R is for Relations.

There won’t be a single over-worked parent who doesn’t identify with Mrs Large in the story! Her boisterous, exuberant brood are determined to deny her just five minutes of peace, no matter how hard she tries to find some precious time to herself. An endearing story which sees the return of the lovable Large family…

A peak-a-boo classic which recounts observations made by an unnamed baby boy discovering the world around him. It is beautifully illustrated and speaks of a bygone wartime era of close-knit families growing up in iconic British back-to-backs. Told in a lyrical verse, the story combines repetition with familiar observations and counting elements to introduce toddlers…

Parents beware for this book delivers a harsh stop-and-take-notice moral for mums and dads. Bernard seeks out each of his parents in turn, seeking their attention, but he is continually ignored by the self-absorbed duo. When he warns of a monster in the garden, Bernard’s mother fails to heed the warning. Even as the monster…

It’s not easy being the youngest of three, as Titch discovers. His big sister Mary and his even bigger brother Pete get to have the biggest and best of everything, while the small things are assigned to him. That is until one day he is given a seed that grows and grows. It proves that…