Bloomsbury Education: Early Years Catalogue 2024

BLOOMSBURY EDUCATION Early Years

Books and Resources 2024

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50 Fantastic Ideas ������������������������������������������������������ 3 Communication, Language and Physical Development ��������������������������������������������������������������� 6 Personal, Social and Emotional Development �������� 8 Literacy and Mathematics ��������������������������������������� 14

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50 FANTASTIC IDEAS

EARLY YEARS CATALOGUE 2024 3

50 Fantastic Ideas for Farm Activities

50 Fantastic Ideas for Co-Regulation

Hannah Jones McVey

Kerry Murphy

A brilliant collection of activities to help explore and bring to life themes around farming and food, designed by The Country Trust, the UK's leading national education charity.

This book features activities and practical ideas to support children to develop their self-regulation skills through co-regulation with an adult, to give them the best emotional start in life.

This book can be used to provide inspiration for a farm theme in the classroom, for activities to complement a class growing project, to introduce ways to use food, farming or natural themes in the curriculum, or to support a farm visit.

Using modelling, support and nurture, practitioners can co-regulate alongside the children so that they can develop those important life skills. This dip-inand-out guide will help practitioners provide the strongest foundations for children and to give them the best emotional start in life.

Hannah Jones McVey is the Countryside Discovery Residential Manager at The Country Trust. She has almost two decades of out-of- the classroom experience working with children and has authored several books.

Kerry Murphy is an Early Years lecturer and consultant, specialising in wellbeing, behaviour and special educational needs.

Publishes 14th March 2024 Paperback 9781801993258 • £12.99 64 pages

Publishes 24th April 2024 Paperback 9781801992800 • £12.99 64 pages

50 Fantastic Ideas for Bikes, Trikes and Scooters

50 Fantastic Ideas for Supporting Neurodiversity

James Davolls

Kerry Murphy & Fifi Benham

Bikes, trikes and scooters are an everpopular resource in early years settings and this book reveals a treasure trove of fun and accessible ideas to enhance this play.

This book is packed full of easy-to-follow activities that will help practitioners adapt their teaching style to be more inclusive of neurodivergent children.

50 Fantastic Ideas for Bikes, Trikes and Scooters provides activities such as scooter tag, painting with wheels and the bike repair shop and shows how they help child development including social and emotional development, literacy, maths and creative arts.

This book gives practitioners neurodiversityinformed and affirming approaches through activities such as exploring a babble box to encourage language development, and playing balloon volleyball to support physical development.

With meaningful and innovative ideas that can be embedded into everyday practice, this book celebrates the unique needs, preferences and strengths of all children in a fun and engaging way.

James Davolls is a nursery teacher and EYFS lead.

He has worked in early years settings for over a decade and is passionate about enhancing learning through play.

Kerry Murphy is an Early Years lecturer and consultant, specialising in wellbeing, behaviour and SEND. Publishes 7th November 2024 Paperback 9781801994224 • £12.99 128 pages

Paperback 9781801992183 • £12.99 64 pages

50 Fantastic Ideas for Caring for Living Things

50 Fantastic Ideas to Encourage Diversity and Inclusion

Judith Harries

June O'Sullivan & Nausheen Khan

This book offers 50 ingenious ideas for involving children in caring for animals and plants, including opportunities for openended play, spontaneous activities and detailed plans for practitioners to follow.

This is a collection of fun and effective activities to nurture kindness and inclusivity in your Early Years setting.

Children will experience the delights of watching animals and plants grow, observing life-cycles, surveying minibeasts, finding out how to help hedgehogs and much more.

Judith Harries has taught music and drama, as well as other subjects, at primary schools and nurseries for over 25 years.

Covering important topics such as race, ethnicity, age, gender and mental health, this book gives practitioners the confidence to build an inclusive environment for all children. The ideas encourage children to ask questions, challenge prejudice and celebrate diversity through games, role play, physical activity, arts and crafts and more.

June O'Sullivan MBE is Chief Executive of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF).

Nausheen Khan is Nursery Manager at the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF).

Paperback 9781801990479 • £12.99 64 pages

Paperback 9781472993892 • £12.99 64 pages

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Exploring Number Alison Hutchison

CREATIVE PLAY

EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND WELLBEING

50 Fantastic Ideas for Block Play Judit Horvath

50 Fantastic Ideas for Circle Time Judith Harries

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Creative Role Play Hayley Hughes

50 Fantastic Ideas for Developing Emotional Resilience Jillian Harrison-Longworth

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Making Music Judith Harries 9781472984111

50 Fantastic Ideas for Mark Making Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781472913241

50 Fantastic Ideas for Messy Play Phill and Sally Featherstone 9781472919144

50 Fantastic Ideas for Songs and Rhymes Helen Battelley 9781472976857

50 Fantastic Ideas for Treasure Baskets Sue Gascoyne 9781472943514

50 Fantastic Ideas for Tuff Trays Sally Wright 9781472954282

50 Fantastic Ideas Inspired by Famous Artists Judith Harries 9781472956842

50 Fantastic Things to do with Cardboard Judit Horvath 9781472922564

50 Fantastic Things to do with Paint Kirstine Beeley and Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781408159842

50 Fantastic Things to do with a Sand Tray Kirstine Beeley and Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781408159866

50 Fantastic Things to do with Squidgy Stuff Kirstine Beeley and Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781408159859

50 Fantastic Things to do with a Water Tray Kirstine Beeley and Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781408159835

50 Fantastic Ideas for Getting Children Active Dr Lala Manners 9781472971852

50 Fantastic Ideas for Mindfulness Tammie Prince 9781472955227

50 Fantastic Ideas for Promoting Independence Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781408179543

50 Fantastic Ideas for Supporting Children’s Wellbeing Rebecca Gordine 9781472966766

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Investigations Phill and Sally Featherstone 50 Fantastic Ideas for Teaching Phonics Alistair Bryce-Clegg 50 Fantastic Ideas Tuff Tray Mathematics Sally Wright 9781472978356

OUTDOOR LEARNING 50 Fantastic Ideas for Creativity Outdoors Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781408186770

