* Kipper's Toybox by Mick Inkpen (Hodder Children's Books, 4.99) - someone or something has nibbled a hole in Kipper's toybox and Kipper sets out to identify the culprit.
* Whatever Next? by Jill Murphy (Macmillan Children's Books, 4.99) - Baby Bear travels to the moon and back in a box. On the way he meets an owl and together they have a picnic on the moon, all before bathtime.
* Harry and the Robots (Puffin, 4.99) written by Ian Whybrow and illustrated by Adrian Reynolds - Harry visits his grandmother while she is in hospital. Various bags feature in the story, which may also inspire children to use recycled boxes to build their own robots.
* Little Red Riding Hood retold by Josephine Evetts-Secker and illustrated by Nicoletta Ceccoli (Barefoot Books, hardback 10.99) - a beautifully illustrated retelling of the story.
* Shorter versions of the Red Riding Hood story appear in various collections of fairy tales, including Fairy Tales, told by Berlie Doherty and illustrated by Jane Ray (Walker Books, 14.99), and The Hutchinson Treasury of Fairy Tales (Hutchinson, 19.99).
