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<p>Telling The Time Activity Book</p>

<p>Children can become top at telling the time with this fun-filled book, crammed with puzzles and activities, including a practice clock to cut out and make. Find out about hours, minutes and seconds, calendars and timetables, AM and PM, then check what you've learned with quick quizzes. All the answers are at the back of the book.</p>

<p>Early Years Wipe-Clean First Sums</p>

<p>Lively illustrations and friendly characters introduce young children to simple addition and subtraction activities. There are numbers and pictures to trace over on every page to develop pen control and early maths skills while keeping learning fun.</p>

<p>I'm Not (Very) Afraid Of Being Alone</p>

<p>The fear of being alone is common to many young children. Sweetly told from the little girl's perspective, this story explores that worry in a gentle, humorous way, coming to a comforting conclusion that might help allay any similar fears a reader may have. Beautiful laser-cut doorways and threads of connection as she calls to her father or he sings to her from different rooms illustrate her feelings throughout the book. The little girl and her family are brought warmly to life in the gorgeous, characterful artwork.</p>

<p>Are You There Little Dinosaur?</p>

<p>Little dinosaur is hiding! Little children will love peeping through the holes in the pages of this beautifully illustrated book to try and find the elusive dinosaur. There are finger-trails to touch and lots of details to spot and talk about together.</p>

<p>Fingerprint Activities Unicorns And Fairies</p>

<p>Follow the step-by-step ideas to fill the spaces in the book with fluttering fairies and prancing unicorns. There's no need to buy paints or inks, just use the seven bright colours on the inkpad attached to the back cover.</p>

<p>Lift-the-flap First Questions and Answers How Can I Be Kind?</p>

<p>The latest addition to Christine Pym's feelings titles in the this popular First Questions &amp; Answers series, using the wonderful world of bugs to explore the importance of kindness. This beautiful book explores how to be kind and why kindness is so important. It's not just about being kind to others, it's about being kind to ourselves, kind to nature and kind to our planet too. Delightful examples from Christine Pym's bug world give plenty to talk about and be inspired by.</p>

<p>Lift-the-flap Questions And Answers How Does It Work?</p>

<p>This excellent addition to the ever popular Questions \x26 Answers series lifts the flap on all kinds of gadgets, systems and ideas. It answers questions such as How does electricity get into our walls? Why do waves go up and down? and Where does money come from? Perfect for every inquisitive child.</p>

<p>Usborne Early Years Wipe-Clean: First Words</p>

<p>An engaging wipe-clean book that allows young children to practise writing simple words again and again using the cover-mounted pen. Supports the Early Years Foundation Stage.</p>

<p>This appealing wipe-clean book is a perfect way for young children to develop their pen control and practise reading and writing simple words. On every page there are letters, words and pictures to trace over with the special pen and the activities can be completed again and again. The lively illustrations and friendly characters keep children engaged and make learning fun. At the back of the book there are notes and tips for grown-ups, a useful fold-out letter formation guide and links to recommended websites.</p>

<p>Look Inside Maths</p>

<p>Lift the flaps and learn important maths skills, from adding and subtracting to fractions and shapes. Simple explanations, engaging illustrations and fun puzzles make new concepts easy to grasp.</p>

<p>Famous Paintings Magic Painting Book</p>

<p>Create your very own masterpieces with this latest addition to the best-selling series, featuring 16 famous paintings. 16 famous paintings get the magic painting treatment. Simply brush water over the black-and-white outlines and watch them burst into colour. Even the paintbrush is included - all you need to create your masterpieces is water. At the back, there is a brief introduction to each painting along with a full colour reproduction, plus internet links to find out more.</p>

<p>Butterflies Magic Painting Book</p>

<p>Packed with beautiful scenes showing butterflies of the world flitting among flowers. Simply brush water over the black and white designs to watch the butterflies burst into a rainbow of colours.</p>

<p>Unworry Drawing Book</p>

<p>This inviting draw-in book is filled with drawing activities to help soothe busy minds and shrink down worries. The activities include mindful drawing to bring your focus to the here and now, soothing shading and other art techniques, and ways to use your imagination to make worries feel small. Unworry Drawing was written with the help of a child psychologist, who uses drawing every day to help children work through unwelcome thoughts and feelings.</p>

<p>Pencil And Paper Maths Activity Books</p>

<p>This colourful write-in book is packed with maths tips and puzzles, including doodling, dot-to-dots, mazes and more. It covers adding and subtracting, multiplying and dividing, times tables, fractions, measuring and shapes, with all the answers at the back of the book.</p>

<p>Times Tables Activities</p>

<p>A big, colourful book full of fun times-tables activities</p>

<p>Packed with activities to help children learn their times tables. There's a sheet for each table up to x12 with drawing, spotting, dot-to-dot and matching puzzles, plus a quest game to practise all the tables.</p>

