This is a good price for anything to do with Lego actually, especially when you consider how much these books usually go for. The Lego City All Aboard activity book is down from £5.99 to only £2.99 at WH Smith and you can arrange for free delivery instore to save on delivery charges.

• Click here to get some Lego with WH Smith

The Lego City All Aboard activity book is perfect for kids aged 5 to 7 years old and lets them create their own action packed adventures on the railway. You can build your very own Lego city train driver minifigure while you go too.

The book has stories and puzzles for kids to complete as they go and is great for keeping them busy on these cold and wet winter afternoons. I know I was wishing for something a bit more activity related the other day when we hit our third day of rain and no sign of it stopping!

Thanks to andywedge at HUKD!

I love the Gruffalo's child. It has a nice pace, and a lovely setting. You can almost hear the shush of the snow in the woods. And also I like that it is a cautionary tale without being preachy. Always best to stay at home with mum and dad kids! If you're looking for a Christmas gift to give to a young child then this could help. It is the Gruffalo's Child and Monkey Puzzle board books in a boxed set that includes a free height chart. If you can collect instore it will only cost £5 at WH Smith. It normally costs £11.98.

• Click here for your Gruffalo's Child and Monkey Puzzle boxset at WH Smith

The two books come in a slip-cover style box. They're hard books, so more suited to younger children who are a bit rough with paper pages. Slightly older pre-schoolers may find it babyish though.

I'm not so familiar with the Monkey Puzzle book, also written by Julia Donaldson with the same fabulous illustrations from artist Axel Scheffler. The story follows Monkey as, with the (not so) helpful blue butterfly tries to find his mum.

I think that it also contains the words and the music for the Monkey Puzzle song, although I'm not 100% sure that's in all versions of the book.

Thanks to goonertillidie at HUKD!

Oooh, now this is a fab deal! What you get from WH Smith for your precious £9.99 is a ten book bundle of Terry Pratchett books that will be perfect for any fan, or for someone who has never read his work and you just know will love it. A stunning Christmas gift!

• Click here to get some reading with WH Smith

The Terry Pratchett 10 book bundle is packed with ten titles from his huge collection and the fun part is that you have absolutely no idea which books you are going to get. Anything from Jingo to Witches Abroad to the Light Fantastic – your guess is as good as mine.

The approximate retail price of the entire set sits between £70 and £90, depending, I assume, on which books you will get and what their retail value is. They are delivered free to a local WH Smith or you can buy two and get it delivered to your home for free as they offer free delivery on orders over £15.

Thanks to macdoona at HUKD!

Wow, ok, this is a pretty hot deal that is still going on over at WH Smith and is totally brilliant for Christmas gifts. WH Smith is selling a bunch of Lego City packs at 50% off their usual price, making these a whoppingly good buy for any Lego fan.

• Click here to get some Lego at WH Smith

There are quite a few Lego City sets included in the 50% off sale at WH Smith making this a whoppingly good deal for those of you with Lego fans to shop for. There is the Lego City Police Helicopter, Camper, 4x4 and Horsebox, Off Road Fire & Rescue, Fire Rescue!, Tractor, Front Loader, Police bike…

…Let’s Build, Car and Seaplane. So there you have it, a whopping list of Lego City kits marked down by 50% and selling for as low as £3.59 for an entire set. You can now nab three or four sets for under £20 (depending on the sets) and really knock them over with joy this Christmas.

Thanks to StoneyOne at HUKD!

Unlike my apparently catastrophic Tesco Clearance Sale deal post yesterday which yabbered on about instore bargains, this WH Smith clearance sale is totally, utterly and completely online. It is packed with bargains and discounts on toys and stationery with savings up to 72% off.

• Click here to get started with the clearance sale at WH Smith

I really like how WH Smith has structured their site and the sale. If you go to the landing page and click on Clearance Items, you can then select your category and then do your shopping. The link above takes you to Gifts, Games and Toys so if you fancy anything else just follow that route and you’ll see what else is on offer.

You’ll find personalised story CDs, Toy Story 3 Lego games and activities, Ben and Holly toys, Barbie doodads and even FurReal Friends on sale. The latter are down from £20.99 to only £10.49 which is a rather good saving of half price.

There are loads of items in the sale and many of them reduced to excellently low prices. I’m already using this to nab all the Christmas presents for little nieces and nephews and friends.

Thanks to glass_half_full at HUKD!

How would you like to save a bunch of cash on your urgent Back to School purchases? Yeah, thought so. Well, lucky for us WH Smith has offered us a truly tasty 10% discount to take off all stationery for only TWO days. Yes, from this very minute until 9pm on 27 August the discount can be yours. After that it’s gone!

