A thoughtful, heartfelt celebration of parental love – perfect for sharing with little loved ones.

There's a baby, peekaboo!

Remember when we did that too,

when you were tiny, soft and new,

your little hand in mine?

A mother and son enjoy a fun-filled day taking the bus to the park for a picnic, playing games and returning home for a bedtime story. As well as exploring everything we use our hands for, this reassuring rhyming story with gorgeous illustrations, celebrates the simple act of holding hands as an expression of security and love. A beautiful story, perfect for parent and child to share.

Praise for The Winter Wish by Helen Mortimer:

“Magical” Bookseller

“Beautiful” The Times

Praise for the Big Words for Little People series by Helen Mortimer:

“Empowering, interactive, fun, and with age appropriate language, these books are supportive, engaging and important” Armadillo Magazine

Praise for The Night Box, illustrated by Ashling Lindsay:

"A lyrical, atmospheric story that's perfect for lulling excitable toddlers to sleep" Evening Standard

"Tender and domestic, luminous and star-shot, Lindsay’s illustrations perfectly complement Greig’s soaring, unrhymed poetry, creating a sense of night’s scale, richness and enveloping magic" Imogen Russell Williams, Guardian

Helen Mortimer worked for several major publishing companies before becoming a freelance children's books editor and author. Her picture books for children include the Words for Little People series, Omar, the Bees and Me, Enzo, the Swallows and Me, When a Star Falls and The Winter Wish. Helen lives in Oxfordshire.

Ashling Lindsay is writer and illustrator from Belfast. Among her picture books for children are The Dog Who Danced on the Moon by John Boyne and The Night Box by Louise Grieg, which was nominated for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Teach Primary Book Awards and the Klaus Flugge Prize. She teaches Illustration at Belfast School of Art.