NOVELTY BOOKS
Pat-a-cake Playtime: Holiday Fun Lauren Holowaty, Beatrice Tinarelli (illus) 11th June, board, £4.99, 9781526381477 Essential, fun wipe-clean activity book to keep chil- dren busy and master key early learning skills, full of brilliant activities and puzzles that are perfect for holidays or any time.
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Clap Hands board, £6.99, 978152638 Clap hands and play with this range of exciting touch-and-feel books for toddlers. With textures to feel and a fun match- ing game at the end. Here Come the Robots Hilli Kushnir 11th June, vol 3 1903 Here Come the Cars Kat Uno 9th July, vol 1 2467 Here Come the Tractors Kat Uno 2nd April, vol 2 2474
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Toddler’s World Villie Karabatzia 2nd April, board, £5.99, 97815263825 Essential board books for toddlers who are quickly discovering the world around them. A brilliant fold-out surprise adds a fun recap of all the learning in the books. Feelings vol 1 59 Baby Animals vol 2 66
Princeton Architectural Press
Inventive Animals: My Nature Sticker Activity Book Clementine Sourdais 17th March, pb, £5.99, 9781616898984 Fascinating facts about clever animals who have unusual capabili- ties to help them survive in their environment.
Puffin
What’s Black and White and Red All Over? Gyles Brandreth 9th July, pb, eb, £6.99, 9780241427293 Laugh yourself silly with this fantastic collection of jokes and riddles, guaranteed to make even the most accomplished wordsmith paws for thought.
Willy Wonka’s Everlasting Book of Fun Roald Dahl 6th February, pb, £6.99, 9780241428139 Join Willy Wonka and
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Scholastic
Little Library Andrew Davenport 7th May, board, £4.99, 9781407198163 Magical collection of four chunky mini board books in a colourful slipcase. Includes a jigsaw image on the back of the books.
Go Bananas! Sticker Activity Book Jake McDonald 4th June, pb, £5.99, 9780702300608 Explore a juicy, joyous world jam-packed with fruity fun and hundreds of stickers.
Where’s the Magical Unicorn Poop? 2nd April, hb, eb, £7.99, 9781407198323 Endless hours of search- and-find fun await in this magical book. With nine magical unicorn poops and one very special golden poop to discover on every spread.
Rainbow Garden Jo Lodge 2nd April, board, £5.99, 9781407197166 Filled with gorgeous illustrations and fun novelties that are perfect for little hands.
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Booktacular Hoppity! Cheep! Quack! Easter!
Amanda Enright (illus), John Townsend 1st February, multi- ple retail item, £8.99, 9781912904969 Themed product featur- ing three mini-books in a decorated box. The books contain bright, comical artwork and simple text that will mesmerise young chil- dren and stimulate early literacy development.
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Make, Read & Learn Nancy Leschnikof 1st May, board, £8.99, 97819133371 Activity books featur- ing simple, rhythmic text about animals that children and parents can read together. Plus five press-out animal models for young children to build and play with. Secrets of the Forest vol 1 24 Down on the farm vol 2 31
Out on safari vol 3 48
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Simon & Schuster Children’s Books
Grandma Bird Benji Davies 11th June, board, eb, £6.99, 9781471186080 Noi isn’t at all sure about staying at Grandma’s. But that’s before Noi gets swept up in a dramatic rescue that will mark the beginning of their touching new friendship.
Treacle Street 3 Kate Hindley 9th July, novelty book, £6.99, 9781471188510 Following Marcel’s Parcels and Prima’s Missing Bunnies,meet new residents of Treacle Street in the latest instalment of this delightful series.
Jump on Board the Animal Train Naomi Kefford, Lynne Moore, Benji Davies (illus) 19th March, board, £7.99, 9781471192845 Jump on board the train in this fun, colourful split-page board book.
Storey Publishing
A Kid’s Guide to Cats Arden Moore 9th April, pb, eb, £11.99, 9781635861013 Lively photos and illus- trations make this book a fun read on how to interpret a cat’s body language, with fascinat- ing facts about the history of cat-human relation- ships and why cats purr.
