Tag: Sam-Williams

A heartwarming tale of friendship and dance, as Ballet Kitty and her friend Princess Pussycat spend the day dancing and having fun. A touching and charming tale for young readers and ballet lovers! Ballet Kitty cannot find her ballet slippers, and she thinks that it will ruin her day. She soon finds out that she can still have fun without them. She and Princess Pussycat have fun all day, and by the end she finds her beloved slippers.

  • Hardback

  • Paperback

  • Publication date: Re-issued 18th May 2023
  • Age range: 3 to 6 years
  • Dimensions: 203 x 218mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 9781914912542

RRP £10.99

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  • Publication date: April 2008
  • Age range: 3-6 years
  • Dimensions: 273mm x 250mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-905417-71-1

RRP £6.99

Reviews

“The book will be a huge hit with its intended audience.”
— School Library Journal

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This wonderful read-aloud 'nappy-to-potty' story is the first title in the hugely successful Ducky and Piggy series. These endearing characters, combined with the simple text, will comfort and entertain child and carer. Ducky wants Piggy to come out and play. But he can't – he is on the potty. How can Ducky become as grown-up as Piggy? Now available as a board book with touch-and-feel cover.

  • Board Book

  • Paperback

  • Hardback

  • Publication date: 4th September 2014
  • Age range: 0-5 years
  • Dimensions: 200mm x 200mm 26 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-905417-24-7

RRP £6.99

  • Publication date: March 2006
  • Age range: 2-4 years
  • Dimensions: 245mm x 245mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-905417-00-1

RRP £5.99

  • Publication date: March 2006
  • Age range: 2-4 years
  • Dimensions: 245mm x 245mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-0-954737-35-1

RRP £10.99

Reviews

"Sends a valuable message about children approaching big transitions on their own terms... right on target."
– Booklist

"Destined to find a permanent place in a child's library."
– Publisher's Weekly

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The two long ears that you can see
are not for you and not for me.
Whose ears can they be?

Funny split-page pictures and a simple reading text make this book perfect to share with toddlers. Full of humour and fun, they aid child development as your little one learns to read visual clues and match ears to the right animals.

  • Hardback

  • Publication date: 2nd March 2023
  • Age range: 1-3 years
  • Dimensions: 237mm x 200mm 24 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-914912-23-8

RRP £9.99

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The two funny feet that you can see
are not for you and not for me.
Whose feet can they be?

Funny split-page pictures and a simple
reading text make this book perfect to share with toddlers. Full of humour and fun, it aids child development as your little one learns to read visual clues and match feet to the right animals.

  • Hardback

  • Publication date: 2nd March 2023
  • Age range: 1-3 years
  • Dimensions: 237mm x 200mm 24 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-914912-24-5

RRP £9.99

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Little Hamster's friends won't let him join in any of their games. His temper always gets the better of him and, as Ducky and Piggy tell him, "Hitting hurts!" This gentle story with its endearing characters and simple textencourages little ones to think about how they treat oth-er people, to use their hands positively and to realise that playing nicely leads to so much more fun!

  • Paperback

  • Hardback

  • Publication date: 6th February 2014
  • Age range: 2-5 years
  • Dimensions: 245mm x 245mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-907967-40-5

RRP £6.99

  • Publication date: 1st September 2011
  • Age range: 2-5 years
  • Dimensions: 245mm x 245mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-907152-99-3

RRP £10.99

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Piggy and Ducky are playing a game, but Piggy's dummy keeps getting in the way. As the two friends play, will there be no more dummy for Piggy? Adorable characters and a playful story encourage little ones to give up their dummies, as they easily transition to the next growing-up stage.

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  • Paperback

  • Hardback

  • Publication date: 3rd September 2009
  • Age range: 0-3 years
  • Dimensions: 170mm x 170mm 26 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-906250-44-7

RRP £4.99

  • Publication date: 6th July 2008
  • Age range: 2-5 years
  • Dimensions: 245mm x 245mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-905417-91-9

RRP £5.99

  • Publication date: 7th February 2008
  • Age range: 2-5 years
  • Dimensions: 245mm x 245mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-905417-90-2

RRP £9.99

Reviews

"A great addition to the Ducky and Piggy series, a nursery favourite."
– Bookseller

"Another lovely and sensitive story in the Ducky and Piggy series."
– Nursery World

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Piggy and Ducky return with their friend Bunny in a brand-new story. Bunny doesn't want to stop sucking on his bottle, but now he has an invitation to Piggy's tea party, and no one drinks tea from a bottle! Will Bunny join in the fun and start using a cup? A simple and gentle bottles-to-cups story, in which little ones help each other learn and grow.

