Usborne Books

Poodle loves to doodle everywhere - walls, doors, floors, no surface is safe! The naughty poodle is soon in trouble. But could her al fresco drawing skills actually come in useful?  This entertaining story for beginner readers has simple rhyming text, stylish illustrations and parents' notes on phonics at the back of the book. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781474946599 • Author: Russell Punter • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback  • Pages: 24 • Dimensions: 19.4 x 20.9 cm

Kapow! Boom! Discover this awesome activity book, perfect for anyone who wants to start making comics. There's lots of space for children to fill in, with simple step-by-step instructions to help them plan and lay out their graphic stories using speech bubbles and sound effects. Includes ideas for characters and storylines, sample comic strips and drawing tips. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781805074854 • Author: Louie Stowell • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 96 • Dimensions: 24.6 x 20.3 cm

Filled with wintry whimsy, from ice-skating unicorns to snow castles, northern lights and other fantastical delights. A mess-free way to keep children busy in the holidays. Simply tuck the waterproof back flap under each page as it's painted, to stop water from seeping through to the rest of the book. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781801319157 • Author: Abigail Wheatley • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 32 • Dimensions: 25.1 x 21.6 cm

This spectacular sticker book is set in the year 2041, where the fastest, toughest, most extreme cars on the planet compete in an epic race through gleaming cities and scorching deserts. Add the right stickers to fit your cars with rocket boosters, grappling hooks and hover wheels. Then read the descriptions, compare the stats, and use them to decide who wins... Product Information: • ISBN: 9781474969161 • Author: Simon Tudhope • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 44 • Dimensions: 30.8 x 24.2 x 0.5 cm

An action-packed sticker book full of sporty scenes and over 350 colourful stickers to complete the pictures. Scenes include footballers at the training ground, getting ready for the match and at a victory parade. Includes blank football kit stickers for children to colour in with their favourite team strip. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781409510277 • Author: Fiona Watt • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 44 • Dimensions: 30.4 x 23.8 cm

Flamingo can't wait to play jungle bingo! But who will be crowned winner? This entertaining story for beginner readers has simple rhyming text and stylish illustrations throughout. A delight to share with very young children, or for beginner readers to read themselves, and with parent's notes on phonics at the back of the book. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781474946575 • Author: Russell Punter & David Semple • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 24 • Dimensions: 21 x 20.9 cm

In this funny rhyming story, racing driver Baboon looks set to win the Jungle Grand Prix. But her rival Cheetah will try any trick to stop her. Will he succeed? Find out in this fast-paced addition to the popular Phonics Readers series. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781805072171 • Author: Russell Punter & David Semple • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 24 • Dimensions: 21 x 21 cm

Sam Sheep can't sleep. His friends Pup, Fat Cat and Ted can't think how to help. But does Big Pig have the answer? Find out in this charming addition to the Phonics Readers series, illustrated by Stephen Cartwright. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781474970136 • Author: Russell Punter • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 24 • Dimensions: 21.1 x 21 cm

Come on a bug hunt in this little book and discover ants building their nest underground, bees making honey in their hive and a bug hotel where lots of creepy crawlies have found a home.  With colourful illustrations, flaps to lift and holes to peep through, there's so much to discover in this fascinating introduction to insects and where they live. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781474950824 • Author: Anna Milbourne • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Board Book • Pages: 14 • Dimensions: 20 x 17 cm

This charming, lift-the-flap board book helps children learn about numbers with simple puzzles to solve on every page. Children can count the flamingos, zebras and monkeys at the zoo, find the cows on the farm, match rockets in space to their home planets and more - and lift the flaps to discover the answers. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781409597643 • Author: Felicity Brooks • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Pages: 16 • Dimensions: 25.8 x 22.2 cm

See how nature changes with the seasons, find out which creatures live in the garden and learn how flowers grow in this beautifully illustrated introduction to nature, with over 80 flaps to lift. There are counting and matching activities, and lots of things to look at and talk about on every page. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781474950961 • Author: Jessica Greenwell • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Pages: 16 • Dimensions: 25.9 x 22.2 cm

Brush water over the black and white illustrations and watch the jungle magically burst into life! There are 16 scenes to paint with elephants having a bath, parrots flying high in the sky, a tiger and her cubs and lots more. With a handy flap at the back of the book to stop paint seeping through to the page beneath. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781474927499 • Author: Sam Taplin • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback     • Pages: 32 • Dimensions: 24.8 x 16.7 cm

Discover the magical world of Sticker Dolly Dressing! Swim with mermaids as they explore a mysterious cave, find sunken treasure, meet a mer-prince and play with creatures in their mystical underwater world. Add the stickers to dress the mermaids and bring the colourful scenes to life. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781801314886 • Author: Fiona Watt • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback     • Pages: 44 • Dimensions: 29.8 x 23.7 cm

A sunny garden hums, buzzes, creeps and crawls with life... Peep inside to see what you can find. A beautifully illustrated non-fiction picture book for very little children with lots of flaps to lift, holes to peep through and animals and insects to spot. Children can peek at the insects buzzing beneath flower petals, spot a sleepy toad hiding in a log pile and lift a lily pad in the pond to uncover lots of tiny baby newts! A charming introduction to the world around us for very young children. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781409572138 • Author: Anna Milbourne • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Board Book • Pages: 14 • Dimensions: 19.1 x 16.5 cm

Bring the farm to life! Little children can have lots of farmyard fun with this delightful early years colouring book, full of bold, simple outlines of cows, sheep, tractors and more. It's an ideal way to develop pencil control skills. Great for youngsters developing their colouring skills! Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781801319126 • Author: Kate Nolan • Publisher: Usborne Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 32 • Dimensions: 1.5 x 21.6 x 24.8cm

Why do we need bees? How do they make honey? And who's who in a beehive? Children can find the answers to these questions and many more in this informative lift-the-flap book. With colourful illustrations, simple text and chunky flaps to lift. Young children can discover lots of amazing facts about bees and why they need our help. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781474917933 • Author: Katie Daynes • Publisher: Usborne • Format: Hardback • Dimensions: 22.5 x 20 x 1.5cm

This delightful sticker book introduces little children to the school day, including the journey to school, taking the register and break time, as well as music, art and PE class. With lots of stickers to add to every page, children will love interacting with the school environment and learning all about what they can expect when they start school. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781803702735 • Author: Holly Bathie • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 32 • Dimensions: 27.6 x 21.6cm

Young children will love completing the puzzles in this nature-themed book. As they use the special pen supplied to trace the dotted lines, solve mazes, spot differences and join numbered dots, they will also be practising vital early-learning skills such as counting, observing and pen control. Then they can wipe the pages clean and do them again. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781801319188 • Author: Kirsteen Robson • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 24 • Dimensions: 27.6 x 21.6cm

With unicorn-themed mazes to solve, dots to join, differences to spot, objects to count and dotted pictures and numbers to trace over! Little children will have great fun completing the activities while practising the vital pen-control skills they need to be ready for writing. The wipe-clean pen can easily be rubbed off the shiny pages so children can do the activities again and again. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781474995641 • Author: Kirsteen Robson • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 24 • Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.6cm

Visit the beach, go on a camping trip, relax by the pool and zoom down ski slopes in this entertaining activity book. The activities are designed to help young children develop their counting, observation and pen control skills, and the durable pages can be wiped clean so the book can be enjoyed again and again. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781474922302 • Author: Kirsteen Robson • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  24  • Dimensions: 27.7 x 2.2 x 22.5 cm