Lucy Cousins

A "hole" lot of fun in a board book, from the creator of Maisy! The stunning Peck Peck Peck from multi-award-winning Lucy Cousins is now available as a board book, with colour so exuberant it leaps right off the page. Today my daddy said to me, “It's time you learnt to peck a tree.” Little Woodpecker has just learnt how...

Exciting, impressive; the perfect gift! This stand-up, fold-out, carousel now has a second floor, more toys, a bath, Maisy's friends, plus a colourful garden. There’s so much for Maisy and her friends to do – dressing, dancing, cooking, having a picnic, riding a trike, gardening, watering, playing hide and seek, tidying up, having a bath … and finally going to...

Join Little Fish on an underwater journey, and count from 1 to 10 along the way. Little readers will love Lucy Cousins' bright, bold characters and will delight at the final page, teeming with colourful fish of all shapes and sizes. Inspired by Hooray for Fish!, this charming counting book features the spotty Little Fish and his fishy friends! Perfect...

Have fun getting ready for bed with Maisy! It's bedtime for Maisy and Panda. Read all about the things Maisy has to do before she can go to sleep, including brushing her teeth, putting on her lovely blue pyjamas, and reading her favourite story. But when the lights are out, Maisy still isn't sleepy. Oh wait! Maisy forgot to go...

A colourful, comforting bedtime story by the award-winning and internationally successful author-illustrator Lucy Cousins. Follow Little Fish as he wishes goodnight to all his friends, from bumble fish to upside-down fish, before cuddling up with Mummy Fish for a lovely long night’s sleep. With beautiful underwater scenes and simple rhymes, this is a wonderfully soothing, lullaby-like bedtime story.

Maisy Goes to the Dentist by Lucy Cousins invites young readers to join Maisy and her friends as they accompany Charley on his first visit to the dentist. This story from the Maisy First Experiences series is ideal for preparing little ones for their first dental check-up. Oh no, Charley has a wobbly tooth! Luckily, Maisy and friends are on...

Join Little Fish and his friends in this colourful, deep-sea delight with opposite pairs to discover on every page. Hello, I am Little Fish, swimming in the sea. Today I’m learning opposites, come along with me! Explore opposite word pairs with Little Fish in this fun, interactive board book with a lively rhyming text that begs to be read aloud....

Little readers will love playing hide-and-seek in the jungle with Jazzy the lemur and Mama JoJo! Full of vivid colours and exotic animals, with liftable flaps and die-cut windows to explore on every page! Now available as a board book for the first time. Jazzy in the Jungle is sure to captivate and delight young readers with its interactive features...

In an exuberant display of colour, Lucy Cousins invites little ones to imagine themselves as brilliant birds. Birds of all feathers flock together in a fun, rhyme-filled offering by the creator of Maisy. From the rooster’s “cock-a-doodle-doo” at dawn to the owl’s nighttime “tuwit, tuwoo,” the cheeps and tweets of many bright and beautiful avian friends will have children eager...

Learn your shapes with Little Fish in this fun, rhyming book. With finger trails for little hands, children will love tracing shapes in this deep-sea delight from Lucy Cousins, creator of Hooray for Fish! Hello! I am Little Fish, swimming in the sea. I love seeing shapes. Come along with me! Join Little Fish on a fun adventure, tracing shapes...

Maisy's Building Site: Pull, Slide and Play! invites you to join Maisy in building a house for her friend Ella. With easy-to-use pull, slide, and play tabs on every spread, little ones will love this interactive building adventure. Brrrm! Brrrm! Beep! Beep! Maisy and her friends are hard at work constructing a house for Ella. Engage with the story using...

Selected to feature on CLPE's popular Teaching Writing courses in 2025. Follow four adorable insect friends on a delightful adventure that invites young readers to consider what they can do to help make our planet a good place for all living creatures. Four insect friends are looking for a place to live – one that has flowers for Bee, leaves...

