Stories in Verse

The Paper Dolls is a stunning, lyrical story of childhood, memory and the power of imagination from Julia Donaldson, the author of The Gruffalo, and award-winning illustrator Rebecca Cobb.A string of paper dolls go on a fantastical adventure through the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525650669Author Matthew Paul TurnerFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint ConvergentPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 320g

From the multi-award-winning Neil Gaiman comes the biggest picture book of the year: a joyfully riotous, brilliantly anarchic, deliciously rhyming adventure, with glorious piratical illustrations by Chris Riddell 'Neil Gaiman is the nearest thing...

Join ten adorable penguins for frost-filled fun in this charming rhyming counting adventure! Now in sturdy, sparkly board, perfect for little hands.Oh no! Granny Penguin isn't feeling very well so ten little penguins hatch a plan to cheer her up. Can...

Join everyone's favourite crime-busting ladybird on a trip to the seaside! With a cast of wonderful sea creatures, including a magical mermaid, and plenty of beach fun, What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside is a brilliant rhyming adventure from the...

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are...

A fabulously funny take on a classic story from two giants of children's books! Goldilocks and her little dog are off on an adventure, looking for that house again - the one with the chairs, the porridge and beds. The sound of the sea calls to...

Push, pull and slide the tabs to bring Busy Scotland to life. Young children can join a street party, attend a Burns Night feast, hike on the Highlands and even go searching for the Loch Ness Monster! Little ones will love playing with this bright and...

Push, pull and slide the tabs to help clean up the Earth in Busy Recycle! Watch the recycling truck do its work, reuse materials to make a rocket and recycle your waste in this fun book about helping the planet. Perfect for toddlers who like to play as...

"I'm the Cat in the Hat,and we're off to have fun.We'll visit the planets,the stars and the sun!"And so Dr. Seuss' famous Cat in the Hat whisks young readers off on a fun-filled tour of the solar system. This title and others form part of a...

Snuggle up together and enjoy this collection of charming and engaging stories written by Gabby Dawnay and reccomended especially for five-year-olds by literacy experts. The stories in A Treasury of Tales for Five-Year-Olds are arranged in order of...

There's chaos in the clothes shop when the animals go on a glorious shopping spree. Zebra's zip is stuck and Toad's tracksuit is far too big, but Flamingo finds a stylish bag, and Caterpillar's shoes are really cool. Even the smallest toddler will enjoy...

Yay! It's match day! Come on a fast-paced football adventure - while practising counting from one to ten. Grab your kit, do your warm ups and get ready for the most exciting football match of the season!...

Penguin Blue is back, in a swashbuckling new adventure about pirates, treasure, and friendship from Rob Biddulph, the creative genius behind the #DrawWithRob phenomenon and the bestselling and award-winning Blown Away! A pirate hat.A sunny day...

Push, pull and slide the moving mechanisms to follow the ladybird and all the animals on the farm in this brilliant board book based on the bestselling classic picture book What the Ladybird Heard.When the little spotty ladybird hears Lanky Len and Hefty...

With lots to see and heaps to do, in Busy Baking young children can join in by pushing, pulling and turning the tabs to bake some treats for a party. Collect the ingredients, beat the eggs and decorate the cake with lots of strawberries. Little ones will...

Join Mr. Bird and Mouse in this witty introduction to all the everyday things you can find in a "People House", perfect for young readers! When Mouse and Mr. Bird find their way into a "People House", they are thrilled with how much there is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524714437Author Emily Winfield MartinImprint Random House Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 962gDimensions(mm) 200mm *...

With a cast of everyone's favourite farm animals, What the Ladybird Heard is a brilliant rhyming adventure from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks.Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are two crafty robbers with a cunning plan to...

_______________ 'Poignant, powerful, just perfect' - Cathy Cassidy 'This poetic novel is sheer perfection ... I loved it' - Irish Examiner 'A compellingly beautiful, utterly seductive debut novel ... Do not miss it' - The Scotsman _______________ ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards 2017 and Shining Willow Award 2017. Nominated for Blue Spruce Award 2016 and Chocolate Lily Award 2017 and...