<p>Dot-to-Dot Puzzles</p>

<p>This large pad has 30 tear-off sheets of fun dot-to-dot puzzles, ideal for keeping children entertained during holidays and rainy days. Each sheet has a colour scene with dot-to-dots and a spotting activity on the front, and another puzzle and outline illustrations to complete and colour in on the back. All the answers are on sheets at the back of the book.</p>

<p>Drawing And Colouring Pad</p>

<p>This large pad has 32 tear-off sheets to draw and doodle on, decorate and colour in, ideal for keeping children entertained during holidays and rainy days. Each sheet has a mixture of colour and outline illustrations to complete, as well as plenty of space for children to let their imaginations fly with their own drawings.</p>

<p>Never Get Bored On A Train Puzzles And Games</p>

<p>The essential companion to every train journey. This write-in book is easy to dip in and out of on short trips, again and again, or distract and entertain you on long journeys for hours and hours. It's bursting with mind-bending puzzles, fun activities and exciting games you can play on your own or in a group.</p>

<p>Spy Puzzles (Usborne Minis)</p>

<p>Decode top secret messages and infiltrate enemy bases in this book of puzzles. From unmasking double agents to assembling state-of-the-art gadgets, there are plenty of activities to keep budding secret agents busy on journeys or whilst out and about.</p>

<p>Spy Disguises (Usborne Minis)</p>

<p>Unmask enemy spies and complete all kinds of exciting missions in this mini book of puzzles. From mazes to secret codes, it's packed with activities that will keep budding secret agents busy on journeys or whilst out and about.</p>

<p>Unicorns Play Pad</p>

<p>This enchanting activity pad is bursting with unicorn-themed activities. Guide a little lost unicorn through a maze to the stables, join the dots to draw a magical palace, and spot differences between flying dragons. You'll find a unicorn picture to colour on the back of each puzzle sheet, too. All the puzzle answers are included at the back of the pad, and the sheets tear off easily, making them great for sharing.</p>

<p>Look And Find Puzzles: At The Zoo</p>

<p>This lively book is teeming with zoo animals and other things to spot, match, count and talk about. At the bottom of each page is a row of pictures showing things to look for and count, while animals in each scene offer readers specific fun challenges, such as asking them to find a tortoise on a scooter. There is also a little white mouse to spot in each picture. Children will enjoy the challenge while parents can be confident that kids are practising essential skills.</p>

<p>Usborne Design Activity Book</p>

<p>This write-in activity book explores all sorts of design skills, from how to create stunning lettering and logos to designing costumes, gadgets, games and websites. Aspiring designers will have hours of fun coming up with their own designs, with lots of handy tips and tricks to help them along the way.</p>

<p>Chameleon Comedian (Usborne Phonics Readers)</p>

<p>Chameleon has big dreams of becoming a comedian, but her first gig doesn't go well. Perhaps she can use her natural talents to create a magical new act? Find out in this latest addition to the popular Phonics Readers series.</p>

<p>Easy Origami</p>

<p>Simply pull out a sheet from the book and turn to the simple, step-by-step instructions to fold one of 11 different origami animals. From birds and butterflies to fish, dinosaurs and whales, you can fold yourself a colourful menagerie of 61 origami creatures. The instructions are easy to follow, and include QR links to folding videos on the Usborne website.</p>

<p>Never Get Bored In A Car Puzzles And Games</p>

<p>Keep children occupied and entertained in the car with this write-in activity book's impressive variety of puzzles and games. There are amazing mazes, things to spot, challenges of logic, engaging word puzzles, and inventive games for one or more players. This book will keep boredom at bay - no matter how long the journey - and make the question "Are we nearly there yet?" a thing of the past.</p>

<p>Little First Colouring Halloween</p>

<p>From bats and cats to wizards' hats, this book is full of all kinds of Halloween-themed pictures to colour. The bold outlines are a perfect way to develop pen control and colouring skills, while simple text on each page for parents to read encourages young children to be curious about the world.</p>

<p>Usborne First Experiences: Moving House</p>

<p>This book gently introduces young children to the idea of moving house. The classic illustrations by Stephen Cartwright are full of fun details to look at and talk about together, and the simple text explains each part of the process in a reassuring way.</p>

<p>That's Not My Mermaid</p>

<p>Five colourful fairies swim through the pages in this popular title in the That's not my... series. Babies and toddlers will love exploring the smooth, bumpy and shiny touchy-feely tactile patches, as well as spotting the familiar little white mouse.</p>

<p>Lots Of Things To Know About Animals</p>

<p>You'll never guess how monkeys clean their teeth, why penguins steal stones, which baby animal is bigger than its parents or just how high bumblebees can fly! All is revealed in this delightful information book, filled with friendly, humorous pictures and quirky, surprising facts about all kinds of animals. You'll want to share this book with everyone you know!</p>

