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If you’ve got a little bookworm at home then you will probably always be on the lookout for new books. Nosy Crow has a great selection, released in April 25. You’ll find a mix of books in this post.
Pip and Posy: Where are you? On the Farm (Baby – 3 years)
First Pip and Posy felt flap fun for babies!
This board book’s bright illustrations of cows, sheep, pips, chicks and, of course, tractors, along with its sturdy, flat flaps that can withstand even the toughest of tugs and pulls, will delight babies everywhere. Pip and Posy are playing hide-and-seek on the farm. Can you help find Posy find her best friend? Is he in the pigsty? Perhaps he’s in the field behind the hay bales? Peek behind the soft, coloured flaps to find out!
There are lots more Pip and Posy felt flaps titles to collect: In the Garden, At the Seaside, At the Party, At the Park and At Bedtime.
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Listen to the Sounds of Spring (baby – 3 years)
An internationally bestselling series of board books with amazing real-life sounds!
This brand new edition includes replaceable AAA batteries and an exciting ‘Look and Find’ game on the final page. Press the button, recognise the sound, then point at the right picture!
What sounds can be heard on an egg hunt during springtime? Push the buttons to find out!
Aimed at babies and toddlers, this ground-breaking series of interactive board books has a button on every spread, which plays one of five different exceptional quality sound effects. Children of every age will be captivated as they bring the artwork to life with five amazing real-life sounds.
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National Trust: Ruby Plants a Radish (2-5 years)
Discover the joy of growing things in this non-fiction nature picture book series from Axel Scheffler and the National Trust
Ruby loves radishes, so when her friends Worm and Ladybird suggest she grows her own, she soon sets to work. Join Ruby as she watches her radishes grow, with five flaps to lift to see what’s happening underground and an impressive pop-up surprise.
With a gentle story and simple facts to explain how plants grow, children will be inspired to get outside and follow the helpful tips to plant their very own vegetables.
Featuring artwork from bestselling The Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler, this new nature series from the National Trust is one for all the family to treasure!
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This is Not a Unicorn (3-5 years)
Get ready for a magical and hilarious adventure about the most fantastic unicorn EVER!
This book is NOT about a unicorn! Well . . . OK, maybe it is! But THIS unicorn has a horn that can turn into the most incredible things – a magic wand, a helicopter, even a space rocket!
Join the hilarious adventure and prepare to be amazed by your brilliant new friend. With wonderful wordplay and a funny and sweet friendship at its heart, this is NOT a unicorn book to be missed! This fabulously funny story has stacks of appeal for both girls and boys – watch out for rockets, rainbows, helicopters, massive fish, ice cream sundaes and magical adventures.
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The Bear and the Hare and the Fair (2-5 years)
Join the fun of the fair as bickering best friends learn to share and compromise in this hilarious rhyming story about friendship.
From the talented duo behind the critically-acclaimed The Cat and the Rat and the Hat and The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat.
Praise for The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat: “Children will love the silly humour and delight in seeing the animal antics unfold” – BookTrust
Hare and Bear are at the fair, but Bear does NOT like rides that swirl and twirl and Hare does NOT like rides that go bump and thump. Will the two friends ever find something they BOTH like?
Step this way for rib-tickling, tongue-twisting fun where friendship always comes first!
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National Trust: Wonder World: Earth: The Natural Science of Soil (4-6 years)
The first book in a gorgeously illustrated new natural science series for children, produced in collaboration with the National Trust. You’ll never look at soil the same way again!
What’s the point of soil? What’s it ever done for us?
From hosting billions of worms to minibeasts and microbes, to being the home of fungi that could allow trees to talk, to providing enough nutrients to feed a planet . . . soil is a muddy, magical, marvellous miracle!
National Trust: Wonder World series is about the wonderful, life-giving, miraculous stuff everything on our planet needs to survive: Earth, Water, Air and The Sun.
A gentle, accessible blend of science and nature writing created to inspire awe, wonder and curiosity about the natural world in a picture book format.
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Secrets of Bees (7-10 years)
Big ideas for curious minds are simply explained in this fascinating book about the secrets of bees.
Bees are incredible! There are so many different kinds found all over the world, from honeybees to diggers, leafcutters, and even meat-eating vulture bees.
Discover how a bee’s eyes see the world in a unique way, how bees pollinate plants, how they communicate with a waggle dance, and how without bees, the world would be a very different (and much less wonderful) place.
- The first in a new series of illustrated single-subject STE(A)M books for children aged 7-10, exploring some of the universe’s most fascinating subjects.
- Created in consultation with Professor Beverley Glover and Dr Sally Lee of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden.
- Written in accessible, bitesize chunks and filled with bright, colourful illustrations on every page.
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National Trust: Out and About Animal Spotter (7-9 years)
The perfect introduction to the wonders of wild animals for children!
Ideal for any budding wildlife explorers, this pocket-sized guide is full of useful tips to help children spot and identify 50 different wild animals.
Key Highlights:
- Encouraging Exploration: Designed to inspire children to venture outside and explore nature, this book ignites the spirit of adventure and discovery.
- Getting Started: Packed with valuable information, it provides the essential knowledge needed to identify different mammals, amphibians and reptiles that live all over the UK, making it accessible and enjoyable for kids.
- Field Guide Expertise: Inside, you’ll discover a comprehensive field guide section, brimming with expert insights on wild animals including rabbits, foxes, bats, seals, otters, snakes and more!
- Fun Activities: Discover how to organise a beach clean, make your own mini pond and build a hedgehog hotel.
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S.T.E.A.L.T.H. Rising Storm: Book 3 (age 9-12 years)
Full of thrilling high-octane action, this is the third in an explosive new action-adventure middle grade series. Perfect for fans of Alex Rider, CHERUB and Mission: Impossible.
It’s the summer holidays and the S.T.E.A.L.T.H. team is split up. Donna is in the Caribbean visiting family while the boys are bored at home, filling time with computer games – until Sam persuades Arun to pay Donna a surprise visit using MANDROID. At the same time, plans are underway to hijack and destroy an oil platform off the Trinidad coast while a tropical storm rages. With MANDROID the only craft capable of operating in such challenging conditions, S.T.E.A.L.T.H. know they have to act to save the workers on the blazing platform and prevent an environmental catastrophe. Without the backing of MI6, the kids have to go it alone in their most dangerous mission yet…
Arun, Donna and Sam are ordinary school kids with an extraordinary secret. They are S.T.E.A.L.T.H., a crack team of agents in charge of the most cutting-edge piece of tech the world doesn’t know exists: MANDROID. Always flying under the radar, they solve crimes, prevent disasters and rescue the innocent – and they STILL have to get their homework in on time!
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