50 Fantastic Ideas for Exploring Nature Kate Bass and Jane Vella 9781472919205

50 Fantastic Ideas for Forest School Jamie Victoria Barnes 9781472973726

50 Fantastic Ideas for Maths Outdoors Kirstine Beeley

HOME LEARNING 50 Fantastic Ideas for Engaging Dads June O’Sullivan and Alice Sharp 9781472949844

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Nursery Gardens June O’Sullivan and Clodagh Halse 9781472953032

LANGUAGE AND LEARNING 50 Fantastic Ideas to Captivate Boys Phill and Sally Featherstone 9781472909466

50 Fantastic Ideas for Celebrations and Festivals Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781472913272

50 Fantastic Ideas for Children with EAL Natasha Wood

50 Fantastic Ideas for Outside All Year Round Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781472913425

50 Fantastic Ideas for Science Outdoors Kirstine Beeley 9781408186800

50 Fantastic Ideas for Seasons Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781472913265

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50 Fantastic Ideas for Early Language Development Dr Mary Scanlan 9781472956019

50 Fantastic Ideas for Early Writing Prompts Alistair Bryce-Clegg 9781472913258

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Well thought out, clearly illustrated texts ...The ideas are exciting. Each book identifies excellent practice reinvigorating colleagues and supporting new practitioners.

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COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

EARLY YEARS CATALOGUE 2024 6

Get Them Talking - Get Them Writing

Get Them Talking - Get Them Learning Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

From bestselling author Alistair Bryce-Clegg comes a book that shows the huge impact that quality talk experiences have on children's lifelong attainment.

An inspirational book that studies the development of mark-making skills in relation to 'talk', providing age-appropriate activities for young children that will have a significant impact on their learning.

As children develop the skills of language and communication, it is talk that helps children to make sense of those experiences by asking questions and talking about their thoughts.

This book helps you understand the development stages of becoming a mark maker and suggests tried- and- tested interventions that will make a significant difference to how the children in your setting learn to write. It includes stage-appropriate activities, ideas for ‘planned talk’ and features a ‘ho w to’ section showcasing real-life case studies.

This book features a host of practical ideas for filling children’s heads with thoughts and questions. It provides an excellent basis for developing and extending children’s language and communication skills.

Alistair Bryce-Clegg is a former headteacher, EYFS consultant and founder of the child development app, My First Five Years.

Alistair Bryce-Clegg is a former headteacher, EYFS consultant and founder of the child development app, My First Five Years.

Paperback 9781408163931 • £22.00 64 pages

Paperback 9781408163924 • £22.00 64 pages

Teaching Children to Listen in the Early Years

100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Supporting EAL Learners

A practical approach

Marianne Sargent

Liz Spooner & Jacqui Woodcock

A practical guide to supporting EAL learners in every aspect of their early years education.

Featuring photocopiable resources, assessments and teaching suggestions for improving listening skills, Teaching Children to Listen in the Early Years is the perfect guide for practitioners and settings.

This book offers advice on how to provide for children with EAL while supporting their families.

With links to all areas of the curriculum and a specific focus on language acquisition, each idea is straightforward and can be easily adapted to suit children’s individual needs. It is an essential guide for all practitioners in early years settings in providing the very best environment you can for EAL learners.

In this book, specialist speech and language therapists Liz Spooner and Jacqui Woodcock present interventions to use in the classroom for teaching young children the rules of good listening and why they are so important.

Liz Spooner is a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with 18 years' experience in working in education.

Marianne Sargent currently works as a full-time writer specialising in early years education.

Jacqui Woodcock is a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with over 15 years' experience of working in nurseries and schools.

Paperback 9781472959201 • £24.99 96 pages

Paperback 9781472924056 • £15.00 128 pages

The Little Book of Fine Motor Skills

The Little Book of Playground Games

Little Books with Big Ideas

Little Books with Big Ideas

Sally Featherstone

Simon MacDonald, illustrated by Martha Hardy

Developing fine motor skills is a key feature in learning to read and write, and many children need additional help to develop these skills in the Early Years Foundation Stage.

A collection of games for all occasions! This fully revised Little Book contains a wide range of activities that will help promote teamwork, turn-taking, fairness and, most of all, fun!

The Little Book of Fine Motor Skills gives you lots of ideas for interesting activities focused on hand/eye coordination. This book presents appropriate and enjoyable activities in a simple format, which would enable the most inexperienced practitioners to plan and deliver the curriculum against clear objectives.

Sally Featherstone has a wealth of experience as a teacher, head teacher and a local authority adviser and inspector.

This Little Book is packed with games for wet days, hall times, and just being together! It contains a collection of both familiar and brand new games for small and larger groups of children, all of which can be played using low cost and easily accessible resources.

Simon MacDonald is Head of English, Course Tutor for Access to Higher Education and Advanced Practitioner at Highlands College, Jersey.

Paperback 9781472908698 • £8.99 72 pages

Paperback 9781408194126 • £9.99 64 pages

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PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

EARLY YEARS CATALOGUE 2024 8

’s Let’s

Talk

Let’s Talk books are a fun way to help grown-ups and children have meaningful discussions about all sorts of important things. Covering topics like feelings, relationships, diversity and mental health, these comforting picture books support healthy conversations right from the start. Ideal for dipping in and out of, they’re perfect for sharing with young children or giving to older children to read independently and include notes for parents and carers. Perfect for children aged 4-7.

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What Makes a Family?

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

What Makes a Family? explores different types of families, from what makes them unique to what they all have in common. Using everyday examples, clear explanations and colourful illustrations, this book encourages children to celebrate families of all shapes and sizes.

This diverse picture book covers lots of different family structures, including nuclear families, blended families, LGBTQ+ families, single-parent families, fostering and adoption. It’s the perfect resource for starting important conversations with children about what different families can look like, and the love that holds them all together.

Publishes 30th May 2024 Hardback • 9781801993364 • £12.99 • 32 pages

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What Makes You Do That?

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

What Makes You Do That? answers key behavioural concerns and encourages children to self-reflect, consider how their actions affect others and manage their emotions.

