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Camilla Reid Books

Lulu does potty-training!

Join in with Lulu’s toilet adventures as she learns how to use potties and proper loos.

Lulu is given a special present by Mummy – her very own potty.

Lulu does her first wee-wee in the potty.

Soon she’s sitting on her potty everywhere – in the kitchen, in her bedroom, in the playroom, even in the garden!

Then Lulu graduates from wearing nappies to wearing big girl knickers and using the big toilet, with a few tiny accidents along the way.

Join Pip and Posy in this classic potty-training story about helping each other and trying again!

Illustrated by Axel Scheffler, the award-winning illustrator behind the picture book series The Gruffalo, Gruffalo Granny and Zog.

Pip has come to Posy’s house to play! But they’re having so much fun that Pip forgets he needs a wee and . . . a little puddle appears! Can Posy help her best friend overcome his embarrassment and try again in the potty?

Includes a free Nosy Crow Stories Aloud® audiobook! Scan the code, hear the story.

Perfect for teaching toilet training toddlers that it’s okay when accidents happen sometimes.

Collect more classic Pip and Posy stories:
Pip and Posy: The Bedtime Frog (a classic picture book)
Pip and Posy: A Sliding Story: The New Friend (with sliders to change the story)
Pip and Posy: Where Are You? At the Park (a felt flap book)
Pip and Posy: It’s Fun to Learn: Colours (a first concept book)
Pip and Posy: My First Touch and Feel: Best Friends (with sensory tactiles)

Along with a selection of parent and carer tips for school readiness, this picturebook is a recommended choice for Early Years children in the run-up to starting Reception class.

Colourful and detailed illustrations of a diverse, modern classroom will ease nerves about starting school, painting a warm and welcoming environment. This provides a refreshing contrast to many of the nostalgic classroom scenes depicted in Starting School stories!

We join Roo and classmates through the course of the school day, navigating everything from morning separations to the happy exhaustion of hometime. Roo and the other children need to find their pegs (always an important part of classroom initiation!), know when and where to go to the loo and navigate the corridors. Reassuringly, there’s plenty of fun and friendship along the way.

This funny and comforting book will help children understand what to expect, from making independent decisions like choosing school dinners to navigating playtime, making friends and getting used to the repetition of daily routines. There’s also a useful step-by-step school readiness resource at the end of the book.

Highly recommended for parents, carers, (and grandparents!) to read together with little ones, this book expertly prepares both children and adults for the first days and weeks at school.

Pip and Posy are best friends – they love to play, and make things, and have fun. But just occasionally they get cross or sad, and sometimes things go wrong that are beyond their control. And that’s when kindness and understanding – and a cuddle – make everything better.

In The Friendly Snail, Pip and Posy are spending a lovely afternoon outside, but while Pip wants to do some quiet gardening, Posy wants to have fun playing noisy games.

When Posy’s racket frightens Pip’s new snail friend back into its shell, Pip gets cross . . . Oh dear! But then a big, greedy bird tries to take Pip’s snail, and it turns out Posy’s loud voice can be quite useful, after all!

A heart-warming, relatable story about valuing each other’s differences.

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