Colours, Yes No, Faces, Shapes, Numbers, Wheels

By Jan Pienkowski

Walker Books, hardback, £4.99 each

First published more than 30 years ago, this timeless set of books has been reissued by Walker Books in a chunky, square format. Gloriously bright and deceptively simple, the books introduce children to concepts in ways that are interesting, humorous and often challenging.

Little Croc

By Emma Dodd

Campbell Books, board book, £5.99

Little Croc is worried about how small he is, and eating bananas like gorilla and grapes like lion and pineapples like elephant has no effect. Looks like Big Croc is right; he's just going to have to wait until the time is right for him to grow. Pull the ribbon at the end of the story to see if that time is now!

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