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Help young children improve their language and writing skills with this fun book all about food. There are lots of easy words to practise reading and writing, including types of food, meals and kitchen things. With durable, wipe-clean pages for endless practice and links to websites with advice and more activities. Age 3 Paperback ISBN: 9781474968164 Extent: 20 pages Dimensions: 240 x 170mmIllustrator Marta Cabrol

Grasshopper sings all summer, happy and carefree. Ant is busy, busy, busy, collecting food for winter. But what will Grasshopper do when winter comes? Find out in this lively retelling of the classic Aesop’s fable, specially written for beginner readers and with beautiful illustrations by John Joven throughout. Age 4 Key Stage KS1 E BIC CBMC A2N79 Hardback ISBN: 9781474956567 Extent: 48 pages Dimensions: 196 x 130mmIllustrator John Joven...

It’s opening day at the Snazzy Hotel, but the clumsy unicorn staff are causing one disaster after another! Can anything persuade their VIP guest to stay? This entertaining story for beginner readers has simple rhyming text, stylish illustrations and parents’ notes on phonics at the back of the book. With free online audio to listen to the story. Age 3 Key Stage EYFS/KS1 E BIC CBMC A3M79 Paperback ISBN: 9781474959506 Extent: 24 pages Dimensions: 210 x 210mmIllustrator David Semple...

Step into a world of winter magic with this festive sound book. Little ones will love pressing the pages to hear Christmas carols, robins singing, a crackling fire and much more, and pore over beautiful scenes of animals ice-skating and hanging Christmas decorations. With simple text, holes to peep through and fingertrails to explore. Age 3 BIC CBMC A2J79 Hardback ISBN: 9781474967556 Extent: 10 pages Dimensions: 210 x 210mmAuthor/Editor Sam TaplinIllustrator Federica Iossa...

Little children will love to wind-up the little red car and watch as it whizzes through busy towns and beautiful countryside on its way to the seaside. With four different tracks for the car to drive around, bright and lively illustrations and lots to spot and talk about on every page. Age 3 BIC CBMC A2J79 Hardback ISBN: 9781474956826 Extent: 10 pages Dimensions: 270 x 230mmIllustrator Stefano Tognetti

Armadillo receives a late night visit from a fairy. But he soon gets carried away with the wishes she grants... This entertaining story for beginner readers has simple rhyming text and stylish illustrations throughout. A delight to share with young children, or for beginner readers to read themselves, with parent’s notes on phonics at the back. Age 3 Key Stage EYFS E BIC CBMC A2L79 Paperback ISBN: 9781474959476 Extent: 24 pages Dimensions: 210 x 210mmIllustrator David Semple...

This fun book is a perfect way for young children to improve their language and writing skills. Trace over 130 school-themed words, from classroom objects to PE activities and colours, shapes and numbers. With durable, wipe-clean pages for endless practice and links to websites with advice and more reading and writing activities. Age 3 BIC CBMC A2L79 Paperback ISBN: 9781474968171 Extent: 20 pages Dimensions: 240 x 170mmIllustrator Marta Cabrol...

Step back in time to the excitement of life in a castle, with jousts and banquets and daring deeds. This castle-bound adventure is specially written for children just beginning to read, with fun puzzles to complete after the story and entertaining illustrations by Benji Davies. Age 4 Key Stage EYFS Lexile Measure 420L Book Band Orange CEFR Level A1 Hardback with ribbon marker ISBN: 9781409535775 Extent: 32 pages Dimensions: 196 x 130mmAuthor/Editor Anna MilbourneIllustrator Benji Davies...

A charming new version of the classic nursery rhyme for beginner readers ready to tackle slightly more complicated storylines and sentence structures. It’s dinner time for Old Mother Hubbard’s dog. But the cupboard is bare! Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. Includes several pages of reading-related puzzles. Also available as ebook with narration in British English (only on tablets that support audio). Age 4 Lexile Me...

A lovely first book about the seashore with very simple text for young children to read themselves. Beautifully detailed scenes illustrated by Cinzia Battistel show plants and animals that live by the sea, from a puffin feeding its chicks, to crabs and turtles scuttling across the sand. Age 3 Key Stage EYFS E Book Band Turquoise BIC CBMC A5N79 Hardback ISBN: 9781409581789 Extent: 32 pages Dimensions: 204 x 150mmAuthor/Editor Emily BoneIllustrator Cinzia Battistel...

