Books by Sam Taplin

Step inside the magical world of Santa's workshop as you press the buttons on this enchantingly illustrated book to hear elves making toys, reindeer bells jingling, Christmas music playing, and Santa's sleigh whooshing off into the night sky at the end.

Little children can press the buttons on the pages of this book to hear the wonderful sounds of a jungle, a hungry tiger roaring, tropical birds singing and a noisy orang-utan who isn't yet ready for bed. The colourful pages show the jungle at night, the sun rising and more, with simple text, delightful illustrations and cut-out shapes to discover.

Step into a world of winter magic with this festive sound book. Little ones will love pressing the pages to hear Christmas carols, robins singing, a crackling fire and much more, and pore over beautiful scenes of animals ice- skating and hanging Christmas decorations. With simple text, holes to peep through and fingertrails to explore.

Little children will love hearing the woods come to life as they press the pages of this enchanting book, and hear cuckoos and woodpeckers, rustling leaves and rippling streams. The colourful pages show birds in the treetops, animals playing beside a river and more, with simple text, beautiful illustrations and cut-out shapes to discover.

Learn to play simple, well-known tunes on the sturdy keyboard attached to the book. Each note is represented with a different colour, which corresponds to the same colour on the keys, making this accessible even to very young children. Tunes include Twinkle, Twinkle, Frere Jacques, Ode to Joy and more.

Little ones will love bringing the zoo to life in this adorable sound book. Press the pages to hear lions roaring, monkeys jabbering and lots more, and pore over colourful scenes including feeding time for the seals and elephants playing in the pool. With simple text, holes to peep through and fingertrails to explore.

Octopus is playing hide-and-seek... would you like to join in? Little children will love opening the big flaps in this beautifully illustrated book to discover who's hiding behind each one. As well as the octopus, there's a turtle, a crab, a fish and a sea horse to discover under the sea.

Little children will love curling up with this soothing music book. Simply press the pages to listen to five calming classical tunes, including music by Schubert, Haydn and Faure. With delightful illustrations by Elsa Martins showing otters, koalas and lions enjoying the music.

Little children will love hearing the birds sing as they press the pages of this enchanting book. Each beautifully illustrated scene has simple text and cut-out shapes to discover, and a sound button to press to hear different bird sounds including baby blackbirds tweeting, a magpie chattering, ducklings quacking and a cuckoo singing.

Little children can listen to a baby bird tweeting, frogs croaking in the pond and owls hooting when they press the pages of this delightful book. Colourful pages show the garden and pond in the sun and rain and at night. With simple text, holes to peep through and fingertrails to explore, this is a lovely first book about nature and the outdoors.

You'd better not tickle that polar bear, because it just might growl if you do! Babies and toddlers won't be able to resist tickling the adorable touchy-feely animals to hear the animal sounds in this unique novelty book. Alongside the polar bear there's a walrus, a seal and a puffin, followed by a musical finale guaranteed to get everyone dancing.

Press the buttons on each page to listen to the cheerful sounds of the wild animals beautifully illustrated throughout the book.

You'd better not tickle the unicorn... because it just might neigh if you do! This delightful interactive book combines touchy-feely patches with sounds: as well as the unicorn, babies and toddlers will enjoy tickling the dragon, phoenix and yeti to find out what noises they make. At the end of the book, all of the animals make their noises at the same time, along with a bouncy tune guaranteed to get everyone dancing.

Little ones will love bringing the farmyard to life with this adorable sound book. Press the pages and hear hens clucking, cows mooing and much more, and pore over colourful scenes include a sheepdog rounding up sheep, a piglet playing in the mud and ducks splashing in the pond. With simple text, holes to peep through and fingertrails to explore.

Discover the magic of the night in this enchanting sound book. Little children will love listening to sleeping cats purring, owls twit-twooing and bats squeaking when they press the sound buttons on the pages of this beautifully illustrated book. There's a simple story to read aloud, holes to peep through and fingertrails to explore, too.

A delightful, interactive book on a subject that young children love. With over 150 stickers which can be used to complete scenes featuring freight trains, monorails, steam trains and underground trains.

A sticker book that is packed full of fun and lively scenes with hundreds of big machines for children to discover. It features over 300 stickers. Each scene is begging to be filled with diggers, cranes, trucks, bulldozers and workers with simple text gently suggesting which scene needs which big vehicles.

You'd better not open the flaps... because the dinosaurs just might jump out if you do! Children will love exploring the deliciously unexpected world of this book, as each page reveals a hilarious pop-up dinosaur springing out of a cupboard or a fridge or the shower. The chaos increases with every page turned, until all the dinosaurs are revealed together in a spectacular pop-up at the end.

Children can discover the magic of Beethoven by pressing the buttons in this delightfully illustrated novelty book. The animal orchestra travel from place to place, playing different pieces of Beethoven's music and telling us a little bit about the composer's extraordinary life. This is a perfect introduction to one of the greatest composers of all time.

Little children will love the irresistible fluffy lamb puppet in this delightful novelty book.

You mustn't tickle the tiger or you might make it roar... but that touchy-feely patch is ever so tempting! Little children will love pressing the touchy-feely patches to hear the animal sounds in this hilarious and charming book.

Brush water over the black and white illustrations and watch as underwater creatures burst into colour! There are sixteen detailed pictures to bring to life, filled with sea otters, dolphins, sharks, seahorses and lots more. With a handy fold-out back cover to prevent colours running through to the page beneath.