• Click here to get started on Back to School deals with WH Smith

The voucher will be running from today until 9pm on Saturday and it will give a 10% discount on all stationery but does not include postage costs.

• Discount: 10%
• Valid On: Back to School Stationery
• Valid Till: 27 August 2011
• Discount Code:  BTS1QPR

So what tasty treats can you expect to find? Well there are mid-year diaries, pens, calculators, pencils, pencil cases, school bags and lunch boxes and even Hello Kitty Back to School goodies.

I’ve already immersed myself in the lunchbox section because ours is looking quite tattered and I want something awesome and cool, and I fancy a tasty 10% discount too.

So, take a peek, grab those essentials that you need to get your Back to School stuff sorted (or your office) and enjoy our exclusive PlayPennies voucher from WH Smith.

Wake up with Pac Man! You know you want to! Why leave the 80s behind? Why abandon Pac Man to the dingy café arcades of the past when you can wake up with his happy little face right beside you, maw agape, ready to eat any ghosts that attempt to carry you off in the night! Pac Man is down to £7.19 from £11.99 saving you £4.80.

• Click here to get arcade at WH Smith

Arcade junkies and kids from the 80s will love this fantabulous Pac Man alarm clock that will sit comfortably on his stand and display the time inside his famous mouth. Yes, you can tell the time by reading his mouth. Life is sweet.

The Pac Man alarm clock has a snooze button (thank goodness) and a handy back light so if you want to know the time at 4am, you can! He comes with the authentic Pac Man sounds too and you can switch off the alarm features and use him as just a standard clock. He needs two AA batteries and WH Smith will charge for postage, still that doesn’t mean you can’t just go and fetch Pac Man from your nearest store.

Thanks to jmcderm1 at HUKD!

If you're planning a holiday abroad for this summer, you might be interested in the Rough Guides available at WH Smith right now for up to 50% off.

• Plan your summer with 50% off the Rough Guides

While you can find most information, probably more up to date on line, trying to find an internet cafe or racing up the data costs on your mobile phone while you're abroad, having a printed book on hand can be sweet relief when your feet are aching.

The Rough Guides to … pretty much anywhere... start at £6.99 (was £13.99) for the guides to Croatia, Dubai, New York, Cyprus and Cape Town, the Winelands and the Garden Route and go up to £11.39 for The Rough Guide to China (was £18.99, so a 40% saving.)

If a holiday abroad is not on the cards for you, there's also a The Rough Guide to Britain (£10.19), which takes a detailed look at Britain's history, literature, politics and cultural life with increased coverage of outdoor activities and expert background on everything from King Arthur to the Edinburgh festival.

And if Britain's still too big, there's even a guide to London (£6.99). Even if you're a Londoner, it's a good book to own as there's so much to see and do in London, it's easy to miss out on good things and this could just give you the boost you need to get out and discover the city.

There's free shipping for orders over £15 too, so buy a couple, and happy holiday planning!

There seems to be a box of Lego on sale every other week recently – or maybe I'm just noticing it more now – and today it's WH Smith's turn to put there Lego offerings forward. They have for sale a large Lego brick box for £18.99, which is apparently a 50% saving off the original price.

• Click here for a large brick box of Lego from WH Smith

I guess I'm noticing Lego more now as my little girl is becoming of (Lego) age. She's sixteen months but already has three Duplo sets – none of which she plays with as intended, but she does love the 'Daddy' figurines, and her latest set has a little girl too. So now she has two daddies and a boy and girl and a zoo's worth of animals and flowers. Almost.

This storage box has a transparent lid, and contains a minifigure, a 16x16 stud green building plate, a great mix of standard bricks in various colours, and house and wheels elements.

There's no indication of how many bricks are included, but judging by the comments there aren't many, so don't be disappointed that the box isn't in any way full.

The box also contains an idea book with instructions and inspirations for things to build.

Delivery is free as this is over £15.00.

Thanks to valley-hotdeal12 at HUKD

They're hideous with orange eyes, terrible tusks, and turned out knees and poisonous warts. But kids love them. Gruffalo's that is. I think I could recite both the Gruffalo and the Gruffalo's Child from memory. This large 16" soft toy version of the Gruffalo is available at the moment at WH Smith for £13.50.

• Click here for the Gruffalo at WH Smith don't you know?

This is a saving of 60% on the RRP of £32.99, however WH Smith has had it on sale previously for £14.50. This large Gruffalo soft toy doesn't seem to be on sale anywhere else. The next cheapest I could find it was £17.99 at Amazon, so this looks like a fairly solid bargain.

