Collection: Junior Picture Books

A beautiful, moving and sensitively told picture book about language barriers, communication and a very young child's immigrant experience. When Ronnie moves to a new house, in a new country, he's excited to make friends. But when he introduces himself to everyone at nursery, "My name is four. I ...

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"Felix and Grandma have always lived oceans apart--until the day Grandma arrives. Felix is so excited to meet Grandma and spend time with her. Except she doesn't know English! And he doesn't know much Vietnamese! But maybe they can connect in other ways--like over their shared love of pizza. One ...

Rohan loves spending time with his grandmother, making mango pickle and sharing stories. But when he moves to a different country and learns a new language, words from his first language start slipping away until one day there are none left. How will Rohan find the words to tell his grandmother a...

What happens when words and pictures coexist, bump into one another, are in constant conversations? How might words paint a bird, while that very bird sings the words themselves? This book invites readers to participate in a vibrant celebration of language itself. This book is a collection of pai...

A man approaches a tree with an axe and the tree speaks to him. What ensues is a conversation in which the man tries to show the tree what a real world consists of. He points out the roads, the buildings, the ships and supermarkets but what he sees is his own loneliness amidst them. In quiet resp...

Celebrates the big things and little things in the world and everything in between.

The second inspiring and heartfelt picture book from the creator of the viral video sensation The Great Realisation. 'All the things that make life wonderful, all the colours, sounds and tastes, Begin to lose a touch of magic when your goodness goes to waste.' We all have within us 'potential', a...

What will you wear on World Book Day? Anna can't decide what to dress up as, but her dad knows just what to do to help . . . He takes Anna to a bookshop where a friendly bookseller helps her to pick out the perfect book for her. Now she knows exactly what to dress up as! But when she goes to scho...

In this uplifting picture book, you imagine a world where everyone looks identical, where all food tastes the same, where we all speak the same language. A world that is...well, pretty boring. But with an explosion of colour, the pages soon come to life. This joyful picture book encourages childr...