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Caveboy Is Bored! (Caveboy)
by Eric Wight Sudipta Bardhan-QuallenThis hilarious, boy-friendly series in the Read & Bloom line for newly independent readers continues . . .Ooga booga!Most days, Caveboy has lots of fun things to do, like taking care of his pet rock and playing baseskull. But today, he's bored. Mama is hunting, Papa is repainting their cave, and his friend Mags is busy. He could play with Sister, but sisters smell like burps! Will Caveboy ever find someone to play with?
The Happy Prince and Other Tales: Large Print (Liberty Classics)
by Oscar WildeThe Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of five stories: 'The Happy Prince', 'The Nightingale and the Rose', 'The Selfish Giant', 'The Devoted Friend', and 'The Remarkable Rocket'. The Happy Prince stars the statue of the Prince, who persuades a swallow to deliver his gold and jewels to the poor and needy in his city.
Welly Dancing (Rigby Star Independent #Blue Level, Book 2)
by Valerie WildingAnthea lives on a farm and loves feeding the animals. But her favourite pastime is dancing. This story tells how Anthea dances as Cinderella in her school play.
Welly Dancing (Rigby Star Independent #Blue Level, Book 2)
by Valerie WildingAnthea lives on a farm and loves feeding the animals. But her favourite pastime is dancing. This story tells how Anthea dances as Cinderella in her school play.
National Geographic Kids Readers: Hello, Penguin! (National Geographic Kids Readers: Level Pre-Reader)
by Kathryn Williams National Geographic KidsMeet amazing penguins from all around the world!
The Velveteen Rabbit
by Margery WilliamsThis is a classic story which encourages us to tumble, bump and bounce through each page alongside the rabbit. As he journeys from Christmas stocking to nursery to forests, losing bits of tail and whisker on the way, he finally learns what it means to be loved.
The Velveteen Rabbit (or How Toys Become Real)
by Margery Williams William NicholsonOriginally published in 1922, The Velveteen Rabbit has delighted young readers for nearly a century. The story follows a young boy who’s given a stuffed rabbit as a Christmas gift. After the rabbit befriends other nursery toys, he comes to the realization that he wants to become a real rabbit. Eventually, the boy becomes ill and is relocated; his room is then disinfected and all the boy’s toys are thrown out, including the velveteen rabbit. The rabbit sheds a real tear causing a fairy to appear and turn him into a real rabbit. This edition includes full-color illustrations, with image descriptions,from the original illustrator, William Nicholson. Each image accompanies the text to enhance young readers’ experience and immerse them in this captivating story. Reprinted hundreds of times since its initial publication, The Velveteen Rabbit is a timeless children’s classic lets young readers experience the true magic of friendship, love, and being honest with oneself. In 2007, the book was named one of "Teachers’ Top 100 Books for Children” by the National Education Association.
My Brother Bernadette (Red Bananas Ser. (PDF))
by Jacqueline Wilson David RobertsSara always gets lumbered with looking after her little brother Bernard. And summer project at the local school is no different. There's so much to do - football, judo, trampolining, model car making, computer games and drama. But all Bernard wants to do is clothes design. Soon all the kids, led by Big Dan, are calling Bernard 'Bernadette' and shoving him around. Sara wants to help but she doesn't want to make it worse. But 'Bernadette' is a little boy with big ideas. And he has a plan up his very nicely designed sleeve . . .
Secrets
by Jacqueline Wilson Nick SharrattIndia lives in a large, luxurious house with a mum she can't stand and a dad she adores, though he hasn't had much time for her recently. She seeks solace in her journal, which she keeps in sincere imitation of her heroine, Anne Frank. Treasure lives on the local council estate with her loving and capable grandmother. She is devoted to her nan but lives in fear of having to go back to live with her mother and violent stepfather. A chance meeting sparks a great friendship between the girls. And when Treasure has to run away to avoid her stepfather, India comes up with a hiding place inspired by her favourite writer. India hasn't got a real secret annexe like Anne Frank - but she has got a hidden attic . . .
Shark Teeth
by Sherri WinstonFrom National Book Award longlisted author Sherri Winston comes an important middle grade novel about a girl's tumultuous journey to keep her family together, even when she's falling apart.Sharkita “Kita” Hayes is always waiting.Waiting for her mama to mess up.Waiting for social services to be called again.Waiting for her and her siblings to be separated.Waiting for her worst fear to come true.But Mama promises things are different now. She's got a good job, she's stopped drinking, stopped going out every night-it's almost enough to make Kita believe her this time. But even as Kita's life is going good, she can't shake the feeling that everything could go up in flames at any moment. When her assistant principal and trusted dance coach starts asking questions about her home life, Kita is more determined than ever to keep up appearances and make sure her family stays together-even if it means falling apart herself. As the threat of her family being separated again circles like a shark in the water, the pressure starts to get to Kita. But could it be that Kita's worst fear is actually the best thing that could happen to her family . . . and to her?
