Richard Scarry's Big Busy Sticker and Activity Book

An activity book rather than a straight sticker book: over 70 pages of mazes, puzzles, colouring and connect-the-dots, all set in Busytown and populated by the usual residents. The 800-plus stickers are there to be used throughout, not just admired on the sheet.

Aimed at children roughly 3 to 7, it's built for the kind of concentrated, absorbed play that keeps a car journey or a rainy afternoon from falling apart. Matching games, tic-tac-toe boards, word searches and crossword puzzles sit alongside the sticker pages, so there's more than one way into it.

A solid pick for a Richard Scarry fan who's aged past board books but not out of Busytown yet.

• By Random House
• 96 pages
• 800+ stickers
• Recommended ages 3-7