Award-winning picture books & young fiction.
There’s a whole world of books to discover from baby books to first chapter books for newly-independent readers! Here they are grouped by series.
The Safari Stomp Series
Get kids moving with the first in a brand new series of bright, enticing books!
Join the ROMP Join the ROMP! Let’s ROAR to the WILD SAFARI STOMP!
LUNGE with Giraffe, CRAWL with Aardvark and STOMP, STOMP, STOMP with the elephants.
Everyone can join the fun with this new interactive series. Great for home and early years education settings.
The perfect rhyming story to read aloud and get little ones moving!
The Jellyfish Jiggle: Welsh BookTrust Pori Drwy Stori Nursery programme, 2025.
The Safari Stomp: BookTrust Book Start Story Packs 2025.
Illustrated by Nicola Slater
My Small World
Inspiring children to learn through imaginative play, this brand new, and unique series is glorious to read out loud. These books are informative, creative and exploratory - the perfect tools for inventive and playful learning.
With clever, imaginative illustrations, this new series is great for sharing at home and in school or pre-school
My Small World Underwater: Hampshire Schools Book Award, 2025 SHORTLISTED
Illustrated by Harry Woodgate
Yes We Can
Girls Can do Anything and Together We Can are two vibrant, rhyming books crammed with a hugely diverse range of characters.
Helping young children to recognise that everyone can follow their own dreams and be a great friend!
I am Brave: Lead Title for Durham Book Festival’s Little Reads Campaign, 2023
Girls Can do Anything: Independent Bookshop Week Book Awards, 2019 SHORTLISTED
Illustrated by Ali Pye
Meet the World
Introduce young children to the world around them with this bold, eye-catching series packed with friendly characters, fun rhymes and fascinating facts.
With popping neon colours and lots of friendly faces, this series is popular with families, children and schools.
Meet the Oceans: Waterstones Best Books of 2021, Babies & Toddlers AND Books for Topics EYFS Best Curriculum Support, 2021
Meet the Weather: Books for Topics 50 Recommended Reads for Reception AND BookTrust for Great Books Guide, 2023 - TOP 25 books for 4-5 year olds.
Illustrated by Bethan Woollvin
A Treasury of Ballet Stories
Step into the Magical World of Ballet!
Delight in dancing swans, fantastical firebirds, sleeping princesses and sugar plum fairies in this timeless and unique collection of four classic stories from the ballet, richly reimagined to inspire and enchant all ages.
Four gloriously illustrated classic ballet stories, sensitively updated with a diverse cast of characters and language that reflects contemporary values.
Illustrated by Briony May Smith
Sonny Says
Meet Sonny, Honey, Meemo and Boo four adorable, furry friends who are learning how to get along in a pre-school setting.
With bright, appealing illustrations, and loveable characters, young children will quickly relate to the situations, dilemmas and emotions that Sonny and his friends encounter.
Illustrated by Zachariah OHora
Thank you for the Little Things
This hopeful, uplifting book is the perfect antidote to worries both big and small.
With warm illustrations from Emily Hamilton, illustrator of The World Made a Rainbow.
Illustrated by Emily Hamilton
The Girl who Planted Trees
An inspiring story of one small girl who will not give up on her dream, despite many setbacks. This story is perfect for teaching children about resilience, determination and the power of working together.
With evocative images from award-winning illustrator Anastasia Suvorova, and free Stories Aloud smartphone audio book.
Best Picture Book, Teach Early Years Award, 2022
Derby Book Festival’s Children’s Picture Book Award 2023 Longlisted.
Toppsta’s Top 100 Must-Reads, 2022 - top 16 picture books
Best Books of 2022 chosen by Joseph Coelho, UK Children’s Laureate - top 4 picture books.
Illustrated by Anastasia Suvorova
Albie
Whatever he does, wherever he goes, adventure is never very far away!
Over a quarter of a million copies sold in the UK alone, this best-selling series is a staple in homes and schools. With adventure around every corner, and core values of friendship, kindness and imaginative play, the Albie stories make great bedtime stories and support early years education too!
Welcome to Alien School: Red House Children's Book Awards 2013 - SHORTLISTED
How to Grow a Dinosaur: WINNER Stockport Children's Book Awards, 2012 AND WINNER Oldham Children’s Book awards, 2012
Supermarket Zoo: FINALIST St John Ogilvie Picture Book World Cup
Illustrated by Ed Eaves
Princesses
"Princesses certainly don't need rescuing in these rhyming tales of feisty females." - The Bookseller, Children's Buying Guide.
