Best Selling Books by Alison Jay

If yesterday was the best day ever, wouldn’t it be great to find a way to repeat it? A whimsical tale about happiness with sure appeal for science-minded kids — and wise grandparents — everywhere. What could beat yesterday’s perfect day at the fair? Maybe nothing, one boy thinks, and he wishes he could go back and do it again. So he puts all his scientific knowledge to work, from stars to time machines to wormholes (is it possible he could find one in his garden?). He thinks that maybe Grandad could help him. But Grandad, in sharing some memories from his own past, reminds him that every new day brings the chance of a new adventure. With quirky illustrations imparting a sense of wonder, Alison Jay takes a fanciful look at being content in the here and now.

A bee flies in the window of the high-rise flat where she lives and a little girl is frightened. She traps the bee and then wonders what to do. This beautiful wordless picture book traces the growing friendship between girl and bee and introduces small children to the ecology of the natural world. Highlighting the plight of the disappearing bumble bee, it shows how some simple actions can help restore beauty and balance in our environment. With a list of bee-friendly seeds to plant and ways to protect bees at home.

Words and images combine on each page of this breathtaking picture book to create an introduction to everyday words that children and their parents will want to return to again and again. With a wealth of detail, Alison Jay has created a series of pictures where elements cleverly reappear from spread to spread, providing a timeless book to share.

In this alphabet book, a is for apple and z is for zoo.

Alice in Wonderland is now ready for the toddler crowd in this delightful new edition of Lewis Carroll''s classic Introduce the youngest readers to Alice''s Adventures in Wonderland with this dynamic new edition. Board book favorite Alison Jay illustrates the novel''s most iconic moments in her distinctive crackle-paint style. Each scene is paired with a descriptive verb, making this high-action concept book perfect for sharing with little ones.

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me . . . In this beautiful edition of the classic festive song, a happy couple make their way to a lavish Christmas party, discovering wonderful gifts as they go. Alison Jay''s signature crackle-glaze technique makes this illustrated version of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” luminous and magical: animals dart across the pages, ladies dance, lords leap, and wintery landscapes sparkle against warm, cozy scenes. With hidden surprises on every page, this is a book for the whole family to treasure—and sing along to!—year after year. This Read & Listen edition contains audio narration.

A beautiful wordless picture book brings a personal note to the plight of the honeybee and offers a message of hope. A little girl befriends a bee that takes her on a journey of discovery, revealing an action that every child can take to aid in conservation. In a wordless story told through enchanting illustrations, Bee & Me tells a tale of friendship and offers an introduction to the ecology of the natural world. Alison Jay''s original artwork brings the story gently to life, pointing out the sadness of a world without bees. An afterword makes clear to readers the important role these endangered insects play.

A little girl awakens to scenes from fairy tales in which she can count familiar characters or objects from one to ten and back again.

Do you know which animals go moo, baa, squeak or ROAR ? Have fun with creature names and noises in this cuddly cloth book.

The affection between a parent and a child is immeasurable, as this entrancing love song tenderly expresses.

An enchanting retelling of the classic tale of the twelve dancing princesses. Long ago in a kingdom far away, there lived a king and his twelve beautiful princesses. Although they are locked in their room each night, every morning the princesses wake up with their slippers worn through, as if they had been dancing all night long. Who will solve the mystery of the tattered shoes and claim one of the princesses as their bride? With dazzling illustrations by Alison Jay, this is an enchanting retelling of a classic tale.

"Follow Alison Jay down a magical path to Dreamland, on a fairy-tale counting adventure from one to ten and back again" - Back cover.

All the colours of the rainbow in the land of well-loved nursery rhymes

Beautifully presented with a paded cover and ribbon tie. There are spaces to write about first memories and stick photographs. It includes special envelopes to store precious keepsakes safely.

Published simultaneously in New York by Dutton Children''s Books under title: 1 2 3, a child''s first counting book.

Alison Jay weaves potent magic as she leads grown-ups and children alike on a very special journey through the alphabet

Delve inside Alison Jay''s marvellous toybox, where things that spring, or bounce, or fly come to life beneath your fingertips.

Following on from the successful boxset ''My First Picture Blocks'', these midsize chunky board books work on the next stage of picture-exploration and vocabulary development.

First words and pictures for children and grown-ups to share.

Perfect for little hands and with simplified text, young children can enjoy learning about first concepts with their parents, while the intricate artwork will encourage observation skills and encourage questions.

Another gorgeous addition to Alison Jay''s Nursery Collection, this changing-picture book is a magical journey through a colourful world of fairy tales. Each spread features a different well-known fairy tale. When the pull-tab is turned, the story moves forward.

"Follow Alison Jay down a magical path to Dreamland, on a fairy-tale counting adventure from one to ten and back again." - back cover. Alison Jay''s signature illustration style brings a child''s fist numbers and ABC to life. There is much more hiding in the illustrations than at first appears...

Explore the crackle-glazed world of Alison Jay''s unique illustrations in this beautifully produced jigsaw book. Rhyming text and detailed illustrations encourage observation skills while the jigsaw format stimulates interaction with the printed page. In Story Time, each spread features a jigsaw of a nursery rhyme or fairy tale and asks the reader to find a special object. Parent and child can have fun spotting the object and working out which fairy tale or nursery rhyme the illustration is about.

A stunning first introduction to early concepts in this beautifully illustrated board book from Alison Jay. Words and Alison Jay''s distinctive artwork combine on each page to create an introduction to familiar words that children and their parents will want to return to again and again.

Alison Jay''s crackle-glazed picture books have been reformatted into a miniature board book collection, complete with slipcase. Perfect for little hands and with simplified text, young children can enjoy learning about first concepts with their parents.

Alison Jay''s artwork is available for Christmas! Gorgeous slipcase contains bestselling board books Alphabets and Numbers.

Travel through the seasons, tracing your fingers over soft snow, shiny lightning, a delicate rainbow, crunchy leaves blown in the wind, sparkling sunshine and a torrent of rain. In addition to textures, the fun, rhyming text encourages the reader to look deeper into the picture to discover all the intricate details of Alison Jay''s illustrations.

Discover the alphabet and first numbers in these two lavishly illustrated board books, available for the first time together in a slipcase.

This visual feast from acclaimed illustrator Alison Jay includes four of her best-selling books in a wonderful treasury to share.

In this first word book for the very young, the simple format and primitive-style paintings invite children to participate. Watchful readers will note that each turn of a page reveals a new perspective on what has come before--and what''s to follow. The effect invites imaginative storytelling. Full color.