  • Board Book

  • Paperback

  • Hardback

  • Publication date: 2nd October 2008
  • Age range: 0-3 years
  • Dimensions: 170mm x 170mm 26 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-906250-19-5

RRP £4.99

  • Publication date: 4th October 2007
  • Age range: 3-6 years
  • Dimensions: 245mm x 245mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-905417-30-8

RRP £5.99

  • Publication date: 1st February 2007
  • Age range: 3-6 years
  • Dimensions: 245mm x 245mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-905417-29-2

RRP £9.99

Reviews

"This tough topic is handled subtly but the point is made."
– School Library Journal

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No More Blanket for Lambkin is the fourth title in the 'Ducky and Piggy' series which deals with key developmental milestones for toddlers. Lambkin has toys, books and pretty clothes to play dressing-up in. But all she really wants to do is hug her comfort blanket, which is very small, very soft and very dirty. When Ducky comes over to play, she helps Lambkin to let go of her blanket and join in the fun. This sweet and gentle story of friendship teaches by example and encourages children to approach big transitions on their own terms.

  • Board Book

  • Paperback

  • Hardback

  • Publication date: 4th March 2010
  • Age range: 0-3 years
  • Dimensions: 170mm x 170mm 26 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-906250-46-1

RRP £4.99

  • Publication date: July 2009
  • Age range: 2-4 years
  • Dimensions: 245mm x 245mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-906250-50-8

RRP £6.99

  • Publication date: 5th February 2009
  • Age range: 2-4 years
  • Dimensions: 245mm x 245mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-906250-27-0

RRP £9.99

Reviews

"Excellent... teaches by example and encourages children to approach transitions on their own terms."
– Nursery World

"A delightful book that preschoolers will love."
– Wichita Eagle

"This is a sweet book about two different friendships, one that fades away with age, and one that is strengthened with time and caring."
– School Library Journal

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It is Billy Goat's first day at school and he is nervous. He can't make himself heard and doesn't know how to join in the fun. Frustrated, he bites Piggy, Lambkin and Bunny! Billy soon learns, with some gentle encouragement from Ducky, that teeth are for biting food – not your friends.

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  • Hardback

  • Publication date: 6th February 2014
  • Age range: 2-5 years
  • Dimensions: 245mm x 245mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-907967-86-3

RRP £6.99

  • Publication date: 7th February 2013
  • Age range: 2-5 years
  • Dimensions: 245mm x 245mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-907967-32-0

RRP £10.99

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Ballet Kitty and her best friend Pussycat are excited to be starting ballet classes. They're all dressed up and ready to perform their cutest curtsies and perfect pirouettes in their pretty ballet slippers. But when classmate Ginger Tom arrives, he is wearing trainers! In this charming tale, the little dancers learn that the most important things are joining in, trying hard and having fun.

  • Paperback

  • Hardback

  • Publication date: 2nd April 2009
  • Age range: 3-6 years
  • Dimensions: 273mm x 250mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-906250-49-2

RRP £6.99

  • Publication date: 2nd October 2008
  • Age range: 3-6 years
  • Dimensions: 273mm x 250mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-906250-17-1

RRP £11.99

Reviews

“A simple and charmingly told narrative.”
— Books for Keeps

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Meet Bunny and Bee who live in a tree. These child-like characters live a simple life in their spectacular tree house surrounded by nature. Share their day and night-time adventures. Many aspects of the STEM program are included in this series. Bunny and Bee's

Play Days begins with a spring cleaning before the two friends go out to splash in puddles, kick leaves, count, and play peek-a-boo with their animal friends, and ends on a frosty, snowy, cosy night.

