Look insideBoard Book Favourites Pack
Recent favourites and best-loved classics in sturdy board editions. Five charming and comical treasures from award-winning authors! This marvellous selection of treats contains five of those essential stories that no childhood should be without: acclaimed modern classics, plus time-honoured traditional favourites that parents and even grandparents recollect with glee. From the peekaboo excitement of Peepo! to the hilarious verses of Hairy Maclary, these timeless tales deserve a place in every family home!
Fun Stuff
Activities
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Ahlberg Counting Poster
Download this gorgeous ‘Counting with Janet and Allan Ahlberg’ poster.
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Stick Man Dot to Dot
Join the dots to see where Stick Man is stuck!
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Stick Man Spot the Difference
Can you spot the five differences between these two pictures?
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Authors
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Allan Ahlberg
Allan Ahlberg is one of Britain’s best-loved children’s writers and is the author of over a hundred books.
Awards
Allan’s work has been recognised by many of the top awards in children’s books, including The Red House Children’s Book Award for The Jolly Postman, The Man Who Wore All of His Clothes and The Pencil.
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Awards
Lynley Dodd has won a number of awards in her native New Zealand, and was awarded the Margaret Mahy Medal in 1999.
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Julia Donaldson
Julia Donaldson is one of the UK’s best loved authors, known for brilliant picture books like The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man. She was also the Children’s Laureate 2011-2013.
Awards
Julia has won many major book prizes, including the Smarties and Blue Peter Awards for The Gruffalo, the Blue Peter and Sheffield Children’s Book Prizes for Room on the Broom, the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year for The Gruffalo’s Child and the Red House Award for Super Worm. Julia was also the Children’s Laureate 2011-2013.
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Awards
Sam McBratney has twice won the Bisto Award in Ireland, and also won international awards for his classic picture book Guess How Much I Love You, with illustrator Anita Jeram.
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Awards
Jill Murphy won the Nestle Smarties Prize and the Sheffield Children’s Book Prize for The Last Noo Noo.
