How did the rhinoceros get his wrinkly skin? Why won't cats come when they're called? How did one curious elephant with a nose for trouble change the lives of all elephants everywhere? This title includes eight stories which give answers to these and other intriguing questions. Each story is illustrated by a contemporary picture-book artist.

Presented in a board book format, this Christmas classic is suitable for young children.

Dashing, proud and brave, Uncle Peder had never made so fine a horse before. The little wooden horse loves Uncle Peder like a father and hopes never to leave him. When the toymaker falls on hard times, the little wooden horse must go out into the world to seek his fortune.

Whether at the seaside with Billy Blunt and little-friend-Susan or stuck up a tree, these are the classic adventures of a little country girl - Milly-Molly-Mandy. They are suitable for reading aloud.

Kate Hutchinson and her husband Simon are Londoners, performing the act of raising two children in a cramped terraced house whilst holding down stressful full-time jobs. Sacrificing her career and her independence, Kate battles to make a new life for the family under her mother-in-law's roof - while they search in vain for the perfect home.