Written in a child-friendly tone with helpful notes for adults at the back, this picture book features 12 typical behaviours that children engage in – including not doing what they’re told, telling lies and giving up – and explores where they come from and how to find new ways of expressing their feelings.

Previously known as What Makes Me Do The Things I Do?.

Paperback publishes 4th July 2024 Paperback • 9781801994873 • £6.99 • 32 pages Hardback • 9781472973986 • £12.99 • 32 pages

What Makes a Family? – Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

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It’s OK to Cry

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings Young children can find it really frustrating when they can’t express their emotions or articulate what they’re feeling. Cue: It’s OK to Cry! Written with boys in mind, because they are often encouraged to suppress their feelings, Molly Potter covers a range of emotions, from uncomfortable feelings to happy ones. Perfect for starting conversations, this book includes colourful illustrations, child-friendly strategies and helpful notes for parents, carers and practitioners.

Paperback publishes 4th July 2024 Paperback • 9781801994330 • £6.99 • 32 pages Hardback • 9781472942425 • £12.99 • 32 pages

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Will You Be My Friend?

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

With lively illustrations, this book is both humorous and charming, and prompts children to discuss friendship with their parents and peers. It’s full of useful advice about forming healthy relationships, and will help children learn about sharing, caring and, importantly, saying sorry when things go wrong. It’s ideal for starting conversations about making friends and includes a guide for practitioners, parents and carers about supporting a child if they are having friendship difficulties.

Paperback • 9781801992282 • £6.99 • 32 pages Hardback • 9781472932716 • £12.99 • 32 pages

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What’s Worrying You? Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

This charming book is all about helping children understand their worries, and what to do when they feel overwhelmed by their feelings. Each page explores a different scenario, such as falling out with a friend, getting into trouble or feeling like no one is listening. It talks about how they might feel, and what could help ease their anxiety. This is the perfect book for helping children deal with those trickier feelings and gain confidence in the world around them.

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The Same But Different

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings Using clear explanations and colourful illustrations, The Same But Different prompts children to broaden their perspectives and rejoice in their differences. After all, imagine how boring the world would be if everyone was the same! Exploring all the ways we’re different, including how we look, where we live and what we believe in, this is the perfect book for starting important conversations about diversity and inclusion.

Paperback • 9781801992299 • £6.99 • 32 pages Hardback • 9781472949806 • £12.99 • 32 pages

Paperback • 9781801992305 • £6.99 • 32 pages Hardback • 9781472978028 • £12.99 • 32 pages

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How Are You Feeling Now?

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings Feelings are a normal part of being human, and it’s important for children to identify and manage them early on. A perfect follow-up to How Are You Feeling Today?, this engaging book looks at 12 emotions and opens the door for lots of discussion and healthy conversations.

From feeling proud, brave or grateful to frustrated or lonely, it gives children the prompts they need to articulate their emotions.

Hardback • 9781801991698 • £12.99 • 32 pages

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How Are You Feeling Today?

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

How Are You Feeling Today? is packed with imaginative ways to help children cope with a whole range of different emotions. This bestselling book gives children the tools they need to deal with lots of different feelings – without it all ending in tears! It explores 12 common emotions, including happy, angry, excited, bored and embarrassed, and offers ideas for what children could do when they feel this way.

Paperback • 9781801992275 • £6.99 • 32 pages Hardback • 9781472906090 • £12.99 • 32 pages

How Are You Feeling Today? Activity and Sticker book Paperback • 9781472966735 • £5.99 • 32 pages

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Let's Talk About the Birds and the Bees

Let's Talk About When Someone Dies

What’s Going On Inside My Head?

It’s natural for young children to have questions about their bodies and where they came from. This book uses clear language to answer questions about sex and relationships, and covers all manner of tricky subjects. from puberty to consent, with delicate accuracy and honesty. Filled with bright, fun illustrations and helpful advice for parents and carers, Let’s Talk About the Birds and the Bees is the perfect book for explaining the facts of life to small children.

When someone dies, we can feel a whole host of different emotions, and explaining them to a child isn’t easy. This book uses easy-to-understand language to answer complex questions about how a child might feel when someone dies.

It covers all manner of tricky subjects with sensitivity and honesty, from what death is to why people die. Let’s Talk About When Someone Dies prompts conversations with children about death and bereavement in an accessible and supportive way.

By opening up conversations about positive self-image, emotional intelligence, relationships and mindfulness, this reassuring book will help children develop healthy habits and good coping strategies from the start.

Presented in a warm, child-friendly, but no-nonsense way, it will help establish solid foundations for every child’s current and future wellbeing. What’s Going On Inside My Head? is a must for every parent and carer who understands the importance of keeping a healthy mind.

Hardback • 9781472955340 • £12.99 • 32 pages

Hardback • 9781472959232 • £12.99 • 32 pages

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

Hardback • 9781472946416 • £12.99 • 48 pages

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What’s Worrying You? – Molly Potter, illustrated by Sarah Jennings

Molly Potter is a PSHE and wellbeing expert, and brings years of experience working in mainstream schools as well as a pupil referral unit. Molly adds plenty of humour and warmth to these delightful books, and the cheerful illustrations by Sarah Jennings bring these important messages to life.

Follow Molly on X (formerly Twitter) @PotterMolly

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Five Steps to Bed

Which Food Will You Choose?

A choosing book for calm bedtime routines

An entertaining story to entice fussy eaters to explore a whole new world of colourful food!

Claire Potter, ilustrated by Ailie Busby

Claire Potter, illustrated by Ailie Busby

Bedtime can be stressful and chaotic for many families: the children are tired and often resistant and uncooperative. This interactive picture book gives parents a real life and research-based strategy for creating a positive and enjoyable bedtime routine – through the story itself and the guidance notes at the back of book.

Which Food Will You Choose? helps to break down fussy eating by turning trying new foods into a game, a method often used by paediatricians.

Two children go to the supermarket and pick a food they would like to try - but the food must be a certain colour! On Monday, she tells them to choose three RED foods; on Tuesday, three YELLOW foods; on Wednesday, three GREEN foods… Which foods will they choose?

