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

An elephant offers a bad baby a ride through the town. But when the elephant realises that the baby has forgotten his manners, the chase ends with a bump. This is a classic story all babies, toddlers and their parents will love.

When Fox dies, the rest of his family are distraught. How will Mole, Otter and Hare go on without their beloved friend? But months later, Squirrel reminds them all of how funny Fox used to be, and they all realize that Fox is still there in their hearts and memories.

When the day comes for Billy and Belle's mum to have her new baby, Belle is allowed to go to school with Billy. Everything goes according to plan until Belle gets into a spot of bother with her pet spider.

The 'QED Start Reading and Talking' series features a mixture of fiction and non-fiction titles designed to stimulate the imagination and encourage children to start talking and developing their vocabulary.

'Hopscotch' is a series of fiction readers for children developing their basic reading skills and for older reluctant readers. Izzie was very excitied about having a new brother. But when Mum arrives home with baby Ben, Izzie isn't so sure.

We all have 'sad stuff' to deal with in life. What makes Michael Rosen most sad is thinking about his son, Eddie, who died. In this book he writes about his sadness, how it affects him, and some of the things he does to try to cope with it.

When a little hermit crab finds a shiny new shell he doesn't want to share it - not with a blobby purple anemone and a tickly bristleworm.