Early learning gifts

Full of puzzles and activities. Use again and again to practise pen control. Young children will love completing the puzzles in this nature-themed book. As they use the special pen supplied to trace the dotted lines, solve mazes, spot differences, and join numbered dots, they will also be practising vital early-learning skills such as counting, observing, and pen control. Then...

Join Spot as he stays overnight in this classic lift-the-flap tale - now available as a board book! Spot can't wait to stay overnight at Steve's house, but he forgets to pack an important item - his teddy! Luckily, Spot's Mum saves the day... and night! With fun flaps to develop fine motor skills and a fun story to encourage...

In My Big Book of Spot by Eric Hill, young readers are invited to join the beloved puppy, Spot, on an engaging and delightful journey through basic early learning concepts. This vibrant edition features Spot and his friends discovering a world full of colours, shapes, and numbers. Through play and exploration, Spot leads children in identifying and naming their first...

The perfect introduction to how English works. This friendly, engaging book shows how English really works. With over 125 flaps to lift, children can learn about verbs, pronouns, commas, and more. Discover apostrophes at superhero school, defeat a dragon in a quest to understand adverbs, and meet a pair of sloths who know the difference between its and it's. At...

Identify and match beautiful images of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and friends in this two-in-one tinned game! Play Bingo or use Character Cards to play a matching game. Includes 4 double sided bingo cards, 30 picture cards, 30 bingo chips and instructions.

The second of a new collectable series, this bright and brimming board book shows kids they're capable, creative and extraordinary. Through joyful affirmations and irresistibly colourful illustrations of a curious mouse and its friends, kids will learn to embrace their inner brilliance—whether trying something new or celebrating what makes them wonderfully themselves. Full of special textures for little fingers—like a...

Jump-start your preschooler's exposure to vocabulary using this adorable book featuring 100+ foundational words for their favourite animals! Help your preschooler learn their first words faster with this beautifully illustrated board book featuring 100+ foundational words for their favourite animals – designed by a licensed speech therapist to support early speech development. Perfect for babies and toddlers, this engaging book...

Join Brown Bear and Friends 123 as they count from 1 to 10! One Baby Bear in a tree. Now what does Brown Bear see? Join Brown Bear and friends as they count from 1 to 10! This charming and rhythmic rhyming book is the perfect introduction for little ones to learn about the world of numbers. Fans of Eric...

Zingo! Numbers Bingo makes learning numbers exciting for young children! Players match the numbered spaces on their challenge cards with number tiles revealed by the Zingo! Zinger. The first player to complete a card wins by shouting “Zingo!” This interactive game helps children develop early math skills through counting, number recognition, and pattern matching, while keeping the fun and excitement...

Make a splash with early maths skills in the Orchard Toys Peter Rabbit – Fish & Count game! Designed to support number recognition and counting, this colourful game invites young players to help Peter Rabbit and his friends catch fish by spinning the spinner and matching numbers. With adorable illustrations and simple gameplay, children will enjoy collecting fish and filling...

The Ms. Rachel™ Wooden Learning Blocks + Activity Cards set helps little learners stack, sort, match, roll, and discover early concepts through hands‑on play. With 30 wooden blocks featuring letters, numbers, pictures, and game prompts—plus 14 double‑sided activity cards—kids can practice speech, turn‑taking, social‑emotional skills, matching, counting, and more. Designed with Ms. Rachel and early learning specialists, this set supports...

Learn how to write and draw letters, numbers, and a multitude of objects, all in the company of familiar faces! Read & Doodle offers a creative experience that includes a fun story, step-by-step instructions, a magnetic pen, and an erasable magnetic drawing pad that can be used again and again! Features: Sturdy board book Reusable magnetic pen Reusable magnetic drawing...

Teach baby all about baby animals in a book that’s indestructible! Baby likes to play in the bath. So does baby elephant! Baby likes to eat. So do baby monkey and baby chipmunk! Baby loves to make noise! Just like baby bird, baby pig, and baby hippo! Indestructibles is the trusted series for easing little ones into story time. Beloved...