Toot-toot! Climb on board everyone as we take a lovely journey on Maisy's very own special train! This attractive, shaped Maisy board book provides the perfect introduction to the theme of transport. It is die-cut in the shape of Maisy's bright green train and takes Maisy and all her friends on a journey through tunnels and up and down valleys....

Join Maisy the mouse and her friends for their first experience of camping! It's a beautiful day and Maisy's going camping in the countryside. But it's not easy pitching a tent, as Maisy and her friends soon find out. And even if they can get the tent ready before nightfall, will there be enough room in it for Maisy, Charley,...

Prepare for take-off as Maisy Goes by Plane when Maisy hops on a passenger plane for the very first time! Join Maisy on her thrilling journey crafted by the multi-award-winning Lucy Cousins. Maisy is excited to visit her friend Ella, but with Ella living so far away, a plane trip is the only option. This becomes an exciting adventure! As...

Little Fish is playing hide-and-seek with his fishy friends. Can you find him? Babies and toddlers will love searching for Little Fish behind the coral, beneath the shell and inside a treasure chest. This gorgeous lift-the-flap book features the vibrant artwork of Lucy Cousins, multi-award-winning creator of Maisy. The colourful flaps are big and sturdy, perfect for little hands. First...

Goggles and swimsuit at the ready – it's Maisy Learns to Swim! Maisy's a little nervous... today she is going on her very first swimming lesson. There's lots of hustle and bustle in the changing room and – wow! – the pool looks SO big and it's ever so splish-splashy! Luckily, Eddie and Tallulah have come along too, and they...

Swim with Little Fish and meet all his fishy friends in this splishy-sploshy riot of colour and rhyme under the sea! Paddle along with Little Fish on a mesmerizing underwater tour of friends spotty and stripy, happy and gripy, hairy and scary, even curly whirly and twisty twirly. From the creator of Maisy comes an eye-popping picture book that is...

Doctor Maisy helps Panda when he is sick, but who will help Maisy? In Doctor Maisy, Maisy and Tallulah play hospital. Poor Panda is sick, but feels much better with Doctor Maisy in charge. When it’s Maisy’s turn to need help, Nurse Tallulah comes to the rescue!

Maisy Goes for an Eye Test is an engaging addition to the Maisy First Experiences series, designed to prepare children for their first visit to the optician. Now available in paperback, this cheerful story helps to familiarise young readers with what to expect during an eye test. Join Maisy and her friend Ella as they head off to see Flamingo...

Follow four adorable insect friends on a delightful adventure that invites young readers to consider what they can do to help make our planet a good place for all living creatures. Now available as a board book! Four insect friends are looking for a place to live – one that has flowers for Bee, leaves for Ladybird, a pond for...

Splash in puddles, dance with raindrops, and join in with Ducky Duckling on a lovely, rainy day. Quack! Quack! Quack! Ducky Duckling loves playing outside in the rain. He hops with the frog, squirms with the wriggly worm, and splashes with the fishes. But when the rain stops, Ducky feels sad. Can Daddy help cheer him up? With bright, bold...

It's time to learn with Maisy! This brilliant tabbed board book features fun, themed pages covering key words to help the very young take their first steps into the world of science. Join Maisy as she investigates the world around her. Each spread is themed around different early science concepts: weather, changing seasons, plants and insects, growing, life cycles, parts...

Go exploring with Maisy in this brand new portrait format! Explore London with this delightful children's picture book from the multi-award-winning Lucy Cousins. Maisy Goes to London invites you and Maisy’s friends to visit the big city, where there is so much to see! From landmark sights like Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus, and Buckingham Palace, to the Globe Theatre, it's...

Maisy is on holiday! She writes letters and sends them back to all her friends, including you! Open the envelopes to find games, souvenirs and more. Letters from Maisy takes you on an exciting journey as Maisy hikes up a mountain, visits a market, rows along the river, goes to a funfair and relaxes on the beach. For every adventure,...

Join Maisy, every toddler's best friend, for her first experience of going to hospital. Maisy Goes to Hospital tells the story of Maisy, who has broken her leg while playing on the trampoline and now finds herself spending the night in hospital. Although she finds it a bit scary to be on her own at first, she soon makes friends...

