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Once, when the world was new, Camel had no hump. This is the tale of how that changed. A charming retelling of one of Rudyard Kipling’s beloved Just So Stories, specially written for children who are learning to read and beautifully illustrated by John Joven. With puzzles and answers at the back of the book.
(Fables)
Age 4+
Extent: 32 pages
Dimensions: 202 x 136mm
Naughty Crab keeps making trouble… can the Wise Man stop him? This charmingly illustrated adaptation of one of Rudyard Kipling’s much-loved Just So Stories is part of the Usborne Reading Programme, specially written for children who are learning to read. With entertaining puzzles to solve at the end.
(Fables)
Age 4+
Extent: 32 pages
Dimensions: 202 x 136mm
Long ago, elephants had short noses. This story tells how their noses became long. This fun story has puzzles to solve at the end.
(Fables)
Age 4+
Extent: 32 pages
Dimensions: 202 x 136mm
Once upon a time, the leopard was as plain and sandy-yellow as the plains where he hunted. So how did he get his spots?
(Fables)
Age 4+
Extent: 32 pages
Dimensions: 202 x 136mm
The Rhino has lovely skin that fits just right. But what happens when he spies the cake that Man just made? A special cake with currant and plums in it…
(Fables)
Age 4+
Extent: 32 pages
Dimensions: 202 x 136mm
Long ago, whales could eat anything – and they did. Then one day, everything changed. This story, adapted from one of Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Just So Stories’ has been specially written for children who are learning to read, with colourful illustrations on each page and puzzles and fun facts about whales at the back of the book.
(Fables)
Age 4+
Extent: 32 pages
Dimensions: 202 x 136mm
The African folktale retold for beginner readers ready to tackle slightly more complicated storylines and sentence structures. Once upon a time, zebras didn’t have stripes. Then along came a greedy baboon…
(Fables)
Age 4+
Extent: 32 pages
Dimensions: 202 x 136mm
The much-loved story by Charlotte Brontë retold for children ready to tackle longer and more complex stories. A wonderful introduction to the mystery and romance of this classic story.
(Classic)
Age 7+
Extent: 64 pages
Dimensions: 203 x 136mm
The traditional tale retold for beginner readers ready to tackle slightly more complicated storylines and sentence structures. The King has a secret. He has donkey’s ears! But when he tells the barber his secret, it surely can’t be a secret for long…
(Fables)
Age 4+
Extent: 32 pages
Dimensions: 202 x 136mm
A reformed convict, a policeman bent on revenge and a lonely orphan come together in Victor Hugo’s classic novel, vividly retold for newly independent readers by Mary Sebag-Montefiore. Lives change for the better – or for the worse – against the turmoil of revolutionary France.
(Classic)
Age 7+
Extent: 64 pages
Dimensions: 203 x 136mm
This thoughtful book explores how to be kind and why kindness is so important. A range of questions help children and their grown-ups to think, and talk, about being kind to others and ourselves, as well as nature and our planet. Beautiful illustrations by Christine Pym help young children to understand big concepts by setting them in a world of friendly bugs. Plenty to talk about and be inspired by.
Age 4+
Extent: 12 pages
Dimensions: 216 x 192mm
Our lives have been taken over by a tiny virus we can’t even see. But what IS a virus? How do viruses spread? Why should everyone keep washing their hands? How does a vaccine work? And what can we do to STAY WELL? Lift the flaps to find out.
Age 4+
Extent: 12 pages
Dimensions: 216 x 192mm
