Activity books and kits

Book SynopsisA colouring-in activity book based on The Colour Monster picture book and pop-up book. How does Colour Monster feel today? Look at each picture and decide which colour suits his mood best. Is he red for anger? Green for calm? Yellow for happy? Or blue for sadness? See him dance like a ballerina, dress up as a superhero, play with his friend and much more.

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Book SynopsisA chunky board book with handy tabbed pages to help young children turn the page and build book-confidence. Like all friends do, Pip and Posy sometimes get upset, feel cross and feel scared. This book explores how they cope when they feel these different emotions, and what they can do to help each other feel better.

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Book SynopsisFlip and flop heads, bodies, and tails to make 1,000 scaly beasts! Best-selling illustrator Sara Ball brings more mix-and-match fun this time with reptiles and amphibians! In Flip-a-gator, you get to create zany combinations with the heads, bodies, and tails of ten different creatures, including a curious iguana, a creeping lizard, a croaking frog, and a slithering snake. Each flap features a fun fact about the pictured species, and inside the front cover is a chart showing the relative sizes of the reptiles and amphibians featured, from the gecko to the alligator.

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Book SynopsisHave silly scrambled fun with these mix-and-match eggs that all have crazy, colourful personalities. Over 144 combinations to keep little ones entertained for hours. In this wacky split-page board book, meet...A space egg! Doing the moonwalk. A pirate egg! Sailing the seven seas. A disco egg! Dancing the night away. But also...A space egg! Dancing the night away. A pirate egg! Doing the moonwalk.A disco egg! Sailing the seven seas. Featuring a dozen loveable eggs, this playful pre-school offering is full of humour, with the final egg in the pack being a chocolate Easter egg... all gobbled up!   Exciting matching game for laughing and bonding with your little egg Ideal Easter gift for babies and toddlers A precious keepsake from Easter that can be re-read year-round A crazy range of egg characters to surprise and entertain

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Book SynopsisKirsteen Robson (Author) Kirsteen Robson joined Usborne in 1997 with a background in music, education, and Christian publishing. She has written and edited over 300 Usborne titles, from dictionaries and encyclopedias to activity books with flaps, stickers and sounds. She loves the challenge of writing about anything from aardvarks to zombies.

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Book SynopsisWe may not talk about Bruno, but we can certainly find him hiding in the various rooms of Casita and all around the town of the Encanto!Join Mirabel and her family as you explore the Madrigal's magical home. From Casita's courtyard and Antonio's newly created jungle-themed room to Bruno's rat-filled lair and the colourful streets of the town of the Encanto, you'll have fun spotting Mirabel, Bruno, Antonio, Luisa, Isabella and the rest of the family Madrigal! Perfect for Disney fans young and old, this unique search and find book will keep you entertained for hours.Also available: Where's Mickey?, Where's Minnie?, Where's Olaf?, Where's Spidey?, Where's Grogu? and Disney Princess Magical Worlds Search and Find Activity Book.

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Book SynopsisJoin the Squirrel Club on their quest to earn their Dragon Badges!After reading about mythical creatures, Duggee and the Squirrels decide to meet a real dragon. On their search for the dragon, they meet some other magical creatures on the way. Can you guess who any of them may be? And will Duggee and the Squirrels earn their Dragon Badges?Join the Squirrel Club on their quest to find a dragon in this adventurous lift-the-flap tale.One more thing... DUGGEE HUG!Want more Duggee? Also available:Hey Duggee: Hide and Seek: A lift-the-flap bookHey Duggee: Treasure Hunt A lift-the-flap bookHey Duggee: Dinosaurs: A lift-the-flap book

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Book SynopsisJoin the students of Ladybird Class as they learn lots of useful skills for school.Your little learner will join the diverse characters of Ladybird Class as they practise new skills every day. Packed with activities and games, Starting School has been written and developed by primary educators, making it the perfect book to support your child''s education.Join Zara Penguin, Tao Meerkat, Ali Lion, Olivia Crocodile, Noah Panda and Nia Hedgehog as they learn all the key skills your child needs to start their primary school journey. From learning about colours and patterns to practising pencil control, this book is ideal for budding students.Packed with helpful notes for grown-ups to support your child''s learning and extension activities to bring learning to life in day-to-day activities, Starting School is perfect for helping children to develop key skills for starting school.Looking for another school-bag bestseller? Discover:

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Book SynopsisEmily Bolam is one of the UK's favourite illustrators. She was born in Buckinghamshire and studied illustration at Brighton College of Art. She is well known for her bright, bold and lively style, and has illustrated a wide range of successful titles for Campbell including the Peekabooks, Bumpy Books and Monkey Music series. Emily continues to live and work in Brighton where she shares her studio with other artists and illustrators.

