They are popular for producing big box sets as well as individual titles that not only encourage children to pick up the books but also guides them through their journey of becoming confident readers.

A notice at the town’s railway station welcoming visitors to ‘The Home of Ladybird Books’ was taken down but in 2015 a green plaque was unveiled at Angel Yard in Loughborough, the original home of Ladybird Books, recognising the company’s importance in the town’s history. Each board book adorned in bold, bright colours and simple text covers an important subject like shapes, animal sounds, On the farm, Things that go, colours, At the zoo, numbers, animals, faces and first words; respectively. So, if you're looking for a simple history of a character in history or a great civilization - why not see if there is a title in this series that can help you? The series follows a trend of other spoof Ladybird books including We Go to the Gallery by Miriam Elia who had previously been threatened with legal action by Penguin.Learn about other topics in the Ladybird Experts series including Gravity, Quantum Physics, Climate Change and Evolution.

From the 1950s, under the guidance of editorial director Douglas Keen, Ladybird started to develop series of books including ‘Nature’, ‘Adventures from History’, ‘Travel’, ‘People at Work’, ‘How it Works’ and ‘Well-Loved Tales’, all in the same familiar portrait hardback format.Good luck with building up your collections and enjoy re-reading your old favourite Ladybird stories and discovering new ones you never knew existed! An independent company for much of its life, Ladybird Books became part of the Pearson Group in 1972.