Aesop's Favorite Fables: More Than 130 Classic Fables for Children!
by Milo WinterRacehorse Publishing’s Children’s Classic Collections is a new series that offers readers timeless compilations of children’s literature. Handsomely packaged and affordable, this new series aims to revitalize these enchanting works and continue the tradition of sharing them with the next generation.Passed down for thousands of years, Aesop’s Fables is a collection of moral stories by the famed storyteller from ancient Greece. Reprinted and translated thousands of times over the past two millennia, this collection represents some of the most widely known and famous children’s literature. Many of these fables bestow human traits upon animal characters and place them in human situations to highlight desirable and less desirable traits. Their intent, through the telling of these tales, is to teach readers important moral lessons such as "Self-help is the best help” or "Do not attempt too much all at once.”Accompanied by beautiful color illustrations by renowned illustrator Milo Winter, this premiere collection of Aesop’s Favorite Fables is sure to ignite young imaginations and educate readers about virtue, kindness, integrity, problem-solving, happiness, and what it means to be human.
Can't Sleep Without Sheep
by Mike Wohnoutka Susanna Leonard HillWhenever Ava can't sleep, she counts sheep. But Ava takes so long to fall asleep, it's the sheep that are growing tired-until finally, they quit! When the sheep promise to find a replacement that Ava can count on, chaos ensues as chickens, cows, pigs, hippos, and more try their hand at jumping over Ava's fence. Finding the perfectly peaceful replacement for sheep might not be so easy after all.With irresistibly adorable art, this delightful take on a familiar sleep tactic is sure to become a bedtime favorite.
The Porridge Pincher: Band 11/lime (Collins Big Cat)
by David WoodWhen the Three Bears leave their house for a walk, a young girl named Goldilocks appears and is drawn in to the house by the smell of hot porridge. But what happens when the bears return and find their porridge is gone? This fun rhyming play by the ‘national children’s dramatist’ David Wood is wonderfully illustrated by Tom Percival.
The Book Against God
by James WoodThomas Bunting, charming, chaotic, and deeply untruthful, is in despair. His marriage is disintegrating, and his academic career is in ruins: instead of completing his philosophy PhD, he is secretly writing what he hopes will be his masterwork, a vast atheistic project he has privately entitled 'The Book Against God'. But when his father is suddenly taken ill Thomas returns home, to the tiny village in the north of England where his father still works as a parish priest. Thomas hopes that he may finally be able to communicate honestly with his father, a brilliant and formidable Christian example, and sort out his wayward life. But Thomas is a chronic liar, as well as an atheist, and he finds, instead, that once at home he only falls back into the disastrous and evasive patterns of his childhood years.
Hatchimals: (Book 1) (Hatchimals)
by Kay Woodward Lea WadeThe first fiction book from the must-have toy brand, Hatchimals™! Find out the Hatchimals' story, discover why they've come here, and step through into their world . . .
The Secret Pirate: A Pirate's Life (Swashbuckle Lil: The Secret Pirate #1)
by Elli WoollardLil is a pirate, a good sort of pirate, and when there is someone to save, she'll do what is right (if it takes her all night). Yes, she'll always be bold and be brave.When evil pirate Stinkbeard tries to kidnap Lil's teacher, it's up to schoolgirl and secret pirate, Lil, to come to the rescue. In story two it's sports day, but there's a very hungry croc on the loose. Can Lil and her trusty parrot, Carrot, scare Stinkbeard and his pet croc away?Swashbuckle Lil: The Secret Pirate, by author Elli Woollard and illustrator Laura Ellen Anderson, is the first in an exciting series with two rip-roaringly rhyming, brilliantly illustrated stories in each book which make the perfect transition from parent-led to independent reading.
Woozy the Wizard: A Spell to Get Well (Woozy the Wizard #1)
by Elli Woollard'In the faraway village of Snottington SneezeLived a wizened old wizard with knocketty knees.'Woozy the Wizard is a well-meaning wizard who just wants to help his friends. But sometimes his spells (and he) get all mixed up! So then he has to get back on his broom with his pet pig and zoom around the village trying to put things right . . . 'Your spells sometimes flop but you see, we don't mind;We love you, dear wizard, because you are kind.'
Woozy the Wizard: A Broom to Go Zoom (Woozy the Wizard #2)
by Elli WoollardFriendship and fun abound in this full-colour early reader for ages 4+.In the faraway village of Snottington SneezeLived a wizened old wizard with knocketty knees.Woozy the Wizard loves his old broom - not too small, not too big - but it is a little rusty. So when he spies a Shiny New Shop with HOOVERS he can't believe his luck! If only he could make his new hoover go zoom . . . Magic and mishap ensue with Woozy and his pet pig.The second in a brilliant new series featuring charming rhyming text and lovely illustrations, with clear shapes and colours, this is a joy to read aloud, and just right for children moving from large-format picture books to young readers.