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Book SynopsisThis fun-filled activity book will teach your little one all about the diverse world of dinosaurs, complete with activities, puzzles and more!Have you ever been dying to travel back in time to discover the world of dinosaurs, with endless questions about the world in which they lived, but somehow nobody''s ever had the answers to your fascinating questions?Well, this might be the book for you!Journey into the prehistoric world and learn everything there is to know about dinosaurs with this fun and engaging activity book for kids. Jam-packed with fascinating facts, fun challenges, quizzes and puzzles, The Fact Packed Activity Book: Dinosaurs is sure to keep kids entertained time and time again. Dive deep into the pages of this incredible activity book to explore: -48 colourful, interactive spreads with simple, age-appropriate text-Engaging approach that seamlessly integrates interesting facts about dinosaurs, with plent

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Book SynopsisDiscover the world of the dinosaurs using your three-colour lens with this eye-popping prehistoric adventure, the fifth in the best-selling Illumi series from design duo Carnovsky.Trade Review“Use the magical three-colour lens to reveal dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. Fifth in the innovative non-fiction series.” -- Fiona Noble * The Bookseller, October Previews *

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Book SynopsisThe new book by the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Millie Marotta’s Animal Kingdom. Lose yourself in a riot of colouring in and drawing as you bring the exotic creatures and plants in Millie Marotta’s Tropical Wonderland to life. Millie’s intricate style of illustration encourages you to make your own mark, whether it’s to add to the fine lines on trees or add a splash of colour to the feathers of a tropical parrot. Explore the rainforest further and you will find extraordinary flowers, birds, butterflies and reptiles, including a rainbow boa with shiny scales crying out for a touch of colour. This book will bring enjoyment to anyone who is looking for a creative outlet or a mindful and relaxing activity.

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Book Synopsis Help your little one overcome separation anxiety with Hand Holds: Love, a gorgeous all-in-one gift book and cuddly toy. From starting school to travelling, changing routines, or moving to their own bedroom, every child has moments when their family feels far away. Hand Holds: Love helps to ease separation anxiety, with a sweet, rhyming story and a gorgeous, removable cuddly toy to carry around and cuddle. Meet a family of bears and their friends, as they discover how family love endures, even when loved ones feel far away. Through good days and bad, arguments and time apart, little readers will learn that lovealways surrounds them. Little ones can take added reassurance from the super-soft cuddly toy enclosed with the book. The toy is easily removable after purchase, and fits easily into a pocket or bag, so it can be carried around everywhere as a constant reminder of your family’s love. A perfect, all-in-one present for any child facing new challenges or changes, Hand Holds: Love is the ideal gift to help with those anxious moments in every young life.

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Book SynopsisOn every one of the brilliantly patterned pages of this book, there is a mother animal with a baby. Children will love searching for the baby animal in this spot-and-find book.This is the fourth beautiful title in Britta Teckentrup's bestselling spotting series, which includes: The Odd One Out, Where's the Pair and One is not a Pair.

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Book SynopsisFollowing in the footsteps of the highly successful series of colouring books that Arcturus has produced in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew comes this delightful book of dot-to-dot puzzles. Based on the original artworks that appeared in Curtis''s Botanical Magazine, the oldest of its kind in the world, puzzle enthusiasts can indulge their passion for joining up the dots and then colour in the plants and flowers that they create. With more than 80 puzzles to choose from, hours of pleasure await. These come in a special large print format that is easy to read and accessible to everyone. ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Publishing and The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have collaborated to create a wonderful selection of botanical-themed arts, crafts and activity books, including origami, dot-to-dots and colour-by-numbers.

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Book SynopsisAbigail Wheatley (Author) Growing up in Australia and the UK, Abigail often found herself covered in paint or flour, or lost in a book. After a BA in English and a PhD on Medieval Castles, she combined her interests writing Usborne children's books - from cookery, craft and castles to science and unicorns.

