Chick by Ed Vere (Puffin, £7.99)A sunny (and funny) pop-up book about a wide-eyed chick with an arresting cheep. Sure to grab the attention of little hands.

Many Households have one one – an extra special soft toy that is adored above all others. A constant companion who is trailed around everywhere, is a fixture on every family outing, played with and cuddled until its fur becomes raggedy and threadbare. Given such to-ings and fro-i...

Easter Bunny Flap Book by Sam Taplin and Rosalinde Bonnet (Usborne, £5.99)A chunky board book with cute illustrations in sugary pastel hues. Readers are invited to join in an Easter egg hunt, lifting up flaps to discover where the Easter bunny has hidden the booty, and look out f...

EVERY DOG HAS its day, so they say, but it seems that pooches are definitely having something of a moment, from Uggie in The Artist leaving his indelible paw prints on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, to Pudsey stealing the nation’s hearts on Britain’s Got Talent. Now it’s the turn of...

365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental and Joelle Jolivet (Abrams, £9.95)Would your child like to have a pet penguin? How about 365? Discover the perils of keeping penguins as pets along with simple maths problems and cool monochrome illustrations in this humerous tale.

Jolly Phonics Jolly Readers, Jolly Learning Books, £18.60 for 18 Inky Mouse and her friends Snake and Bee guide your child through simple adventures. These 72 books have a general fiction strand, featuring folk from fairytales, like the Three Billy Goats Gruff, and a non-fiction...

There are five different hand shapes to look out for: SquareA ‘square’ hand is a sign of a reliable personality. Children with this shape of hand are usually great at organising. They gravitate towards method, structure, rules and regulations and make excellent town planners, pol...

Traction Man Is Here (Red Fox, £5.99)Square of jaw with arms of steel, Traction Man is a household hero with a different natty outfit for every action-packed adventure he embarks on. But can Traction Man retain his macho image when granny gives him a green wooly romper for christ...

I Love My Daddy by Giles Andreae and Emma Dodd (Hachette Children's, £5.99)Andreae may be better known best for his anarchic alter-egos, Purple Ronnie and Edward Monkton but this rather sweet little picture book is an altogether more warm and fuzzy affair documenting the special ...

The Falling Raindrop by Neil Johnson and Joel ChinThe chic and sparse cover art perfectly suits the story inside, which is simply told and yet full of emotional impact. The story of the cycle of water from raindrop to evaporation back to cloud again is told through the eyes of on...