It’s Blue Monster’s first day at the Monster Academy and Little Green Monster starts calling him rude names. He comes up with all sorts of horrid names and then has a nasty shock when he discovers Blue Monster isn’t who he thought he was. Many of the pages in this bright and vivid book are cut into sections, so you can turn the individual pieces and create your own selection of weird and wonderful names and silly pictures of monsters. It’s a great book to read aloud and children will have fun putting together new names and pictures. Buy now 

Babies love soothing lullabies and this book and CD focuses on some of the best loved lullabies. The large board book, with it’s rounded tabs and colourful images, provides the text of 12 popular lullabies, such as Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Mockingbird, Now the Day is Over and Kumbaya. Lift the flap at the front of the book and you’ll find the CD tucked in, containing 30 minutes of listening. Sung by FUNtastic, a group of five young musicians, it’s a lovely way of introducing your baby to lullabies, as well as refreshing your knowledge of the words so you can sing along.  Buy Now

These chunky board books are aimed at ages 6-12 months and feature a nifty sliding tab that you or your infant can slide out to the top or side to reveal pictures and words. One Little Bunny is based on counting, from one to five, all featuring animals. With Guess Who?, it’s a case of guessing which animals are doing certain things, like ‘mewing for her tea,’ or ‘flying around the flowers.’ As is typical with the Amazing Baby series, both books are strong and hard-wearing, full of vibrant colour and simply designed illustrations with added holographic touches. They’re fun to read and babies will love the interactive element.  Buy Now

The Castle Playtime Activity Book is packed with lots of different puzzles and activities, such as mazes, dot-to-dot, spot the difference and colouring in. Pre-school children will enjoy solving the puzzles and completing the scenes in the pages of both books.

The Little Princess series of books was recently transformed into a children’s animation series on Channel Five. These books bring the characters to life and provide lots of activities for children to do. The Sticker Book uses a story to set the scene, then provides heaps of stickers at the back for children to stick in the relevant characters on each page – or make it up as they want! Buy Now