Claire Potter is a freelance educational writer of books, articles and teaching materials, and author of the hugely popular Getting the Little Blighters to Eat.

Claire Potter is a freelance educational writer of books, articles and teaching materials, and author of the hugely popular Getting the Little Blighters to Eat.

Publishes 10th October 2024 Paperback 9781801994682 • £7.99 32 pages

Paperback 9781472973825 • £6.99 32 pages

Getting the Little Blighters to Behave

Getting the Little Blighters to Eat

A practical guide to encouraging good behaviour in children

Change your children from fussy eaters into foodies

Claire Potter

Claire Potter

This is a practical book full of tips, techniques and examples to support and encourage positive behaviour in children: perfect for parents at their wits' end!

It's easy to think that children are just fussy eaters.

Yet we are actually creating many problems ourselves with the things we do and say to our children around food.

This book gives you techniques, tactics, tips and tricks that research shows actually work. The clear advice helps you manage unhelpful behaviours and shifts the dynamic of your relationship so your child not only co- operates but wants to co-operate so you feel like you are on the same team!

This little book tells you how to start again. It won't give you complicated child-friendly recipes or clever ways to sneak vegetables into meals – just easy­to­ follow, easy-to-remember rules to help your child become a happy, healthy, adventurous eater.

Claire Potter is a freelance educational writer of books, articles and teaching materials, and author of the hugely popular Which Food Will You Choose?

Claire Potter is a freelance educational writer of books, articles and teaching materials, and author of the hugely popular Getting the Little Blighters to Eat. Paperback 9781472946744 • £5.99 64 pages

Paperback 9781408190746 • £7.99 64 pages

Keeping the Little Blighters Busy Low-cost, ingenious and fun ideas that adults will enjoy as much as kids!

Claire Potter Try Lucky Dip Cookery or Pin in a Map Sketching. Turn even everyday routines like hair washing or laying the table into mini-adventures. Tried and tested on children, these ideas encourage a sense of exploration, accomplishment, challenge, creativity, boldness and outside-the-box thinking. They'll cost you next-to-nothing. All you need is a playful attitude, a sense of adventure and perhaps just a tiny hint of mischief!

Claire Potter is a freelance educational writer of books, articles and teaching materials, and author of the hugely popular Getting the Little Blighters to Eat.

Paperback 9781408176245 • £7.99 128 pages

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From leading Early Years expert, Penny Tassoni MBE, this picture book series uses

TIME TO… simple words and delightful colour illustrations to put a positive spin on those all-

important everyday skills such as taking turns, making friends and sharing. Featuring practical advice and tips for practitioners, carers and parents, this is the ideal resource for encouraging young children to talk about social skills using contexts they can relate to.

Hardback • £5.99 • 32 pages

Time to Care

Time to Eat

Time to Get Dressed

Penny Tassoni, illustrated by Mel Four

Penny Tassoni, illustrated by Mel Four

Penny Tassoni, illustrated by Mel Four

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Time to Go to Nursery

Time to Make Friends

Time to Share

Time to Tidy Up

Penny Tassoni, illustrated by Mel Four

Penny Tassoni, illustrated by Mel Four

Penny Tassoni, illustrated by Mel Four

Penny Tassoni, illustrated by Mel Four

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Time to Care – Penny Tassoni, illustrated by Mel Four

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LITERACY AND MATHEMATICS

EARLY YEARS CATALOGUE 2024 14

Getting ready to Write

Foundations of Literacy Fourth Edition

Alistair Bryce-Clegg Sue Palmer

Getting Ready to Write explores some of the basic developmental stages that children go through on their journey to becoming writers and suggests inspiring ideas on how you can support this in your planning and provision.

This fully revised fourth edition of Foundations of Literacy outlines seven strands of practice designed to develop the skills, concepts and knowledge underpinning literacy in the Early Years.

Accompanying each strand are clear explanations of the research and reasoning on which they are based.

Practical advice on helping children to transfer their learning into their own child-initiated activities is integral to this highly practical book.

Sue Palmer, a former primary headteacher, has written more than 200 books and educational television programmes on aspects of literacy.

Using his tried-and-tested techniques, Alistair Bryce-Clegg believes that you will not only engage children in the writing process but you will also see a significant difference in their progress.

Alistair Bryce-Clegg is a former headteacher, EYFS consultant and founder of the child development app, My First Five Years.

Paperback 9781408193846 • £24.99 128 pages

Paperback 9781408193181 • £22.00 64 pages

Phonics at Home

The Ultimate Guide to Mark Making in the Early Years

Help your child with letters and sounds Kate Robinson, illustrated by Sarah Hoyle

Sue Cowley

Phonics at Home is the perfect guide for helping children with phonics, and contains over 40 fun, multi-sensory games and activities to bring phonics to life in the home environment.

This book is filled with practical activities, honest advice and a wide range of creative approaches to develop mark making and language skills in the Early Years.

This book helps parents get to grips with letters and sounds and complements any phonics scheme already used in primary schools. Whether parents are home schooling or simply looking for fun activities to keep their children engaged in learning, this is the number one resource for teaching reading, writing and spelling at home.

This book contains activities to help children understand the concept of symbols, and strategies for building confidence in reading and writing. With examples of early marks to illustrate how young children’s communication skills develop, and tips for getting boys engaged, this book is an invaluable source of inspiration for all those working with children aged 3–7.

Kate Robinson has been working in education for over 25 years and has experience as a writer, consultant, manager and teacher.

Sue Cowley is a bestselling education author and an internationally renowned presenter and teacher trainer.

Paperback 9781472967084 • £19.99 144 pages

Paperback 9781472955159 • £9.99 96 pages

Foundations of Mathematics An Active Approach to Number, Shape and Measures in the Early Years Carole Skinner & Judith Dancer This book gets to the core of what underpins successful mathematical development in children aged 3–7.

