Row, row, row your boatGently down the stream.Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,Life is but a dream.But what happens next? Why, it's time to hoist the sail and set out to sea, where an island full of adventures is just waiting to be discovered. Insp...
In a land where people are born with wings, poor Duncan can't even fly the length of an aviary on his chick-sized wings. Determined not to be humiliated on sports day, he sets off to the wild marshes to practise, where two beautiful swans teach him t...
Maxine and Minnie are very different -- Maxine is big and bold while Minnie is quiet and shy -- but they become best friends. These are simple stories of friendship for beginning readers....
A charming picture book starring a hapless farmer who is struggling with what he thinks is a broken down tractor. But behind him, a resourceful princess is being pursued by a dragon who is being persued by a rather useless knight. In the end it's ...
Maxine and Minnie are very different -- Maxine is big and bold while Minnie is quiet and shy -- but they become best friends. These are simple stories of friendship for beginning readers -- staying at another's house overnight, losing a tooth...
Granda is different from other folk -- he talks to the hills. One day, he tells his granddaughter, Lily, an old story about Dragon Boy -- a human child who was raised by a dragon mother. The young lad lived happily with his family in the Dragon Hills...
Frankie's got a living tree-house. It's a leafy green den in the spring, summer brings flowers, birds and bees. In autumn, the golden leaves tumble, and in winter there's a Christmas surprise for the animals in the garden....
Ginny finds a strange egg in her Gran's chicken run, and out of it hatches a baby dragon. Then Dad arrives home with the news that Ginny's new baby brother has Down's syndrome. In the difficult times ahead, it is Ginny's dragon which helps her to reu...
Maxine and Minnie have so much in common, but they're very different too. Great Auntie Dot helps them to make old-looking family trees, and Maxine and Minnie pretend to be Victorian. Playing orphans starts Minnie wondering, and finally her mother...
Jo-Jo is not a happy little kangaroo. Her mom's just come home with a new baby. Now she's going to have to share her room, and worst of all, her mom and dad! But then it's her birthday, and her special party is full of surprises. Soon, Jo-Jo realizes...
This engaging and sensitive look at the problems associated with dyslexia revolves around main character Oliver, showing how the disorder adversely affects his school performance, worries his parents, and makes him a target for school bullies. Flow, ...
How much trouble could three harmless little ghosties get into in one night? Plenty These silly spirits love boasting to each other about who is the scariest. Ghouls, witches, and even a neighborhood ogre all find themselves at the mercy of these na...
It's a very busy day at the department store. Santa is checking his list, a witch is looking for stew ingredients, and an alien needs parts to repair his spaceship. As they dash around the bustling store, the strange shoppers cross paths with hilario...
Jess and her father have a dragon named Huff who helps heat their forge. When the King charges Jess s father with making a strong town gate, they get a new dragon who they call Puff. The dragons work day and night, but Puff becomes ill. Can Jess lear...
A book with a different ending -- every time!
If you could do anything, what would you choose? Imagine you could go anywhere, with anyone and do anything. Where would you live? Where would you sleep? Who would be your friends? What games would...
When Nelly reads a description of mice in a book, she is convinced that she is a mouse. After all, she is gray, has big ears, and a thin tail. But then she meets some other mice, and her confusion only grows. Why are they smaller than she is? And why...
The class have made up some new races for school sports day. Therell be a three-legged race and even a wheel-barrow race. But none will be as much fun as Jake, Bella, and Nasim's Fun Race! ...
Jake, Bella, Nasim, and the class are looking for animal clues in the woods. When they find some enormous paw prints and a big, fat tail mark, they wonderwhat kind of scary creature could have left them behind. ...
Looking for something fun to do one day, the Sun and the Wind begin a competition. Both try to get a man to take his coat off as he walks his dog. Find out who wins the contest in Pippa Goodhart’s delightful retelling of this traditional story a...
Just imagine what it would be like to be as small as a mouse, or to travel into the future... This wonderfully inventive and interactive book allows a child to tell their own story, combining new elements each time...
Three heart-warming stories with a special message: however stormy life gets, your friends will help you through! When the wild wind brings down the big tree in the wood, the animals have nowhere to call home. Kind Miss Chutney takes them in. . . bu...
Danny has a busy day ahead of him. What will he eat? Who will he meet? In this book YOU DECIDE what happens! Can YOU help Danny choose whether to have juice or jelly for breakfast, travel to school on the bus or in a spaceship, and create a robot or ...
There was once a big mountain with two villages on either side. The people on one side were rich and worked only to get richer. The people on the other side of the mountain were poor but had a wealth of stories and laughter. One day, a poor young boy...
Mah Jahan is a rich merchant who travels far and wide to trade her goods, and keeps countless colourful birds in cages. When leaving for India, she promises to bring back gifts for all her servants, and for her favourite talking parrot. All that t...
A little rabbit is trying to read his book in peace, but there's so much going on around him! Maybe he needs some space just for himself. . .
With minimal text accompanying beautiful and sweet illustrations, this charming picture book explor...
Zoom off into space for an adventure where YOU CHOOSE what happens next. Which alien would you most like to be friends with? And what fantastically freaky food will you decide to much for lunch?
The possibilities are infinite in this mesmeri...
Join Little Monster and his dad on their big day out, filled with cars, buses, trains, trucks, and more! Dad and Little Monster are going to the fair, but the car breaks down and the rescue truck gets stuck. Will they be in time to ride the ghost tra...
Spotty, Scruff and Duster keep getting into trouble! Join them on three funny adventures, and finish with a party! Level 1 Reading Ladder titles are perfect for new readers who are beginning to read simple stories with help. ...
Award-winning author Pippa Goodhart comes together with an exciting new illustrator Augusta Kirkwood to produce this gentle and heartwarming tale about the growing relationship between a father who wants to give his child the moon, and the child who ...
"Explores what ""fair"" really means - it''s not as simple as it seems; hilarious and accessible; easy to relate to and understand; and beautifully simple.When Bear and Hare try to reach some juicy pears, they realize they need some help. Hare finds ...
Make up your very own fairy tale adventure where YOU CHOOSE what happens next! Which fairy tale hero would you like to be today? Where will you go on your fairy tale quest? And what fairy tale baddy would you least like to meet?The possibilities are ...
Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there a...
When Mr. Khan asks the children to paint what they saw on their way to school, Joe notices his baby sister is crying in the picture. He stops the clocks and goes back to the street to find out why… This sweet story reminds us to slow down, take...