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Book SynopsisCollins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 16 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary.It's about to rain! Will Incy Wincy Spider make it up the drainpipe in time? What sounds can you hear in the garden?Lilac/Band 0 books are wordless books that tell a story through pictures and are designed to develop an understanding of how stories work. They support early practice of reading and exploration of familiar themes to further develop curiosity and inspiration for early readers. Images from within each scene are pulled out along the bottom of the pages to focus and promote discussion. These books support Phase 1 of Letters and Sounds.Pages 14 and 15 contain an I Spy feature, which uses visual support to help children explore the themes and sou

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Book SynopsisBig Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.Learn how to make a duck puppet out of socks and rags in this fun non-fiction book.Pages 14 and 15 contain a fun I Spy Letters and Sounds activity, which uses visual support to help children embed phonic knowledge.Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.

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Book SynopsisBrilliant new puzzle books for kidsWith more than 120 fun puzzles you'll never want to put this book down!From wordsearches to anagrams, word ladders to code breakers, there's no chance of boredom with so many different brain-bending puzzles to try.Are you ready to solve it?Other books in this series.Brain Games For Big Thinkers (9780008503376)Number Games for Big Thinkers (9780008503390)

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Book SynopsisBig Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.Shoo Rayner, creator of the successful Cat and Dog series, shows you step by step how to draw the much-loved characters yourself in this non-fiction instruction book.Pages 22 and 23 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.

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Book SynopsisCan you find the clues and crack the secret code in this mystery puzzle book for kids?When you discover a poster for the Haunted Halloween Carnival, your spooky adventure begins!Do you dare to experience the fun of the fair? Beware! All kinds of creepy creatures haunt the pages of this fun-packed book of puzzles..Solve mazes, wordsearches, number puzzles and moreFind the clues and crack the code to finish the storyWill you take on the quest?For more puzzling funcollect the set!Mythical Mystery (9780008457457)Enchanted Lands (9780008457464)The Missing Astronaut (9780008457471)Secret Island (9780008532109)The Lost Emerald (9780008532116)

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Book SynopsisBig Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.See how the view from a family''s window changes in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Which season is your favourite?

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Book SynopsisBursting with over 50 winter activities, including look-and-find, drawing and colouring-in, number puzzles, and much more, this wintry activity book is perfect for keeping fans of the bestselling Isadora Moon and Mirabelle series busy over the holiday season. With irresistible pink and black artwork throughout by author/illustrator Harriet Muncaster and a totally unique heroine with an out-of-this-world family, Isadora Moon is the ideal choice for readers who want their magic and sparkle with a bit of bite!Trade Review"Everyone's favourite half vampire, half fairy." * Metro *"The most lovable vampire ever created." * The Guardian *

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Book SynopsisCurl up with your very own Very Hungry Caterpillar snuggle blanket and enjoy Sleep Tight, a gentle bedtime story featuring the Very Hungry Caterpillar himself. In Sleep Tight, Very Hungry Caterpillar, children will wish crickets, owls and ducks goodnight until . . . wait . . . who''s that curled up on the very last page? He''s snug as a bug.The perfect bedtime treat for fans of the original Very Hungry Caterpillar. The Very Hungry Caterpillar has sold over 44 million copies worldwide in over 60 languages.Tes, the leading Teaching Resources publication, have just listed The Very Hungry Caterpillar as the number one book for 0-5 year olds - The book that launched a thousand topics Lisa Jarmin.

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Book SynopsisIntroduce your baby to all kinds of vehicles with this beautiful black-and-white book!Designed to develop babies'' eyesight from birth, this high-contrast book will engage your child''s senses as they discover all sorts of vehicles, from boats and diggers, to buses and bicycles.Clearly-defined images will help focus a young child''s attention and concentration, and simple text will help build their vocabulary so they can begin to spot vehicles on the go.Say hello to the friendly faces in the car, train and aeroplane - and look out for the surprise touch-and-feel on the final page!This black-and-white book:Stimulates visionEncourages sensory developmentRecommended for children aged 0+Illustrated by Lemon Ribbon StudioAlso available:Baby Touch: Faces: a black-and-white bookBaby Touch: Animals: a black-and-white bookBaby Touch: My First Book: a black-and-white cloth bookBaby Touch: A black-and-white buggy book

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Book SynopsisYou can do it too with Ladybird''s It''s Time to...!This interactive novelty board book is filled with sliders and flaps to help little ones mimic the adult behaviours they see every day.In It''s Time to... Grow It! the moving sliders and transformative flaps on every page allow toddlers to perform the tasks in the simple text - they sew the seeds, water plants and even mow the lawn!The It''s Time to... series:Boosts motor skillsEncourages imaginative playRecommended for children aged 3+Also available:It''s Time to... Fix It!It''s Time to... Clean Up!It''s Time to... Bake It!

