Featuring first animal words and brightly-coloured themed pages, this gorgeous book will build your toddler's vocabulary and help them as they begin to talk. Young children will love discovering their favourite pets, exploring the farm and travelling through the jungle, meeting all sorts of animals from cats, dogs and birds, to gorillas, zebras and elephants. With clear labels and simple questions to spark your child's curiosity on every spread, this is the perfect first words book to support your child's language development. Illustrated by Emilie Lapeyre
We make growing up the best story ever! Here at Ladybird, we publish playful books for little hands. From touch-and-feel books to bedtime stories and non-fiction, we help 0-7s to learn, play and grow - sparking plenty of smiles along the way. The home of Ten Minutes to Bed, Baby Touch, Peppa Pig and Hey Duggee, we know just how to capture curious little imaginations and guide them from one story to the next.
Emilie Lapeyre is a French illustrator working in Children's publishing and textile design.
Emilie studied at the Estienne school in Paris. After graduating, she travelled extensively and spent time living in both Morocco and Spain. Now based back in her homeland, Emilie spends her time creating a joyous and detailed world full of brightly coloured illustrations.
Often inspired by the natural world, Emilie’s vibrant illustrations are created digitally whilst maintaining a hand drawn and textural quality. Emilie also enjoys paper engineering and loves to design fun pop-ups and 3D puzzles.