Today, Maisy is going shopping! She finds a trolley and picks out bread, cheese, milk, and fruit. After she goes down every aisle, it’s time to pay, and then home for lunch! This brilliant board book includes a bonus pop-up and play scene, featuring pop-outs of Maisy and Eddie, plus a shopping trolley filled with lots of favourite foods! Maisy's...

Ready, steady, wobble ... GO! Saddle up for a bike ride with Maisy! Maisy Goes on a Bike Ride by Lucy Cousins introduces Maisy with a new bicycle, eagerly preparing for an adventure with her friends. Whether it's zooming on a bike, trike, scooter, or even a tandem, there are countless adventures to be had. Join Maisy as she travels...

Fly to space in Maisy's Rocket in this exciting shaped board book. Three, two, one – blast off! Maisy is going to space in her rocket! Join Maisy as she puts on her space suit, delivers food to the astronauts, and carries out essential repairs in this latest addition to the ever-popular Maisy shaped board book series.

You’re all invited to Maisy's House! Join Maisy as she gets up, makes breakfast, paints a picture and has a yummy afternoon tea with Tallulah. This brilliant board book from award-winning author-illustrator Lucy Cousins includes a bonus pop-up play scene featuring pop-out pieces of beloved characters Maisy, Little Black Cat, Panda and Tallulah. Ideal for imaginative play and helping little...

It's time to learn with Maisy! This brilliant tabbed board book features fun, themed pages exploring incredible creatures from around the globe. Join Maisy as she spots amazing insects and birds, mammals and fish. Each spread is themed around different habitats including desert, Arctic, mountains, savannah, ocean, jungle, garden, and farm. With bright, colourful, clearly labelled pictures, Maisy's Animals: A...

Maisy Goes to the Museum by Lucy Cousins is an engaging story where Maisy and her friends find endless enjoyment on a fun trip to the museum! There’s so much for Maisy and her friends to discover: collections of old toys, dinosaurs, cars, costumes, and even a large mammoth, which is a favourite of Eddie’s. As Charlie excitedly exclaims, “Now...

Maisy has a very important job to do in this amazing ambulance-shaped book! Nee-nah, nee-nah! Maisy and Charley are driving their ambulance today. On with the siren and off they go. What an exciting sound! All the traffic parts to make way for the ambulance as it zooms along. Poor Eddie has had a roller-skating tumble, but help is at...

Learn all about bees with Maisy in this brand-new series celebrating our planet! Maisy Loves Bees: A Maisy's Planet Book follows Maisy as she discovers the bees in her garden and learns why they are so important for our planet. What do bees do all day? Where do they live? Little ones will find the answers to these questions and...

Selected for the CLPE Power of Reading book packs, 2024-25. The bestselling, New York Times Top 10 Best Illustrated title, Yummy!, now available as new stunning picture book editions. Where are you going, Little Red Riding Hood? asked the wolf. The old man pulled and pulled the enormous turnip… Multi-award-winning author Lucy Cousins retells three of her favourite fairy tales...

Join Little Fish and friends in this colourful, deep-sea delight with exciting textures to touch and feel on every page. Hello, I am Little Fish, swimming in the sea. I love playing with all my friends, come along with me! Explore exciting textures with Little Fish and his friends in this fun, interactive touch-and-feel book with a bouncy rhyming text....

A wonderful new title in the Little Fish series by the award-winning and internationally successful author and illustrator Lucy Cousins. Little Fish's Ocean invites young readers to explore the ocean with Little Fish and meet new friends along the way! Swim in shallow rock pools and lush kelp fields; dive down to the ocean depths and play in cold seas...

The bestselling, New York Times Top 10 Best Illustrated title, Yummy, now available in stunning new picture book editions. "Someone's been eating my porridge," said Daddy Bear. "Who's that tripping over my bridge?" roared the troll. "Who will help me cut the wheat?" asked the little red hen. Multi-award-winning author Lucy Cousins retells three of her favourite fairy tales in...

