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Get ready for school

From learning the alphabet to getting dressed, find books to help your little ones prepare for school.

ABC Zoo

Rod Campbell - 2019

With this first alphabet book from Rod Campbell, children can learn both their ABC and the names of animals. There are flaps to lift and all sorts of fun to be had.

All Aboard the Shapes Train

Sean Sims - 2020

This fun-filled story, which explores early-learning concepts, is great to share with very young children. With lots of things to spot and describe on every page, this brilliant train ride is a trip worth taking again and again.

All the Words You Need to Know Before you Start School

Felicity Brooks and Jean Claude - 2019

Help pre-schoolers build the vocabulary they will need to communicate effectively, make friends, and learn to read and write when they start school.

An Oval Submarine and Other Shapes

Bernadette G. Ford - 2020

This is a young colourful concept book which is presented in Britta Teckentrup's distinctive style. The book features bright, bold, and distinctive artwork.

Animal ABC

Jonathan Lambert - 2018

Learn the alphabet and meet amazing animals along the way in this beautiful lift-the-flap book. Jonny Lambert's gorgeous illustrations make letters fun and little ones will love the suprises hiding under the flaps.

Animal Opposites

Nikolas Ilic - 2023

'Animal Opposites' is a bold, fun board book book introducing the concept of opposites with an eye-catching, animated style of illustration and amusing animal characters.

Bear in a Square: A Book of Shapes

Amélie Faliere - 2017

Is that a penguin in an oval? What shape is that monkey making with its tail? And is that a bear in a square? Spot the different shapes the animals are making in this vintage art-inspired board book.

Bears Love Squares

Caryl Hart - 2020

Triangles are tremendous, circles are sensational, but Bear loves squares. A gloriously colourful celebration of shapes, friendship and the power of seeing things from a different perspective.

Big Digger ABC

Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe - 2015

Explore the amazing A to Z of vehicles in this ultimate book of things that go. This bright and busy picture book is packed with all the vehicles little ones love, from diggers and fire engines to spaceships and underwater robots.

Big Dog, Little Dog

Élo - 2018

Learn your opposites in this stylish lift-the-flap book. Spotty dogs, bendy dogs and really, really long dogs - find the opposites with the help of some hilarious and colourful dogs.