Recommended books for children aged 5 and under

• Look!

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  The first thing that strikes you about this book is the almost indestructible, 'toddler proof' paper,…
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• That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown

  By Cressida Cowell

  

  Emily and her toy rabbit, Stanley, love to go on adventures together. One day when they are attempting…
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• Ferdie and the Falling Leaves

  By Julia Rawlinson

  

  When the leaves on Ferdie fox's favourite tree change colour, he worries that it is ill. As the leaves…
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• We Love the Snow

  By Richard Edwards

  

  Despite the warnings of Sadmouse and Glummouse, for whom snow is hateful, Littlemouse sneaks outdoors…
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• Just a Little Bit!

  By Emile Jadoul

  

  This winter story emphasises the importance of sharing. Olive protects herself against the snow with…
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• I'm not cute!

  By Jonathan Allen

  

  Baby Owl, the star of I'm not cute!, is quite ridiculously cute. However, he thinks of himself as a…
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• Chimp and Zee's First Words and Pictures

  By Catherine and Laurence Anholt

  

  "This is Chimp. This is Zee. Point to everything you see!" Never has acquiring language been such fun…
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• Little One, We Knew You'd Come

  By Sally Lloyd Jones

  

  This glowing re-telling of the Nativity story focuses on the joy experienced at the birth of a child.…
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• Hello, Who's There?

  By Satoshi Kitamura

  

  Little Duck is searching for someone. She waddles across fields, into woods, past rocks and into the…
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• Daft Bat

  By Jeanne Willis

  

  All the animals are excited when bat arrives and want to present her with a welcoming gift.
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• Alfie Wins a Prize

  By Shirley Hughes

  

  Alfie decides to enter the painting competition at the Big School's Harvest Fair. The judges think his…
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• The Emperor of Absurdia

  By Chris Riddell

  

  The Emperor of Absurdia sleeps in a giant flower, surrounded by umbrella trees and sky fish. He awakes…
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• Runaway Reindeer

  By Lara Hancock

  

  Rocky the reindeer has learnt how to fly, but is too shy to join Santa's reindeer team. He runs away…
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• Elmer and the Lost Teddy

  By David McKee

  

  When Baby Elephant loses his teddy and can't sleep, Elmer lends him his own, promising to help find…
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• Little Red Train's Race to the Finish

  By Benedict Blathwayt

  

  A comparative newcomer to the well-loved genre of train stories for young readers, the Little Red Train,…
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• Pete the Sheep

  By Jackie French

  

  Shaun is not a conventional sheep-shearer, nor is his sheep-dog quite what you'd expect. Pete the sheep…
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• If Big Can...I Can

  By Beth Shoshan

  

  Koala goes along with everything Big wants to do even when he's not at all sure of himself and is sometimes…
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• Please, Mr Crocodile

  By Kay Widdowson

  

  One by one, the jungle animals want to cross Mr Crocodile's raging river but he will only let them over…
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• Brian Banana Duck Sunshine Yellow

  By Chris McKimmie

  

  Brian Banana Duck Sunshine Yellow stays with his Na-Na and Grumpy Yellow on Friday nights, all day Saturday…
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• The Daddy Goose Collection

  By Vivian French

  

  Everyone knows that Mother Goose is famous for her nursery rhymes, but when it comes to telling the…
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• The Ugly Duckling

  By Masumi Furukawa

  

  Mother duck has six eggs. Round yellow ducklings hatch from five, but from the final one emerges something…
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• The Rumblewick Letters

  By Hiawyn Oram

  

  The contract between a witch and her familiar (aka cat) is a serious business and Rumblewick Spellwacker…
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• Fox Tale

  By Michael Foreman

  

  An urban fox-cub explores his world – following his father on hunts and living cautiously at the edges…
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• India the Showstopper

  By Kerry Argent

  

  India the elephant plays the mouth organ in an animal circus. She is convinced she is the star, but…
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• Delilah Darling is in the Library

  By Jeanne Willis

  

  Delilah lives in a world of her own. She comes from a far away land somewhere between Jafrica and Smindia…
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