Small Monster, Big Monster by Allan Sanders, Phaidon, £7.95Refrigerator is EMPTY. Monster is FULL (of pizza!). An eye-wateringly bright board book, featuring splendidly zany, toddler-pleasing pairs of opposites. The Flying Machine of... Read more »
My Dad Can by Stephen Lightbown, illustrated by Claire Sahara Lemp, Quarto, £7.99Iris’s dad can turn into dinosaurs, unicorns, anything she imagines – though some people see Dad’s wheelchair and believe he... Read more »
Ban Ban’s Bakery by Elena Hiroko Magee, Do Re Mi, £12.99Ban Ban the bunny loves baking with Grandma – but will she be able to turn Dusty Cottage into a bakery of... Read more »
Our World: Nigeria by Bunmi Emenanjo and Diana Ejaita, Barefoot Books, £7.99Part of a delightful educational series from a brilliant inclusive publisher, this colourful, joyous board book whisks babies away to spend... Read more »
If you’ve ever been on the receiving end of a five-year-old’s withering “You are not the boss of me” (having caused offense by, say, helping to zip a jacket or tie a... Read more »
The Bear and the Seed by Poonam Mistry, Templar, £12.99When Bear’s glorious forest disappears, he finds hope in a tiny seed – but he needs help from other animals to tend it... Read more »
The Wonder by Tom Percival, Simon & Schuster, £12.99Daniel’s wet grey day seems like it will never get better – until he hears music and everything changes. A subtly beautiful picture book... Read more »
Magic Beach by Alison Lester has won Guardian Australia’s poll to find Australia’s best children’s picture book of all time. More than 100,000 votes were cast after polling opened on 27 January.... Read more »
Move over bird of the year: voting is now open in the Guardian’s poll to find Australia’s best children’s picture book of all time. In December, more than 3,000 Guardian readers shared... Read more »