Molly and the Night Monster
by Christopher WormellWhen Molly wakes up in the middle of the night, she hears the sound of a step on the stairs. It could be a crocodile creeping up to catch her . . . Or a giant giraffe outside on the landing . . . Or an enormous elephant turning the doorknob and opening the door . . . Or even a night monster come to gobble her up . . . But when Molly surprises the tiptoeing beast, she gets an even bigger surprise of her own!This edition is a beautiful reissue of a children's modern classic.
Scruffy Bear and the Six White Mice
by Christopher WormellOne day a small scruffy bear meets six terrified white mice; they're scared of the dark forest and all the predatory creatures that live there, including an owl, a fox and a slithery snake. . . . But never fear, Scruffy Bear has all kinds of ingenious ideas about how to keep them safe!
Hodder Cambridge Primary Maths Teacher's Pack Stage 1 (PDF)
by Paul WranglesSave time and ensure full coverage of learning objectives with concise teaching notes and assessment support, built on a mastery approach to embed mathematical understanding.
The Three Billy Goats Gruff: Ladybird First Favourite Tales (Ladybird First Favourite Tales Ser.)
by Irene Yates LadybirdThis eBook has been optimised for viewing on colour devices."Who's that trip-trapping over my bridge?" Based on the traditional fairy tale 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff', this vibrantly illustrated story is sure to become a favourite in every home. Part of the Ladybird 'First Favourite Tales' series - a perfect introduction to fairy tales for preschoolers - this story contains lots of funny rhythm and rhyme to delight young children. Ideal for reading aloud and sharing with 2-4 year olds.
Penguin on Vacation (Penguin)
by Ms. Salina YoonGeisel Honor-winning author/illustrator Salina Yoon's beloved character Penguin hits the beach in Penguin on Vacation--a charming picture book that's perfect for summer vacation.Penguin is tired of the snow and cold--so he decides to visit the beach! But when his favorite activities like skiing and skating don't work so well on sand, can a new friend help Penguin learn how to have fun in the sun? Seasoned, award-winning author/illustrator Salina Yoon's charming text and bright, energetic illustrations ensure that readers will be clamoring for more Penguin stories--wherever they make their home!Don't miss these other books from Salina Yoon!The Penguin seriesPenguin and PineconePenguin on VacationPenguin in LovePenguin and PumpkinPenguin's Big AdventurePenguin's Christmas WishPenguin and PenelopeThe Bear seriesFoundStormy NightBear's Big DayThe Duck, Duck, Porcupine seriesDuck, Duck, PorcupineMy Kite is Stuck! And Other StoriesThat's My Book! And Other StoriesBe a Friend
Duck, Duck, Porcupine! (A Duck, Duck, Porcupine Book)
by Salina YoonMeet Big Duck, Little Duck, and Porcupine, stars of the Geisel Honor-winning early reader series perfect for fans of Elephant & Piggie and Ballet Cat.Big Duck likes to boss around her younger brother, Little Duck, and she fancies herself the leader of their trio--when joined by their gentle friend Porcupine. Little Duck doesn't speak yet, but through his expressions and his actions, he shows that he has a better grasp on any situation than his older sister. Told entirely through dialogue and visual storytelling with subtle humor throughout, Little Duck ends up getting the trio out of whatever jam they are in.Moving into an exciting new paper over board reader format, Salina Yoon's early readers are perfect for fans of bestselling series like Elephant & Piggie and Ballet Cat, giving all her picture book fans a fantastic next step for reading fun.Don't miss these other stories by Salina Yoon!Duck, Duck, Porcupine seriesDuck, Duck, PorcupineMy Kite Is Stuck! And Other StoriesThat's My Book! And Other StoriesThe Penguin seriesPenguin and PineconePenguin in LovePenguin's Big AdventurePenguin on VacationPenguin and PumpkinPenguin's Christmas WishThe Bear and Floppy booksFoundStormy NightBear's Big Day
Duck, Duck, Porcupine! (A Duck, Duck, Porcupine Book #1)
by Salina YoonMeet Big Duck, Little Duck, and Porcupine, stars of the Geisel Honor-winning early reader series perfect for fans of Elephant & Piggie and Ballet Cat.Big Duck likes to boss around her younger brother, Little Duck, and she fancies herself the leader of their trio--when joined by their gentle friend Porcupine. Little Duck doesn't speak yet, but through his expressions and his actions, he shows that he has a better grasp on any situation than his older sister. Told entirely through dialogue and visual storytelling with subtle humor throughout, Little Duck ends up getting the trio out of whatever jam they are in.Moving into an exciting new paper over board reader format, Salina Yoon's early readers are perfect for fans of bestselling series like Elephant & Piggie and Ballet Cat, giving all her picture book fans a fantastic next step for reading fun.Don't miss these other stories by Salina Yoon!Duck, Duck, Porcupine seriesDuck, Duck, PorcupineMy Kite Is Stuck! And Other StoriesThat's My Book! And Other StoriesThe Penguin seriesPenguin and PineconePenguin in LovePenguin's Big AdventurePenguin on VacationPenguin and PumpkinPenguin's Christmas WishThe Bear and Floppy booksFoundStormy NightBear's Big Day