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Book SynopsisWho can you spot hiding behind each flap? Play peekaboo with your baby and help them lift the flaps to spot the different animals. This bright board book is full of textured patches to touch, feel and explore, with a mirror finale!This is the perfect first book for sharing together with your baby or toddler. The touch-and-feel patches, large flaps and high-contrast colours encourage interaction and stimulate a baby''s senses.Illustrated by Lemon Ribbon StudioThis touch-and-feel playbook:Encourages sensory developmentBoosts motor skillsRecommended for children aged 0+From tummy time to bath time, the bestselling Baby Touch series contains the perfect first books to support key milestones. Also available:Baby Touch: PlaybookBaby Touch: PeekabooBaby Touch: VehiclesBaby Touch: AnimalsBaby Touch: Tummy TimeBaby Touch: Night-NightBaby Touch: Busy DayBaby Touch: Get DressedBaby Touch: SeasonsBaby Touch: FoodBaby Touch: ABCBaby Touch: 123Baby Touch: Fairy TalesBaby Touch: I Love YouBaby Touch: Rainbow

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Book SynopsisJoin in and help the busy mechanic in this playful, interactive flap book!Can you help the busy mechanic to fix the monster truck? Join in and use the flaps to mend the car, put on a new wheel, and fill up the engine. With interactive action-flaps, you can do it, too!Each clever flap provides an action or scene-change to encourage children to actively engage and explore. The playful flaps are perfect for little hands to develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.Original concept and illustration by Dan Green.The Busy Day series:Introduces the worldBoosts motor skillsRecommended for children aged 2+Also available in the Busy Day series:AstronautAthleteBuilderChefFarmerFirefighterFootballerTrain DriverVet

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Book SynopsisJoin us for a walk deep in the rainforest. Stroll through a nearby village, take a peek at the monkeys and find titan beetles on the forest floor in this lift-the-flap non-fiction book. Filled with bite-sized nature facts and over 40 flaps to lift, young explorers can enjoy a colourful and interactive introduction to the busy life of the Amazonian rainforest. Follow the family and their guide as they journey through the six different rainforest scenes, from an Achuar village to deep in the rainforest, and from high up in the canopy down to the refreshing riverbank. Reveal hidden facts and learn more about the world around you and the animals who share it with you. A great interactive guide for children to spot nature in the world around them!Also available:A Walk in SpringA Walk in SummerA Walk in AutumnA Walk in WinterA Walk on the FarmComing soon:A Walk by the River

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Book SynopsisBuild your LEGO skills with this bitesize guide! Become a LEGO building expert with stacks of facts, tips, and tricks at your fingertips - no previous building experience required! Get out your bricks and be inspired to build your favourite real and fantasy pets including cats, dogs, rabbits, fish, unicorns, and much more. Plus learn to build homes and accessories for your brick-built buddies.Each LEGO Pocket Builder book is packed with images of fun-to-make models, building techniques, advice, and inspiration - plus they are perfectly pocket-sized for building anywhere - even on-the-go. Grab your LEGO bricks and get building!2023 The LEGO Group.

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Book SynopsisDiscover the celebration of Carnival with this bright, interactive lift-the-flap book!Featuring simple text, gorgeous illustrations and satisfying lift-the-flaps, this book explores Caribbean Carnival culture and helps young children understand the importance of this Caribbean event. Lift the flaps to reveal the steel pan bands, see the colourful costumes, and have a peek at all the tasty West Indian dishes. The First Festivals series invites children to explore the world's culture from the comfort of their home, encourages the development of hand-eye coordination and is recommended for children aged 2 and over. Illustrated by Kim Thompson. Also available in the First Festivals series:DiwaliEasterChristmasRamadanHannukahLunar New YearPrideHoli