Begin your unlocking adventure with our captivating toy board. Featuring a variety of locks, doors, and secret passages for imaginative play and problem-solving fun. This toy has ‘doors’ of different sizes and colours, so why not try encouraging your child to identify them as they play? You can ask questions like, ""Can you find the green door?"" which helps children...

Time for some number fun with the Numberblocks! All a little learner needs to do to join the maths-loving crew is pop one of the four Clever Tonies in this set on top of a Toniebox and head off to Numberland. Based on the hit CBeebies show, this Clever Pocket Tonie set features the Numberblocks who split apart and join...

The play set includes 50 magnetic pieces with 4 double sized scene cards and can be stored away easily in the themed storage box with band. Have tons of fun with Eric Carle's Animals, Food, Party pieces, Numbers, Colors, Shapes, and More!

Learn how to write and draw letters, numbers, and a multitude of objects, all in the company of familiar faces! The Learning Series offers a creative experience that includes a fun story, step-by-step instructions, a magnetic pen, and an erasable magnetic drawing pad that can be used again and again! Perfect for keeping little hands busy during road trips, airplane rides, rainy...

Make bath time an educational and entertaining adventure with our ABCs Bath Time Book! Designed for children aged 24 months and older, this interactive bath book introduces little ones to the alphabet in a fun and engaging way. Each page features colorful illustrations and captivating stories that make learning the ABCs a delightful experience while splashing and playing in the...

Howdy, partner! Pick up the fun with the Toy Story 5 Learning Phone by VTech!  Press the Jessie, Woody and Buzz buttons to play fun learning games with character animations. Practise hand-eye coordination, visual awareness, basic maths skills, shapes and Spanish. Select LilyPad, Smarty Pants, Snappy and Atlas apps for even more interactive acitivities. Explore the map and snap some...

Slide to learn and play! Slide into fun play with the Swipe & Learn Laptop by VTech. Get busy learning about letters, animals, weather, and more. Then, move the slider to play with the animal band. Slide between two screens and explore four learning apps including Who's Calling?, Events, Weather, and Sing-Along Songs. Includes two sing-along songs and 26 melodies....

Play fun educational activities with Stitch ad Lilo! Magical colour-changing light bar brightens playtime and encourages interaction. In 4 fun games, children can join Lilo’s camera game to focus on letters, words, numbers and counting. See Lilo’s photo album to learn all about her family. In Tell the Truth, try to type what Pleakey is thinking! Press the piano keys...

Explore learn-to-read basics with fun animals and silly sentences that introduce letters, letter sounds and more with the slide or touch of a finger. Slide into reading with the Slide-to-Read ABC Flash Cards. From A-Z, the 13 double-sided cards feature letters, words, sentences and colourful pictures. Learning our ABCs is as easy as counting 1, 2, 3. Preschoolers can touch...

A counting adventure you WON'T want to miss, from bestselling and award-winning author Mo Willems. The Pigeon won't count to ten, and here's why: Reasonably reasonable reason #1: He doesn't want to! Practically perfect reason #2: He already did a bunch of counting yesterday! And perfectly obvious reason #3: He has THINGS to do!Also, counting is for the birds! Do...

Journeys need never be boring again with this wonderful collection of write-in activities including puzzles, wordsearches, dot-to-dot, spot-the-difference, mazes and more.4+ Journeys need never be boring again with this vibrant activity book for young children. Packed full of write-in activities including puzzles, wordsearches, dot-to-dot, spot-the-difference, mazes and more. A fantastic pastime for journeys and holidays.

Make early learning fun with this jumbo wipe-clean play book, full of engaging activities young children will love! This essential wipe-clean activity book combines first words and core concepts with activities for preschoolers. From word searches and mazes, to pairs, spot the difference and many more! Specially designed to help develop first skills for school, this activity book is filled...

