Children will love making time for a story with this collection of thirty best-loved picture book tales. Every one is a proven hit with young children, superbly written and beautifully illustrated. The stories featured are: Ginger by Charlotte Voake; Birthday Happy, Contrary Mary by Anita Jeram; Za-za's Baby Brother by Lucy Cousins; Turnover Tuesday by Phyllis Root/Helen Craig; Baby Duck and the New Eyeglasses by Amy Hest/Jill Barton; Beans on Toast by Paul Dowling; Calamity by Camilla Ashforth; Pit-a-Pat-a-Parrot by Grace Nichols/Sarah Adams; Nasty Kids, Nice Kids by Catherine and Laurence Anholt; Grandad's Magic by Bob Graham; Elephant Nonsense illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark; The Teeny Tiny Woman by Arthur Robins; Chi-li the Panda by Derek Hall/John Butler; That's the Way to Do It by Colin McNaughton; Friends by Kim Lewis; Mimi and the Blackberry Pies by Martin Waddell/Leo Hartas; Watch Out Big Bro's Coming by Jez Alborough; Oh, Tucker by Steven Kroll/Scott Nash; Paintbox People illustrated by Nicola Bayley; A Friend for Little Bear by Harry Horse; The Red Fox Monster by Alan Baron; Pog had by Peter Haswell; What Newt Could Do for Turtle by Jonathan London/Louise Voce;