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A warm, practical introduction to life with a new baby, centred on the older child’s perspective and combining information about babies with ideas for helping and playing.
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A warm, practical introduction to life with a new baby, centred on the older child’s perspective and combining information about babies with ideas for helping and playing.
Jamie Harper
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Jenny Oldfield
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Dianne Hofmeyr
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Ben Guterson
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Rhiannon Findlay
Choose this for a participatory story: children can help search for Patch, follow verbal prompts and enjoy rhyme, clues and playful pirate imagery. It combines an unfolding quest with a wind-down-to-bedtime framing.
Wendy Meddour
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Linda Burgess
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Maurice Sendak
A compact, imaginative fantasy about a child’s anger and imaginative escape. Max’s journey towards and away from the Wild Things gives the book energetic movement, while his return home brings the story back to family.
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A warm, imaginative picture book about how a child invests an ordinary stick with meaning. Its playful journey combines make-believe, kindness and a potentially affecting moment of letting go.
Jeffrey Brown
Expect short, visual comic scenes rather than a sustained adventure: Vader and young Luke navigate play, food, questions and ordinary father–son moments against a Star Wars backdrop.
Kate De Goldi
This is a warm, funny story about a child finding purpose and companionship through an alphabet project with her grandmother and other residents. It balances playful language with the emotional reality of memory loss and a pressured family life.
John Burningham
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