and bright images of everyday objects to life. Teaching the early concepts of numbers and letters, it’s the perfect point-and-say prop to familiarise your child with the alphabet. There’s added interactive play value as each word also makes a sound. My First

The word adorable is rarely used in reference to a good-old-fashioned dictionary, but when feline sweetheart Hello Kitty is involved, any product is sure to have the 'aww' factor'.My First Hello Kitty Dictionary will guide your child through her

and interactive books for babies and adults reading them, trying to find what will happen when you turn the page! The inspiration inherently comes from all my sessions and interactions with so many children all over the word. I learn from them, they give me

Helping your child learn to share your love of the written word is a satisfying task, and one that will help build bonds between you. But whilst hearing your child read her first word will make any parent brim with pride, should you be the one who

unread magazine. Almost as good as finding the perfect frock.Do you have any particularly funny childhood memories?A strong childhood memory is my first day at school in the tiny French village we moved to for a time. The school had two rooms and two

Little Fashion Gallery girlswearWhy did you decide to work in childrenswear?I first decided to create my own business after having spent seven years in London working for a big cosmetic firm. I then looked at the woman's fashion market and saw

Let’s start with the obvious question. Are you the wimpy kid? I think in the worst ways I’m the wimpy kid. Greg is the sum of my worst parts. I was more of an average kid. I had my good moments and I had had my bad, and the bad are captured in Greg

At The Gallery? I often think of ideas for my books as I’m cycling to my studio in Utrecht each morning. But art galleries have always been important to me – my first visit to the big art galleries in Paris when I was 18 was completely life changing – so I always

do you think it works well for this book?All my other books  (Just Because, Milo’s Pet Egg, Cub’s First Winter) have been painted using acrylics but I felt Zoo Girl needed a different approach – I had played around with a new method in Fragoline (out

, and their many life-learning adventures in 100 Acre Wood. 5We’re Going On A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury Walker, £5.99 (first published 1993)A much-loved spoken-word game for small children evolved into Michael Rosen’s poetic book. A