First Stories: The Wind in the Willows is the perfect introduction for young children to Kenneth Grahame’s classic tale. Push, pull and slide mechanisms bring the story of Mr. Toad and his high-speed adventure to life. Row down the river with Mole and Ratty, whizz around with Toad in his car and make an incredible escape from prison!

This well-loved tale is beautifully imagined for a new generation by children’s illustrator Jean Claude.

Collect more books in the First Stories series: Alice in Wonderland, Doctor Dolittle, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Jungle Book, Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Puss in Boots, The Three Little Pigs and The Ugly Duckling.

Push and pull the tabs and turn the wheel in Busy Friends. Young children will love seeing two best friends share their toys, swap treats, play in the park and give each other a big hug!

This bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text and wonderful illustrations by Samantha Meredith is part of the popular Busy Book series.

Keep little ones busy with more books from the series: Busy Playtime, Busy Nursery, and Busy Cafe.

With lots to see and do in Busy Airport, young children can have fun as they hop aboard a plane, pulling and turning the tabs!

Watch your baggage go round the carousel, wave goodbye to the planes as they take off and then fly through the sky on your own aeroplane!

Little ones will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text and wonderful illustrations by Louise Forshaw. Busy Airport has been endorsed and recommended by Dr Amanda Gummer’s Good Play Guide.

Discover more of the Busy Book series: Busy Park, Busy Holiday and Busy Railway.

Go for a ride on the back of a friendly, fire-breathing dragon with My Magical Dragon!

With a sparkly foil cover and push, pull and turn mechanisms, little ones will have lots of fun taking part in the dragon’s exciting adventure!

Yujin Shin’s beautifully coloured illustrations are paired with gentle rhyming text and lots of things to spot in four bright and busy magical scenes.

Perfect for little fingers and inquisitive minds, enjoy more magical adventures with My Magical Unicorn and My Magical Mermaid.

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER

‘Stunning’ Lisa Taddeo, author of THREE WOMEN
‘Warm and wise’ Stephanie Merritt, Observer
‘Glamorous, sexy, compelling’ Dolly Alderton, Sunday Times
‘I fell in love with Vivian from page one’ Daisy Buchanan
‘An education in love, and an iridescent delight’ Rowan Pelling, Spectator

New York, 1940. Young, glamorous and inseparable, Vivian and Celia are chasing trouble from one end of the city to the other. But there is risk in all this play – that’s what makes it so fun, and so dangerous. Sometimes, the world may feel like it’s ending, but for Vivian and Celia, life is just beginning.

City of Girls is about daring to break conventions and follow your desires: a celebration of glamour, resilience, growing up, and the joys of female friendship – and about the freedom that comes from finding a place you truly belong.

My Magical Unicorn takes toddlers into a truly magical world with a beautiful unicorn!

With a sparkly foil cover and push, pull and slide mechanisms, little ones will have lots of fun taking part in the unicorn’s exciting adventure!

Yujin Shin’s beautifully coloured illustrations are paired with gentle rhyming text and lots of things to spot in four bright and busy magical scenes.

Perfect for little fingers and inquisitive minds, enjoy more magical adventures with My Magical Dragon and My Magical Mermaid.

Giant Dinosaurs is jam-packed with novelty and features popular dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus, Stegosaurus and Diplodocus. Find out how much meat Tyrannosaurus ate in one go, why Stegosaurus had plates on its back, how Diplodocus used its tail and much, much more!

Pairing bold, colourful scenes from illustrator Naray Yoon with rhyming text and a page full of further information, this is the perfect novelty book for children just starting to find out more about the world around them.

With amazing, funny facts, bright infographics and a mixture of novelties that includes 30 flaps, Giant Dinosaurs is accessible and visual, with all facts checked by Barbara Taylor, a former Science Editor at London’s Natural History Museum.

Follow the adventures of Sugarlump the rocking horse and a magical unicorn in this delightful rhyming story from the stellar picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, creators of What the Ladybird Heard.

When Sugarlump the rocking horse longs to see the world, a magical unicorn with a silver horn and sparkling blue eyes grants his wish and turns him into a real horse. But after trotting around the farm, galloping around a racetrack and even dancing at the circus, Sugarlump learns to be careful what he wishes for. Luckily the unicorn has one more wish to grant . . .

With brilliant rhyming verse, bright and distinctive illustrations and glitter on every page, Sugarlump and the Unicorn is a perfect story for reading together

FROM ZERO TO HERO . . . YOUR SECRET MAP TO A RICH LIFE

What is your true calling and why aren’t you already living it?

Imagine if there was a map that showed you step by step how to get from where you are now to your true calling and the life you were born to live – the most brilliant, rich, fulfilling, and dazzling life you could ever dream of. You are holding in your hands such a map. HERO is the map for your life.

By following the journeys of twelve of the most successful people on the planet today, you’ll learn how to use your inner powers to overcome obstacles and to make impossible dreams come true. You’ll be inspired to find your own calling and start taking the steps toward making the life of your dreams an everyday reality.

Be the hero you are meant to be.

Candid, moving, exhilarating, uplifting, and frequently humorous, the words Oprah Winfrey shares in What I Know For Sure shimmer with the sort of truth that readers will turn to again and again.

As a creative force, student of the human heart and soul, and champion of living the life you want, Oprah Winfrey stands alone. Over the years, she has made history with a legendary talk show (the highest-rated program of its kind), launched her own television network, become the USA’s only African-American billionaire, and been awarded both an honorary degree by Harvard University and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. From all her experiences, she has gleaned life lessons – which, for fourteen years, she’s shared in O, The Oprah Magazine’s widely popular ‘What I Know For Sure’ column, a monthly source of inspiration and revelation.

Now, for the first time, these thoughtful gems have been revised, updated, and collected in What I Know For Sure, a beautiful book by Oprah Winfrey with a ribbon marker, packed with insight and revelation from Oprah Winfrey. Organized by theme – joy, resilience, connection, gratitude, possibility, awe, clarity, and power – these essays offer a rare, powerful, and intimate glimpse into the heart and mind of one of the world’s most extraordinary women while providing readers a guide to becoming their best selves

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Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors’ attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. There are many who deny the Dark Lord’s return, but Harry is not alone: a secret order gathers at Grimmauld Place to fight against the Dark forces. Harry must allow Professor Snape to teach him how to protect himself from Voldemort’s savage assaults on his mind. But they are growing stronger by the day and Harry is running out of time.

These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It’s time to PASS THE MAGIC ON …

Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go.’

When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it’s the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort is on the run – and they say he is coming after Harry. In his first ever Divination class, Professor Trelawney sees an omen of death in Harry’s tea leaves … But perhaps most terrifying of all are the Dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking Kiss …

This gift edition hardback, presented in a beautiful foiled slipcase decorated with brand new line art by Jonny Duddle, will delight readers as the plot thickens and the dangers multiply in Harry’s third year at Hogwarts.