These ten wonderful stories whisk you to magical worlds where gingerbread men come to life, dragons lurk in caves, and giants live at the top of beanstalks. Each adventure is delightfully illustrated and the perfect length for snuggling up and enjoying at bedtime...
Reports show that reading or being read to for ten minutes every day will significantly improve children's reading skills. This short story collection supports this - each story taking about ten minutes to read. Ideal for sharing with younger children; as children learn to read on their own they can..
Ten familiar tales, retold for young readers and gorgeously illustrated, including favourites Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and The Magic Porridge Pot, as well as classics The Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland. Ideal for sharing with younger children; as children learn to read, they can tack..
A delightful treasury in which the worlds of Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, Little Bo Peep, The Owl and the Pussy cat and many more well loved characters are brought to life by Richard Johnson's enchanting illustrations. Includes traditional rhymes, songs, lullabies, well known sayings and tongue-twi..
A funny collection of football poems by Brian Bilston, the unofficial Poet Laureate of Twitter. Perfect for football fans of all ages – from the young footie fanatic to a been-to-every-game-grandma, and every 'I could've been a pro' in between.
Full of poems that will make you giggle about all thing..
A stunningly beautiful hardback edition of the most famous Christmas story in the world - Charles Dickens' beloved book A Christmas Carol.
Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of..
In these pages we meet Ebenezer Scrooge, whose name is synonymous with greed and parsimony: 'Every idiot who goes about with Merry Christmas on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart'. This attitude is soon challenged when the ghost of his..
From Brothers Grimm to Hans Christian Andersen, this beautifully illustrated anthology contains a range of classic fairy tale stories any child would love to grow up reading. As well as favorites such as Cinderella, The Snow Queen, and Jack and the Beanstalk, DK's A First Book of Fairy Tales also in..
A perfect introduction to poetry for young children. A First Poetry Book. The book is packed with fabulous poems, created to enjoy in school and at home. From pets to pirates, seasons to space, and mermaids to minibeasts...
Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin's. Her father was immensely rich and she became 'show pupil' - a little princess. Then her father dies and his wealth disappears, and Sara has to learn to cope with her changed circumstances. Her strong character enables her to..
Without her beloved father and miles from home, it is very hard for Sara Crewe to like her new life at boarding school. Luckily Sara is always dreaming up wonderful things and her power of telling stories wins her lots of friends. When a letter arrives that brings disastrous news, the wicked headmis..
Allie Esiri's beautiful gift anthology, A Nursery Rhyme for Every Night of the Year, is a definitive collection of nursery rhymes, with enchanting illustrations by Emily Faccini. The book includes 366 rhymes - traditional classics as well as favourite rhymes of today - each accompanied by an enlight..