Books by the author LUCY COUSINS

Jazzy in the Jungle

Jazzy in the Jungle

Lucy Cousins

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.

Characters: Jazzy

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Let's Play Monsters!

Let's Play Monsters!

Lucy Cousins

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 much-loved picture book from the award-winning Lucy Cousins, now available in paperback.

Characters: Gabriel

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Maisy's Bedtime

Maisy's Bedtime

Lucy Cousins

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 the loo! So did Panda! Ah, that better. Now Maisy really feels sleepy... Good night Maisy! Good night Panda!

Characters: Maisy

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Maisy's Bus

Maisy's Bus

Lucy Cousins

Have fun with Maisy in this bus-shaped board book from the multi-award-winning Lucy Cousins. Today Maisy is driving her bus to the seaside. Who will be her first passenger? Will it be Dotty, Cyril, Tallulah, Charley or Eddie? What things are they bringing with them to the beach? This super-sturdy board book is ideal for teaching first words in a fun way and also comes with wipe-clean pages, perfect for messy hands! It's more fun with Maisy! Visit her amazing website - www.maisyfun.com - for activities, newsletters, games and more.

Characters: CharleyCyrilDottyEddieMaisyTallulah

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Maisy's Plane

Maisy's Plane

Lucy Cousins

Maisy is flying high in this delightful plane-shaped book of fun and learning!Get set to go flying in Maisy's plane. It's Eddie's birthday and our little mouse has an extra special surprise. Go up, up and away as she passes Tallulah in her hot air balloon, and loops the loop in the skies, before delivering a "happy birthday" message – all in time for Eddie's party!

Characters: EddieMaisyTallulah

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Maisy's Surprise Birthday Party

Maisy's Surprise Birthday Party

Lucy Cousins

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 the birthday mouse as she plays party games, eats a scrumptious feast, opens her cards and presents and makes a special wish as she blows out the candles on her cake!The perfect book for teaching little ones all about birthday traditions, from party games to blowing out candles, this is an extra-special addition to the bestselling First Experiences range, celebrating 30 years of Maisy!

Characters: CharleyCyrilEddieMaisyTallulah

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Maisy Goes Camping

Maisy Goes Camping

Lucy Cousins

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, Tallulah, Cyril and Eddie?

Characters: CharleyCyrilEddieMaisyTallulah

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Maisy Goes Swimming

Maisy Goes Swimming

Lucy Cousins

Celebrate twenty-five years of Maisy with this classic novelty book reissue!Help Maisy get changed for her swimming lesson 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 to turn taps, open doors and make clothes move up and down. It's time for Maisy to put on her colourful striped swimsuit and there's lots of early learning colour fun to be had: first she takes off her blue hat and scarf, then her red coat, her grey cardigan, her green trousers, her brown boots, her purple T-shirt, her yellow socks, her orange bloomers, and puts on her swimsuit and goes for a swim! Visit her amazing website – www.maisyfun.com – for activities, newsletters, games and more.

Characters: Maisy

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Maisy Learns to Swim

Maisy Learns to Swim

Lucy Cousins

Goggles and swimsuit at the ready – it's Maisy's first swimming lesson!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 all have a great swimming teacher called Poppy, the hippo. Everyone has lots to learn, including floating, kicking and blowing bubbles, but it's a LOT of fun!

Characters: EddieMaisyPoppyTallulah

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Where Are Maisy's Friends?

Where Are Maisy's Friends?

Lucy Cousins

A lift-the-flap delight from Lucy Cousins!Maisy is playing hide-and-seek with Charley, Tallulah, Eddie and Cyril. You can play too. Lift the flaps and help Maisy find her friends!

Characters: CharleyCyrilEddieMaisyTallulah

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Sam and Soraya

Built by Sam & Soraya

In 2022 we welcomed our little twins into the world. Since then we have been building up our home library full of baby books to try and give our boys the best start.

While books with characters called Sam are found in bookstores and charity shops throughout the land, we struggled to find any books with Soraya, Jasper, or Xander.

This gave Soraya the idea to compile a list of books for new parents and then Sam decided to turn it in to a website.