Children can dress King Arthur, Merlin and Lancelot for scenes including Arthur pulling the sword from the stone and jousting with Sir Lancelot. With over 140 colourful reusable stickers, boots and cloaks and costumes and helmets and swords and battle shields, you can dress Merlin the magician, meet his pet owl, secret map, book of spells and crystal ball, find out about the Holy Grail and dress Sir Galahad, Sir Percival, and Sir Bors and read excerpts from the famous stories such as the death of the king. Sir Bedivere carries the mortally wounded Arthur to the lake where he first received Excalibur all those years ago. The Lady of the Lake appears in a boat once more, this time to carry the king away to the Isle of Avalon. But Arthur will always be ready to return, whenever his kingdom needs him... Dress all the characters for action in this superb quality Usborne Activity large softback, 34pp, 23.9 x 30.6cm. Ages 5-8 years.

Lift up and fold out the concertina pages and wind up your Buzz toy and zoom around the fold-out play track. With his cheeky face and purple balaclava, Buzz Lightyear sits in a white toy car so instead of showing off his lasers and other gadgets, it's now your turn. Alongside is a story book featuring all the toys from Andy's room and includes the heartbreaking scene when Woody and Buzz chased after the removal van with Slinky hanging off the back as they realise that Andy needed them. Ages 3+, CE safety approved, colour.

Designed for ages 8-11 years or indeed aspiring writers of all any age looking for inspiration and guidance for inspiring adjectives, testing your word choices, faces and features, writing about clothes, under the sea, the busy city, the tropical rainforest or putting yourself into the story. And all about writing dialogue and words for feelings and personality. If you want to add some extra magic to your stories, get help with creating characters, setting scenes and opening a wonderful world of words, here is plenty of space to build your own word bank. Big spiral bound hardback with beautiful fun children's designs and borders and robots, animals and characters and plenty of lined space and suggested words decorating every page.

Four salty seadog pirates, one with a spade, one with a hooked hand, one with a pegleg and one looking out to sea and all wearing big boots with turnups are four of the eight puppet characters in the box set. The other four are pirate flags, a sailing ship and an eagle. Each of the puppets are on sticks and the accompanying sheet of paper gives a few tips on how to start telling stories with your puppets whether they are in the middle of the woods, out at sea, their motive to find hidden treasure and what unexpected occurrence could change their plans. Plus how you will end your story whether they remain friends or are now deadly enemies! The brief history of shadow puppets explains that they were used as long ago as 2,000 years in China and it is believed that French missionaries brought the artform from China to Europe in the 1760s. India and many southeast Asian countries still have their own traditions of shadow puppetry today, often accompanied by dramatic music to enhance the story. For ages 3+, let your imagination go wild.
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Lift the lid of the treasure chest to discover tiny colourful, beautifully decorated real wooden animal figures in two dimensions and of course in pairs - one pink one green tortoise, a pair of tall, smiling yellow spotted giraffes, purple hippos dancing, blue elephants, golden male and female lions, two bunnies, two pigs, two owls, two highly decorated bulls and of course Noah himself. The teeny weeny booklet tells the story of Noah and his Ark full of animals. A long time ago, God looked down from Heaven to Earth. He saw that people are not being nice to one another and were very bad. But one man was good. His name was Noah. He loved God very much. The treasure chest opens out into a tryptic perfect backdrop showing the Ark to play with the wooden figurines. Ages four and up.

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Deluxe Frederick Warne leather soft-to-the-touch edition with silver gilded edge pages, pale blue satin bookmark to match the colour of the jacket and tipped-in illustration on the front cover of Peter Rabbit himself in a gorgeous celebration of the 1902 original. All 23 original tales by Beatrix Potter, read along as Peter Rabbit slips into Mr McGregor's garden, Jemima Puddle-duck tries to hatch her eggs and Squirrel Nutkin goes to Owl Island in these delightful tales. There is also the tale of The Pie and the Patty-Pan, A Fierce Bad Rabbit, Miss Moppet, The Flopsy Bunnies, Ginger and Pickles, Mrs Tittlemouse, Pigling Bland, Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes, plus other works: Three Little Mice, The Sly Old Cat, The Fox and the Stork and The Rabbits' Christmas Party. With all the original typography around the exquisite original colour illustrations on 400 glossy white pages. Save £20. Colour, 20 x 26cm.
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The New York City Children's Book Council has been dedicated to promoting reading and the enjoyment of books for young people since 1945. Celebrating a century of children's book illustration in one glorious volume you will discover how Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) created an iconic poster with the title Hooray for Books! In a fantastic gallery with poster headlines like Free to Read, Fuel Your Mind, Get Carried Away...Read!, Oh, the Places You'll Go, Any Time is Book Time, Share the Adventure, Reach for a Book, Change Your Mind, Any Time Any Place Any Book, Books Alive!, Book Magic, Read All About It, Live! Read!, Books Wow!, This is the Age of the Book, Go Places with Books, Book Power (1969), Take Off with Books, Sing Out for Books and more. There are butterflies and animals and cats and many a magical moment captured in this stunning artwork right from Jessie Willcox Smith's inaugural 1919 poster of a girl reaching for a book to 100 years later in 2018 with a Canadian artist's poster. Index of Illustrators and Index of Slogans which are brilliant! A beautiful collection showcasing the conceptual and iconic images that have defined children's books for generations of young readers. All in colour, 128 large pages, 26.2 x 26.52cm. Colour.
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With his good intentions and humorous adventures, Paddington Bear has charmed readers for over 50 years. The small bear with the bright red hat and blue duffle coat set out on the adventure of a lifetime with nothing but a suitcase, several jars of marmalade, and a label around his neck that read 'Please look after this bear. Thank you.' He crossed the ocean heading for England and arrived in London's busy Paddington Station where he was discovered by Mr. and Mrs. Brown. As luck would have it, the Browns were just the sort of people to welcome a lost bear into their family, and their lives would never be the same. 'I was brought up by my aunt Lucy in Darkest Peru' he began. 'But she had to go into a Home for Retired Bears in Lima.' He closed his eyes thoughtfully and a hush fell over the room as everyone waited expectantly. The classic tale, beautifully illustrated in full page colour illustrations by R. W. Alley. Ages 4-8 years, 32 large pages 28cm squared approx.
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The creators of Curious George, one of the most treasured children's classics of all time, escaped Paris by bicycle in 1940, carrying their original manuscript which they published in America together with many stories for children including Spotty and Pretzel. Bibliophile is excited to have negotiated on two titles to collect, and the stories now have been filmed for Apple TV+. One morning in May, five little dachshunds are born. At first they all look exactly alike. But Pretzel keeps growing... and growing... and growing! He becomes the longest dachshund in the world! He easily wins a Blue Ribbon at the dog show, but winning Greta's heart is much harder. The little dachshund across the street simply doesn't 'care for long dogs'. It may be a stretch, but Pretzel is in love! Can he convince Greta that he's more than what meets the eye? And he really can make shapes like a pretzel! Beautifully drawn, full page colour artworks, ages 4-7 years, 32pp, 18.4 x 26cm. A companion to the sequel Pretzel and the Puppies code 94377.