It aims to demystify maths for non-specialists but also offer subject leaders and managers opportunities to reflect on how maths in their own school or setting is meeting the needs of young learners. Problem-solving opportunities, indoors and outside, are offered throughout with detailed guidance on how best to support children through these open-ended experiences.

Carole Skinner is an independent early years consultant and founder associate of Early Education, the UK's leading educational charity for parents, carers and early years practitioners.

Paperback 9781855394360 • £24.99 136 pages

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LEARNING THROUGH PLAY

EARLY YEARS CATALOGUE 2024 16

Looking for Learning: Mark Making

Looking for Learning: Maths through Play

Laura England

Laura England

Looking for Learning: Mark Making will help you spark children’s natural curiosity in seeing what happens when they make marks with their fingers, bodies and toys, as well as materials from nature and from your art supplies.

Looking for Learning: Maths through Play is ideal for all Early Years practitioners searching for accessible ideas for incorporating mathematical learning into their settings, helping children develop their creativity, critical thinking and problem solving along the way.

From drawing around shadows and swirling paint in water, to printing animal footprints, Laura England, creator of Little Miss Early Years, provides a wealth of creative ideas for incorporating mark making into all child-led play, both indoors and outside.

This dip-in-and-out book contains ideas for bringing mathematical learning into children’s favourite activities: role play and construction; art and nature; sand and water play and even simple technologybased activities using projectors or torches.

Laura England is an Early Years teacher with an MA in Education and a committee member of the Staffordshire Early Years Professional Network.

Laura England is an Early Years teacher with an MA in Education and a committee member of the Staffordshire Early Years Professional Network.

Paperback 9781472963093 • £12.99 64 pages

Paperback 9781472963055 • £12.99 64 pages

Looking for Learning: Loose Parts

Looking for Learning: Provocations

Laura England

Laura England

Looking for Learning: Loose Parts is a fullcolour, practical guide to inspire child-led learning that's linked to current policy and the EYFS framework and helps you identify and understand what learning is taking place in every activity that a child is involved in.

Looking for Learning: Provocations is a fullcolour, ready-to-use guide closely aligned to the EYFS framework that provides accessible ideas for using provocations in your setting.

Laura England explores the learning that takes place when a child is tinkering with loose parts, including tinker trays filled with nuts and bolts, pompoms and play dough to combine, construct and investigate with.

Laura England, creator of Little Miss Early Years, uses theory, real-life images and practical pointers to inspire child-led learning using provocations that invite learning, interest and creativity. Ideas include using mirrors to explore symmetry, cardboard boxes to understand shapes and natural materials such as pebbles and sticks to play with construction.

Laura England is an Early Years teacher with an MA in Education and a committee member of the Staffordshire Early Years Professional Network.

Laura England is an Early Years teacher with an MA in Education and a committee member of the Staffordshire Early Years Professional Network.

Paperback 9781472963017 • £12.99 64 pages

Paperback 9781472963130 • £12.99 64 pages

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OUTDOOR LEARNING

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Creating Spaces to Play Outdoors

The Muddy Puddle Teacher

36 fun step-by-step DIY projects using recycled pallets

A playful way to create an outdoor Early Years curriculum

Alistair Bryce- Clegg & Oliver Wotherspoon

Sarah Seaman

From smaller designs like the Bird Box Bookshelf to larger structures like the Hobbit Hole Door and the Wonky Stage, Creating Spaces to Play Outdoors will show you 36 unique ways to create incredible, sustainable outdoor play equipment. Each activity has helpful illustrations, full-colour photographs, step-by- step instructions and advice on how the play spaces support early learning and development.

Jam-packed with ideas for every season, this book offers Early Years practitioners everything they need to teach outside. Based on the Muddy Puddle Teacher Approach and following the Three Muddy M's – mother nature, mental health and getting more kids moving – this book covers a wide range of subjects and topics, from maths to literacy, art to wellbeing. The Muddy Puddle Teacher gives readers everything they need to create an engaging outdoor curriculum using affordable, sustainable methods and natural resources.

Alistair Bryce-Clegg is a renowned Early Years educational consultant and the author of than twenty books, including Best Practice in the Early Years.

Oliver Wotherspoon is Managing Director of Cool Canvas, which creates natural play areas for nurseries, schools and families.

Sarah Seaman, aka the Muddy Puddle Teacher, began her career in the TV industry working for CBeebies and CITV.

Paperback 9781472990846 • £14.99 96 pages

Paperback 9781472993564 • £14.99 96 pages

A Sense of Place

I Love Forest School

Mindful practice outdoors

Transforming early years practice through woodland experiences

Annie Davy

Martin Pace

A Sense of Place is an easily accessible guide that will make outdoor learning more interesting and fun, while also supporting children's development of resilience and resourcefulness.

Being outside and connecting with nature are key components of young children’s learning and wellbeing, especially in a busy, fast-changing and digitalised world; but how can Early Years practitioners best support this? Annie Davy presents tried-and-tested strategies that support the wellbeing and learning journey of children through mindfulness, with a focus on learning outdoors and connecting with the world.

A thought-provoking book that considers different approaches to working with children outdoors, the benefits of each approach and how they influence educators and support children’s learning. It brings new understanding to outdoor practice through a case study of the author’s award­winning nursery.

Martin Pace has worked with children aged 3-4 years old in the forest for several years and has visited nature schools in Denmark and in the UK.

Annie Davy has experience that spans Early Years teaching, inspection and training.

Paperback 9781472953650 • £19.99 112 pages

Paperback 9781472906076 • £19.99 64 pages

100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Outdoor Play Julie Mountain This addition to the 100 Ideas series offers early years practitioners easy-to-implement outdoor play activities and practical advice on managing and evaluating your provision.

Julie Mountain's wealth of knowledge and abundance of creativity and enthusiasm shines through with activities involving mark making, storytelling, communicating, exploration, maths and mud! In addition, there are guest ideas from outdoor play experts Kierna Corr, Felicity Robinson, Lesley Romanoff, Juliet Robertson, Lily Horseman and Mary Jackson and an extensive further reading section.

Julie Mountain has worked in schools and early years outdoor play projects for over 20 years.

