Best Selling Books by Lucy Cousins

Spending Chinese New Year with her friend Tiger, Maisy learns about traditional symbols, shares a delicious cultural feast and exchanges lucky red hongbao envelopes before listening to a story about the holiday and staying up late to watch a fireworks display.

This celebration of kindness follows Maisy and her friends as they spread joy around them by sharing toys, making cards and gifts, nurturing animals, caring for the environment, and looking out for one another.

The jungle animals help Mama JoJo find her baby lemur Jazzy. Includes die-cut and flip-the-flap pages.

Presents the English and Spanish words for familiar domestic and wild animals through labelled illustrations featuring Maisy the mouse and her friends. On board pages.

Get a whole new perspective on Maisy! Lucy Cousins reimagines her famous mouse in an exuberant concept book that will fascinate young fans. You’ve never seen Maisy like this! She’s fast, she’s slow, she’s messy, she’s clean—in this kaleidoscopic concept book, the beloved mouse even changes her look from familiar to new as she demonstrates thick and thin, tall and short, young and old, wiggly and straight. With colors and patterns so vibrant they leap off the page, this fresh approach to concepts makes learning about opposites irresistible, for both loyal Maisy fans and new friends alike.

"A joyous spirit pervades this picture book and its fallible yet lovable protagonist." — Booklist (starred review) "I win! I’m the best!" Dog boasts. He can run faster than Mole, dig better than Goose, swim faster than Donkey, and he’s much bigger than Ladybug. He wins! Unfortunately, Dog’s nonstop bragging is starting to make his friends feel kind of sad. But what if they mixed things up and looked at them differently? Could they teach Dog a lesson — and remind him of what it means to be a best friend?

Five in the tent! A camping trip with Maisy turns into a slapstick comedy of errors in this hilarious picture-book adventure (ages 2-5). When Maisy sets off to go camping in the country, it’s only natural that all her friends come along, too. But they soon find that pitching a tent is not an easy thing to do. Even if they do manage to keep the tent up, there’s the matter of fitting them all in -- Maisy, Charley, Cyril, Tallulah, and finally, the huge elephant, Eddie. What a squeezy squish-squash! Good night, campers! Uh-oh-what’s that popping sound?

Ducky Duckling has a rainy day adventure, but when the rain stops he feels sad.

It’s a snow day today—and Maisy and friends are going outside! A First Experiences story celebrates the everyday pleasures of the season. One day Maisy wakes up to a wonderful surprise: it’s snowing! After putting on her coat, scarf, and gloves, she heads outside, where everything looks beautiful covered in snow, even if it’s cold. Brrr! In the park, Eddie and Cyril are catching snowflakes on their tongues, while Charley and Tallulah throw snowballs. Maisy joins in the fun, and soon she and her friends are building a snowman and sledding down a hill. Yippee! When it gets too cold, the whole crew returns inside for hot cocoa and a snuggle. Warm and delightful, this First Experiences book captures the joys of a snowy day spent with friends.

At the end of a busy day, Maisy says goodbye to her friends and takes Panda inside to get ready for bed.

Make up your own story! A clever (and wonderfully portable) book with a pop-up play scene and press-out pieces sure to spark little ones’ imaginations. It’s time for school! Maisy and her friends play with building blocks, practice their counting, and sit down for storytime. A pop-up classroom scene waits at the end of the book with paper press-outs of Maisy and her pals. Kids will relish the chance to play teacher and decide the lessons, all the while putting their imaginations to the test and learning about the routines that make up a day at school.

" Today is recycling day - beep, beep! Climb aboard with Maisy and Tallulah as they drive their recycling truck to all their friends'' houses in the delightful shaped board book. Today is recycling day - beep, beep! Climb aboard with Maisy and Tallulah as they drive their recycling truck to all their friends'' houses. Everyone has different things to be collected: paper, cardboard, glass and plastic. Clink, clunk, squish, squash - what funny noises the recycling makes as it tumbles into the truck! This super-sturdy, recycling truck-shaped board book with handy wipe-clean pages is a simple, joyful introduction to recycling and the fun that can be had by going green"--Publisher''s description.

We’re keeping tabs on Maisy! Explore the many things in her world with this tabbed board book that babies and toddlers will love. What kinds of things does Maisy see when she goes outside? Turn to the tab with a soccer ball on it to find the park, with swings and a skateboard. The tab with a chicken on it takes you to Maisy’s favorite farm, with a horse, a sheep, and more. There’s so much to explore on the beach and in the sea, on sunny days and rainy ones, on trains and in fire engines and all sorts of things that go. Naming everyday things is always more fun with Maisy leading the way!

From the creator of Maisy, a joyful picture book with a gentle environmental message finds four insect friends in search of a good place to live. Bee, Ladybug, Beetle, and Dragonfly are looking for somewhere to live. And each has a different want: Bee loves flowers, Ladybug prefers leaves, Beetle is fond of dead wood, and Dragonfly likes ponds. But every time they find what seems like the perfect spot—with beautiful flowers, a tiny pond, some dead wood, or gorgeous green leaves—they discover it’s underfoot, near traffic, or otherwise not safe. Will these four friends ever find a good place? Lucy Cousins brings her bold artwork and endearing characters to an inviting story that leads to a dazzling conclusion, showing children that even in an urban environment, encouraging wildlife and natural ecosystems can create a healthy and beautiful habitat for all of us.

Learn with Maisy! This brilliant tabbed board book features fun, themed pages covering common objects children encounter around the home. With bright and bold tabs and pictures, as well as clear labels, this book is perfect for little ones'' language development! It''s time to learn with Maisy! Join Maisy on her day at home! From the kitchen to the playroom to the bedroom, there are so many fun objects to spot and say. Each page is themed around different things children encounter indoors, and all the items are clearly labelled to help develop language and deepen understanding of the world. The bold and bright tabs make it easy for little ones to locate their favourite pages again and again!

A variety of avian friends describe a day in the life of a bird.

Maisy’s packing her bags and setting off on a fun vacation in a story that’s perfect for young children making a trip away from home. How exciting! Maisy has put her sun hat, pajamas, toothbrush, and camera into a bag, and she’s off to the train station with Panda and Cyril. They’re headed for the seashore, but getting there is only half the fun. Coloring and snacks help pass the time on the ride to the beach, where Maisy can’t wait to swim, collect seashells, build sand castles, and lots more. At nighttime it feels special to go to bed in a hotel knowing that tomorrow another vacation day awaits.

Maisy and her friends go to the grocery store! Charley and our favorite mouse make a trip to the grocery store to buy lots of goodies for lunch. Wherever they go and whatever they do, Lucy Cousins''s lovable characters are a delight. Maisy books have won several major awards, sold over 15 million copies worldwide and are available in 22 different languages.