Baby Touch: Peepo Teddy! By Justine Smith, illustrated by Fiona Land Ladybird Books, £5.99 This chunky little book is perfect for sharing with your baby. The book uses the age-old favourite theme of playing Peepo, which children typically love, and has transformed it effectively into the pages of the book. Each double page has a picture on the left side and a chunky flap to lift on the right, with a coordinating picture hiding underneath. The basic language, strong colours…

Mine! By Rachel Bright Puffin, £6.99 This wonderfully illustrated book carries an important storyline that many families may relate to. Twins, Frankie and Fifi, have a favourite toy – Funny Bunny. Wherever they go, Funny Bunny goes too. But the twins aren’t all that good at sharing and poor Funny Bunny suffers as a result. Thankfully their Grandma realises it’s time they need to learn how to play nicely and is on hand to teach them some useful lessons about…

My Very Noisy Digger By Andrea Pinnington, illustrated by Claire Chrystall Ladybird Books, £6.99 Aimed at children aged 2+, this fun book focuses on a building site, where Dan the builder has an awful lot to get done. Thankfully he has Noisy Digger with him to help get all the work completed. The noise is brought to life with the help of a button that can be pressed to emit the sound of a digger! The story is brought to…

Nice Bear, Naughty Bear By Avril Lethbridge and Diana Mather, illustrated by Mary-Ann Mackenzie Maverick, £4.99 Nice Bear, Naughty Bear offers an insightful look at the issue of manners in picture book format. Some of the bears described in the book have very good manners, whilst others are really naughty. The rhyming language describes the benefits and positive qualities of nice behaviour, and the downsides of bad behaviour. The accompanying illustrations provide wonderful images of each type of behaviour, with…

Disney’s Winnie The Pooh: The Essential Guide By Landis Hester DK, £9.99 The wonderful life and adventures of Winnie the Pooh and his friends are immortalised in this fun guide. Designed to accompany the latest Disney Winnie the Pooh feature film (the first to be made for over 35 years), the book explores each of the different characters and some of the Important Things to Do that Winnie and his friends spend their time doing. You can read about where…

50 Fab Days Out For Families has been written by local children aged between 4 and 11, who give an inside and personal view of the best affordable and free places to visit.   Fun, adventure and happy families are at the heart of the book and celebrate the best family days out in and around Winchester. 50 Fab Days Out For Families includes new ideas for undiscovered places to explore and a fresh look at some old favourites with expert…

Humf App P2 Games, £1.27 Available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/humf/id409314194?mt=8 Designed for use on the iPhone and iPod Touch, the Humf app features a selection of nine mini games from the popular Nick Jr TV show. Activities including painting, helping Humf tidy his room, matching shadows with the shapes that make them, dot-to-dot, racing a car and making music with different instruments. The app is an affordable price and well worth downloading to your iPhone for those times when you’re out…

Peppa Pig: Theme Park Fun Nintendo DS P2 Games, £24.99 Peppa Pig, the loveable pre-school character, is having a day out at a theme park and your child can join her, in this fun game for the Nintendo DS. The game is packed with 18 educational games to play, that are both challenging and stimulating, and there are audio instructions from the familiar voice of John Sparkes, narrator of the TV series. Children can enjoy activities such as driving a…

The Nursery and Reception Activity Book (ebook) By Eleanor de Bruin P2P Publishing, £17.97 http://resources.theschoolrun.com/offers/mc-nursery.html Written by early years education expert, Eleanor de Bruin, this book is designed to help parents support children as they start at nursery and primary school. The book features a host of interactive activities, all of which are designed to support early years learning, ensuring that children are having fun, whilst also gaining important educational skills. Each chapter consists of a different theme – examples…

Babies: The Mumsnet Guide Bloomsbury Publishing Free app from iTunes - http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/babies-the-mumsnet-guide/id406970322?mt=8 A selection of tips and advice on all sorts of baby issues gathered from the infamous Mumsnet forum and taken from the book of the same name. As well as nuggets of information for parents, there are things for babies to enjoy too, such as the soothing noises that could help calm a grizzly baby.