A bright and adorable tabbed board book featuring first words all to do with a day in town, from a trip to the library, to shopping, to the park, to lunch at a café and more! Join Maisy for a day trip to her local town. Each spread is themed around different shops and locations: the library, the post office,...

Today is recycling day – beep, beep! Climb aboard with Maisy and Tallulah as they drive their recycling truck to all their friends’ houses in the delightful shaped board book. Today is recycling day – beep, beep! Climb aboard with Maisy and Tallulah as they drive their recycling truck to all their friends’ houses. Everyone has different things to be...

Join Maisy and her friends at their amazing circus show! See Cyril walk the tightrope, gasp as Tallulah takes on the flying trapeze, and marvel at Maisy's trampolining skills. With easy-to-use pull, slide, and play tabs on every spread, little ones will love this hands-on circus experience. This is the latest addition to Maisy’s popular interactive series.

Maisy's Moon Mission: Pull, Slide and Play! is an exciting adventure where Maisy is going to the moon, and you can come too! With easy-to-use play, pull and slide tabs on every spread, little ones will love this interactive space journey. 3, 2, 1... Blast off! Join Maisy as she embarks on an amazing moon mission! Pull, slide and play...

Celebrate twenty-five years of Maisy with this classic novelty book reissue! Help Maisy get ready for bed in this charming and original children's book by the multi-award-winning Lucy Cousins that was first published by Walker Books twenty-five years ago. Lift the flaps and pull the tabs, it's time for Maisy Goes to Bed! First, she drinks her bedtime drink, then...

Discover how kindness makes Maisy's world go round! Now available in paperback! Join Maisy and her friends as they explore all sorts of wonderful ways to be kind, such as sharing, caring, giving, helping the planet and more! This beautiful, bright and joyful celebration of kindness will be an inspiring addition to the bookshelves of little ones and their parents,...

A Maisy First Experiences story, celebrating the wonders of nature and exploring the outdoors. Join Maisy and her friends on an adventure as they look out for birds, bees, minibeasts, and more! Now available in paperback. Maisy Goes on a Nature Walk features Maisy and her friends heading to their local park for a nature walk! Join in on this...

Time to splish, splosh and splash in the deep, deep sea with Little Fish and his fishy friends! Dip, dive and swim along to the rhyming text and delightful underwater illustrations, with a colourful finger puppet and peek-a-boo holes on every page. This introduction to Lucy Cousins' I Am Little Fish! A Finger Puppet Book is a perfect first interactive...

Learn all about ladybirds in this new Maisy's Planet book, with a fun open-out finale! Join Maisy as she gets to know lovely ladybirds! This cheerful board book introduces little ones to everyone's favourite insect and gives practical ideas about what you can do to help the ladybirds in your garden or local park. Open out the final scene to...

Explore the world of trees with Maisy in this brand-new series celebrating our planet! Maisy Loves Trees: A Maisy's Planet Book invites young readers to join Maisy as she learns about different kinds of trees. What is a tree, and how does it grow? How do leaves vary? How do trees change through the year, and why don’t some trees...

Make up your own story! A clever (and wonderfully portable) book with a pop-up play scene and press-out pieces sure to spark little ones’ imaginations. It’s time for school! Maisy's Preschool invites children to join Maisy and her friends as they play with building blocks, practice their counting, and sit down for storytime. At the end of the book, a...

Learn all about fantastic frogs in this new Maisy’s Planet book, with a fun open-out finale! Hop along with Maisy as she finds out about fantastic frogs (and terrific toads too)! Discover their incredible life cycles and how they change from tiny tadpoles to fully grown frogs. Learn what they need, the places they live, and the amazing sounds they...

Wow, look at the crowd! Maisy and friends play a rousing game of soccer in a read-aloud sure to have aspiring little players cheering. Maisy Plays Soccer is an exciting tale where Maisy and her friends can't wait to play soccer! Maisy puts on her uniform, laces up her sneakers, and heads to the field. Charlie, Tallulah, and Dotty are...