Feisty princesses who solve their own problems are the stars of these modern twists on traditional fairy tales.
Built on strong values of kindness, empathy, understanding and tolerance, these stories are lead by empowered female characters who solve their own problems - and everybody else’s!
The Princess and the Giant: WINNER East Midlands Book Awards, Geoffrey Trease Prize, 2016.
The Princess and the Presents: WINNER Magnolia Awards for K2
The Princess and the Peas: WINNER Oldham Brilliant Book Awards, 2013 AND WINNER Stockport Children’s Book Awards, 2013
Illustrated by Sarah Warburton
Knock Knock
Jam-packed with silliness this series will delight young readers and their grownups!
This knock-out rhyming series will capture the imaginations of even the most reluctant readers. Brimming with fun and with added counting and lots of details to spot, these action-packed adventures are the perfect way to get young children reading.
Knock Knock Dinosaur: Hillingdon Picture Book of the Year Award, 2018 SHORTLISTED
Illustrated by Nick East
Whiffy Wilson
For ten years, Whiffy Wilson has been delighting children and grown ups with his funny refusals and cheeky behaviour.
But underneath, he’s really an adorable, sweet worrier who needs a bit of encouragement. Luckily his friend Dotty is full of confidence and knows just how to encourage, cajole and talk Whiffy into shape and show him what he’s missing!
A hilarious springboard for discussing your own little one’s worries, you will quickly fall in love with this cheeky little wolf!
Whiffy Wilson the Wolf who Wouldn’t Wash: WINNER - FAVOURITE PRESCHOOL BOOK, Lancashire Share a Story Awards, 2012
Illustrated by Leonie Lord
Cat Mouse Bear
With bold, retro illustrations, jaunty, rhyming text and cute, funny characters, these stories will delight toddlers and pre-school children.
Young children will have so much fun they won’t even realise they’re learning!
Big Box Little Box: KLAUSS FLUGGE Prize, 2018 - SHORTLISTED.
Illustrated by Edward Underwood
Peter Pan
Published as a beautiful hardback with embossed dust cover, and marker ribbon, this is a gift book to entrance readers of all ages.
With gloriously, rich illustrations, this re-telling maintains all the magic of the original while creating a more suitable read for younger audiences.
Illustrated by Sarah Warburton
Let’s Go
Join best friends Bee and Billy as they discover exciting new places in the world around them.
Help pre-school children and toddlers prepare for and discuss new experiences.
Robustly printed on thick card with rounded edges, this chunky series enables your little ones get fully involved in the story and page turns.
With a diverse range of characters, familiar scenes and emotions, and lots of details to spot, both you and your little people will quickly fall in love with these charming stories.
Illustrated by Lauren Tobia
Lunch on a Pirate Ship
A rhyming romp of a story full of delightfully disgusting food and a bear hunt-esque chase back home for a delicious home-cooked feast. Great fun!
Jack is on the quest for the perfect lunch, but will his new friends the pirates have a tasty treat, or something less appetising?
Illustrated by Kristina Stephenson
There’s a Monster in my Fridge
There’s nothing to fear in this hilarious tale and children will love turning the half page to discover who’d behind the chaos.
A super-fun read, brimming with adorable characters, this story will delight and surprise your own Little Monsters over and over again.
WINNER of the St John Ogilvie School Picture Book World Cup, 2021
Illustrated by: Deborah Allwright
Say Sorry Sidney
The jaunty rhyme and repeated refrains this raucous story is great for reading out loud and joining in.
With an underlying message of saying sorry and making amends. Great fun!
Portsmouth Children's Book Awards 2012 SHORTLISTED
Sheffield Children's Book Awards 2011 SHORTLISTED
Stockport Children's Book Awards 2011 SHORTLISTED
Catch that Rat
There’s a rat on the loose and one small child is determined to catch it!
What follows is a ridiculous chase that ends up in space with a friendly alien who shows everyone that being kind and gentle is the best way to make friends with this cheeky little character.
Illustrated by Tom McLaughlin
Kate and Fred
With superb illustrations from Leigh Hodgkinson, award-winning creator of CBeebies’ Olobob Top, the Kate and Fred stories delight readers young and old!
Playfully anarchic and packed with silliness, these rhyming books about manners and getting dressed have become firm household favourites!
Don’t Dip Your Chips in Your Drink, Kate: WINNER Rotherham Children's Book Awards 2011
WINNER Community Libraries Favourite Book, Sheffield Children's Book Awards 2010
Norfolk Children's Book Awards, 2010 SHORTLISTED
Illustrated by Leigh Hodgkinson