Cutting out shapes is fun and helps to develop motor skills to get ready to write. Join Arty Mouse for cutting-out fun. Starting at the beginning, children age 3 and up will soon be absorbed in cutting their way through the activities from front to back, discovering surprises with every turn of the page, and developing important motor skills for...

First Steps with Spot is a new range of novelty and board titles for curious young minds, carefully designed for children aged 18 months to 2 years. First Steps with Spot: Spot Sees a Rainbow introduces young children to colour names and explains how rainbows are formed. Join Spot and Grandma at the park as they explore every colour of...

Letters and Sounds Reading; Phonics; Science of Reading; Structured literacy; Centre activities; Dyslexia; Dyslexic; SOR; Decodable; Explicit instruction; Practise reading; Consolidate reading; Reading skills; Reading knowledge gaps; Fluency; Emergent; Tier 1; Synthetic phonics Phonic Books Dandelion Launchers Units 1-3 Sam, Tam and Tim (alphabet code) comprises 14 books. Dandelion Launchers Units 1-3 Sam, Tam and Tim is aimed at children...

This fun book is a perfect way for young children to improve their basic number recognition and counting skills. There's a whole host of friendly monsters waiting to be helped with their counting in this fun first numbers book. Children can enjoy completing the entertaining activities again and again using the special wipe-clean pen. There are monsters shopping, space monsters...

_______________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER_______________THE BUNNY ADVENTURES: OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD!We're going on an egg hunt.We're going to find them all.We're REALLY excited.Hooray for Easter Day!Join the Easter Bunnies as they set off on an exciting lift-the-flap Easter egg hunt. With ten eggs to find and count, it's great fun. But watch out for the obstacles along the way –...

Play and learn with Spot and his friends in this BIG first concepts lift-the-flap book, full of fun! Play and learn with Spot and his friends in this BIG first concepts lift-the-flap book, full of fun! Count animals in the farmyard, search for shapes in the garden, and find colours behind each door in this playful and interactive lift-the-flap book....

In this oversize board book, young readers will learn about onomatopoeia via a very humorous panda—from waking up to the loud brrrrring of an alarm clock, to the twang of a guitar, to sneezing from a sniff of perfume—achoo! As with the previous books in the series, Onomatopanda features surprising touch-and-feel novelty elements throughout, making the onomatopoeia concept easy and...

Noni the Pony stands under one tree, and watches her two friends dance by the sea. She gives three speckled hens a ride up the hill... Come on another adventure with Noni in this delightful rhyming story. Alison Lester's books are favourites with children and adults around the world. Magic Beach, Imagine, My Farm and Noni the Pony are Australian...

Using bright, fun and engaging illustrations, the School Zone: Alphabet Fun Flash Cards help children to learn letters (both lower-case and upper-case) and associate them with both letter sounds and words. This set of 56 flash cards will encourage children to develop important literacy skills while making learning fun. The School Zone: Alphabet Fun Flash Cards are a highly effective...

This fun and unique School Zone: Three-Letter Words Puzzle Cards pack contains 54 puzzle cards with letters that children put together in threes to form both a picture and the word that depicts it.   The 56-card set includes a word list card of nouns and adjectives that can be created with the puzzle cards, and a parent card with...

An enchanting collection of nursery rhymes illustrated with beautiful vintage artwork by Dorothy M. Wheeler from 1916. Features a foreword by former Children's Laureate Chris Riddell. The perfect gift for any time of year (from Christmas to christenings and birthdays), this sumptuous collection of nursery rhymes is illustrated with stunning watercolour artwork by Dorothy M. Wheeler, Enid Blyton's original illustrator....

This book provides a step-by-step guide to learn how to tell the time, Each book has a moving clock-face to practice with! Sturdy pages are diecut, allowing children to hone the important skills of lacing and tying shoes. The concept is supported by clear explanations, and cute, engaging artwork.

Take a trip to the zoo in this new animal-themed title in the hit novelty series with multiple sliders and a mirror! Easy-to-use peekaboo sliders, a funny rhyming text, and a surprise mirror ending combine in this stylish and interactive board book for babies and toddlers! With a total of 10 smooth mechanisms to push, pull, or turn on every...