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Book SynopsisA fun, picture-packed sticker activity book with fascinating information about garden and park plants and more than 250 stickers!This exciting RHS sticker activity book will teach kids all about the life inside of garden ponds. The brilliant facts accompanied by simple, fun activities such as matching stickers to picture shapes, follow-the-trail, and a quiz makes this the ideal book for curious young minds.Go on a journey, fill in the sticker pages and learn about the seeds, leaves, flowers and fruits that come from trees. Find out which trees keep their leaves all year round, discover how a seed grows into a tree, and which animals make their homes in trees. The combination of engaging activities and straightforward information given in bite-sized pieces makes it easy for children to learn as they play.This nature sticker book for children offers: - Fascinating information about different trees in gardens and parks for curious children

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Book SynopsisSettle down to sleep with Rumble the little dinosaur in this brand new lift-the-flap adventure, part of the no.1 bestselling Ten Minutes to Bed series!Rumble is missing somewhere in the Land of Nod! Can you find the little dinosaur before bedtime?This magical lift-the-flap adventure features sturdy, durable flaps on every spread as young children search for Rumble, meeting all their favourite characters from the Ten Minutes to Bed series along the way, from Twinkle the Unicorn to Splash the Mermaid!Weaving a journey from lively beginning to a gentle end, this gorgeous novelty board book is perfect for little ones winding down for bedtime.This no. 1 bestselling bedtime series has now sold one million copies worldwide! Have you collected all the books?Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Unicorn (also available as a board book)Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Dinosaur(also available as a board book)Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Merm

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Book SynopsisElla Beech is an artist and illustrator based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. She has a master's in children's book illustration from the Cambridge School of Art, was runner up in the Picture Hooks Competition 2021, and a finalist in the Bologna Children's Book Fair Illustrator's Exhibition. Ella has worked as a designer and art director in children's publishing, and has a degree in fine art painting from the Winchester School of Art.Sara Forster is an author of children's books. She has worked in children's publishing for nearly 10 years, crafting award-winning, illustrated non-fiction and picture books on all kinds of topics for children from medieval knights to the natural world.

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Book SynopsisFind the Capitol building amid Statues of Liberty, a turkey in a crowd of pilgrims, and the Liberty Bell in a swarm of eagles in this book of 29 puzzles. Solutions.

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Book SynopsisCelebrate this timeless classic with the master of paper engineering. With stunning pop-ups and elaborative interactive details, this is a gift that will be treasured by generations.  Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse . . .  Robert Sabuda brings Clement Clarke Moore's well known and much-loved classic poem about the night before Christmas to life with his stunning and intricate pop-ups. Open the pages and follow the family of mice as they pop and leap through the timeless, rhythmical text on their way to meet St. Nick in this beautiful adaptation of a classical family favourite.   Other pop-up books by Robert Sabuda: The 12 Days of Christmas  Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland  Beauty and the Beast  The Little Mermaid  The Night Before Christmas  Peter Pan  Winter’s T

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Book SynopsisParp! In Space is a hilarious board book about a bunch of animals in a rocket to the moon with a very stinky problem – featuring fun pull-out sliders and flaps.

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Book SynopsisOver 400 irresistible, reusable, and collectible stickers to mix, match, and trade! Part of the bestselling Eyelike Stickers series, Eyelike Stickers: Wild Animals is perfect for animal-lovers and crafters alike. The full-color photographic stickers feature a variety of animals, including nimble fox, majestic lions, gorillas, bears, wolves, owls, zebras, bison, and more! Whether on windows, notebooks, lunch boxes, or scrapbooks, these peel-and-place stickers are perfect for creating your own work of art anytime, anywhere, and are designed to be stuck on, peeled off, and stuck on again without tearing or losing their “stick.” The books’ inside covers are glossy illustrated backgrounds on which kids can create lively and original sticker scenes―and then change them whenever they like.

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Book SynopsisFive lavishly illustrated spreads, big, recessed flaps and a host of pets to spot, name and mimic combine in this delightful little board book for the very young.

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Book SynopsisA unique, colour changing baby bath book all toddlers will enjoy. Put in water and watch the body parts change colour! A great, interactive way for children to learn the names of basic body parts at bath time.Trade ReviewOur new family favorite book!! I'm so impressed! It is super cute and fun! My 4-yr-old son lovesss it!! Thank you for creating such an amazing learning aid!

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Book SynopsisYujin Shin grew up surrounded by art, as her mother ran an art institute. Shin worked for Samsung Publishing and Sigong Junior for about ten years before embarking on a career in freelance illustration. She lives with her family in South Korea.

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