  • Board Book

  • Publication date: 5th September 2013
  • Age range: 0-3 years
  • Dimensions: 180mm x 140mm 26 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-907967-62-7

RRP £6.95

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More toddler adventures with Bunny and Bee who live in a tree. These child-like characters live a simple life in their spectacular tree house surrounded by nature. Share their day and night-time adventures. Many aspects of the STEM program are included in this series.

Bunny and Bee's favourite colors is the ideal shared read to look at all nature's wonders during the fall. Join them to discover if their favourite colors are your favourites too.

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  • Publication date: 6th March 2014
  • Age range: 0-3 years
  • Dimensions: 180mm x 140mm 26 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-907967-89-4

RRP £6.95

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Meet Bunny and Bee who live in a tree. These child-like characters live a simple life in their spectacular tree house surrounded by nature. Share their day and nighttime adventures. Many aspects of the STEM program are included in this series.

Bunny and Bee's Noisy Night, proves to be quite frustrating as their animal friends drop by one by one to say goodnight – but Bunny and Bee are trying to sleep.

  • Board Book

  • Publication date: 5th September 2013
  • Age range: 0-3 years
  • Dimensions: 180mm x 140mm 26 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-907967-60-3

RRP £6.95

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More toddler adventures with Bunny and Bee who live in a tree. These child-like characters live a simple life in their spectacular tree house surrounded by nature. Share their day and night-time adventures. Many aspects of the STEM program are included in this series.

Bunny and Bee's Animal Friends come out to play in this fun book filled with animals young children know and love.

  • Board Book

  • Publication date: 6th March 2014
  • Age range: 0-3 years
  • Dimensions: 180mm x 140mm 26 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-907967-87-0

RRP £6.95

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Join in with the bunnies as they travel back to school on their very own school bus! Together you can recite the rhythmical text – 'Here comes the school bus, school bus, bunny bus, big bus, yellow bus, time-to-go-to-school bus' – and pull the tabs to see the bunnies and their bus move along on this familiar journey.

A fun and interactive play book with pull-tabs and moving parts, which will help to develop motor skills in children. An entertaining introduction to the excitement of the journey to school.

  • Hardback

  • Publication date: 7th September 2006
  • Age range: 3-6 years
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 250mm 12 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-905417-13-1

RRP £8.99

Ballet Kitty has lost her ballet slippers! Where can they be? In the wardrobe? Under the bed? In the toy chest? Help Ballet Kitty with her search in this touch and feel, lift-the-flap play book. This interactive book features simple text and is perfect for very young children. With flaps to lift and textures to feel on every page, this beautiful book will be treasured by little ballerinas everywhere.

  • Hardback

  • Publication date: 1st October 2009
  • Age range: 2-4 years
  • Dimensions: 200mm x 200mm 14 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-906250-78-2

RRP £6.99

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Ballet Kitty and her best friend Pussycat are going to dance in The Nutcracker at their Christmas recital – but they both want to be The Sugar Plum Fairy. How will they resolve this problem? Secretly, they decide to be a snowflake instead – but they don't tell each other. See what happens on the big night. It is sure to be a happy Christmas.

  • Hardback

  • Publication date: 4th October 2012
  • Age range: 3-6 years
  • Dimensions: 273mm x 250mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-907152-11-5

RRP £11.99

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The ducklings – Eeny, Meeny, Miney and Little Mo – follow Mum on a surprise journey. Every parent and carer knows the refrain, "Are we there yet?', and this simply told and beautifully illustrated picture book is the perfect read-aloud for toddlers everywhere.

  • Hardback

  • Publication date: March 2013
  • Age range: 2-5 years
  • Dimensions: 245mm x 245mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-907967-45-0