Each card has a single word in clear, easy-to-read text accompanied by a delightful illustration by Alain Grée. Notes are included with handy suggestions for games and activities with the cards.

Toddlers will love to explore kitty stories and early learning fun with Gabby and the Gabby Cats! This take-along library includes 12 sturdy board books with just-my-size pages that are perfect for little hands. The convenient carry-handle lets your little ones read on the go!

A fun story using phonic-based text. Hooray for snail! He brings the mail... but he's ever so slow! A hilarious story fun to share aloud together, or for children to tackle on their own. Reliable snail never fails to deliver the mail, but can he make it on time? With simple, rhyming text and phonic repetition specially designed to develop...

This set of 12 simple and fun Pinkalicious storybooks is an excellent choice to share at home or in the preschool or kindergarten classroom. It’s a fun way to learn to read and serves as a supplement for activity books for children aged 3 to 6. Enter into the world of reading with I Can Read Phonics! Help make your...

Picture Dictionary offers over 1,000 words illustrated and defined for young children. Delightful illustrations and clear definitions combine to make this the ideal first dictionary. Words are shown in context to help children understand how they are used, and colourful alphabet strips along the edges of the pages aid navigation. There's also user-friendly information on how to use a dictionary,...

Brighten up your phonics classroom display with these 44 Sounds Cards! Make learning phonics fun with these bright and colourful display cards for beginner readers, which introduce 44 letter sounds. Phonic Books Dandelion 44 Sounds Cards is a fun and educational way to learn phonics for beginner readers. Children aged 3-7 can practice letter sounds through interactive learning, with 44...

A fun Peppa Pig: Practise with Peppa: Wipe-clean Dot-to-Dot activity book with wipe-clean pen! Join all the dots and practise your drawing, counting, and writing in this fantastic Peppa Pig dot-to-dot activity book. It comes with a wipe-clean pen, so you can complete it again and again, providing endless fun!

Numbers Matching Games and Book by Kate Nolan offers early years memory games that are perfect for developing first numeracy skills. These delightful memory games serve as an ideal way for young children to have fun while learning to count and recognize numbers. The box includes 4 bingo boards, 36 cards, and a book with instructions for two different matching...

Take the plunge into potty training with this punny and entertaining read-aloud book! Remind your little pee-nut that they're turd-ally great with this pun-derful poop book for babies and toddlers! Give your favourite big kid a boost of confidence with a silly board book that celebrates their wins as they learn to use the potty. With adorable animal illustrations, fun...

One of 12 brand-new Learn with Peppa titles for 2024, consisting of wipe-clean titles, sticker activity books, and innovative novelty formats. Learn with Peppa wipe-clean activity books cover key early learning topics and help to develop fine motor skills through interactive first writing, drawing, and sticker-placement activities. Let Peppa support your little ones on their early learning adventure in Learn...

How Big is a Million? is a delightful story that explores the concept of large numbers through the eyes of Pipkin, a curious little penguin with a big heart. Pipkin is on a quest to understand exactly how big a million is. This whimsical tale takes young readers on a journey filled with gentle humour and unforgettable characters, making big...

Little library with ABC, 123, Colours and Shapes. Explore shapes and colours, learn your ABC, and try counting with Duggee and friends in these four mini board books! Brimming with vibrant colours and bold text, this little library is an ideal introduction to early-learning concepts for any little learners out there! Want more Duggee? Also available: Hey Duggee: Little Library...

Giraffe in the Bath is all set for a soak in the tub after a hard day's work – but no one will leave her in peace! This lively rhyming story, featuring vivid illustrations and phonic repetition, is specially written for children who are learning to read. A delight to share with young children, and there are parents notes on...

Grab a torch and explore the truth behind day and night. From sunset to sunrise, discover the secrets of night time - why it happens, where the Sun goes... and what the night sky can tell us about the universe. Playful flaps, delightful illustrations and friendly text explain the science behind the cycle of day and night, summer and winter....

