New Releases by Catherine Anholt

I want a friend but who will I choose? Take a trip around the world, meet children from lots of different places and peep into their lives. This is a delightful story about friendship across nations and cultures, in which one small child visits nine different countries to find a friend – and ends up being friends with ALL the children he meets. Along the way he discovers how children live in other countries and the things they enjoy doing – showing both how their lives are different, and how many of the things children enjoy are the same throughout the world. The countries featured are: USA, Brazil, China, Russia, Kenya, the Netherlands, Sweden, Japan and Morocco

Toddlers will love to carry this shaped board book with them and share the fun of looking to see what''s inside. With everything any young mechanic, carpenter or builder might need this first word board book will encourage imaginative play in the very youngest of children.

One day, Sophie''s mum tells her some big, important news: there''s going to be a new baby in the family! Sophie is very excited but then, one winter''s night, the baby is born and everything changes...Young children and adults alike will enjoy sharing and talking about this much-loved classic picture book, with its perceptive, heart-warming and witty observations on the arrival of a new baby. From the husband and wife team behind Babies, Babies, Babies, featured in the Sunday Times as one of their top 100 Chidren''s Modern Classics.

Anna loves dogs. She had china dogs and clockwork dogs, fluffy dogs and bedtime dogs. She has every kind you could think of except . . . a real dog! Young children and adults alike will enjoy sharing and talking about this much-loved classic picture book, with its brilliant evocation of the ups and downs of looking after a new pet.

Billy is not at all sure about starting big school. In fact, he wishes he could stay at home with his mum. But with some gentle encouragement and the help of a new friend, Billy soon discovers that big school can be a lot of fun! Young children and adults alike will enjoy sharing and talking about this much-loved classic picture book, with its delightful and amusing insight into the joys and trepidations of starting school.

Everyone''s favourite chimp twins are back in this chunky board book for babies. With bold colours, simple words and vibrant pictures, this first book will appeal to babies and toddlers everywhere. An excellent introduction to the award-winning mischievous Chimp and Zee characters.

Everyone''s favourite chimp twins are back in this chunky book for babies. With bold colours, simple words and vibrant pictures, this first book will appeal to babies and toddlers everywhere. An excellent introduction to the award-winning mischievous Chimp and Zee characters.

It?s a special day in Jungletown! It?s Chimp and Zee?s birthday, and Mumkey is planning a big party. The mischievous twins are going bananas with excitement. But they?re so busy monkeying around, they might be late to their own party! Catherine Anholt?s energetic, eye-catching illustrations capture all the thrills of the happy day -- presents, games, fun, and frolics -- and a huge fold-out birthday surprise supplies a magical ending. The fresh, funny text is perfect for sharing and reading aloud.

Hello, mummies, everywhere, do your babies need some care? Or if daddies need a rest, Babysitter Bear is best.

Come to the party and join in the fun! Every spread in this book features a different puzzle. Lift the flap to see if you guessed the answer, and then act out the answer yourself. This interactive book is designed for preschool children to read with their parents.

Two little chimpanzees have an adventure when stormy winds lift them up from their house in the coconut tree and carry them out over the sea.

Whether they''re smooth, hairy, cute or scary, this book is packed with everything to do with little children Likes and loves, feelings, favourite activities and even families are all explored here with perception and in sing-along rhyming couplets.

Following on from the irresistible Chimp and Zee are two fantastically colourful and energetic interactive board books for very young readers. Monkey About With Chimp and Zee Ha, ha, ha Hee, hee, hee. Do these things with Chimp and Zee. Touch the book, lick the book, even kiss the book Children will love monkeying about with Chimp and Zee in this brilliantly simple and fun board book.

Two mischievous monkeys are separated from their mother while shopping for bananas, but remarkably end up back home.

First Words is one of a series of chunky board books full of appealing images of familiar objects - clothes and toys and baby things - accompanied by simple words.

A tiny Gaelic board book which introduces very young children to 20 everyday words relating to colour.

Colours is one of a series of chunky board books full of appealing images of familiar objects - clothes and toys and baby things - accompanied by simple words.

In this large-format book, the Anholt''s turn their attention to all aspects of family life. Here are families at home and on holiday; fighting families and happy families; big families and small families. There are sections on brothers and sisters, mums and dads, grannies and grandads and more.

What are kids like? What do kids do? What''s in a kid''s pocket? What do kids dream of? All is revealed in this book. It is one of four reissues about the same children.

Poems, letters, and illustrations celebrate the entire family, including grandmothers fathers, sisters, and brothers.

Rhyming text, from the perspective of older siblings, describes the characteristics and behavior of babies.

Happy or mad, busy or bored, young readers will relish all the ups and downs of childhood described here with bouncing verse and rollicking watercolors. What Makes Me Happy? will launch endlessly interesting conversations between children and grownups alike about the things that make each one of us happy, sad, mad or glad. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

No matter what the weather, a little girl and her teddy bear go everywhere together.

Inspired by a bedtime story about Noah''s ark, twins Minnie and Max become pairs of crocodiles, elephants, bats, and other animals as they prepare for bed.

`Aren''t You Lucky. '' That what everyone keeps saying, but to a small first child, the arrival of a new baby can feel anything but lucky. After the long nine month wait, and the bewildering appearance of something that `looks like a raspberry'', there is a period of adjustment- and few books cover this as realistically or as sympathetically as this one. Catherine and Laurence Anholt are well known for their books about family life, and this book certainly shows that they `really know their audience. '' (Books for Keeps)

Depicts many kinds of days in a family, such as school days, sick days, snowy days, dull days, and fun days.