An irreverent and unusual ABCs book featuring a fun and foul cast of characters A is for apple unless you re being chased by a bloodsucking vampire, then A is for Aaaaaagghhh!! in this irreverent and unusual ABCs book that will have readers laughing, but hopefully not vomiting, all the way from A to Zee End.

This beautifully illustrated reference book has pictures of 1000 things to eat from around the world. Children can pore over topics such as `Breakfast', `The bakery', `Italian restaurant' and `Street food', and a section called `Festivals and celebrations' which shows foods associated with Ramadan, Chinese New Year, Diwali and Thanksgiving.

The classic bilingual Arabic/English word book, featuring 1000 everyday words illustrated with busy scenes and labelled pictures to help children learn key Arabic vocabulary.

With over 1,000 words and fun, colourful illustrations, this first word book will help children aged five and over to extend their vocabulary and improve their spelling skills. It is also a useful book for the older, less able reader and for children for whom English is a second language.

School Zone Flash Cards offer a convenient way to drill basic skills. They also provide interesting and entertaining information.

This beautifully illustrated picture reference book contains exactly 199 big machines for little children to discover. There are monster trucks and enormous diggers, big boats and huge planes, long trains and tall cranes, and many more exciting machines to spot.

Lunchbox, teacher, sharing, crayons, swing, blocks, friends, smiling... introduce your little ones to the words they'll encounter when they start nursery. My Nursery in 100 words introduces a range of different scenes and objects, from getting dressed and eating breakfast with the family to different activities at nursery - including playtime, circle time and arts and crafts - and then home time. Along with the objects, each scene contains one feeling word and one action word to spot, such as excited and laughing - color-coded circles point them out. With bold colors and a silky-feel cover that add visual and tactile interest, this fun book inspires a deeper knowledge of the world, introduces language skills and supports emotional intelligence. An original, contemporary take on teaching first words, the My World in 100 Words series of board books helps children ages 1-3 boost vocabulary, engage with the world around them and become familiar with specific subjects. With bright, playful illustrations from Sophie Beer, each book explores a different theme, including starting nursery, the garden and the seaside. With 10 words per page and variation between full scenes and visual lists, there's plenty for children to look at and enjoy.

With pictures of 199 bugs, from honeybees and garden snails to monarch butterflies and dung beetles, this beautifully illustrated book is perfect for fans of insects and creepy-crawlies. The bugs are displayed on themed pages, including in the garden, woodlands, by the water and in a rainforest. Great for developing vocabulary and language skills.

Onto the Farm is a layered, touch-and-feel board book for pre-school children that introduces them to farmyard animals and their homes. Through a simple narrative about a cockerel waking up the farm in the morning, it shows different farm animals and where on the farm they can be found. With gently rhyming text and beautiful illustrations, the book is layered and features embossing and foil, which encourage the reader to interact with the book and turn each page, delighting in increasingly expansive spreads.

A delightful picture word book to share with young children. It is an ideal first introduction to 150 first words carefully selected from themes ranging from the classroom, the hospital, and recycling, to the kitchen, the toy cupboard, and the birthday party. Colourful pages deal with first experiences from playtime, sleepy time, animals and pets, to transport and things that move. Each picture is filled to the brim, and words with pictures are picked out on every page to support children with first literacy skills. A vibrant picture section at the back gives first numbers, colours, shapes, and opposites. Children will be captivated by the lively artwork and a sweet chameleon character - a familiar companion on every page and a link for young readers.

Wipe-clean pages, stylish illustrations and a wipe-clean pen combine to provide endless opportunities for children to practise reading and writing easy three-letter words. Formations for both upper and lower-case letters are shown, and there is advice about helping children learn to read and write at the Usborne Quicklinks website.

The Smart-Kids Picture Dictionary has more than 500 words aimed at growing a child's vocabulary from Grade R to Grade 2. Fun, full-colour illustrations feature the lovable Smart-Kids characters in 14 themed contexts. This dictionary may be used with other Smart-Kids products or as a separate resource.

Into the Land of Dinosaurs is a layered, touch-and-feel board book for pre-school children that introduces them to dinosaurs and their main characteristics. Through a simple narrative about a baby T-rex who has lost his mum and is searching for her, it shows different dinosaurs and how the main features by which they can be identified. With gently rhyming text and beautiful illustrations, the book is layered and features embossing and foil, all of which encourages the reader to interact with the book and turn each page, delighting in increasingly expansive spreads.