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A delightfully fun, fact-filled planetary tale from the creator of the Baby University series! Travel around the solar system and celebrate what makes each planet unique! From Neptune to Mercury and all the planets in between, each one is different and each one is happy to be what they are. The 8 Little Planets board book is fun & educational for the whole family!

Old slow Neptune looks a bit behind.
Orbiting the Sun takes an awful long time.
But the 8th little planet doesn't need to worry.
It spins on its axis in a really big hurry!

Vibrant, joyful art, playful verse, and a fun die-cut shape are sure to have astronomers of all ages celebrating their own uniqueness while they party with the planets.

features:

• thick and sturdy board book pages are easy for little hands to handle and turn
• suitable from 0-3 years
• educational & fun
• author: Chris Ferrie
• illustrator: Lizzy Doyle

Chris Ferrie is an award-winning physicist and Senior Lecturer for Quantum Software and Information at the University of Technology Sydney. He has a Masters in applied mathematics, BMath in mathematical physics and a PhD in applied mathematics. He lives in Australia with his wife and children.

Lizzy Doyle is a designer, illustrator, and author from New Jersey. She is the creator and owner of Lizzy Dee Studio where she uses her children's publishing experience and her love for all things smiley to design books, craft kits, and paper goods. Her design mind gives an edge in the illustration market where she loves creating cute characters, patterns for apparel & decor, and illustrations for licensing! Lizzy is also an avid collector of oddities & antiques, a WFMUfanatic, and you'll never see her without tea in hand.

With crisp, luminous illustrations by celebrated Indigenous artist Roy Henry Vickers, and a simple rhythmic text, A is for Anemone introduces the alphabet using iconic imagery of the West Coast, creating a book that will be cherished by young readers and their families.

Starting with colourful sea anemones waving in the ocean current, and closing with a snoozing grizzly bear (Zzz), this board book supports both early literacy and children's awareness of the natural world.

Get ready for the giggles! This delightful board book will make the little ones in your life laugh at the absurdity of a fly on the phone and a carrot in the tub. The text's repeated asking Have you ever seen…? preceding the refrain No way! will have toddlers yelling "No way!" themselves as you read through these silly situations. Celebrated artist Elise Gravel brings the silly to a new level in A Potato on a Bike, because really, has anyone ever seen a broccoli counting to ten or a sausage reading a book? But wait, how about a...baby being tickled?! Uh-oh, I think the answer for that is—yes way!

features:

• thick and sturdy board book pages are easy for little hands to handle and turn
• suitable from 1 to 5 years
• humorous & fun
• author & illustrator: Elise Gravel

Elise Gravel is an award-winning author and illustrator. Well known for her odd critters and unusual drawing style, Elise creates books that are popular with adults and children alike. In 2012 she won the Governor General’s Award for French-language illustration for La clé à molette. Elise lives in Montreal with her husband, two daughters and two cranky cats.

In all the world, there's no stronger love than between parents and children or grandparents and grandchildren. Aunties and uncles feel that strong, special love, too! Here's the perfect book for just about anyone who wants to send a message of love, no matter what. A wonderful keepsake gift for newborns, showers, birthdays - or just because. All the Love in the World features sweet, soft animal characters are used in place of people.

features:

• thick and sturdy board book pages are easy for little hands to handle and turn
• suitable from 1 to 6 years
• makes a treasured keepsake for a family
• excellent gift idea for expectant parents or siblings
• author: Rose Bunting
• illustrator: Olivia Chin Mueller

The B Is For Bear Touch and Feel Board Book is an alphabet board book that is perfect for babies and toddlers. With touch and feel pages, fun photographs, and cute rhymes for babies and parents to enjoy together, this brilliant book of first words is sure to become a family favourite. Each colourful page will stimulate your child's senses and encourage their imagination – from Apple to Zebra!

features

• suitable from 0 to 3 years
• board book for added durability
• makes a treasured gift for any little one
• author: Roger Priddy

Baby Beluga, the song about this small, white whale has as its hero probably the best loved of all Raffi’s creations.

Children who are learning about the interdependence of all life on Earth, and of the crucial importance of preserving the fragile environment, will get a first, cheerful lesson about the natural world by becoming acquainted with enchanting Baby Beluga, swimming wild and free with his mother in the deep blue sea. He and his friends are somewhat anthropomorphic, in the interests of cuddliness, but this does the message no harm. The illustrations are a joy to behold, and the song has a rhythm and rhyme that make it easy to remember and sing.

features

• suitable from 1 to 4 years
• 32 pages
• board book for added durability
• makes a treasured gift to celebrate life on Earth & one sweet baby whale!
• author: Raffi; illustrator: Ashley Wolff

Using familial crests as her artistic inspiration, Tsimshian artist Morgan Asoyuf illustrated this 20 page book of high-contrast images designed to stimulate brain growth and visual development in young babies. Soy based ink and water based protective coating. Made from paper sourced from sustainable forests.

Born in British Columbia, Tsimshian artist and mother Morgan Asoyuf makes her publishing debut with Black and White: Visual Stimulation for Babies using Northwest Coast art.

Using familial crests as her artistic inspiration, this book of high-contrast images is designed to stimulate brain growth and visual development in young babies.

