Baby Board books - Annie Kubler.


This award winning series is a great introduction to books through well-known nursery rhymes and interactive text.


Dear Zoo lift the flap book - Rod Campbell.


This classic lift-the-flap book has been a favourite with older babies and toddlers ever since it was first published.


That’s Not My Dinosaur – Fiona Watt.


Every double page of this book features an interesting texture to feel, such as bumpy teeth or slippery flippers, as the reader explores the surface of a toy dinosaur.


The Elephant and the Bad Baby – Elfrida Vipont & Raymond Briggs


Baby for a ride and they go ‘rumpeta, rumpeta, rumpeta down the road.’ They help themselves to ice creams, pies, buns, etc. All ends well as the Bad Baby learns to say ‘Please’ and his mother makes pancakes for everyone.


Small Steps 14 The Elephant takes the Bad


First books and toys for your baby! A


Lamaze Freddie the Firefly


This Lamaze friendly bug features a soft velour body and busy wings with peek-a-boo mirror, textures, squeaker, and crinkles. Also includes


clinking rings, tethered ladybug teether and knotted antennae for chewing.


Vtech Baby Crawl & Learn Lights Ball


Interactive magically moving ball: Catch it if you can. A built-in motor activates to make the ball roll


around, promoting crawling and limited controlled movement means that the ball stops within reach. Full of fun things to press, pull, spin and feel, the Crawl and Learn Bright Lights Ball introduces shapes, numbers, animals and animal sounds to your happy baby. Busy babies will have a ball with this fun interactive electronic learning toy.


Meadow Medley Baby Cow


From its smiling face to its tufted tail, this eight inch baby cow is stuffed with personality. Gently squeeze its belly to make it moo. With a jaunty


red gingham bow, this cuddly calf will win friends in the barnyard and beyond!.


TOMY Play to Learn Hide ‘n’ Squeak Eggs


TOMY Hide ‘n’ Squeak Eggs are a very popular way to develop your


child’s shape sorting and motor skills, and they provide hours of playtime fun. Crack them open to reveal the brightly coloured press-and-cheep chicks; it’s also a shape sorting game, matching egg bases to the correctly shaped holes in the box.


TOMY Aquafun Octopals


TOMY Aquafun Octopals is a wonderful, colourful, floating bath island toy, featuring a mummy


octopus that acts as a pouring cup and her eight little babies that can stick to the sides of the bath or tiles. Each baby is a water squirter and features a different number that corresponds to a number on the base for number matching fun.


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