Paperback 9781472911032 • £15.00 144 pages

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SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES

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100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Supporting Children with SEND

A Guide to SEND in the Early Years Supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities Kerry Murphy

Susan O'Connor

With an emphasis on empowering all members of the team, and advice on how to translate theory into practice, experienced Early Years consultant Kerry Murphy offers practical ways to implement a sustainable approach to SEND in any Early Years setting.This book includes tried-and-tested tips and guidance for using inclusive language, involving parents, caring for mental wellbeing and more. Kerry proves that with commitment from practitioners, key persons and SENCOs, we can create truly inclusive Early Years settings.

100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Supporting Children with SEND presents fun, creative and engaging multi-sensory activities and strategies to best support the learning and development of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), across the Early Years Foundation Stage. With ideas focusing on fine and gross motor skills, working memory, social skills, early speech and language skills, and self-esteem and wellbeing, these fun and engaging strategies will help Early Years practitioners meet the learning needs of children with SEND.

Kerry Murphy is an Early Years lecturer and consultant, specialising in wellbeing, behaviour and special educational needs.

Susan O'Connor is a former SENCO with over 30 years' teaching experience in maintained and independent schools and colleges.

Paperback 9781472981011 • £18.99 240 pages

Paperback 9781472972354 • £15.00 136 pages

A Guide to SEND in the Early Years - Kerry Murphy

100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Supporting Children with SEND - Susan O'Connor

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ALISTAIR BRYCE-CLEGG

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Alistair Bryce-Clegg is a leading Early Years educational consultant, former headteacher and director and co-founder of the child development app My First Five Years. Alistair’s experience and expertise means that he regularly works with individuals, settings and local authorities to help enhance EYFS practice. He has published over 20 books including Best Practice in the Early Years, Continuous Provision in the Early Years and Getting Ready to Write.

Follow Alistair on X (formerly Twitter) @ABCDoes and visit abcdoes.com and mffy.com.

NEW FOR 2024

NEW FOR 2024

My First Five Years: Toddler

My First Five Years: Pre-schooler

My First Five Years: Baby

This unique book explains the why behind different types of play and provides 60 activities designed to support your toddler’s development, health and wellbeing.

This unique book of 60 activities shows you how to make the most of varied, daily interactions with your pre-schooler, while explaining the why behind different types of play.

This unique book of 60 activities explains the why behind different types of play, and shows you how to make the most of daily moments together.

The book covers six streams of development – social and emotional, gross motor, fine motor, sensory, language and cognitive – and each chapter includes a summary of the underlying science followed by simple, fun and low-cost play ideas, which fit neatly into daily life.

The book is split into six streams of development – social and emotional, gross motor, fine motor, sensory, language and cognitive – and each chapter includes a summary of the underlying science followed by simple, fun activities to support your child at home.

Publishes 9th May 2024 • Paperback • 9781801991520 £9.99 • 96 pages

Publishes 9th May 2024 • Paperback • 9781801991476 £9.99 • 96 pages

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Alistair Bryce-Clegg

The book is split into six streams of development – social and emotional, gross motor, fine motor, sensory, language and cognitive – and each chapter includes a summary of the underlying science followed by simple, fun play ideas you can do with your baby.

Paperback • 9781801991568 • £9.99 • 96 pages

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My First Five Years: Baby – Alistair Bryce-Clegg

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Best Practice in the Early Years Alistair Bryce-Clegg This book is filled with brilliant ideas and practical approaches to use as an Early Years practitioner, including advice for planning sessions, setting up an engaging environment matched to children’s interests and encouraging and developing outdoor learning. With a focus on childled learning, wellbeing and creating the best environment for all young learners, Best Practice in the Early Years is the perfect tool to evaluate, refine and improve provision in your setting.

Paperback • 9781441138347 • £20.00 • 144 pages

Effective Transition into Year One Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Continuous Provision in the Early Years Alistair Bryce-Clegg

A smooth transition from the Foundation Stage into Year One is vital in ensuring that children continue to make good progress. In this comprehensive guide, Alistair draws on his experience of transition projects that specifically focus on children’s emotional, social and academic development throughout this period. Packed full of practical ideas to help practitioners create an effective learning environment, this is an essential book for any Reception or Year One teacher.

Based on Alistair’s extensive experience in school, this book brings together his knowledge of Continuous Provision and the high level impact and engagement that it can bring. He explains what Continuous Provision is, how to link it to assessment and provides numerous case studies and illustrations of how this works in practice. This book will help practitioners plan their provision (indoors and out) so that it provides carefully structured learning opportunities.

Paperback • 9781408175828 • £22.00 • 128 pages Paperback • 9781472932280 • £20.00 • 128 pages

Continuous Provision: The Skills Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Creative Role Play in the Early Years Alistair Bryce-Clegg

This book shows practitioners what effective continuous provision should look like and how it links directly to assessment. It shows the difference between ‘pure skills’, skills related to specific areas of continuous provision like sand, water and role play, and ‘facilitative skills’ that children can experience in many different areas and activities. It looks at all areas of continuous provision with a view to helping practitioners to identify, assess and teach different skills.

This book will guide you in planning, stimulating and organising indoor and outdoor role play in the early years.

Paperback • 978147290952 • £22.00 72 pages

Part 1 discusses why role play is important, and Part 2 presents activities suitable for a range of role play situations. There are ideas for materials, equipment and locations, including advice on making the most of limited resources. Unlock your imagination and help your children to bring out what’s inside!

Early Years Display Alistair Bryce-Clegg

From Vacant to Engaged Alistair Bryce-Clegg

Both the EYFS and the Children’s Act ask that children play an active part in decision-making processes, and child-led display offers an excellent way of moving towards these goals.

For children to make progress in all aspects of learning, practitioners need a good understanding of planning, assessment and evaluation.

The one crucial element that is lacking, however, is engagement.

This book gives specific examples of display development which actively involve children. It also addresses some of the traditional views about display and show how changing these can lead to display becoming more than just decoration.

