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Get Ready for School: Colours
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school.Fletcher's Colours Julia Rawlinson and Tiphanie Beeke Learn about the different colours Fletcher and his friends encounter in the forest featuring the characters from the Fletcher picture books. Borrow...
Get Ready for School: Getting dressed
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school.Guess Who's Getting Dressed Smriti Prasadam-Halls and Marta Altés Guess who's getting dressed, is it you? Who's put on some stripy socks? Is it reindeer? No, it's Fox! Who's put on this spotty coat?...
Get Ready for School: Good behaviour
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school.The Elephant and the Bad Baby Elfrida Vipont and Raymond Briggs Follow along with the adventures of a giant elephant and a mischievous baby in this timeless picture-book story. When an Elephant meets a...
Get Ready for School: Numbers
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school.My First Numbers: Let's Get Counting! Dawn Sirett Let's have fun counting to 10, then up to 20, recognizing numbers, and saying lots of words! 1 toy train, 2 little feet, 3 spotty ladybirds - it's time...
Get Ready for School: Shapes
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school.The Shape Badge Zahara Andrews and Danny Stack The Squirrels are practising their shape skills, but some shapes are more difficult than others. Will Duggee and the Squirrels be able to help the animals...
Get Ready for School: Opposites
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school.I Am Big, I Am Small Vicky Woodgate Meet a GIANT squid, and a teeny tiny seahorse. Did you know that a cheetah can run faster than a sports car, but a slow loris's top speed is 1 mile per hour? Have...
Get Ready for School: Starting school or nursery
Books to help your child cover the basics before they start school.Hooray! It's Our First Day Martha Mumford and Cherie Zamazing Get ready to start school with the bunnies, as our four favourite friends set off on an exciting lift-the-flap adventure to get to their...