A delightful story book with a wind-up ladybird toy and four different tracks to follow through the garden. Wind up the ladybird, place her on the tracks and watch the busy bug as she speeds back home through the garden, passing flowers, vegetables and other insects. The simple story, colourful illustrations, winding tracks and speedy ladybird will give children lots to spot and talk about. A toy and a book combined, this makes a wonderful gift that children will want to play with again and agai...

Woolly the sheep is always escaping: running around Apple Tree Farm and eating Mrs. Boots flowers. But when she runs all the way to the Show, something unexpected happens... This charming tale for beginner readers from the Farmyard Tales series has simple text, illustrations by Stephen Cartwright and puzzles to solve at the end of the story. Age 4 Key Stage KS1 E Lexile Measure 420L Book Band Orange BIC CBMC A2L79 CEFR Level A2 Hardback with ribbon marker ISBN: 9781409590729 Extent: 32 pages Dim...

A lively, rhyming story with irresistibly funny illustrations and phonic repetition specially designed to help children learn to read. “Goat rows his boat around the moat. He sits and gazes at his float. It sinks. He blinks. “A fish!” he thinks.” Simple rhyming text helps children develop essential language and early reading skills, and there are guidance notes for parents at the back of the book. Age 3 Key Stage EYFS BIC CBMC A2M79 Accelerated Reader level 1.5 LYPaperbac...

A colourful lift-the-flap board book to help children learn about shapes in a fun way. Each page features an illustrated scene full of spotting, naming and counting activities, from a circus show to a trip to the seaside and a summer picnic. Activities include lifting circular, triangular and star-shaped flaps at the circus to uncover the hidden performers, and searching for animals at the seaside by lifting beach balls, kites and umbrellas. With over 80 flaps to lift, each page has lots to spot...

The popular fairy story specially retold for young readers and with bright, colourful illustrations on every page. Jack and his mother are so poor, they have no food and not much hope... Until Jack meets a strange little man with a handful of magic beans. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme, developed in conjunction with reading experts from Roehampton University. Age 4 Key Stage EYFS/KS1 E Lexile Measure 510L Book Band Purple BIC CBMC B3N79 CEFR Level A2 Hardback with ribbon marker ISBN: 9781...

An adaptation of a classic German fairy tale, illustrated with fresh, bright pictures and specially retold for beginner readers. When poor Jack swots seven flies away from his sandwhich with a single blow, he cant wait to tell the world how brave he is. But he has to use his wits to defeat an angry collection of giants and become a real hero. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme, developed in conjunction with reading experts from Roehampton University. Age 4 Key Stage EYFS/KS1 E Lexile Measure ...

This delightfully illustrated collection of six lively stories is ideal for sharing with young children who are learning to read. Children will love the adventures of Racoon, Mole, Goat and more, all with phonic rhyming text to help them recognise letter sounds. Includes notes on phonics for parents at the back of the book. Age 3 Key Stage EYFS E BIC CBMC A2N79 Hardback with CD ISBN: 9781474907262 Extent: 114 pages Dimensions: 210 x 210 mmAuthor/Editor Russell Punter & Lesley SimsIllustrator...

What makes it rain? Where do penguins live? How many oceans are there? Young children can find the answers in this charming book and have fun adding stickers to the pages and doing puzzles too. Topics include weather, the seasons, rainforests, deserts, icy places and a world map, and there are internet links to websites with video clips and games. Also available as a hardback library edition with no stickers and with a contents page and index. Age 3 Key Stage EYFS/KS1 G BIC CBMC A2N79 Paperback ...

Poppy and Sam have found a pony in a field near Apple Tree Farm. It’s lonely and hungry. Can they help it? Find out in this lively Usborne First Reading story for beginner readers from the ever-popular Farmyard Tales series. There are charming illustrations by Stephen Cartwright on every page, plus puzzles to solve at the end of the story. Age 4 Key Stage EYFS/KS1 E Lexile Measure 340L Book Band Orange BIC CBMC A2N79 CEFR Level A1 Hardback with ribbon marker ISBN: 9781409598244 Extent: 32 ...

Open the huge fold-out pages to discover all kinds of magnificent sea creatures, from the leatherback sea turtle to the great white shark and the biggest animal on Earth – the mighty blue whale. Each page is full of stunning illustrations to pore over, showing the biggest, smallest, longest, fastest, oldest and most ferocious ocean creatures. Age 4 Key Stage EYFS/KS1 BIC CBMC A2N79 Hardback ISBN: 9781474921015 Extent: 14 pages Dimensions: 290 x 240mmIllustrator Fabiano Fiorin...