New Releases by Lucy Cousins

Follow Maisy and her friends as they prepare for the big day and decorate the tree Cyril strings up the fairy lights, Tallulah adds the baubles, Charley hangs the sugar canes, and Eddie tops it all off with an angel. But the fun doesn''t stop there - there are presents to wrap and songs to be sung Merry Christmas, everyone

Maisy and her friends enjoy a game of soccer.

Maisy and all her friends are on hand to show off their favourite colourful foods, including tasty yellow bananas and some delicious apples. This board book combines bright, vibrant hues with embossing and textures - making learning about colours an exciting, tactile adventure The joyful final spread - a fun-filled picnic scene featuring Maisy and all her favourite friends - ties everything together and recaps all the colours one more time.

Digging, planting, weeding, watering... Maisy is getting her garden ready so that wonderful, colourful things can lay their roots. This title lets you turn the pages and pull the tabs to make seeds grow. It also allows you to help Maisy to grow her very first garden with a vegetable patch and lots of flowers.

Tonight Maisy and her friends are playing in a band! Pull the tabs to see Maisy play drums (rat-a-tat-tat), Charlie play bass (tum-te-tum! tum-te-tum! ), and Tallulah tickle the ivories (plinkety-plonk)

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?

A collection of nursery rhymes. Also includes: Mary, Mary Quite Contrary; Polly Put The Kettle On; Oranges and Lemons; This Litte Pig Went to Market.

Maisy and Charley visit their friend Dotty, who lives in a big city filled with noisy traffic, enormous buildings, and crowded sidewalks.

Full of fun, a colourful, interactive introduction to telling the time with everyone''s favourite character. Each page of this colourful large-format board book has a die-cut window revealing a chunky, clunky clock with real hands and cogs that can be turned to show the time. Young children will love pointing them to the correct time for each activity Maisy is doing. At eight o''clock, Maisy gets up and decides what to wear; at ten o''clock she goes shopping, and at twelve o''clock she has lunch. New time-tellers can follow Maisy right the way through her day to bedtime at seven o''clock, turning the hands and telling the time with Maisy!

Maisy loves going to nursery. There''s so much fun to be had, with all her friends and their teacher - singing at music time, a nap at quiet time, listening at book time and then play time in the garden. What a day.

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

When Maisy hurts herself on a trampoline, she goes to the hospital, where she is taken care of and meets a new friend.

When Maisy''s friends gather at her house for a Christmas Eve celebration, they realize that Eddie the elephant is missing.

The acclaimed creator of the Maisy series and other popular children''s books revamps eight classic stories, from Little Red Riding Hood to The Musicians of Bremen, retaining all the emotion and humor from the original fairy tales.

Maisy takes all of her friends on a train ride to the country where they climb up a hill, speed down a valley, and chug through a tunnel. On board pages.

Readers must lift the flaps and pull tabs to help Maisy as she works around the farm.

When Maisy hurts herself on a trampoline, she goes to the hospital, where she is taken care of and meets a new friend.

A pop-up-and-play book that opens up with a free-standing model of Maisy''s barn, garden and farmyard. It comes with a sixteen-page full-colour booklet that features learning activities based on Maisy''s day on the farm. In each room, there''s a sheet of card pieces to press out, tabs to pull, doors to open and more.

Maisy shows how she loves her friends by making them all feel special. On board pages.

Follow Maisy and her friends as they use a variety of vehicles to get to where they are going.

The reader is given clues as to just where Maisy does live.

Maisy and her friends make music.

Pull the tabs, lift the flaps, and help Maisy celebrate her birthday!

Maisy investigates various sounds, including a creaking gate. On board pages.

On a hot day, Maisy the beloved mouse shares a nice cold drink with her friend Eddie--but Eddie is so hot, it takes a lot of lemonade to satisfy his thirst. Maisy offers to make a pitcher of lemonade for Eddie, but when she goes to get some cups, she

This board book provides an introduction to the theme of transport, it is in the shape of a bright red fire engine with Maisy waving along with her friend Cyril. Cyril checks the water in the hose, but he scares a cat who climbs onto a house. Firefighter Maisy fetches a ladder and brings her down.

Maisy the mouse and her friend Charley clean her house together and then treat themselves to cupcakes.