Australian animals

This book helps small children for love looking at pictures of animals - and they will find plenty of them here!

This soft-to-touch boardbook encourages little ones to talk and learn about the wide variety of wild animals that live in Australia or in its surrounding oceans.

Australia is home to some of the most unusual wildlife in the world - including the brightly feathered rainbow lorikeet, the lithe sugar glider, the cuddly quokka, the bizarre thorny dragon, the spiny echidna, the fearsome Tasmanian devil, the wallaby and the wombat.

The book has been designed for young children and grown-ups to enjoy together, with sturdy board pages and big, bold photographs throughout.

It includes basic words that complement lively images to encourage the development of early literacy skills.

Adults can point to and repeat the simple captions. It offers visually exciting, enjoyable to use and built to last, this is an ideal introduction to the world of books.

Specially devised to be fun to use, this play-and-learn book will inspire little ones to discover more about wildlife and pick up new words.

Look at a goanna lizard going for a walk, an emu with its chicks, and a kangaroo hopping along.See a Nemo lookalike clownfish and a deadly great white shark. Not forgetting, of course, the dingo and the koala.

The book's bright design and lively photographs of fascinating creatures make it a wonderful aid to learning that small children will want to return to time and time again.