A photography book with a difference, there is a motion picture on the front cover reproduced of a horse and rider on the front with legs actually moving as you turn the book side to side just as Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1900) demonstrated in his series of 'Locomotion' photographs. Famous for his invention of very fast photography and his discovery of how animals and people run, Muybridge's photographs showed horses, cats and people moving in their natural and instinctive ways. He invented techniques that showed the specific elements of our motion so that they could be studied and understood. This special big picture book uses a unique combination of words, printed reproductions of his classic photos, and 'lenticular' pictures which seem to move, magically on the page. A man doffs his hat, a cat bursts into a sprint, boxers take punches at each other. The book tells the true story of an enigmatic genius who opened the door to the modern movie. A short introduction, 32 very large pages, illus. Designed for ages 9-18 years but will be loved by curious adults.

For Little Slugs aged 5+ and every fan of Matilda, this quality product from The Book People is a light up canvas artwork measuring 19.5cm across and 30cm or 12" tall, white stretched canvas across a wooden frame with the text 'I'm wondering what to read next' and the unmistakeable line art of Quentin Blake showing Matilda herself with a book wide open, standing on a pile of books reading aloud to a crowd of eight merry children with their hands raised and smiling gleefully, throwing pens and books and bags and shoes into the air. Non-replaceable LED bulbs are supplied and 3 x AA batteries (not included) are required. Best of all, the LED lights can change colour as the artwork YOU have coloured in is illuminated: the book can become pink, Matilda's face a fleshy colour and her long hair darkened. Very clever stuff and a quality gift product.

Measuring 30cm x 27cm at the widest, this embossed silver tin has a dark blue lid featuring a happy moustachioed Santa with a massive bobbly white moustache and beard, red hat, outstretched little hands and surrounded by holly leaves. Inside the tin is a neat package containing six colour felt tip pens, six colouring pencils and one HB pencil, an eraser, a pencil sharpener with the same Santa design on top, a sticker book with black and white designs for colouring in and decorating with your colour stickers, a doodle pad which is a 32 page unlined notepad measuring 14cm x 20cm tall with a very pretty knitted fun family of robins decorating the borders, and last but not least, a colouring book of the same dimensions with outline drawings of a Christmas pud, Christmas crackers, snowmen, children, Christmas trees, a Christmas fairy, a snow globe with reindeer and more. 30 designs for mindful colouring. Ages 3+.

A first in the children's market, there are six colours (green, red, yellow, aubergine, blue and orange) on a pallet across the top of each page. All youngsters need do is wet the brush, choose a colour and begin to paint the black and white outline large drawing beneath. There are traditional scenes with children, food, flowers and animals, eight per book, beautifully designed so each is detachable and could be framed or stuck onto the fridge for the family to enjoy. Large format softback. Ages 3+.

'Curled up in bed, my head full of thoughts, as night takes over from day. I toss and I turn, I wriggle and roll - but I just can't drift away. I CAN'T SLEEP! Perhaps I should try to count jumping sheep, or make up a silly rhyme? But that didn't work and I'm still wide awake! I'll try to count slower next time. OK. Give this a go. One. A sheep appears from under the bed and starts grazing on my rug. Two. Another falls down the chimney, where it was hiding safe and snug...' The Spanish artist and writer duo have created a beautiful big colourful picture book as we count down to take all sleepyheads to a dreamy place '...my eyes slowly close my mind floats away just as I reach number...' The little girl starts counting sheep and soon finds that these aren't your average sheep - they come to life and start exploring the house. 32 pages, 22 x 30cm, ages 2-5 years.

Make your own press-out easy to assemble four fantastic models of spacecrafts, without damaging the book and learn about the marvels of our solar system and explore the Milky Way through informative texts and vivid illustrations. The 3D models are assembled by tearing out the prepared cardboard pieces indicated by the dotted lines and in following the instructions like pasting the red flaps before placing the red cone over the engines or rolling the engines into a cylinder shape and paste them before attaching them to the stands. One huge and bright purple, one circular, one with a tripod stand and one your classic red coned space rocket, this is for all aeronauts ages 5-95. Extra large softback.

Poems to grab, tickle and tease the imagination about the cook who made a submarine from prunes, leeks and eggs, and one about a cloud who wanted to rain. 'Loving words clutch crimson roses, rude words sniff and pick their noses, sly words come dressed up as foxes, short words stand on cardboard boxes, common words tell jokes and gabble, complicated words play Scrabble...' Popular with 7-11 year olds, we are delighted to have this Puffin 1987 £4.95 priced first edition, 64 pages with delightful line drawings by John Lawrence, one of our finest illustrators. A rarity.

A big square hardback with textured title on the front, explore colours, shapes, numbers, words and animals enjoying these delightful big modern colour pictures and stories at the same time. RED. A wolf is lurking in a wood, he meets a girl in a red hood. How many red apples can you count? Ruby is a pinkish red named after the colour of the gemstone. Do you have any red toys? YELLOW: Rapunzel gazes from her tower, she longs to pick a golden flower. What colour is the farmer's tractor? What does Rumpelstiltskin spin straw into? There are dolphins and witches and piglets and Pinocchio and teddies and comfy beds and pillows and a schoolroom and ten excited children and 16 crunchy carrots and 15 yellow bananas. Items in the home are introduced like cushion, lamp, clock and telephone and on the street, where we see a little bit of American bias with not only the word colour spelt color but also crosswalk, sidewalk, stroller and store, but we can forgive that because this book is superb. It goes on to clothes and shapes, rivers and lakes, seas and oceans, in the Arctic and Antarctic, on the farm and introduces animals including pets. Look back on the pages to see if you can find the animals and items at the back of this fun and educational 96 page book. Children ages 3-6 who will grow in confidence as they learn key concepts.
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Based on fairy tales and nursery rhymes, these finger puppets are designed to help children to enjoy the stories by acting them out. A CD telling all seven stories helps the enjoyment along, especially if adults have difficulty remembering the finer details. The characters are knitted with wool yarn on double-pointed needles, with embellishments added after felting in the washing machine to add a furry texture. An introduction includes basic construction hints for working with the double-pointed needles, accompanied by helpful step by step photos. After felting, the puppets are stuffed with fibrefill and embroidered with details such as facial features, and again the process is described with full photographic details. You are now ready to begin puppet-making, and first off is Goldilocks with the Three Bears. Full knitting instructions are provided for creating a lovely golden-haired Goldilocks with a blue dress, white apron and pink cheeks. The bears are sturdy dark brown creatures in different sizes to fit the story of the different sized bowls of porridge, with Daddy Bear having a red waistcoat incorporated into the knitting. Humpty Dumpty follows, then the story of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf, who seems rather a genial fellow with his big smile, though the two white fangs give the game away. A Gingerbread Man, Hansel and Gretel, Red Riding Hood and Mary with her Little Lamb complete the collection. Easy to follow instructions, softback, fully illustrated in colour, CD.

The Hundred Acre Wood is where Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Tigger, Kanga and Baby Roo, Owl and Christopher Robin live and play. Read about their adventures playing Pooh Sticks leaning over the bridge in the first seven and last seven pages of this huge softback. Pull the tabs to join in the game and find out what happened when Eeyore played. Follow the step-by-step instructions, press out the pre-cut pieces and follow the guidelines of where to fold to build your own 12" tall Pooh's Tree, Rabbit?s House, the bridge itself front and back, the river background, Owl's Tree, some spinners to play with, and of course the Pooh Sticks themselves together with rods and tabs, a honey pot and the actual characters in left and right or front and back figurines to press out. Colour, 31 x 21cm softback. Apologies for sticker.