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I'm as Quick as a Cricket (Board Book) by Audrey Wood; Don Wood
Category: Childrens Books | Series: Child's Play Library | Reading Level: Under 6
A celebration of a child's growing self awareness, and a prime example of how books can contribute to this. Whether brave or shy, strong or weak, in the end the young boy celebrates all different, apparently contradictory parts of himself.
Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear (HB) by Audrey Wood
Category: No Category | Series: Child's Play library | Reading Level: 3-8
First published in 1984, a picture book in which the Little Mouse will do all he can to save his strawberry from the Big, Hungry Bear, even if it means sharing it with the reader. The Little Mouse and the Big Hungry Bear are known and loved by millions of children around the world. Little Mouse loves st ...Show more
Max and the Doglins by Amanda Montgomery-Higham
Category: No Category | Series: Child's Play Library
When Max the dog steals an egg from his best friend Beryl, it leads to a midnight visit from the mysterious Doglins. Only when Max stands up to their bullying does he come to realise what he has to do to put things right.
My Tail's Not Tired by Paula Bowles
Category: No Category | Series: Child's Play Library | Reading Level: Children's - Kindergarten, Age 5-6
How can any little monster possibly go to bed when their tail isn't even tired? And when their knees still have plenty of bounce in them? And when their arms still want to fly like a jet plane? Bedtime is surely a long way off! Luckily, Big Monster has a strategy to outwit Little Monster, with the inevi ...Show more
The Cloud by Hannah Cumming
Category: Childrens Books | Series: Child's Play Library
Everyone has bad days, and children are no exception. When a black cloud descends on a little girl at school, support from a classmate with a great deal of imagination helps to brighten up everyone’s lives. The atmospheric illustrations really tell the story in this delightful picture book from a new au ...Show more
The Flower by John Light
Category: Childrens Books | Series: Child's Play Library
OUT OF PRINT Brigg lives in a small, grey room in a large, grey city. When he finds a book in the library labelled 'Do Not Read', he cannot resist taking it home. In it, he comes upon pictures of bright, vibrant objects called flowers. He cannot find flowers anywhere in the city, but stumbles ins ...Show more
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear (PB) by Don Wood; Audrey Wood
Category: Picture Books | Series: Child's Play Library | Reading Level: 3-8
First published in 1984, a picture book in which the Little Mouse will do all he can to save his strawberry from the Big, Hungry Bear, even if it means sharing it with the reader. The Little Mouse and the Big Hungry Bear are known and loved by millions of children around the world. Little Mouse loves st ...Show more
Twenty-Four Robbers by Audrey Wood
Category: No Category | Series: Child's Play Library
In Audrey Wood's joyful celebration of this traditional skipping rhyme, twenty-four robbers return to the same house again and again. What do they need, and what is it for? Kindness and generosity show the robbers that stealing is not the only way, and teach them the value of sharing. Count twenty-four ...Show more
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