Delivery is free if you can collect at a store, or if you spend over £15 (so you may want to throw in a magazine or something else you would buy anyway to take the total up). The toy sits at 16" high. The manufacturer's recommended age is 3 years and upwards.

Of the eleven customer reviews on Amazon, 9 give it a four or five star rating. One reviewer comments that "this is a perfect size for my kids and looks more like the gruffalo should." One reviewer found the stitching poor on the Gruffalo they bought, and the other reviewer who gave it three stars found that after watching the video her son was too scared of the Gruffalo to play with it!

Thanks to andyjazz at HUKD!

Here's one I've already ordered myself for the present drawer! My first purchase for 2011. It's a fabulous bargain if you can use the collect for free option from a store. WH Smith have reduced this lovely Charlie & Lola Craft Suitcase Kit from £14.99 to £4.50. That's a 70% saving.

• Click here if you mostly, very much like Charlie and Lola Crafts at WH Smith

There's not much, unfortunately, on the website about what you get in the suitcase. It simply says "this kit contains lots of fun things to make crafty flowers. Contains: Card shapes Scissors Pipe Cleaners Tissue paper Ribbon Glitter glue".

It is aimed at girls, with pictures on the front of Lola and her best friend Lotta. I wouldn't be able to give this to a little boy - they're all at that age where they can be a bit funny about these things.

Which is a shame as it would only take having a Charlie character on the box to make this unisex. Little boys do like making flowers too. Or butterflies as I found out the other day (although they did spend a lot of time getting chased and eaten by the toy dinosaurs, but still!).

I do wish that toy manufacturers wouldn't decide for us quite so much what is a boy's toy and what is for girls. It took the Peppa Pig merchandising folks quite a while to work out that boys love the show just as much as girls. When my son was a toddler all he wanted was a Peppa Pig backpack, but I couldn't find any that weren't all pink (and his dad wouldn't let me buy that!). Now you can get backpacks with Peppa and George that are mostly blue and red instead of pink. I'll get off my soap box now!

Thanks to No Ready Yet at HUKD!

Click on the link below to print this WH Smith voucher for use instore. It will take £5 off your order when you spend £20 or more.

Click here to print this £5 WH Smith instore voucher

• Discount: £5
• Minimum spend: £20
• Promotional voucher: print the voucher from the link above
• Expires: 24th December 2010

To use this voucher, click on the link above and print it out. I am always amazed at how easy it can be to spend money in WH Smith. At this time of the year, especially if you're out and about and need to get some things on the fly, you can easily spend up to £20 or more. So to be PlayPennies canny, what you should do is print this voucher out and have it to hand just in case its needed during this last week of Christmas shopping!

There are some conditions on its use and exclusions. The voucher is valid only in WHSmith High Street stores. Excludes outlet stores, Books by WHSmith at Selfridges stores, online and travel stores including those at airports, railway stations, motorway service stations, hospitals and work places. Offer also excludes CDs, DVDs, Games and Consoles, stamps, tobacco, gift vouchers, phone cards, e-gift cards, book tokens, theatre tokens and National Lottery products.

Thanks to lucerysmum at HUKD!

This looks like a really lovely crafty product, at a pretty good price. The Night Garden has appeal for boys and girls alike, and seems to be a winner with any preschoolers I know. WH Smith has reduced its Pack of 3 In The Night Garden Character Hats by 60%, down from £14.97 to £5.99.

• Isn't that a pip! Character Hats at WH Smith

According to the website these character hats are "easy to make and decorate. Encourage your little one's imagination with a role playing game - or your toddler can just have fun putting on and taking off their own personalised hat". It comes with Crayola Beginnings Jumbo crayons, which are easy for little hands to hold. There are stickers too.  Also includes adjustable headbands featuring In The Night Garden scenes.

You'll receive 3 boxes, which at this price could make it an ideal activity for parties. Or just for rainy Sunday afternoons, as today turned out to be (despite the weather forecast on the BBC being for sunny if chilly).

Thanks to lucerysmum at HUKD!

This is a 60% saving, so you might need to be quick. While stocks last and all that. WH Smith has reduced the price of the Hama Rally 4000 Piece Midi Set from £14.99 to £5.99. However, to get the best saving you'll need to be able to collect for free instore. Otherwise the lowest cost delivery is Saver, at £2.24.

