Collection: Junior Picture Books

A fairytale with a twist! In You're Not Ugly, Duckling! Mother Duck is shocked to discover that one of her ducklings looks a little different to the rest. He's large and grey, with a funny quack and an even funnier hair do! It's not just Mother Duck who has noticed - poor Ugly Duckling is bullied...

The baby animals of the Indian forest can't sleep. SWISH-SWISH! CRACK-TRACK! FLASH-SNAP! goes the storm. Only Mama Elephant's words of wisdom can reassure them, "You're safe with me."

At the start of winter, two bear cubs are born, deep in their den in the frozen north. "Mama, what lies beyond here?" they ask. "'Above us is a land of ice and snow." "What lies beyond the ice and snow?" they ask. "The ocean, full of ice from long ago." And as they learn the secrets of the earth ...

When people meet Joe, they often treat him as Amazing Joe or Poor Joe. But can't he just be . . . Joe? One-legged Joe is 'amazing'. He knows this because wherever he goes people always tell him he's amazing. Amazing for sliding down the slide, for kicking a ball . . . even walking to get an ice c...

The rain clouds are long gone and the dry season scorches the land. Everything is new for the baby giraffe. As she bounds ahead and lags behind, her mother patiently explains the ways of the grasslands. And until she grows a little taller, older, and wiser, her mother reminds her: "You're strong ...

"Little Wombat loves his mum because she encourages him to bravely explore the world around him, and she is always there to comfort him when he's sad or pick him up when he falls. You're The Best, Mum! is a celebration of the special bond between mother and child from a beloved picture book creat...

Rhyming text celebrates the special bond between loved ones young and old.

Discover all that you can be and more Inspired by the classic nursery rhyme "Star Light, Star Bright," this encouraging picture book reminds children everywhere that in each of them is a world of wonder and boundless promise. Filled with breathtaking animal illustrations and heartwarming rhymes a...

Features much-loved Australian animals while teaching readers aged 2-5 the value in everyone's differences. Pygmy Possum wants to climb far, far up into the trees to taste the sweet blossom nectar. But everyone keeps telling her the same thing- 'It's very high. You're too little. You might fall.'...

The second in a series of five sweet rhyming picture books that celebrate early childhood in all of its wonder and curiosity. Each story is crafted to reflect a child's developmental changes as baby grows from exploring toddler into a confident five-year-old child. You're two! You're growing up!...