The Cotswold Book Shop

01/12/2025

This Saturday, 6th December

26/11/2025

Special Offer…
Set of 4 Alex Neptune books
⭐️ Was £31.96 now just £14.99!! ⭐️

31/08/2025

***BOOK OF THE DAY***

STICKER DOLLY ADVENT CALENDAR

Price - £14.99

Age - 5+

Count down to Christmas with the magical world of Sticker Dolly Dressing!

Open each window in this magical advent calendar to discover a story or activity book hidden behind it. There are 12 magical Sticker Dolly Story books featuring fairies, mermaids and unicorns, and 12 little activity books, including drawing, doodling, puzzles and three sticker books.

- A festive countdown packed with creativity, storytelling, and imagination
- Discover 24 mini books, one hidden behind each window
- A perfect gift for the advent season
- The number 1 bestselling sticker series with characters to dress and colourful scenes to decorate
- Hours of enjoyment to stimulate any child's imagination
- Develop children's concentration and fine motor skills
- Ideal for ages 5+

30/08/2025

Could you survive a wilderness adventure...without your phone?

Join Gigi, Moyo and their Uncle Dee as they are stranded in the wilderness when their kayak goes adrift. Children will learn all sorts of survival tips such as how to create shelter and what to do when you see a bear!

💥 Told in lively comic book style
🌴 Written with expert advice from wilderness survival experts and conservationists
📖 Perfect for school projects about nature and the environment

💬 What would your child's essential adventure snack be? Tell me in the comments!

29/08/2025

⭐️ BOOK OF THE DAY ⭐️

Mummies LOVE hugs - from big, brave hugs to soft, snuggly ones. Young children will delight in turning the inventively shaped pages to bring mummies and thei...

28/08/2025

***BOOK OF THE DAY***

Poppy & Sam's Complete Book of Farmyard Tales

Price - £14.99
Age - 2+

Discover a delightful collection of all 20 of the enduringly popular Farmyard Tales stories. A beautiful, hardback gift that will be read again and again.

Little children will love this charming story collection from Apple Tree Farm, featuring Mrs. Boot the farmer, her children Poppy and Sam, and a host of friendly farm animals including Curly the pig and Rusty the dog. Illustrated with gentle humour by Stephen Cartwright, with the lovable Little Yellow Duck to spot on every page, this book includes favourites that have delighted children for three generation.

Stories included in this collection:
Pig Gets Stuck
The Naughty Sheep
Barn on Fire
The Runaway Tractor
Pig Gets Lost
The Hungry Donkey
Scarecrow's Secret
Tractor in Trouble
The Silly Sheepdog
Kitten's Day Out
The New Pony
The Grumpy Goat
The Snow Storm
Surprise Visitors
Market Day
Camping Out
Old Steam Train
Dolly And The Train
Rusty's Train Ride
Woolly Stops The Train

26/08/2025

***BOOK OF THE DAY***

Anisha Accidental Detective
Price - £5.99

Age - 7+

“Perfect for younger detectives. So funny and clever and sweet." Robin Stevens

Winner of the Sainsbury's Children's Book Prize and of the Crimefest Best Crime Novel for Children

HELP! My super-dramatic Aunty Bindi is getting married tomorrow and she's having a mega meltdown.

But sssh! I've just found a ransom note, pushed through the letter box, saying Uncle Tony, Bindi's husband-to-be, has been kidnapped, and will only be freed if the wedding is cancelled!

I have to keep this a secret otherwise it'll be panic-central...

I guess it's up to me - Anisha, ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVE, to save the day.

25/08/2025

***BOOK OF THE DAY***

The Usborne Book of Face Painting

Price - £8.99
Age - 5+

Perfect for children, parents or anyone else keen to try their hand at face-painting anything from tigers, aliens and sharks to unicorns, rainbows and superheroes.

24/08/2025

Today at The Red Lion in Long Compton

24/08/2025

***BOOK OF THE DAY***

Poppy & Sam Telling the Time Book

Price - £8.99

Age -4+

Follow a day in the life of the Boot family, as Poppy and Sam learn to tell the time along with the reader. Young readers can turn the hands on the attached clock face to match the time of all kinds of activities on Apple Tree Farm.

22/08/2025

⭐️LONG COMPTON BOOK HUNT⭐️
Saturday AND Sunday 23rd & 24th

Today (23rd Aug) is being run in conjunction with Longcompton sports club social Saturday starting at 4 pm at the playing field (Books will be hidden in the playground and around the playing field)

TOMORROW (Sun 24th Aug)
If you can’t make today’s book hunt, don’t worry, there is another one tomorrow at the Red Lion from 11 am (Books will be hidden in and around the garden area)
Have a nice refreshing drink while the children search for books !!!

Both these book hunts have been kindly sponsored by Lisa and Sarah at the Red Lion

22/08/2025

⭐️⭐️ BOOK OF THE DAY ⭐️⭐️

BEDTIME STORIES TO READ ALOUD

Price - £12.99

Age - 3+

Curl up with these six cosy stories - perfect for reading aloud to little children. Meet the troll who has always wanted to brush his teeth, a naughty bunny who can't get to sleep and a dragon who lights the stars each night. An enchanting collection that will be sure to bring magic to bedtime.

Chapters in this book include:
- The Bunny Who Wouldn't Go to Bed
- The Wide-Awake Bird
- The Troll Who Wanted to Brush his Teeth
- Just One More
- A Tiger's Tale
- Tiny Dragon and the Star Bear