• Click here for beading fun at WH Smith

I'm really intrigued by these bead sets. They look like a lot of fun to do, especially for children like my son who doesn't get into any sort of craft work that involves drawing or colouring in. WH Smith doesn't say what you get in the box; the site simply describes it as a "colourful arts and crafts game will have the kids amused for hours. Choose from one of the many car designs and get to work with your beads to create your very own."

However I did find some information elsewhere on the web. Apparantly this set comes with 4000 midi beads, two interlocking square boards, stands, ironing paper, designs and instructions. Do keep in mind that this is not stated on the WH Smith site. It is recommended for ages 5 and up.

Thanks to lucyrysmum at HUKD!

Four printable vouchers that will get you £5 off books, stationery and kids stuff at WH Smith. The minimum spend varies - £10 on a book, £15 for stationery and £12 for kids stuff. The fourth voucher is for anything in the store, as long as you spend a minimum of £20.

• Click here to get £5 off books, stationery and kids stuff at WH Smith

• Discount: £5
• Applies To: Books, stationery and kids stuff
• Voucher: Printable click on the link above
• Expires: 26th September 2010

Click on the link above to be taken to a PDF page with four vouchers. You can get £5 off when you spend £10 or more on a book; £15 on books, cards and stationery; and £12 on kids games, books and toys. Also, there's a voucher to get £5 off a £20 spend in the store. This last one exludes mobile phones, games, DVDs, CDs and consoles however.

Personally I'm  not ever going to buy a book from WH Smiths, not when it is so much cheaper to buy them online or from a discount book store. And actually, most of my books these days come from charity stores and the second hand book stall run at my son's primary school every parent evening! But for getting stationery for back to school, especially for secondary school, it is a handy place to shop. So that alone makes this a nice little saving.

Thanks to d-j mitch at HUKD!

WH Smith haven’t sidled onto the back to school wagon, they’ve jumped on and started blowing horns. They are offering up to 75% off selected back to school goodies that include electronics, filing, arts and crafts, stationary and more.

• Click here to get school bargains at WH Smith

Don’t worry if the site seems to take ages to load, I had some issues with it but eventually it started working. There are quite a few really useful things in the back to school sale, and some things that just make me go, “What?”. For example, I wouldn’t spend £18 on a pen for a school kid.

Still, things like coloured paper, notebooks and washable markers are down to less than £5, backpacks are going for £2.50 (yeah, that’s really good!), and then designer notebooks are all under £10.

I am confused by the presence of video replacement cases (Video? Seriously? What?) and a paper cutter (yes, let me give my Reception aged child a paper cutter!) but if you have the patience to wade through some of the weirder options you’ll find some great deals.

My not-so-secret addiction is to stationary. I have a pile of notebooks that I couldn’t resist, and more thingies than you can shake a stick at. So this back to school sale may well be my little treat for the month. Yum, stationary.

WH Smith are selling a bunch of lovely goodies online in their regular clearance sale and I thought it would be a good idea to let you all know what's on offer for you. Why endure the sweaty crowds when you can nab your bargains from the comfort of home? So, pour a cup of java (or tea) and join me as I trawl through their sale.

• Click here to get some clearance with WH Smith

Is this a bad time to mention that Christmas is coming? Sorry! It's just that this is a good time to start stocking up on the little things for stocking fillers, small pressies for not-so-close family, before the prices all shoot up. SO, here are some lovely ideas that could help you bulk up that present cupboard of yours.

A Nintendo DSi (black or white) down to only £99.99? A fantastic price for a present that will knock the socks of your kids, partner (or yourself!). Lots of lovely pencil cases, swimming bags, stationary and other Back to School paraphernalia here as well. You can either prepare for September, or have these cuties wrapped up for stockings.

Have fun and happy shopping!

You’re making a saving of almost 76 percent on this bargain from WH Smith with the Brainy Baby DVD collection marked down from £161.91. This collection of DVDs is designed to stimulate cognitive development from babies to children aged five years old.

• Click here to view the Brain Baby deal at WH Smith

This series has been designed to give your children a head start in the world of learning and to provide them with a solid foundation for their early education. Parents that want to really work with their kids to ensure that they get the best out of their education will adore this series.

There are nine DVDs included in this special offer including Left Brain – Logical Thinking, Right Brain – Creative Thinking, Peek-A-Boo – Creative Exploration, Laugh & Learn – Learning and Discovery, Animals, Shapes & Colours, Music, 123s and ABCs. 

Each DVD is aimed at teaching your kids a new topic in fun and entertaining ways using video, objects and more. The videos show other children playing and learning the relevant subject so as to provide your kids with context and help. There are plenty of fun activities and things to do as well as the serious stuff of learning.

Thanks to ianshona at HUKD!