<p>Don't Tickle The Monkey!</p>

<p>You'd better not tickle the monkey, because it just might chatter if you do! Babies and toddlers won't be able to resist tickling the touchy-feely patches to hear the animal sounds in this unique and hilarious novelty book. As well as the monkey there's a warthog, a laughing hyena and an ostrich to be tickled, followed by a musical finale where you can hear all the animals being noisy at once.</p>

<p>Baby's Very First Lift-the-flap Peek-a-boo At The Zoo</p>

<p>Play peek-a-boo with penguin, lemur, meerkats, giraffe and frog in this delightful book for babies. Lift the sturdy flaps to reveal the friendly animals around the zoo.</p>

<p>Forgotten Fairy Tales Of Kindness And Courage</p>

<p>Forgotten Fairy Tales of Kindness and Courage breathes new life into a collection of once much-loved, now forgotten tales, beautifully retold by Mary Sebag-Montefiore. A disabled prince fights for his kingdom, and learns the importance of understanding others. A princess finds the courage to rescue her friend from goblins. A girl steps into the world of a book, only to find what it means to be herself. Full of magic and enchantment, these stories celebrate kindness, courage and the importance of being true to yourself. With a foreword by Dr Zoe Williams, NHS GP, TV presenter and health educator.</p>

<p>The Stormy Day</p>

<p>Storms can be scary, especially for little children. In sing-song text, this comforting tale about a stormy day by the sea tells children all about what happens in a storm. The wind is loud, the clouds big and black, and that grumbly noise in the sky is thunder. Lightning flashes, and thunder rumbles, and if you count, you can tell if the storm is coming or going away. But there's nothing to worry about - all storms pass. After the storm comes calm again - and lots of interesting things to find on the beach. With online audio to hear the story read aloud.</p>

<p>Usborne First Jigsaws: Farm Animals</p>

<p>Take a visit to the farm, with this charming set of eight jigsaws and a book. Each sturdy jigsaw comes in two easy-to-match pieces, with delightful illustrations by Stella Baggott. This is the perfect way to introduce young minds to simple problem solving, reading time and all kinds of farm animals.</p>

<p>The Infinity Guardians</p>

<p>Escape into space with the conclusion to the action-packed duology that began with The Infinity Files, perfect for fans of Doctor Who, Guardians of the Galaxy and The Aurora Cycle.</p>

<p>"Action-packed, joyously futuristic." Armadillo</p>

<p>"After so many years of bleak dystopias it's a pleasure to witness the return of space opera to YA." The Irish Times</p>

<p>Get in. Get out.</p>

<p>Keep to the task.</p>

<p>Leave no one behind.</p>

<p>Ash Yang is the youngest ever Guardian of the Infinity Files, responsible for the universe's most powerful and dangerous artefacts. And whether her planet-hopping missions take her to crumbling space ports, volcanic disasters or cloud cities, her new team - loyal Ezra, tech-genius Amara and daring Trik - have got her back.</p>

<p>But when a ruthless enemy tracks them across the galaxies, Ash must protect not just her team and their home, but the whole universe.</p>

<p>Baby's Very First Slide And See Things That Go</p>

<p>Babies and toddlers will love making the vehicles in this brightly coloured board book move by sliding the panels. Bright, bold, colourful illustrations are attractive to very young children, and the sliders, cut-outs and fingertrails in this book are brilliant for developing essential motor skills and hand-eye coordination. A joy to share with a baby or toddler.</p>

<p>Wipe-Clean Superhero Activities</p>

<p>Meet Spring, Skydart and their superhero friends in this action-packed activity book. There are dots to join, differences to circle, mazes to solve and dotted lines to trace over, as well as plenty of objects to find, count and draw around. Young children will enjoy doing the activities using the special pen, then wiping the shiny pages clean and doing them all again.</p>

<p>Fingertrail 123</p>

<p>A colourful introduction to counting and numbers from 1 to 10 with cut-out finger trails which help children to learn the shapes of the numbers. Meet 1 gentle giraffe, 2 tigers on a tandem, 3 trundling tractors and much more in this charming introduction to numbers and counting up to 10. Gorgeous illustrations, irresistible finger trails and alliterative text combine to make this a perfect book to help very young children learn number names, number shapes and the amounts associated with them.</p>

<p>Usborne Early Years Wipe-Clean First Puzzles</p>

<p>This engaging book will keep young children entertained for hours as they complete the mazes, spot the odd one out, find the differences and have lots of fun with matching and spotting games. All these activities are perfect for developing pen control along with first skills in reading, writing and maths.</p>

<p>Usborne Early Years Wipe-Clean First Drawing</p>

<p>Engaging activities provide endless opportunities for pen control practice. Children can trace over and add their own marks and drawings to the scenes while developing the fine motor skills they will eventually need for writing. There are lots of ideas for things to draw on each page and the fold-out page at the back can be left open for further inspiration.</p>