Studio Press
Where’s Olaf? Frankie Jones 28th May, hb, £9.99, 9781787415270 Find Olaf and more of your favourite characters from Frozen and Frozen 2 in this beautiful search-and-find book.
Templar
Prehistoric Pets Mike Love (illus), Dean Lomax 23rd July, hb, £14.99, 9781787415331 Incredible pop-ups bring young readers face- to-face with ancient creatures, including a velociraptor, a sabre-tooth cat and the giant snake titanoboa. Full of fun facts about amazing animals and fascinating fossils.
Flip Flap Snap: Safari Carmen Saldana 9th July, hb, £9.99, 9781787416567 Whoever heard of an
elaphingo? Or what about a girebra? Flip the flaps to come up with fun combinations that put a new twist on learning about savannah creature.
Flip Flap Snap: Pets Carmen Saldana 9th July, hb, £9.99, 9781787416598 Whoever heard of a kuppy? Or how about a radgie? A twist on learn- ing about favourite pets.
Thames & Hudson
The Big Sticker Book of Blooms Yuval Zommer 2nd July, pb, £8.95, 9780500652299 Packed with drawing activities, games and more than 200 stickers, this fact-filled book provides hours of entertainment and learning.
Usborne Publishing
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Usborne Book and Jigsaws Federica Iossa (illus), Sam Taplin £7.99, boxed sets, 97814749694 Great value boxed sets containing three simple nine-piece jigsaws and a vibrantly illus- trated board book. The Garden 6th February, 06 The Jungle 5th March, 13 The Zoo 30th April, 9781474969390
Peep Inside a Fairy Tale: The Elves and the Shoemaker Anna Milbourne, Jessica Knight 9th July, board, £9.99, 9781474968799 Beautiful retelling of the classic fairytale with flaps to lift and delicate, laser- cut holes to peep through.
Calming Music Book Sam Taplin, Elsa Martins 28th May, board, £12.99, 9781474948487 Little ones can curl up with this peaceful book and enjoy five soothing pieces of classical music accompanied by charming animal illustrations.
Poppy and Sam and the Bunny Sam Taplin, Simon Taylor-Kielty 5th March, board, £7.99, 9781474974899 Join Poppy and Sam for more fun at Apple Tree Farm. Complete with a bunny finger-puppet.
Poppy and Sam’s Noisy Tractor Stephen Cartwright (illus), Sam Taplin 30th April, board, £12.99, 9781474974912 More adventures with Poppy and Sam.
Bird Sounds Sam Taplin, Federica Iossa 2nd April, board, £12.99, 9781474976749 Press the pages and hear a world of lovely birdsong. With bright illustrations and lots to spot on every page.
Pop-up Seasons Anna Milbourne, Alexandra Badiu 2nd April, board, £10.99, 9781474972093 Pop-up Nature Anna Milbourne, Julio Antonio Blasco 28th May, 9781474972086 Explore nature and the seasons with these ingenious and beautifully illustrated pop-up books.
The Carnival of the Animals Fiona Watt, Katie Melrose 30th April, board, £12.99, 9781474968041 Introduce little ones to Saint-Saëns’ classical music piece with this illustrated sound book.
Walker Books
Just in Case You Want to Fly Julie Fogliano, Christian Robinson (illus) 5th March, hb, £12.99, 9781406391671 About the connection that binds a parent and child, because no matter how far they fly, they will always have home.
Jamie and Angus Anne Fine,
M Sam Usher (illus) 2nd April, pb, £5.99, 9781406391824 Warm, timeless and humorous illustrated stories about a boy and his soft toy companion by the former Children’s Laureate.
Chick and Brain: Egg or Eyeball? Cece Bell 7th May, pb, £5.99, 9781406392470 Second book in the quirky series from a Newbery Honor-winning author-illustrator.
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Vroom, Zoom! Here Comes the Fire Truck Surya Sajnani 21st April, board, £9.99, 9780711253896 Little fingers can easily press the sound chips to hear their favourite city vehicles and learn their names in this inter- active board book.
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