Paperback • 9781408155486 • £22.00 64 pages

Paperback • 978140815547 • £22.00 64 pages

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This book shows how practitioners can move away from more traditional models to one that maintains all of the essential elements but is driven by engagement, the most powerful learning tool of all.

Paperback • 978140816398 • £22.00 64 pages

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Outstanding Practice

Boys will be Brilliant!

How we can help get it right for boys in the Early Years

Lucy Peet

Linda Tallent & Gary Wilson

This book contains 100 easily to implement ideas to transform your planning, practice and setting from good to outstanding in a flash!

The underachievement of boys continues to be a cause for concern. In this practical and informative guide, Linda Tallent and Gary Wilson look at the root causes of this issue and present practical strategies for practitioners to tackle the problem head on, enabling all their boys to be brilliant!

Full of tips to promote children’s independence, stimulate their creative thinking, develop a sense of calm and maintain a structured environment, this book is an excellent tool for those new to working with this age range as well as more experienced practitioners.

Gary Wilson is a freelance consultant and author, and chair of the National Education Breakthrough Programme on Raising Boys' Achievement in the UK.

Lucy Peet is a talented and imaginative early years advanced skills teacher with 19 years’ experience working with 0-­8 years olds.

Linda Tallent was for many years an early years teacher and local school improvement officer.

Paperback 9781472924032 • £19.99 96 pages

Paperback 9781472906335 • £15.00 120 pages

How to be an Outstanding Early Years Practitioner

Making Sense of Neuroscience in the Early Years

Louise Burnham

Sally Featherstone Making Sense of Neuroscience in the Early Years examines current research about child neuroscience and explains how practitioners can use this knowledge in their settings.

How to be an Outstanding Early Years Practitioner is an all-encompassing, comprehensive guide to improving and developing your early years knowledge and delivering outstanding practice on a daily basis.

It is the perfect companion for any new schoolbased early years practitioner or for experienced practitioners looking to revisit fundamental elements of the profession and be inspired. Each easy-tofollow chapter is broken down into key areas of practice, including knowledge of the EYFS, relationships with others, planning and assessment, safeguarding and child protection.

Louise Burnham has worked in primary schools and in further education as a teacher for over 20 years.

This comprehensive guide presents findings from educational research and neuroscience, and explores how new information can help practitioners to be more effective when working with young children. Sally Featherstone’s easy-to-read style makes this tricky topic accessible for all readers, giving practitioners the confidence to make the right decisions for their setting.

Sally Featherstone has a wealth of experience as a teacher, head teacher and a local authority adviser and inspector.

Paperback 9781472934406 • £16.99 128 pages

Paperback 9781472938312 • £19.99 176 pages

Reducing Educational Disadvantage: A Strategic Approach in the Early Years

Schemas: A Practical Handbook Laura England

Penny Tassoni

Schemas: A Practical Handbook explains what schemas are and how to identify them, but also expands on that knowledge in a practical way, exploring how schemas are useful in developing children's learning alongside what they already do.

This book provides early years practitioners with the skills to narrow the gap and positively influence learning, reducing the disadvantage young children face in reception. It shows you the different factors that positively impact upon children's learning and how they link to good practice within the EYFS. From tips for creating a rich, and diverse play environment, to suggestions on how to carefully guide activities and experiences, this book will help you to establish a strong, long term education programme.

The standalone chapters each revolve around a particular schema and feature case studies to discuss how that schema can be used to help children progress. This step-by- step guide is essential for practitioners wishing to further their understanding of children's learning.

Laura England is an Early Years teacher with an MA in Education and a committee member of the Staffordshire Early Years Professional Network.

Penny Tassoni MBE is an education consultant, author and trainer who specialises in the whole spectrum of learning and play.

Paperback 9781472932990 • £19.99 208 pages

Paperback 9781472949622 • £19.99 96 pages

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Understanding Children's Behaviour

Successful Leadership in the Early Years

Learning to be with others in the Early Years

June O'Sullivan

Penny Tassoni

Successful Leadership in the Early Years is an invaluable resource for existing and aspiring leaders, this book is a frank and incisive guide for those who want to make a real difference to their practice.

A thorough exploration of children's behaviour from a child-centred point of view, showing how children learn to be with others, and strategies practitioners can use to support this development.

June O'Sullivan acknowledges the challenges in increasing educational opportunities and provides ideas and suggestions to address the issues facing leaders so that they are supported to lead us into a future where we can all help make a big difference for a long time.

Using a combination of theory, practice and reflection, childcare expert Penny Tassoni MBE explores how practitioners can help children navigate the complexities of social behaviour and support the development of self-regulation, communication and empathy. This book also includes a problem-solving section about how to deal with unwanted behaviours.

June O'Sullivan is the Chief Executive of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF), which is the UK's largest childcare social enterprise.

Penny Tassoni MBE is an education consultant, author and trainer who specialises in the whole spectrum of learning and play.

Paperback 9781472952677 • £19.99 144 pages

Paperback 9781472919038 • £19.99 192 pages

Understanding Schemas in Young Children Again! Again!

Stella Louis, Clare Beswick & Sally Feathersone Schemas are a vitally important element in young children's learning, and this book has been designed to help practioners recognise them, value them and help children use them.

Providing an overview of schemas with guidance on where they fit within the EYFS, with examples, illustrations and descriptions of common behaviour patterns, this book will help practitioners understand schemas in the context of child development.

Stella Louis is an early years consultant and trainer for the London Borough of Southwark.

Sally Featherstone has a wealth of experience as a teacher, head teacher and a local authority advisor and inspector.

Understanding Children's Behaviour - Penny Tassoni

Paperback 9781408189146 • £19.99 112 pages

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BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC

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Early Childhood Studies A Multidisciplinary Approach Jenny Willan This book is a one-stop introductory text for those teaching early childhood studies and early years.

Engagingly written, it covers all the key contemporary debates from child development, language acquisition and play to professional practice, health and wellbeing and diversity and inclusion. It looks at the urgent postpandemic need for early childhood practitioners to lead the remedial work for the 2020 generation of babies who lost valuable socialisation opportunities. It also examines the impact of health and income inequalities, global economic policies and Brexit on the early childhood landscape.

