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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.

Bobo & Co: Shapes

Nicola Killen - 2018

It's Bobo's birthday! His play tent is a triangle and his presents are all squares! Lift the large flaps to find the triangles, squares, circles and more in this funny and simple story about shapes.

Book of Colours

Oliver Jeffers - 2022

Explore planet Earth in all its colourful glory in this board book inspired by the bestselling picture book 'Here We Are' from artist Oliver Jeffers.

Book of Opposites

Oliver Jeffers - 2022

Explore planet Earth and all its riches and variety in this board book inspired by the bestselling picture book 'Here We Are' from artist Oliver Jeffers.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See?

Bill Martin - 2018

Exuberantly coloured artwork and favourite animals make this rhythmic story the perfect introduction to looking and learning about colours. Each spread leads seamlessly into the next and young children will delight in Eric Carle's colourful collage animals and simple repetitive language.

Circle and Square: Let's Learn Shapes

Connie Isaacs - 2019

Discover a tactile world of early learning in this first shapes book. Children will love to explore the pictures in this rhyming novelty book.

Count to 100

Felicity Brooks and Sophia Touliatou - 2016

This title presents an introduction to numeracy and counting with pictures to illustrate the number on each page. Pages are dedicated to each number, or more than one, teaching children to count to 100.

Counting 1, 2, 3

Violet Peto - 2019

Curious preschoolers will love peeping under the flaps to see who will hatch from each egg in this lift-the-flap, animal counting book. There are eggs to count from 1-10, then lift the flap to find out whose eggs they are.

D is For Duck!

David Melling - 2017

Duck is a magician. Abracadabra! He can conjure up a bunny, a chicken and even the king of the jungle. But can he make a dragon disappear?

Elmer Search and Find Colours

David McKee - 2020

Jam-packed full of things to spot, questions to answer and details to discover, all from Elmer's colourful world. Help young children learn their colours while searching each busy scene, developing their powers of observation, visual acuity, and their number and language skills.

Everybunny Count!

Ellie Sandall - 2017

A delightfully exuberant counting story with bunnies galore! Did you know that bunnies love to play hide-and-seek? Count from one to ten with these cheerful bunnies and one not-so-scary fox!