Search Results

"A lively retelling of Aesop's fable about not always believing the nice things people say"-- Provided by publisher.

The fourth in a series of 15 rhyming stories developed to help children learn to read. Each book is designed for an adult and child to read together and introduces new letters or reading patterns and reinforces material from previous books. Includes puzzles to reinforce new skill...

A bored young shepherd cries "wolf" in order to trick the townspeople into coming to his aid, but when a wolf really does appear one day, the townspeople ignore his pleas for help.

From the legend of King Arthur. As a boy, Arthur knows nothing about his real family. One day his foster father and brother attend a tournament, and his brother Kay sends Arthur to fetch his sword. Arthur sees a sword set in a stone. He doesn't know that only the true King of Bri...

'Stop That Cow' is the seventh title in the 'Usborne Very First Reading' series. Each book in the series is designed to introduce young children to reading with their parents.

'Tales of Brave and Brilliant Animals' is a beautiful anthology for animal lovers of ten folk tales, beautifully retold for a new generation of readers. Full of magic and wonder, these tales will take you around the world, from desolate mountains and winter forests to lush jungle...

"This is the third title in the 'Usborne Very First Reading' series, designed for younger children to introduce them to reading together with their parents. Parents and children take turns to read from the page (the text clearly marked for who should be reading) and as the books ...

One of the best-loved fairy tales. Beauty goes to the Beast's castle in order to save her father's life and help her family. The Beast is kind to her, but when he asks her to marry him, she can't bring herself to say yes. Then Beauty returns home and dreams that the Beast is dyin...

Part of the 'Usborne Very First Reading' series, this book is designed for younger children to introduce them to reading together with their parents.

Everyone at the Emperor's court is enchanted by the song of the nightingale; but one day the Emperor receives a glittering mechanical nightingale and the real bird is forgotten. Then he Emperor falls ill, and it seems that nothing can save him...

Six short stories perfect for sharing with young children, specially written to develop phonemic awareness to develop essential language and early reading skills. Includes guidance notes to give parents confidence as they help their child learn to read.

From the English children's classic by Lewis Carroll. Alice falls down a rabbit-hole to a land where the impossible is perfectly normal. She meets one strange character after another: the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts. Will Alice manage to...

A little old woman makes a gingerbread man, but when she opens the oven door, he runs away. Soon, everyone in the village is chasing after him. Will anyone ever catch him?

The first book in a series of 15 rhyming stories developed to help children learn to read. Each book is designed for an adult and child to read together and introduces new letters or reading patterns and reinforces material from previous books. Includes puzzles to reinforce new s...