A lively board book designed to guide little children through the words and actions of 11 traditional action-rhymes and songs. Listen to the tunes on the Usborne Quicklinks Website. Practical Pre-School Gold Award Winner.

First Picture Fairytales

by Jo Litchfield

Published 1 August 2011
This is a charming introduction to eight well-loved fairytales for little children, all beautifully illustrated by the ever-popular handmade models of Jo Litchfield. It features all the favourites: "Little Red Riding Hood", "Sleeping Beauty", "Cinderella", "Hansel and Gretel", "The Princess and the Pea", "Rapunzel", "Goldilocks and Jack" and "the Beanstalk". Children can either follow the picture strip stories while the text is read to them, or tell the story themselves as their confidence and reading ability grows. This irresistible little board book will make an ideal gift for toddlers and very young children.

A vibrant board book showing how to play 20 popular playground games.
Games include hopscotch and skipping games as well as old favourites such as ‘What’s the time, Mr. Wolf’ and ‘Simon Says’.
Handmade models illustrate each game whilst simple accompanying text explains the rules.