A "hole" lot of fun! Today my daddy said to me, “It's time you learnt to peck a tree.” Little Woodpecker has just learnt how to peck and – ooh! yippee! – what fun it is! Off he goes, on his first big pecking adventure, and he peck, peck, pecks his little heart out. He pecks the hat and then...

Learn all about butterflies in this new Maisy's Planet book! Join Maisy and friends as they find out about beautiful butterflies! This colourful board book, the fifth in the Maisy’s Planet series, introduces little ones to both butterflies and moths. It covers everything from chrysalises and caterpillars to what butterflies and moths need and how we can help them. Open...

Discover how kindness makes Maisy's world go round! Join Maisy and her friends as they explore all sorts of wonderful ways to be kind, such as sharing, caring, giving, helping the planet, and more! This beautiful, bright, and joyful celebration of kindness will be an inspiring addition to the bookshelves of little ones and their parents, carers, and teachers.

Explore the world of opposites with Maisy! Maisy stop, Maisy go, Maisy fast, Maisy slow! Readers both BIG and small will love exploring rhyming word pairs with Maisy, including hot, cold, young, old, stripes, spots, one, lots, and many, many more! This revised edition of Lucy Cousins' classic early-learning book is bursting with bright colours, irresistible rhymes and hilarious moments....

Learn all about water with Maisy in this new series celebrating our planet! Maisy Loves Water: A Maisy's Planet Book lets Maisy explore everything about water. From what comes out of her tap, to rain, rivers, and all the way to the sea! Why do we need water? Where does it come from? Join Maisy to find the answers to...

Maisy Goes on a Nature Walk is a delightful new title in the popular First Experience series, celebrating the wonders of nature and exploring the outdoors. Join Maisy and her friends on an adventure as they look out for birds, bees, minibeasts, and more! Maisy and her friends are heading to their local park for a nature walk! Join in...

Come along with Maisy for her first-ever eye test! This cheerful Maisy First Experiences story will help prepare little ones for their first visit to the optician. Maisy Goes for an Eye Test follows Maisy and Ella as they visit Flamingo the optician for their eye tests! There are games to play, pictures to look at, frames to try on,...

Join Maisy for a very busy day learning about all sorts of different jobs. A book of first words focusing on vocabulary used in ten popular workplaces including a building site, a school, a fire station and even outer space! What do you want to be when you grow up? Explore different workplaces with Maisy and learn all the important...

Learn all about beautiful birds in the latest addition to the Maisy's Planet series! Discover the world of birds with Maisy! This bright and cheerful board book introduces little ones to our feathered friends, from starlings, ducks, and robins to soaring seabirds and swooping birds of prey – and even birds that don't fly. Follow Maisy as she finds out...

In the eighth title in the popular Maisy First Experiences series, Maisy and Cyril catch a train to the seaside where they enjoy a fun-filled holiday. In Maisy Goes on Holiday, Maisy enjoys packing her suitcase, meeting Cyril at a busy station, and catching a train to the seaside. They have lots of fun on the beach and at the...

Gabriel is being chased by monsters! His friend is one, and so is his uncle, his grandma … even the cat! But who will catch him? A brand new picture book from the award-winning Lucy Cousins. Come on everybody, Gabriel wants to PLAY! You be a monster, and he'll run away... Gabriel is being chased by terrible monsters with sharp...

Oh, goody! Hooray! It's bathtime today! Quack! Quack! Quack! Join Ducky for bath time fun! This waterproof adventure is the perfect book for bath time, high chair fun, and on the go.

Full of fun, What's the time, Maisy? is a colourful, interactive introduction to telling the time with everyone's favourite character.Each page of this colourful large-format board book has a die-cut window revealing a chunky, clunky clock with real hands and cogs that can be turned to show the time. At eight o'clock, Maisy gets up and decides what to wear;...

From the highly acclaimed creator of Maisy comes a bright and irresistible book all about a little zebra named Za-za who must adjust to having a new family member!Za-za doesn't like having a new baby brother. His mum is always tired and everyone spends all their time coo-ing and cuddling the baby. What about Za-za? No one has any time...