RRP £11.99

Reviews

"If Make Way for Ducklings had been chock-full of whiny fowl, it might have looked like this thinly veiled metaphor of a family road trip. Mother Duck’s children Eeny, Meeny and Miney are sick of their old pond. While Little Moe protests that he loves it, his older siblings do nothing but kvetch. Mother’s solution is a trip, complete with duckweed sandwiches and lots of walking. As they journey, Mother Duck points out the various farm animals along the way (her children remain unimpressed, save her youngest, who dutifully supplies every animal noise). Yet by the day’s end, even the stalwart Little Moe is quacking a desperate, “Are we there yet?” while his siblings debate who pushed whom. Imagine their surprise when the destination turns out to be their original pond. The now-overjoyed ducklings quack high praise for the formerly detested spot, not a word of complaint out of them. The old story will be new to the young audience, and the simple language gives the book high read-aloud potential. There’s no guarantee the preschool audience will catch the car-trip analogy, but they may be so caught up in Stojic’s thick digital paints and Williams' droll storytelling that it doesn’t matter. A measured counterattack for those parents planning on going anywhere with chronic complainers in tow."
– Kirkus

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Introducing Angel and Elf, seasonal new characters to entertain the youngest child on those dark winter nights running up to Christmas.

Elf is longing for snow, but there is none. Angel wants to make Elf 's wish come true and uses her magic to make lots of snow. But too much – who can help stop the storm?

  • Board Book

  • Publication date: 2nd October 2014
  • Age range: 0-3 years
  • Dimensions: 180mm x 140mm 24 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-907152-19-1

RRP £5.99

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Introducing Angel and Elf, seasonal new characters to entertain the youngest child on those dark winter nights running up to Christmas.

Angel and Elf bring their friend Christmas Tree some wonderful, sweet-smelling cookies to decorate her beautiful branches. But when a little snow bear catches the aroma on the chilly breeze – he not only takes the cookies – but also Christmas Tree's shiny friend – Star. Can Angel and Elf rescue Star in time for Christmas? Find out in this cosy, fun and Christmassy adventure.

  • Board Book

  • Publication date: 2nd October 2014
  • Age range: 0-3 years
  • Dimensions: 180mm x 140mm 24 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-907152-58-0

RRP £5.99

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Longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards

In rollicking rhyme, an adventurous kitty invites his friends for a night-time romp in the busy city.

We'll swoon to the moon if the moon is out.
We'll have a night to sing about.
We'll catercall upon the wall

And never worry if we fall.

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  • Hardback

  • Publication date: 2nd April 2020
  • Age range: 3-5 years
  • Dimensions: 273mm x 250mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-912757-83-1

RRP £7.99

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  • Publication date: 3rd October 2019
  • Age range: 3-5 years
  • Dimensions: 273mm x 250mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 978-1-912757-13-8

RRP £11.99

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Reviews

"... a vibrant nocturnal adventure ..."
– Kirkus

"Williams and Hunt depict the nocturnal lives of urban felines in this jazzy rhyming story."
– Publishers Weekly

"This is a superb book for early years, full of fabulous rhymes and two completely engaging and lovable brave cat characters who join us on a journey across the night-time urban landscape."
– Read it Daddy

"Delivered in jaunty rhyming couplets and Matt Hunt's alluring art showing the cat's journey against the inky dark sky, this will surely please early years listeners."
– Red Reading Hub

"An ideal class book to share at story time."
– Just Imagine

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Can you find 10 blue butterflies among the hundreds of multi-coloured ones? Fun, colourful challenges on every page . . . and don't miss the hidden chameleons! A wonderful search and counting book from Sam Williams.

  • Hardback

  • Publication date: 1st February 2018
  • Age range: 3-6 years
  • Dimensions: 273mm x 250mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 9781910126998

RRP £11.99

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Follow Little Fluff 's journey as he takes a walk through the jungle and meets various friends on the way. Why is everyone shouting "Croc!"?

A fun book with a short, repetitive read-aloud story.

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  • Hardback

  • Publication date: 2nd February 2016
  • Age range: 3-6 years
  • Dimensions: 245mm x 245mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 9781910716038

RRP £6.99

  • Publication date: 4th February 2016
  • Age range: 3-6 years
  • Dimensions: 245mm x 245mm 32 pages
  • ISBN: 9781910126622

RRP £11.99

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Sam Williams

Author & Illustrator

Sam William's expressive, appealing and soft illustrations have appeared in numerous young books, including Ballet Kitty; Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck and Little Red by Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York. He is the author of Talk Peace and That's Love. Sam divides his time between London, Brooklyn, and the east coast of England.