Augustus and his Smile by Catherine Rayner
Little Tiger Press
Augustus the tiger believes he has lost his smile so he sets off to find it. His search takes him to the tops of the tallest trees, over mountains and to the bottom of the ocean. When finally he finds it, he realises it was there all along. The collage style illustrations are beautifully uncluttered and almost tactile. (Literature core collection)

Dig Dig Digging by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe
Orchard
Lively verses about machines and the work they do. The rhythm of the words mimics the repetitive actions of the machines, as does the way they are laid out on the bright colourful pages. ‘Tractors are good at pull, pull, pulling, Ploughing up the field with a squelch, squelch, squelching.’ (Information core collection)