Item category 2: Family Collection - When a book might help

A child's language development is strongly influenced by the close sharing of well-known songs and rhymes, whilst actions and movements aid coordination. The books in this series keep this valuable oral tradition alive, with the added benefit of encouraging actions through mime and BSL signs.

Lola has a cold and is feeling really ever so not well. So her big brother Charlie thinks of all sorts of ideas to try to cheer Lola up. He brings her pink milk and biscuits, sings her a special song, makes her best smiley jigsaw puzzle and even takes her on a cloud-hopping adventure.

Kathy Hoopmann takes an inspiring and affectionate look at attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), using images and ideas from the canine world to explore a variety of traits that will be instantly recognisable to those who are familiar with ADHD.

I have a pet. I love her lots, but she is very, very boring. Even so, Mabel, my tabby cat, is a good listener. Miss Smith, my teacher, told us that in ancient Egypt people worshipped cats. Mabel could have been a cat goddess in those days.