Publishing 8th February 2024 Paperback 9781350383715 • £28.99 480 pages

Playwork in Practice Applying the Playwork Lens Across the Children's Workforce Jacky Kilvington, Ali Wood, & Julia Sexton Written by three playworkers with over 60 years of experience between them, this book shows how playwork can be used by all who work with children, including parents, carers and other adults, and how it can be applied to big issues in the early years such as gender, risk, behaviour, resilience and health. Based on research evidence and complete with real-life case studies and reflective questions, this book is for anyone studying playwork or looking to use it in practice.

Publishing 3rd October 2024 Paperback 9781350162013 • £24.99 192 pages

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POETRY AND PICTURE BOOKS

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The Best Eid Ever

The Miracle of Hanukkah

Sufiya Ahmed, illustrated by Hazem Asif

Malachy Doyle, illustrated by Christopher Corr

The perfect picture book to introduce children to Ramadan and Eid.

The Miracle of Hanukkah is the perfect picture book to introduce children to the story and traditions of Hanukkah.

Eid al ­-Fitr is Aisha’s favourite festival and this year her family have planned an amazing treasure hunt. But between all the chaos and celebrations, will Aisha ever get her presents? From going to the mosque to painting your hands with henna, Aisha’s story is the ideal way to explore the story of Eid.

King Antiochus has destroyed the temple and city because the Jews won't worship him instead of God. With no oil left, how will Judah Maccabee and the Jewish people keep the temple's flame alight? Whether you're looking for a gift for Hanukkah or a simple introduction to the story to share with children, this beautiful picture book is ideal.

Sufiya Ahmed is the author of Under the Great Plum Tree and Rosie Raja.

Malachy Doyle worked in advertising and as a teacher for children with special needs before writing children's books.

Hazem Asif is the Pakistan-based illustrator of Nura and the Immortal Palace.

Publishes 1st February 2024 Paperback 9781801993777 • £7.99 32 pages

Paperback 9781472958365 • £6.99 32 pages

Yapping Away

Rama and Sita: The Story of Diwali

WINNER of the Laugh Out Loud Awards and the People’s Book Prize

Malachy Doyle, illustrated by Christopher Corr

Joshua Seigal, illustrated by Sarah Horne

The perfect picture book to introduce children to Rama and Sita and the story of Diwali.

'The poems are so playful... it sometimes feels that it’s only the rhythm and the rhyme that is holding them on the page.' Books for Keeps

Rama and Sita live happily in the forest – until Sita is kidnapped by the demon king, Ravana. Can Rama and the monkey king Hanuman follow the trail she has laid for them and save Sita, or will she be lost forever?

Whether you're looking for a Diwali gift or a simple introduction to share with your children, this beautiful picture book is ideal.

This raucous collection of poems is perfect for younger poetry lovers aged 5+ (even if they don’t know it yet). Discover the eight steps for having a successful tantrum, and why you should NEVER at tend a Teddy Bear’s picnic (you have been warned). Packed full of amazing black and white illustrations by Sarah Horne, this book is funny, engaging and a little bit silly!

Malachy Doyle worked in advertising and as a teacher for children with special needs before writing children's books.

Joshua Seigal is an internationally renowned poet, performer and educator.

Paperback 9781472954695 • £7.99 32 pages 4.1 • LY+ • 0.5

Paperback 9781472972743 • £6.99 96 pages

Little Lemur Laughing

Perfectly Peculiar Pets

By the winner of the Laugh Out Loud Award.

‘A real crowd‐pleaser’ LoveReading4Kids

Elli Woollard, illustrated by Anja Boretzki This delightful collection of poems by Elli Woollard is all about pets which are just a little bit peculiar!

Joshua Seigal, illustrated by Chris Piascik 'It’s poems like these that ensure children just love poetry.' Poetry Zone

Filled with fun rhymes and exotic animals (from armadillos, flamingos and umbrella birds to quokkas and iguanas), these poems are perfect for reading aloud. Featuring quirky illustrations by Anja Boretzki, this book is a great way to introduce young children to poetry.

With poems about everything from spaghetti-eating dogs to conkers and from the joy of stickers to a stomping brontosaurus, Joshua Seigal's trademark humour and child's-eye view of the world make these poems accessible and fun. With engaging black and white illustrations by Chris Piascik, this collection is ideal for introducing poetry at Key Stage 1, for fans of Michael Rosen, and for anyone who needs a giggle. Before you know it your class will be laughing like lemurs!

Elli Woollard is a writer of picture books, young fiction and poetry.

Anja Boretzki is a multi talented illustrator living in Nürnberg, Germany.

Joshua Seigal is an internationally renowned poet, performer and educator.

Paperback 9781472930040 • £6.99 80 pages

Paperback 9781472958464 • £6.99 64 pages

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Hooray! It's Our First Day!

A Lift-the-Flap Adventure Martha Mumford, illustrated by Cherie Zamazing It’s time to START SCHOOL with the Bunny Adventures! Join the fun as four little bunnies set off on an exciting lift-the-flap new-school adventure!

Reassuring and full of fun, this is the perfect gift for any little one starting or returning to school or nursery, from the bestselling author of We're Going on an Egg Hunt and We’re Going on a Sleigh Ride. Illustrated by Cherie Zamazing, illustrator of I’m a Unicorn Hairdresser and the latest books in the Bunny Adventures series.

Publishing 4th July 2024 Hardback 9781526660428 • £12.99 24 pages

Bea's Bad Day

A Big Bright Feelings Book Tom Percival Bea’s Bad Day is a book about dealing with disappointment, from the bestselling author of the Big Bright Feelings series Bea CAN’T WAIT for her birthday. There are only three days to go, and everything is going to be PERFECT! Then snow begins to block the roads … and everything begins to go wrong. With no party, no cards, and maybe even no cake, can Bea find a way to be OK – even in the middle of a really BAD day? From Tom Percival, author and illustrator of the Big Bright Feelings series.

Publishing 4th July 2024 Paperback 9781526651358 • £7.99 32 pages

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