Theme - nature

Do you know a little person who just LOVES to feed the ducks at the pond? Then this one is a must read. Just Ducks is a creative picture book from Nicola Davies which elegantly combines fiction and non-fiction, neatly integrating some wonderfully valuable duck-ish titbits. What a great way to learn.

The Little Eskimo is the gorgeous new release (February 2013), from the highly talented Davide Cali. Wilkins Farago's latest offering does not disappoint as they present a tale of human desire, accompanied by Maurizio Quarello's rich illustrations.

** Congratulations to Meg for winning the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award 2013 for Ten Tiny Things ** Ten Tiny Things is a fabulous picture book from Meg McKinlay. The deceptively simple storyline encourages its little readers to take note of all the little things that surround them - you'll be walking every where after devouring this one!

The Selfish Giant from the pen of celebrated writer Oscar Wilde is a classic tale that never looses its magic and enchantment.

Click here for your chance to win one of three copies. Bear Has a Story to Tell is the latest collaboration from Caldcott Medal winners, Philip and Erin Stead. The gentleness, warmth and delicate touches of humour that were evident in the award winning A Sick Day for Amos McGee, are all here too. It truly is a great picture book.

Broome, home to the Yawuru people, is the subject of the talented Bronwyn Houston's latest collaboration.

Elizabeth Honey's latest picture book That's not a daffodil! immerses its readers in the pleasures taken from the little things in life, and looks at the world from a little ones perspective.

Jon Klassen's latest collaboration is with Ted Kooser, America's Poet Laureate from 2004 until 2006. Jointly they have produced a delicate yet powerful picture book entitled House Held Up By Trees, which also one the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books 2012.

Divided in to four short chapters entitled Dingo's Tree, The Raindrop, The Tree That Walked and The Last Tree this is a poignant story about man's destruction of the landscape and its impact on the landscape, natural resources and the animals who depend on them for survival.

This is such a gorgeous picture book - full of inspiration, oohs and aahs.  Open the first page of The Curious Garden to reveal the depiction of a city - smoke filled, grey and gloomy. Hover over the page a little longer and you will spy a little boy with a brilliant flame of red hair ... turn the pages as the book reveals how one little boy with one little hope can transform a city. Beautiful.