{"product_id":"big-words-for-little-people-12-books-collection-set-helen-mortimer-ages-3-5-hardback","title":"Big Words for Little People 12 Books Collection Set by Helen Mortimer - Ages 3-5 - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitles in This Set\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nLearning\u003cbr\u003e\nDoing Your Best\u003cbr\u003e\nRespect\u003cbr\u003e\nFriendship\u003cbr\u003e\nHappiness\u003cbr\u003e\nLove\u003cbr\u003e\nKindness\u003cbr\u003e\nBravery\u003cbr\u003e\nCelebrate\u003cbr\u003e\nBeing Healthy\u003cbr\u003e\nCalmness\u003cbr\u003e\nOur World\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Brand New\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003eAge Range: Ages 3-5 (Preschool-Kindergarten)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBig Words for Little People is a twelve-book hardback collection from Oxford University Press that introduces young children to powerful concepts like kindness, bravery, and calmness through simple, rhythmic text and warm illustrations. Written by Helen Mortimer and illustrated by Cristina Trapanese, each title takes one big idea and makes it small enough for a preschooler to hold onto. Perfect for bedtime, storytime, or classroom circle time, this set gives parents and teachers an easy, ready-made way to talk with children about feelings, friendship, and the wider world around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBig Words for Little People takes twelve tricky emotional and social concepts young children encounter and turns each into its own beautifully illustrated hardback storybook. Helen Mortimer's gentle, rhythmic text pairs with Cristina Trapanese's warm, expressive artwork to bring abstract ideas like respect, bravery, and calmness down to a preschooler's eye level. Rather than lecturing, each book uses relatable everyday moments — sharing a toy, trying something new, feeling nervous before a big day — to show children what these big words actually look like in action. The consistent visual style across all twelve titles helps young readers recognize characters and themes from book to book, building familiarity while vocabulary and emotional understanding grow side by side. Developed with Oxford's language experts, the series answers a question many parents and teachers ask: what does it actually mean to be kind, brave, or happy to a three or four year old? Each book offers a clear, age-appropriate answer, giving grown-ups the words to open a conversation and children the confidence to name what they're feeling. The hardback format is sized and built for little hands and repeat reading, making the set at home on a nursery bookshelf, in a classroom reading corner, or tucked into a bag for on-the-go storytime. Whether read one at a time as a nightly ritual or explored as a full set over several weeks, Big Words for Little People helps children build a bigger vocabulary and a bigger emotional toolkit, turning big ideas into small, memorable stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Benefits\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwelve hardback storybooks in one set, covering emotional literacy from bravery to calmness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSimple, age-appropriate language that turns big feelings into words preschoolers can actually use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarm, consistent illustrations by Cristina Trapanese that children recognize and love across the series\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeal for bedtime, circle time, or a classroom library shelf on social-emotional learning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSturdy hardback format built for little hands, repeat readings, and years of shared story time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA ready-made conversation starter for parents and teachers introducing kindness, respect, and confidence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook-by-Book Guide\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nLearning — Learning invites curious minds to discover new ideas, with bright pictures that spark conversation and confidence.\u003cbr\u003e\nDoing Your Best — Doing Your Best reassures children that effort and practice matter more than perfection.\u003cbr\u003e\nRespect — Respect uses simple everyday scenarios to teach listening, empathy, and considerate behavior.\u003cbr\u003e\nFriendship — Friendship celebrates sharing and cooperation, showing how good friends support and forgive one another.\u003cbr\u003e\nHappiness — Happiness explores gratitude and small everyday joys through cheerful, relatable characters.\u003cbr\u003e\nLove — Love highlights caring gestures and family bonds, encouraging children to express affection in their own words.\u003cbr\u003e\nKindness — Kindness centers on small everyday choices that help others and build a gentler world.\u003cbr\u003e\nBravery — Bravery reframes courage as everyday acts, like trying something new or speaking up for a friend.\u003cbr\u003e\nCelebrate — Celebrate highlights milestones and shared moments, teaching joy, gratitude, and belonging.\u003cbr\u003e\nBeing Healthy — Being Healthy introduces simple routines for body and mind, from good food to rest and movement.\u003cbr\u003e\nCalmness — Calmness offers young children gentle tools to pause, breathe, and reset when big feelings surge.\u003cbr\u003e\nOur World — Our World sparks curiosity about communities, nature, and the wider world beyond home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelen Mortimer is a children's author known for warm, emotionally intelligent picture books that help young readers understand the world around them. She developed Big Words for Little People with Oxford's language experts, aiming to make big feelings and ideas approachable for preschoolers. Illustrator Cristina Trapanese brings the series to life with soft, expressive artwork that gives each big word a friendly, memorable face. Together, Mortimer and Trapanese created a consistent style across all twelve books, making this collection a trusted resource for parents, caregivers, and early years teachers introducing social-emotional learning at home or in the classroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy You'll Love This Set\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis twelve-book hardback set turns big feelings into simple, memorable stories kids actually enjoy revisiting again and again. It makes a wonderful baby shower or birthday gift, a cozy addition to bedtime routines, and a genuinely useful classroom library resource for teaching kindness, bravery, respect, and calm all year long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlease Note: This is the UK edition with the ISBN as listed; the cover may vary slightly from the image shown.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Helen Mortimer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57111914152310,"sku":"MAN-OXF-U411620-9789124292102","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0575\/6587\/2211\/files\/big-words-for-little-people-helen-mortimer-hardback.jpg?v=1785787118","url":"https:\/\/skymartbooks.com\/products\/big-words-for-little-people-12-books-collection-set-helen-mortimer-ages-3-5-hardback","provider":"Skymart Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}