Olive, Betsy, Mable - give your new dolly a name as you stroke her very soft plush velveteen skin and sit her upright, long legs extended, on your armchair as you meet and greet your new friend. Beautifully dressed in a lace-trimmed embroidered and patterned fine cotton dress with lacy collar, velvet decorations in their hair, stitches for bootees, the 'hair' is a contrasting textured fabric. She has smiling closed eyes, little tiny pink cheeks and a huge flat round head, floppy arms and legs and big round white bottom! That makes the dolly sit upright very easily. There is no choice of colours, we have available a dolly dressed in blue, pink or yellow. Each measures a generous size 40cm tall and has a little label attached to one arm which must be removed before gifting. CE safety approved.

A ready made menagerie of new friends, these medium sized glove puppets will fit children's or ladies or small adult hands. They are soft and cuddly with big friendly faces and button eyes and nose for a comforting feel and designed to encourage imaginative playtime and storytelling. Each puppet measures 22.5cm tall and we can give names to the black and white Panda, Giraffe with a brown and yellow spotted fabric and floppy antlers, a squidgy pink pig, grey and white puppy, golden and white puppy, white baa lamb and pink rabbit. Very characterful, made of 100% polyester, spot clean, ages 3+, CE safety approved and sold in sets of six. Give each character a name, write a script and entertain friends and grandchildren with your new animal family.

With a big heavy bottom and squidgy round belly so that he sits upright very easily, or lolls in a laidback way, with incredibly soft tactile fur, little padded feet, brown nose, shiny brown eyes, little ears and floppy arms, we adore this brand new product from friends of ours at Ashridge. They are the people at #66books, the TikTok phenomenon. Measures approximately 36cm or 15" top to toe and a companion to our super-sized Teddy from the same supplier code 90662.

Contains all 13 books published in 1894. The Jungle Book has become Kipling's most famous work; it was followed by The Second Jungle Book in 1895. The two works contain short stories and poems about the animal world and include Mowgli's Brothers, Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack, Kaa's Hunting, Tiger! Tiger!, Mowgli's Song, Rikki-tikki-tavi, Toomai of the Elephants and Shiv and the Grasshopper among them. We recall fondly the unforgettable tale of Mowgli the man-cub abandoned in the Indian jungle and his animal friends and foes including Bagheera the black panther, Baloo the sleepy brown bear, and murderous tiger Shere Khan, which are some of the most famous and iconic in all of children's literature. Kipling was born in Bombay in 1865 and spent his first six years of life in India, hence the rich affinity with the country reflected in his words. 327pp.

One of the bestselling adventure series for young readers with a pleasing collection of goodies, baddies and incompetent adults, McCall Smith's writing style is as charming and educational as ever. Join Ben and Fee MacTavish and the rest of the crew on the School Ship Tobermory as they set off for the Caribbean to explore some of the finest waters in the world for sailing, snorkelling, kitesurfing and diving. All this is soon interrupted when Captain Macbeth comes into possession of a mysterious nautical chart. When the map is stolen and a new recruit jumps ship, the friends decide to investigate but danger lies all around as they follow their quarry to the sinister Shark Island. 250pp lovely pen and ink illustrations.