Very young interactive puzzles with irresistible cut-out finger trails to follow. Help Anya the angelfish find her way through a coral reef and Basil the dog navigate an obstacle course by following the finger trails in this delightful young puzzle book. It features ten simple mazes with a variety of themes and charming detailed illustrations. Mazes in Fingertrail Animal Mazes...

Give toddlers the gift of language with words and short phrases to say all day long from the experts at Britannica. Get toddlers talking all day long with a colourful board book of first words and phrases created by the experts at Britannica. This engaging large-format board book encourages toddlers’ language learning through the repetition of simple words and phrases...

Learn how to read with Dandelion Readers decodable books for beginner readers. Dandelion Launchers Set 4 Units 1-10 are first reader books by Phonic Books which introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. This pack of 10 is perfect for children in Reception to Year 2 who are learning to read, teaching different letter patterns through...

Help Spot count the stars to fall asleep in this cosy bedtime story. Spot's Goodnight Stars and his family are on a camping adventure - but when it's time for bed, Spot isn't tired! Perhaps counting the stars as they appear in the sky will make him feel sleepy... With shining stars to count throughout the story, and nocturnal animals...

A brand new Learn with Peppa maths sticker activity book for 2025! Learn to order things by size, capacity, and mass with Peppa and her friends! Learn with Peppa: First Measuring uses stickers to help children complete the fun activities and develop their understanding of everyday measurements. From biggest and smallest to lightest and heaviest, children will learn how to...

The acclaimed duo behind The Runaway Dinner and Previously imagine the comical world that comes to life when a pencil starts to draw… “A hilarious and utterly enchanting new classic” The Times A special fifteenth anniversary edition of a modern classic. The Pencil is a playful, witty, wonderfully quirky story about the power of imagination. Say hi to Banjo! Once...

Starring the Enormous Crocodile, this is an ABC book with BITE! A is for . . . Anteater B is for . . . Books C is for . . . Crocodile D is for . . . Delicious! Learn your ABC in the gloriumptious world of Roald Dahl! This sturdy board book is perfect for little hands. Look out...

Come along on an adventurous journey with the world's most beloved bunny, Peter Rabbit, in The Classic Tale of Peter Rabbit. This beautiful touch and feel, interactive lift-the-flap board book edition features illustrations by award-winning artist, Charles Santore, as well as interactive sensory details. Valuable lessons can be learned from the mischievous and disobedient Peter Rabbit as he ignores his...

This fabulous Ancient Rome-themed activity book will keep children entertained for hours on end. The pages are crammed with all sorts of fun, including puzzles, anagrams, maths, codes, spot the difference, colouring in and other engaging activities. Absorbing and educational, the book features beautiful, bright illustrations that will draw children in and keep them busy. And while they are enjoying...

Who's in the Loo? There's a very long queue. Is it an elephant having a poo? If your house has many occupants, then this witty rhyme from the irreverent and observant pen of Jeanne Willis will resonate profoundly. Adrian Reynolds's exuberant illustrations highlight the fun!

Meet five magical unicorns in the fabulous 50th title to the much-loved That's not my... series, complete with iridescent edges. Babies love the best-selling That's not my... books with their bold illustrations, patches to stroke, and a mouse to spot on every page, all designed to develop sensory and language awareness.

This banana wants to know: are you a banana, too? Help Banana find its fellow pair in this super silly board book. Lift the flaps and uncover all sorts of other yellow-coloured things along the way, like a quacking rubber duck and a whizzy toy car. With a surprise mirror ending hidden underneath the final flap that will have little...

Join Spot for an Easter egg hunt in this counting board book with peep-through windows! Spot is hunting for Easter eggs in the park. Can you help him find the eggs as you count to five? Toddlers will love peeping through the windows and finding eggs in this counting board book. With five eggs to spot and numbers on every...

