The fly was hungry, and buzzed over to the park to see what he could find. In the park he quickly spied lots of food, but found getting that food was much less straightforward! Join the fly as he gets
Get to know one of literature’s most famous couples, as they meet, fall in love, marry in secret and are then cruelly separated. A love story at its heart, this is also a tale of rivalry, revenge, and
Princess Sabra has a simple, happy life until her kingdom is attacked by a fierce, fire-breathing dragon. As she struggles to find a way of saving the land and the people, there appears only one ans
• Meg and her mum go to the market with their donkey, but find that listening to everyone else’s advice along the way doesn’t always make for a smooth journey. This humorous fiction story is based on
When Zara wishes for a new dress for the school party she doesn't expect to see a fairy godbrother land in her room, especially when he tries to "text-a-spell" with unpredictable results! Will Zara ev
The Star Ship Orca is taking off on a mission to find a new planet for the people of Earth. First stop: Mars. But will the crew find anything there except rocks and sand? Will they find intelligent li
We use oil every day - whether on the bus to school or writing with a pen. But where does it come from? What impact is our use of it having on the environment? What will happen when we run out complet
Bendemolena the kitten lives in a noisy house, so she puts a shiny pot on her head and everything goes quiet. Hooray! But what happens when Mother Cat gives her messages to take back to her brothers a
The spring fair is an exciting event for any family - with traditional games, rides, stall and competitions. This year, the farmer has a problem. Find out what happens when everyone tries to help - wi
• Lilac/Band 0 - wordless book that tells a story through pictures and is designed to develop understanding about how stories work. • Text type - Fiction, a wordless traditional story. • A storyboard
Ros Asquith, cartoonist and author of many children's books such as Trixie Tempest and Pass the Parcel), gives a masterclass on illustrating your own cartoons - with help from Trixie Tempest and other
• Pink B/ Band 1B books offer emergent readers simple, predictable text with familiar objects and actions. • Text type - A patterned story with predictable structure. • The storymap on pages 14 and 15
An informative picture book that presents a larger-than-life look at the fly and explains that flies can be very useful - despite their capacity to carry germs and cause disease! The humorous cartoons
She starts by swallowing a mere fly, but ends up eating a much bigger animal! Find out what fate awaits the old lady in this playscript by Michael Rosen and Mark Carthew, based on the traditional poem
Why can't humans fly? Why are ants so strong? Why can't elephants jump? Our shape and size controls what we can and can't do. Find out how humans and animals are perfectly designed to live in their pa
These wonderful atmospheric folktales from the Ukraine and China capture two different cultures, united in the presence of a dragon, who has the power to change all of their lives forever. Told here,
Learn everything you could ever want to know about one of Earth’s most impressive phenomena. Find out all about the different types of volcano, why and how they happen, the risks they pose, as well as
A brand new Alice for children today to enjoy, beautifully retold and illustrated by multi-award-winning author Emma Chichester Clark, which captures the original tale faithfully and loyally but with
A classic tale of the Irish legend Finn McCaul, as he strives to fulfill a challenge to free his jailed uncle. The question is, is it even humanly possible?! Find out in this non-stop, funny story of
Rediscover the wonderful story of Dorothy’s adventures in Oz, with new friends the Scarecrow, Lion, and Tinman, as they come up against good witches and wicked witches in their quest to find the Wiz
Discover these two creepy, ghostly stories originally written by Charles Dickens, retold here by Penny Dolan. In ‘The Signalman’ messages warn of horrors to come, but will they be understood before it
Travel back in time 2,000 years to when the Iron Age Celtic tribes migrated to Britain. Find out what Britain was like before their arrival, how they set up their communities and what life was like fo
Follow the trickery and antics of Hyena and Rabbit as they try to outwit each other in this collection of hilarious traditional tales from West Africa. Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range o
Level 1: First reading Decoding simple, short sentences, practicing limited, specific phonemes, with very few tricky words. Big Cat Reading Lions help you to support your child’s reading development a
Level 2: Practice reading Applying decoding skills on longer sentences with new phonemes, direct speech with more tricky words. Big Cat Reading Lions help you to support your child’s reading developme
Level 5: Independent Reading at Home: 6 books—3 fiction and 3 non-fiction—in a slip case that will help your child learn to read independently, longer texts, with more complex themes and characterizat
Introducing English to Young Children: Reading and Writing, is a practical guide book, showing teachers how to use the highly-motivating Playful Approach when starting to teach reading and writing to
• The fox invites his friend the stork to dinner, but serves the stork his meal on a flat plate. Find out how the fox and the stork play tricks on one another at dinnertime. This retelling of a tradit
• Jack’s mum sends Jack to sell their cow so that they have food to eat. But instead of coming home with money, Jack comes home with magic beans that grown into a giant beanstalk. What does Jack find
• A boy makes a paper plane and accidentally throws it over the wall. Little does he know that another boy called Joe lives on the other side of that wall and wants to play, too. This beautiful narrat
• A big owl and a small owl sit up in a tree. In trying to show each other how big they are, the small owl is accidentally knocked out of the tree. Can the big owl save him? This quirkily illustrated
• Three young rabbits have built their homes from straw, wood and bricks. But will their houses be strong enough to stop the Big Bad Wolf from destroying them? This beautiful retelling of the traditio
• A shepherd boy decides to play a trick on the people in his village by telling them that there is a wolf nearby. But will the villagers believe him when a wolf really does turn up? This witty retell
• Lilac/Band 0 books are wordless books that tell a story through pictures and are designed to develop understanding about how stories work. • Text type: A simple non-fiction book. • Children can reca
• Lilac/Band 0 books are wordless books that tell a story through pictures and are designed to develop understanding about how stories work. • Text type: A wordless instruction book. • Children can re
• Lilac/Band 0 books are wordless books that tell a story through pictures and are designed to develop understanding about how stories work. • Text type: A wordless traditional story • Children can re
• Lilac/Band 0 books are wordless books that tell a story through pictures and are designed to develop understanding about how stories work. • Text type: A wordless traditional story • The storyboard
• Pink A/Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations. • A story map on pages 14–15 allows children to recap the story and discuss each stage. • Text type: A story