While Diggersaurs work hard outdoors shifting earth and granite,Work takes place in outer space upon a distant planet . . .Meet the Roversaurs - an awesome combination of dinosaur and spacecraft. They busy on Mars, tunnelling through the ground, mapping...

Three fantastic adventures with everyone's favourite big-hearted elephant! Horton the Elephant is BIG, big-hearted, and one of Dr. Seuss's most beloved creations! Join him in this collection of adventures and cheer for Horton as he saves the...

Little Bear's Spring is a glorious reminder for children and adults of just how wonderful the natural world is, and that, sometimes, the unlikeliest of friendships are the best kind.Little Bear has just woken up from his long winter sleep. But when he...

There are things about you quite unlike any other.Things always known by your father or mother.So if you decide to be different one day,no worries . . . I'd know you anyway.Every child is special and unique, but every child also loves to dream of being...

Chug along with a farmer and his tractor on this multi-season animal adventure! A busy farmer picks up fifteen animals along his route, but when his trailer hits a stone, chaos ensues. This colourful book combines simple counting instruction with humour,...

A celebration of grandparents and the special role they play in family life.This delightful board book captures the joy of spending a fun-filled day with Grandad. With a gentle, rhyming story and sweet, colourful illustrations, this is the perfect...

Everyone's favourite furry friends are BACK in this fourth hilarious adventure! The temperature is rising - and Stick Dog and his pals are feeling the heat! The dogs need cold, cold ice cream on this hot, hot day - but their quest to find a...

_______________ 'Broke my heart and mended it' - Cecilia Ahern 'It will shake up preconceptions and move readers to tears' - Sunday Times Book of the Week 'Truly remarkable' - Irish Times _______________ WINNER OF THE YA BOOK PRIZE WINNER OF...

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is playing hide and seek in the wild in this joyful finger trail lift-the-flap book!Who is in the tall grass shaded from the sun?A pride of sleepy lions playing, having fun!A charming first introduction to wild animals and...

An inspiring story about the incredible things that can happen when you give something a try, from award-winning author Catherine Emmett and bestselling illustrator Claire Powell. Delilah did not often talk of her dream, in case others laughed at how...

A glorious and ambitious sequel to I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree - winner of Waterstones Children's Gift of the Year 2018 and Red Magazine's Children's Illustrated Book of the Year 2019, and described by Julia Donaldson as "An absolutely beautiful...

Some of the Sneetches have bellies with stars, but the plain-bellied ones have none upon thars! But an unexpected visitor soon leads them to discover they're not that different after all, in the first tale in this classic collection of stories. ...

Fast cars, slow cars, ready steady go cars . . . which do you like best? Follow fifty colourful cars as they race along the road - up, down, around and back again! Can you find your favourite?Full of spotting and counting fun, with different cars to...

Soar into space with this glorious love story of alien folk, from the creators of The Gruffalo and Stick Man - read by Oscar-nominated actor Imelda Staunton! The Smeds (who are red) never mix with the Smoos (who are blue). So when a young Smed and Smoo...

Down at the bottom of the deep, dark sea, something big, mean and terribly greedy is stirring. . . It's the shark in the dark! The poor fish in the sea live in fear of the nasty shark. They don't want to be his dinner! Just as the shark is closing in,...

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is playing hide and seek in this joyful finger trail lift-the-flap book!Who jumps above the waves as they travel far and wide? A joyful, leaping dolphin with a baby by her side!An interactive first introduction to ocean...

The heroine of this beautifully illustrated story feels her anger like a storm in a dark forest. It sweeps her away, and she thunders and howls. She pours down her emotions like sheets of rain; rage surges like a wind whipping angry waves. Her anger...

Black cats born at midnight Are different indeed A mischievous, odd And peculiar breed In the middle of winter, three kittens are born in a barn. Two are ordinary, but the third, jet black and born on the stroke of midnight, is brimming with magic...

Oh no, there's a shark in the park! Or is there? This entertaining story for beginner readers has simple rhyming text and colourful illustrations by Stephen Cartwright - and you can also listen to the story online. A delight to share with young children,...