Youth

Journey through the deep dark wood with Snake, Owl, Fox and Mouse and discover who is making the growling noise!Who can you hear in the deep dark wood?Is it Snake, hissing in the leaves?Or Owl, hooting in the trees?Gruffalo Growl by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler is from the My First Gruffalo pre-school range. A board book with a chunky sound button - perfect for small paws.

With puzzles to solve, games to play and pictures to colour, plus over 100 stickers! Featuring Hugless Douglas and all the characters from the successful series, this great value activity book is packed with things to do. Children will love drawing Douglas, playing snap, hunting for hugs and adding to Douglas's world with the colourful stickers. Since he was created, Hugless Douglas has sold over 700,000 books worldwide. 'A new Hugless Douglas book is always a cause for celebration.' The Daily Mail

'You'd be surprised how many ways I change on different coloured days.'Maybe on some days you feel sort of brown, like a bear; you feel slow and low, low down. But then comes a yellow day and wheeeeeeeee! you feel like a busy, buzzy bee. Dr. Seuss takes the reader on a journey through many different moods in this vibrant and highly original book.

Dorothy Edwards' classic story about one naughty but very entertaining little sister. My naughty little sister is stubborn and greedy and full of mischief. She tries to cut off the cat's tail and eats all the trifle at Harry's party! How much bother can one little sister be? My Naughty Little Sister has charmed generations of adults and children alike thanks to Dorothy Edwards' playful stories and Shirley Hughes' beautiful illustrations. These best-selling books are perfect for little girls with siblings of their own. Praise for My Naughty Little Sister: 'Edwards was one of the best children's writers of the 20th century and her collaboration with illustrator Shirley Hughes was pure magic: the stories are cheeky, touching and funny' - the Sunday Express. 'Naughtiness is naughtiness, whatever the generation, and these stories are a delight' - The Scotsman

My small world is waiting, so come take my hand . . . I'll show you who lives in my undersea lands! Come on an incredible adventure under the sea! Meet the cleverly camouflaged octopus with lots of legs, swim with fierce but friendly sharks and explore pirate ships filled with sparkling treasure. You'll also learn how to build your very own Small World, with instructions and a handy How-To guide. A creative and exciting new picture book series from bestselling and award-winning author Caryl Hart and Waterstones Children's Book Prize winner, Harry Woodgate.

"The words one first meets in nursery rhymes will always have a special magic," writes Iona Opie in her foreword to this book. "Hey Diddle, Diddle", "Humpty Dumpty", "Jumping Joan", "Wee Willie Winkie", passed on from generation to generation, these rhymes learnt in infancy remain with us forever. Divided into four enticing sections, My Very First Mother Goose contains more than sixty of the most colourful and best-loved nursery rhymes. But what makes it so special are the wonderful watercolour pictures by Rosemary Wells, who has created an engaging and exuberant world filled with distinctive characters - rabbits and cats and mice - guaranteed to delight the youngest child. This is indeed a very first book, a book to be encountered at the earliest possible moment and savoured for an entire lifetime.

Life isn't easy for a future hero. And Hercules should know. He's got a to-do list of 12 labors, and he can't seem to pull off a single one. Perhaps his friends can help him clean the Augean stables or defeat the Nemean Lion - if only they weren't busy dealing with Jason and his Argonauts, who are on a quest to find the Golden Fleece. Being a mythological hero really is a work-in-progress!

Dive into the legendary world of Ancient Greece, filled with superheroes and super not-so-heroes, and meet mythology's biggest movers and shakers when they were just little squirts learning the ropes!

The Greek myths are some of the oldest and most famous stories ever told. This striking comic book collection is the perfect introduction to the world of the gods - containing six tales full of love, loss, greed, envy and bravery. Journey down to the Underworld with Orpheus and join Theseus in his quest to defeat the dreaded Minotaur. Bursting with detail and humour, James Davies' retelling of the Greek myths will delight readers of all ages.

"We need more beautifully illustrated and involving non-fiction like this. Wade and Castrillon introduce nanoscience with perfect clarity and inviting pictures." - The Sunday Times"Beautiful ... plunges deep into the world of atoms, materials and the applications of nanoscience, with accessible text and richly shaded pictures." - GuardianThis exciting non-fiction picture book introduces young readers to the fascinating (and cutting-edge) science of the very, very small.

Everything is made from something - but the way we make things, from the materials we use to the science and technology involved, is changing fast. Nano offers a fascinating narrative introduction to this cutting-edge area of STEM, better known by the name "nanotechnology". With words by Dr Jess Wade - a highly skilled physicist and trailblazing campaigner for diversity in STEM fields - and beautiful, dynamic pictures by award-winning artist Melissa Castrillon, this is the perfect book for budding young scientists and engineers.

"A truly rare science book that neither talks down to children nor goes over the heads. Dr Jess Wade makes one of the most complex areas of science instantly accessible, drawing out the wonder and beauty of materials at the nanoscale, while inspiring young readers to want to know more[...] Sumptuously illustrated, deeply informative and clever, this is the gift I'll be giving to all the children I know." - Angela Saini, science journalist, broadcaster and author