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14 books for kids that love animals

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12 interactive books for curious toddlers

A Book of First Words

Pop-Up Vehicles: Let's Dig!

Discover all sorts of construction vehicles in this bright, fun pop-up book! 
 
With sturdy pop-ups, playful illustrations and simple text, young children will love exploring this book as all their favourite construction vehicles come to life. Each spread features a central pop-up together with a word for your child to learn, making it a truly interactive, educational experience. 
 
Learn first words while spotting the digger, tractor and roller all on the go! 
 
This Pop-Up book: 
Teaches first words 
Encourages imaginative play 
Recommended for children aged 18m+ 
 
Illustrated by Matt Hunt 
 
Also available in the Pop-up Vehicles series: 
Pop-Up Vehicles: Let's Drive! (A Book of Numbers) 
 
Coming soon: 
Pop-Up Vehicles: Let's Sail! (A Book of Opposites) 
Pop-Up Vehicles: Let's Fly! (A Book of Colours)

Ladybird (Author) We make growing up the best story ever! Here at Ladybird, we publish playful books for little hands. From touch-and-feel books to bedtime stories and non-fiction, we help 0-7s to learn, play and grow - sparking plenty of smiles along the way. The home of Ten Minutes to Bed, Baby Touch, Peppa Pig and Hey Duggee, we know just how to capture curious little imaginations and guide them from one story to the next. Matt Hunt (Illustrator) Matt Hunt is a freelance illustrator living and working in Worcestershire, UK. He works in the world of children's illustration and loves to draw pretty much anything.

With sturdy pop-ups, playful illustrations and simple text, young children will love exploring this book as all their favourite construction vehicles come to life. Each spread features a central pop-up together with a word for your child to learn, making it a truly interactive, educational experience.

A Book of Opposites

Pop-Up Vehicles: Let’s Sail!

Discover all sorts of water-based vehicles in this fun pop-up introduction to opposites! 
 
With sturdy pop-ups, playful illustrations and simple text, young children will love exploring this book as all their favourite vehicles on the water come to life. Each spread features a central pop-up together with two opposites for your child to learn, making it a truly interactive, educational experience. 
 
This Pop-Up book: 
Teaches opposites 
Encourages imaginative play 
Recommended for children aged 18m+ 
 
Illustrated by Matt Hunt 
 
Also available in the Pop-up Vehicles series: 
Pop-Up Vehicles: Let's Dig! (A Book of First Words) 
 
Coming soon: 
Pop-Up Vehicles: Let's Fly! (A Book of Colours) 
Pop-Up Vehicles: Let's Drive! (A Book of Numbers)

Discover all sorts of water-based vehicles in this fun pop-up introduction to opposites! 
 
With sturdy pop-ups, playful illustrations and simple text, young children will love exploring this book as all their favourite vehicles on the water come to life. Each spread features a central pop-up together with two opposites for your child to learn, making it a truly interactive, educational experience.

A Book of Colours

Pop-Up Vehicles: Let's Fly!

Discover all sorts of airborne vehicles in this fun pop-up introduction to colours! 
 
With sturdy pop-ups, playful illustrations and simple text, young children will love exploring this book as all their favourite vehicles in the air come to life. Each spread features a central pop-up together with a new colour for your child to learn, making it a truly interactive, educational experience. 
 
Learn the colours of the rainbow as you soar through the sky in your favourite airborne vehicles! 
 
This Pop-Up book: 
Teaches first colours 
Encourages imaginative play 
Recommended for children aged 18m+ 
 
Illustrated by Matt Hunt 
 
Also available in the Pop-up Vehicles series: 
Pop-Up Vehicles: Let's Drive! (A Book of Numbers) 
 
Coming soon: 
Pop-Up Vehicles: Let's Sail! (A Book of Opposites) 
Pop-Up Vehicles: Let's Dig! (A Book of First Words)

With sturdy pop-ups, playful illustrations and simple text, young children will love exploring this book as all their favourite vehicles in the air come to life. Each spread features a central pop-up together with a new colour for your child to learn, making it a truly interactive, educational experience. 
 
Learn the colours of the rainbow as you soar through the sky in your favourite airborne vehicles!

Choose Sloths

It's time to CHOOSE. 
 
This laugh-out-loud book puts the power in your hands as you build your very own sloth squad. 
 
Which sloth would you choose to play hide and seek with? 
Which sloth would you choose to go camping with? 
Which sloth would you choose to read you a bedtime story? 
 
With five sloths to choose from on each page, each with their own individual style and personality, this is a hilarious, wacky and wonderful opportunity to promote discussion and decision-making skills. 
 
 
Also coming soon: Choose Llamas

Charlie Green (Author) 
 Charlie Green is a children's picture book author whose work includes the Choose series (Ladybird Books). 
 
Matt Hunt (Illustrator) 
 Matt Hunt is a freelance illustrator living and working in Worcestershire, UK. He works in the world of children's illustration and loves to draw pretty much anything.

It's time to CHOOSE. 
 
This laugh-out-loud book puts the power in your hands as you build your very own sloth squad. 
 
Which sloth would you choose to play hide and seek with? 
Which sloth would you choose to go camping with? 
Which sloth would you choose to read you a bedtime story? 
 
With five sloths to choose from on each page, each with their own individual style and personality, this is a hilarious, wacky and wonderful opportunity to promote discussion and decision-making skills. 
 
 
Also coming soon: Choose Llamas

Choose Llamas

It's time to CHOOSE. 
 
This laugh-out-loud book puts the power in your hands as you build your very own llama squad. 
 
Which llama would you choose to be your superhero sidekick? 
Which llama would you choose to ride in a high-speed llama race? 
Which llama would you choose to go to space with? 
 
With five llamas to choose from on each page, each with their own individual style and personality, this is a hilarious, wacky and wonderful opportunity to promote discussion and decision-making skills.

Charlie Green (Author) Charlie Green is a children's picture book author whose work includes the Choose series (Ladybird Books). Matt Hunt (Illustrator) Matt Hunt is a freelance illustrator living and working in Worcestershire, UK. He works in the world of children's illustration and loves to draw pretty much anything.

It's time to CHOOSE. 
 
This laugh-out-loud book puts the power in your hands as you build your very own llama squad. 
 
Which llama would you choose to be your superhero sidekick? 
Which llama would you choose to ride in a high-speed llama race? 
Which llama would you choose to go to space with? 
 
With five llamas to choose from on each page, each with their own individual style and personality, this is a hilarious, wacky and wonderful opportunity to promote discussion and decision-making skills. 
 
 
Also coming soon: Choose Sloths

Ladybird

Matt Hunt

A Book of Numbers

With sturdy pop-ups, playful illustrations and simple text, young children will love exploring this book as all their favourite vehicles on the road come to life. Each spread features a central pop-up together with a number for your child to learn, making it a truly interactive, educational experience. 
 
Count up to 10 and spot all the cars, bikes and buses on the go!

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