Turquoise books

Mum's new car

The long journey

Chewy Hughie

Australian Adventure

Brian Moses: Walking with my Iguana

Paul Cookson, Michael Rosen, Andrew Fusek Peters, Pie Corbett, Wes Magee, and John Rice are just some of the outstanding poets that are included, and strongly represented are poets and poems from ethnic minorities whose work is more readily appreciated in performance than on the printed page eg John Agard, Valerie Bloom, Debjani Chatterjee and Adisa.

Ben Galbraith: The three fishing brothers Gruff

Once upon a time, there lived three mean and greedy brothers called Gruff. They fish and fish until Poverty Bay is empty, and so resolve to find somewhere else to catch their fish. But watch out, Minke Whale, the Guardian of the Ocean isn't happy and the neither are the townspeople of Poverty Bay! This brilliantly conceived text is based loosely on The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

Eric Hill: Where's Spot?

Where's Spot is the ultimate, must-have Spot book: with its bold illustrations, simple, large text and plenty of flaps to lift, pull and tug as the reader tries to track down the naughty little dog. Great fun for children, and just as much fun for adults who enjoy sharing a book with their child, Where's Spot is something of a classic.

Allan Ahlberg & Raymond Briggs: A bit more Bert

This time, Bert's adventures include having a haircut - the reader is invited to give Bert a trim and then blamed for leaving him almost bald!

Francesca Simon: Horrid Henry's Underpants

Four hilarious new stories, enhanced by Miranda Richardson's manic reading and really horrid music and sound effects, in which Horrid Henry hits on a brilliant way to write thank you letters, negotiates over vegetables, competes with Perfect Peter over which of them is sickest, and finds himself wearing the wrong underpants, with dreadful consequences.

Francesca Simon: Horrid Henry and The Abominable Snowman

Building a snowman brings out Henry's competitive streak; he sets up his Monstrous Makeovers business to rival Moody Margaret's Miraculous Makeovers; things go badly wrong when a famous author comes to school; and he thinks 'You'll all be sorry when I'm dead' and spends a rainy day writing his will.

Steve Smallman and Joelle Dreidemy: The lamb who came for dinner

When a hungry old wolf gets an unexpected visit from a little lamb, he starts planning a delicious lamb hotpot. But the lamb doesn't want to be the wolf's dinner, she wants to be his friend.

Turquoise and purple books

The monster under the stairs

Cleversticks

William's mistake

A Chinese adventure

Rex Stone: Dinosaur Cove 3 - March of the armoured beasts

Jamie and Tom discover some fresh dinosaur footprints and decide to do some tracking. It looks as if a large herd are moving towards the river, but as the boys approach the marshy area they notice some smaller footprints going a different way. They discover a baby Ankylosaurus in the mud - it's thrashing around and has sunk up to its middle. The baby dino is well and truly stuck. The boys have to find a way of saving the little Ankylosaurus. But when its mother appears will she realize they're trying to help? Or will she come at them with her huge clubbed tail?

Rex Stone: Dinosaur Cove 2 - Charge of the three-horned monster

Jamie and Tom return to their secret dinosaur world and find their friend Wanna, the Wannanosaurus, waiting for them. They spot what looks like a village in the distance and set off to investigate. On the way they meet a herd of Triceratops and it seems the only way to avoid being trampled is to hitch a ride on their backs. But as they approach the 'village' the boys realize too late that what they thought were huts are in fact termite hills. With insects swarming all over them, the Triceratops charge! Can the boys hang on? Will they fall under the feet of the giant dinosaurs? And how can they get away from the huge, biting termites?

Read at home: The real Floppy

Floppy isn't allowed on the beach, so Dad, Biff, Chip and Kipper make Mum a surprise.

David McKee: Not now, Bernard

A humorous story in which a young boy is exasperated by his parents refusal to listen to him, so he decides to make them take notice.

Out and about: Dogball

The stories follow the adventures of Jake and his friends. Jake learns to swim and be good at PE. The children have great fun creating an obstacle race and going on a nature trail.

Read at home: At the dentist

Kipper gets toothache and has to visit the dentist.

Out and about: The fun race

Jake learns to swim and be good at PE. The children have great fun creating an obstacle race and going on a nature trail.

Read at home: Hungry Floppy

Hungry Floppy looks for food.

Rex Stone: Dinosaur Cove 1 - Attack of the Lizard King

When Jamie moves to Dinosaur Cove with his father he's looking forward to doing some fossil hunting on the beach. But when he and his friend, Tom, discover a forgotten cave with fossilised dinosaur footprints, it takes them to another world. The boys meet a small, friendly Wannanosaurus, who leads them further into the prehistoric landscape, past mysterious fungi and strange fruits. But when the ground starts to shudder and the Wannanosaurus runs off, the boys know they're in serious danger. The Tyrannosaurus Rex has spotted them and he's coming their way . . .

Alan MacDonald and David Roberts: Dirty Bertie - Mud!

Bertie faces a barrage of footballs as the school's new goalie and battles to stay clean for the school photographer and gets hopelessly lost in a huge department store.

Turquoise and purple books

A day in London

House for sale

The lost key

William and his dog