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The Very Hungry Caterpillar [Board Book]

Eric Carle

Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a perennial favourite with children and adults alike. Its imaginative illustration and clever cut-out detail charts the progress of a very hungry caterpillar as he eats his way through the week.
This board book edition of what is surely a classic picture book is glossy, sturdy and ideal for curious little hands to get to grips with. (Ages 9 months to 2 years)--Susan Harrison
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (Classic Board Books with Holes)

Pam Adams
Jolly Phonics Workbooks: Books 1-7 (Jolly Phonics: workbook)

Susan M. Lloyd, Sara Wernham
The Wheels on the Bus: Go Round and Round (Classic Board Books with Holes)
Dear Zoo

Rod Campbell
In the Night Garden (Little Library): Little Library (In the Night Garden)

BBC
Jolly Phonics Word Book (Jolly Phonics)

Susan M. Lloyd, Sara Wernham
That's Not My Lion (Usborne Touchy Feely Books)

Fiona Watt, Rachel Wells
Where's Spot? (Lift-the-flap Book)

Eric Hill
What a Noisy Pinky Ponk! ("In the Night Garden")

Andrew Davenport
Where the Wild Things are

Maurice Sendak

Where the Wild Things Are is one of those truly rare books that can be enjoyed equally by a child and a grown-up. If you disagree, then it's been too long since you've attended a wild rumpus. Max dons his wolf suit in pursuit of some mischief and gets sent to bed without supper. Fortuitously, a forest grows in his room, allowing his wild rampage to continue unimpaired. Sendak's colour illustrations (perhaps his finest) are beautiful, and each turn of the page brings the discovery of a new wonder.
The wild things--with their mismatched parts and giant eyes--manage somehow to be scary-looking without ever really being scary; at times they're downright hilarious. Sendak's defiantly run-on sentences--one of his trademarks--lend the perfect touch of stream of consciousness to the tale, which floats between the land of dreams and a child's imagination.
This Sendak classic is more fun than you've ever had in a wolf's suit, giggle-stiflingly funny at times, and even manages to reaffirm the notion that there's no place like home.
Each Peach Pear Plum (Viking Kestrel picture books)

Allan Ahlberg

"Each Peach Pear Plum. I spy Tom Thumb!" In this engaging, interactive book for the very young, familiar nursery-rhyme characters such as Mother Hubbard and Baby Bunting sneak their way into the gentle drawings. Even young children who might not know all the fairy-tale stars can find them lurking in the cupboard, on the stairs or deep in the woods. In the happy finale, the whole cast meets up for plum pie in the sun, where the little one on your lap will gleefully find everyone.
Paper Fashions (Klutz) (Klutz)

Editors of Klutz
My First Signs (Baby Signing) (BSL) (Baby Signing)

Annie Kubler
Guess How Much I Love You

Sam McBratney

All children want reassurance that their parents' love runs wide and deep. In Guess How Much I Love You, a young rabbit named Little Nutbrown Hare thinks he's found a way to measure the boundaries of love. In a heartwarming twist on the "I-can-do-anything-you-can-do-better" theme, Little Nutbrown Hare goes through a series of declarations regarding the breadth of his love for Big Nutbrown Hare. But even when his feelings stretch as long as his arms, or as high as his hops, LittleNutbrown Hare is fondly one-upped by the elder rabbit's more expansive love.
Anita Jeram's illustrations are bound to elicit an "ah" from even the sternest of readers; these loving rabbits are expressive, endearing, and never cloying. In turn, Sam McBratney tells a simple bedtime story of sweet familial love with humour, insight, and a delightful surprise at the end. Children and parents will love snuggling up for this one--a treat to be read again and again, just before the lights are turned out. (Ages 4 to 8) --Amazon.com
Anti-colouring Book

Susan Striker; Edward Kimmel
The Phonics Handbook: A Handbook for Teaching Reading, Writing and Spelling (Jolly Phonics)

Susan M. Lloyd
We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Michael Rosen

This worthy winner of the Smarties prize in 1989 is a timeless classic that is enjoyed by children of all ages as well as by the adults who are continually asked to read it again and again. Follow the family's excitement as they wade through the grass, splash through the river and squelch through the mud in search of the bear. What a surprise awaits us all in the cave on the other side of the dark forest. Michael Rosen's lyrical, repetitive text reads aloud beautifully and Helen Oxenbury's delightful watercolour illustrations not only provide the perfect complement but also add another dimension to the story itself. (Ages 3 and over)
A Big Book edition of this story is also available.
Mixed Up Fairy Tales

Hilary Robinson
My Very Busy Sticker Book (Charlie & Lola)

Lauren Child