A brand-new storybook in the perennially popular Amazing Machines series from Tony Mitton and Ant Parker - over 1 million copies sold to date!

Turn on the siren and zoom down the streets with some animal paramedics in Awesome Ambulances, an action-packed picture book all about ambulances. Lively wordplay, vibrant art, plus a visual dictionary, make this title a must-have for bookshelves everywhere.

This book is filled with humorous rhyming text by the award-winning poet Tony Mitton, which perfectly complements Ant Parker's bold, bright illustrations. A picture dictionary identifying ambulance parts builds vocabulary and makes learning about ambulances exciting and fun.


Sail the high seas in this picture book with playful art, animal sailors and a brilliant picture dictionary. The enclosed CD lets children follow along with the jolly rhyming text, with music and fun sound effects to accompany the reading. It's the perfect way to learn about boats - at bedtime, on car journeys, or anytime at all!

A brand-new storybook in the perennially popular Amazing Machines series from Tony Mitton and Ant Parker - over 1 million copies sold to date!

Patrol the streets with some cool animal drivers in this cheerful picture book all about police cars. Lively wordplay, vibrant art, plus a visual dictionary, make this title a must-have for bookshelves everywhere.

This book is filled with humorous rhyming text by the award-winning poet Tony Mitton, which perfectly complements Ant Parker's bold, bright illustrations. A picture dictionary identifying police car parts builds vocabulary and makes learning about police cars exciting and fun.


Hover in the air with some wacky animal pilots in this cheerful picture book all about helicopters. Lively wordplay, vibrant art, plus a visual dictionary, make this title a must have for bookshelves everywhere.

This book is filled with lively rhyming text by the award-winning poet Tony Mitton that perfectly complements Ant Parker's bold, bright illustrations. A picture dictionary identifying helicopter parts builds vocabulary and makes learning about helicopters exciting and fun.

The Amazing Machines series is celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2017 - the perfect opportunity to introduce a whole new generation of mini machine-lovers to these fantastic books!

Get the scoop on diggers in this picture book with playful art, animal drivers and a brilliant picture dictionary. The enclosed CD lets children follow along with the jolly rhyming text, with music and fun sound effects to accompany the reading. It's the perfect way to learn about boats - at bedtime, on car journeys, or anytime at all!

Three boats bobbing on the sea. Which boat has a sail? What else can you see?

For fans of the bestselling Amazing Machines series, this is a perfect way for young children to learn numbers and counting with their favourite vehicles!

Robust, easy-to-hold tabs along the top and side guide young hands to each number from 1 to 10. There are colourful scenes to explore, and questions on each page encourage children to investigate further.


Cars are really handy for getting us around. They whiz along on busy roads and make a zooming sound.

Here's a rocket out in space. What can you see? Stars, the Moon - it's a very big place!

For fans of the bestselling Amazing Machines series, this is a perfect way for young children to learn first words with their favourite vehicles!

Robust, easy-to-hold tabs along the top and side guide young hands to each page. Ten colourful scenes help with vocabulary, and questions on each page encourage children to investigate further.


Clickety clack down the track in this picture book with playful art, animal passengers and a brilliant picture dictionary. The enclosed CD lets children follow along with the jolly rhyming text, with music and fun sound effects to accompany the reading. It's the perfect way to learn about boats – at bedtime, on car journeys, or anytime at all!

Amazing Aeroplanes

by Tony Mitton

Published 4 June 2007
An aeroplane's amazing, for it travels through the sky, above the clouds, for miles and miles, so very fast and high! Jet above the clouds with a fun animal crew, then learn all about aeroplanes with a brilliant picture dictionary. Children can follow the jolly rhyming text on the accompanying read-along audio, complete with music and fun sound effects. This brilliant ebook is the perfect way to learn about aeroplanes -- at bedtime, on car journeys, or anytime at all!


Busy Boats

by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker

Published 15 April 2002

Sail boats, row boats, ferry boats and speedboats: find them all and discover how they work in this fun-filled picture book. Then take a cruise on an ocean liner, crewed by our favorite animal characters, in a jolly rhyming journey.



Tremendous, chuggy tractors, so sturdy and so strong, hitching up to farm machines and pulling them along.

This adventurous picture book is the tenth title in this critically acclaimed series for toddlers by the poet Tony Mitton and the illustrator Ant Parker. Young readers climb aboard a super submarine with Mouse, Rabbit, and Bird and learn what submarines do, how they do it, what makes them go down, and how they come back up again. Appealing artwork complements the lively rhyming text, and there is a helpful illustrated glossary of technical words at the end to help build vocabulary and identify what's what in super submarines!

Super Submarines

by Tony Mitton

Published 21 August 2006
Dive beneath the sea with an animal crew in this bright and bouncy underwater adventure. Machine-mad pre-schoolers will love learning about life on a submarine - from how it works to where the crew sleep. An audio CD attached to the inside back cover allows children to listen to the story and follow along with page turn cues. This popular picture book series makes learning about vehicles more fun than ever before. Each of the "Amazing Machines" picture books features lively rhyming text and bold, bright pictures of fun animal characters. A picture dictionary at the back of every book helps build vocabulary. Four "Amazing Machines" with CD were published in June 2007, and a further six titles will be published in October 2007.

Big Truckload of Fun

by Tony Mitton

Published 11 October 2012

Ten favorite storybooks inside one fantastic truck! The bestselling Amazing Machines series of picture storybooks is available in a fabulous box set. With 10 mini storybooks inside, the Truckload of Fun collection is the perfect gift for every preschooler who loves vehicles.

From airplanes and diggers to rockets and tractors, these critically acclaimed picture books are full of fun rhyming text, bright artwork, and wacky animal characters to engage and delight young children as they learn about machines. Each book includes a helpful illustrated glossary of technical words to help build vocabulary.


Marvelous Motorcycles

by Tony Mitton

Published 1 November 2016

Cool Cars

by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker

Published 16 June 2005
From a sporty racing car and a luxurious limousine to a busy taxi and a zippy convertible, this picture book will delight all machine-mad young readers.