This book is wordless, only the Authentic Indigenous Artwork label has been applied and no Text Content Territory has been assigned.  The story is told through images, though, which depict Tsimshian culture.

features:

• suitable from newborn and up
• board book for added durability
• makes a treasured gift for any little one and celebrates aboriginal artwork, traditions and culture
• 20 pages, 6.5" x 6.5"
• author: Morgan Asoyuf, Tsimshian
  

features:

• suitable from 0 to 5 years
• board book for added durability
• makes a treasured gift for any little one
• author: David Miles; illustrated by: Darya Dremova

features:

• suitable from 1 to 3 years
• 36 pages
• board book for added durability
• makes a treasured gift for any little Canadian
• author: Geraldo Valério

Each Peach Pear Plum - the classic picture book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Each Peach Pear Plum is a timeless picture book classic from the bestselling illustrator/author team Janet and Allan Ahlberg, creators of Peepo! Each beautifully illustrated page encourages young children to interact with the picture to find the next fairy tale and nursery rhyme character. This board book edition is perfect for little hands. In this book, With your little eye, Take a look, And play 'I spy'!

features:

• suitable from 0 to 4 years
• board book for added durability
• makes a treasured gift for any little one and is a must-have for your baby's first library

Everything is . . . MAMA!

Jimmy Fallon, one of the most popular entertainers in the world and NBC's Tonight Show host, was on a mission with his first children's book to have every baby's first word be DADA. And it worked! A lot of babies' first words were DADA. However, everything after that was MAMA.

So take a lighthearted look at the world from your baby's point of view as different animals try to teach their children that there are other words in addition to MAMA for familiar objects and activities, now available in board book.

"Animals are highly respected in our culture and featured in our traditions. They are part of our stories, dances, songs, and in our dreams." - Francis Horne Sr., Coast Salish

Partial proceeds from the sales of Good Morning World support aboriginal early childhood development.

features:

• suitable from 1 to 4 years
• board book for added durability
• makes a treasured gift for any little one and celebrates aboriginal artwork, traditions and culture
• author: Garfinkel Publications (various artists); artwork by Paul Windsor

From sunshine to an extra big spoon, there are so many things in the world to be thankful for! Luckily, showing gratitude can be as simple as waving and saying, “I love you!”

With an adorable rhyme, stylish illustrations, and a positive mindset, Good Morning, World—I Love You So is a little board book that builds a lifelong habit of gratitude and self-care for kids.

Take a moment with this board book to soak in the world and teach your child to live a glass-half-full kind of life.

good morning, world
i love you so
and i’m very glad to say hello

features:

• suitable from 0 to 5 years
• board book for added durability
• makes a treasured gift for any little one
• author: David J. Adams; illustrated by: Adam Gamble

features:

• suitable from 0 to 5 years
• board book for added durability
• makes a treasured gift for any little one
• author: David J. Adams; illustrated by: Adam Gamble

From the creator of Good Morning, World—I Love You So, designer Olivia Herrick, comes a bedtime board book to calm little bodies and minds

I love you, world

I really do.

Goodnight for now (shh)

I’ll see you soon.

With rhyming text and modern aesthetic, Good Night, World—I Love You So bids the world good night, from the zippered pajamas to the fading sunlight. Cultivate gratitude with this simple bedtime book as your little one drifts off to sleep.

An unabridged board book for kids version of the bestselling, best-beloved hardcover, Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site is perfect for small hands! Even the roughest, toughest readers will want to turn off their engines, rest their wheels, and drift to sleep with this sweet and soothing story. Vibrant illustrations and gentle rhyming text make this construction book for kids a surefire bedtime favourite for truck-crazy kids everywhere.

features:

• suitable from 1 to 4 years
• makes a treasured gift for any little tough truck driver
• author: Sherri Duskey Rinker; illustrated by: Tom Lichtenheld

In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. "Goodnight room, goodnight moon." And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room—to the picture of the three little bears sitting on chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to the mittens and the kittens, to everything one by one—the little bunny says goodnight.

In Goodnight Moon, this classic of children's literature, beloved by generations of readers and listeners, the quiet poetry of the words and the gentle, lulling illustrations combine to make a perfect book for the end of the day.

This board book edition is the perfect size for little hands.

features:

• a short poem of goodnight wishes from one little rabbit preparing for bed
• suitable from 1 to 3 years
• 34 pages
• a must-have for any child's library
• author: Margaret Wise Brown
• illustrator: Clement Hurd

"Animals are highly respected in our culture and featured in our traditions. They are part of our stories, dances, songs, and in our dreams." - Francis Horne Sr., Coast Salish

Partial proceeds from the sales of Goodnight World support aboriginal early childhood development.

features:

• suitable from 1 to 4 years
• board book for added durability
• makes a treasured gift for any little one and celebrates aboriginal artwork, traditions and culture
• author: Garfinkel Publications (various artists)

This classic and touching story is now available as a sturdy board book for the youngest of children. In "Guess How Much I Love You," Little Nutbrown Hare wants to show Big Nutbrown Hare how very much he loves him, only to find out that love can not be measured by arms or hops or miles.

features:

• a tender tale of love right up to the moon
• suitable from 1 to 3 years
• 24 pages
• makes a treasured gift for any child
• author: Sam McBratney
• illustrator: Anita Jeram