This fun-filled collection contains seven stories starring Maisy and her friends, all crafted to be read in five minutes or less. Great for bedtime, quiet time, or on-the-go, this is the perfect treasury for reading aloud at any time. With stories about bedtime, making lemonade, fun on the farm, and more, toddlers can pick a new story each time or...

Hello, I am Little Fish, happy as can be. I love to splash and splish. Come and swim with me! Join Little Fish and his friends as they splash beneath the sea! This bright and colourful waterproof book is perfect for bath time, high chair fun, and on the go.

Learn with Maisy! This brilliant tabbed board book features fun, themed pages covering common objects children encounter on a day out. With bright and bold tabs and pictures, as well as clear labels, this book is perfect for little ones' language development! It's time to learn with Maisy! Join Maisy on her day out! From the beach to the park...

Maisy is celebrating one of the world's biggest festivals: Chinese New Year! From hanging up lanterns to receiving lucky red packets and joining in the dragon dance at the parade, this bright and colourful storybook is a perfect introduction to the many joys of Chinese New Year. Maisy's friend Tiger is coming home especially for Chinese New Year! Once the...

Maisy's Garage: Pull, Slide and Play! invites you to join Maisy as she fixes Cyril's car with your help! With easy-to-use pull, slide, and play tabs on every spread, little ones will love this interactive garage experience. Uh oh – Cyril’s car has broken down! Luckily, Maisy and her friends know just what to do. Engage with the story by...

Learn all about jungles and rainforests in this new Maisy's Planet book! Maisy Loves Jungles: A Maisy's Planet Book takes you on an astonishing jungle adventure with Maisy. Experience the sights and sounds of the tropical forest alongside her. Discover exotic plants, animals, birds, and insects, while sheltering from scorching heat and heavy rain. Open out the final gatefold for...

Maisy's Farm invites you to join Maisy on her delightful adventure to the farm! Watch as she drives the tractor, waters the vegetable patch, feeds the chickens, and milks the cow. What a busy day! This brilliant board book offers a bonus pop-up play scene, featuring pop-out pieces of Maisy and Cyril, as well as lots of farm animal favourites!...

Hello! I am Little Fish, swimming in the sea.I love my mummy very much, and Mummy Fish loves me. Join Little Fish and Mummy for a special day together! This heart-warming story follows Little Fish and Mummy on a rhyming adventure under the sea: swimming, blowing big bubbles and saying hello to all their fishy friends. Little ones will love...

Hello, Little Fish! A mirror book invites young readers to join Little Fish as he swims through the sea, greeting all his fish friends. This delightful book includes a charming mirror surprise so that you can say hello too! Created from the wonderful imagination of the award-winning Lucy Cousins, this book is another deep-sea delight from the world of Hooray...

Splish, Splash, Ducky! Splash in puddles, dance with raindrops and join in with Ducky Duckling on a lovely, rainy day. Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack, quack, quack! Ducky Duckling loves playing outside in the rain. He hops with frog, squirms with wriggly worm and splashes with the fishes. But when the rain stops, Ducky feels sad. Can Daddy help cheer him...

Celebrate 30 years of Maisy with this extra-special anniversary edition of the classic pop-up book Happy Birthday, Maisy. Cards, presents, balloons ... it's party time! Join Maisy and her friends in a fun interactive adventure, with flaps to lift and tabs to pull on every page. Walker Books is proud to present this extra-special anniversary edition of the classic pop-up...

An extra-special First Experiences book to celebrate 30 years of Maisy! Today is Maisy's birthday, hip-hip-hooray! She dresses up in her favourite outfit and eats a yummy breakfast ... but there are no cards from any of her friends. Have they all forgotten about her birthday? Of course not! Her friends are throwing her a very special surprise party. Join...

A story of visiting the bookshop for the first time from the multi-award-winning Lucy Cousins. Maisy Goes to the Bookshop sees Maisy heading to the local bookshop to buy a new book. She also wants to pick up a present for her friend Tallulah. The shelves are packed full of amazing books, and the shopkeeper is very helpful. Inside, Maisy...