A beautiful nursery rhyme treasury from Ladybird! Ladybird Favourite Nursery Rhymes is a beautiful treasury that every young child should have on his or her bookshelf. It contains over 100 rhymes, each one beautifully illustrated. A gorgeous complete collection, this is ideal for parents to read or sing from, and to pass on the rhymes they knew themselves as a...

Practise fun first handwriting skills with Peppa Pig: Practise with Peppa: Wipe-Clean First Writing! Practise first handwriting with Peppa. Trace over key handwriting patterns then move on to forming first numerals and letters, including both lowercase and capital letters. Perfect for young readers who are starting school and are learning to write, this book will help children to practise pen...

Count along with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this interactive board book filled with chunky peep-through flaps on every spread! Introduce numbers 1 to 5 with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this playful lift-the-flap early learning series! Count along with The Very Hungry Caterpillar and discover two leaping frogs, three colourful fish and more bright and bold animal friends! Each...

A very simple non-fiction, lift-the-flap book for small children, packed with holes to peep through, flaps to peep beneath and snippets of factual information about what happens when night falls. A charming, simple and beautifully illustrated lift-the-flap book for little children. Little fingers can lift the flaps in scenes of dark, quiet, sleepy night-time... and reveal the busy activity beneath....

Celebrate Easter with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this interactive basket-shaped board book! Filled with delicious Easter treats, friendly springtime animals, and a search-and-find on every page, little caterpillars will love searching for The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this seasonal shaped board book, perfect for little hands! Discover more egg-cellent interactive Easter books with The Very Hungry Caterpillar: The Very...

A lovely first book to share and talk about with a baby, full of sparkly scenes including a stunning fireworks display, under the sea creatures, fire-breathing dragons and lots more. Babies and toddlers will love following the fingertrails, peeping through the holes and exploring the cut-out shapes on every page. Baby's Very First Sparkly Playbook is a delightful introduction to...

Immerse your little one in the delightful adventures of Busy Nursery, a charming addition to any child's library. This interactive board book invites young readers to experience the excitement of their first day at nursery. Through engaging and easy-to-manipulate mechanisms, children can push, pull, and turn tabs to perform various activities. Kids can clamber up the climbing frame, learn new...

Make learning unforgettable with the LeapFrog Scan & Learn Checkout. Kids will love counting, scanning and learning food facts as they shop and pay. Boost early maths skills, build confidence and spark roleplay fun with every basket full. Get ready to turn play time into a shopping adventure that inspires little minds. A perfect gift for curious young shoppers. Get...

Children learn better when they learn through play. 201 Amazing Activity Book is a combination of over 200 engrossing, entertaining activities covering numerous concepts so that the child develops reasoning, critical, and cognitive skills. Grab this brightly illustrated book to relieve your child of everyday boredom! Understanding of various topics develops reasoning and cognitive skills, fostering a confident learner through...

Push, pull and slide the scenes to enjoy your first day at Busy Nursery! Clamber up the climbing frame, learn new words, make dough models and have a fun-filled day at nursery! Perfect for toddlers who like to play as they read, this bright and colourful board book will delight little ones with gentle rhyming text, easy-to-handle mechanisms and wonderful...

By turning the pages of this magical board book, toddlers can create a ribbon rainbow as they learn their first colours. Within the pages of this charming first colours book is a superb surprise. Starting with all things red on the first spread, toddlers will find a shiny red ribbon. Then, as they turn the page, they will discover an...

A fun series to introduce a wide range of words on topics relevant to a toddler’s world. Toddlers will build up their vocabulary with ease thanks to the vibrant illustrations, the playful flaps, and the giant touch and feel elements. More than 100 essential first words to learn and discover! Discover the joy of reading with Animals.

Step into a busy farmyard! Learn and play with five scenes and 26 soft felt pieces. With counting, shapes, colours and sounds to discover, you will have lots of first learning fun while bringing each farm scene to life. From the cosy barn to the busy crop field, every scene is full of farmyard fun! Match the felt pieces to...