Usborne

Eight titles in the popular «First Reading» series are re-issued with hardback covers with audio CDs inserted into a wallet inside the back cover, making this book and CD easy to store together. «The Young Reading» series is developed with reading expert Alison Kelly from Roehampton University to help young readers grow in confidence and ability.

Seven titles in the popular «First Reading» series are re-issued with hardback covers with audio CDs inserted into a wallet inside the back cover, making this book and CD easy to store together. «The Young Reading» series is developed with reading expert Alison Kelly from Roehampton University to help young readers grow in confidence and ability.

Seven titles in the popular «First Reading» series are re-issued with hardback covers with audio CDs inserted into a wallet inside the back cover, making the book and CD easy to store together. «The Young Reading» series is developed with reading expert Alison Kelly from Roehampton University to help young readers grow in confidence and ability.

A classic adventure story for children who have just started to read alone. Sinbad is the most fearless sailor on the seven seas, facing trolls, giants, whales and wild storms on his adventures. But is his luck about to run out? Vibrantly illustrated by Paddy Mounter. Developed in conjunction with reading experts from Roehampton University.

This is a new title in the fantastic «First Reading Series», part of the Usborne Reading Programme. It is aimed at children who are beginning to read. It tells the story of life on a busy farm, from early morning when the cockerel crows to when the tractor chugs home at night. It is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, who is Principal Lecturer in Education from Roehampton University and an early reading specialist. Every title in this series features clear and compelling text accompanied by charming and highly appealing illustrations. It is designed to motivate children as they learn to read.

This is a fantastic new title with wipe-clean pages and a special pen, loaded with special activities to help children learn their first numbers. This title includes each activity that is specially designed to help children learn to count, either by themselves or with the help of a parent or carer. Activities include tracing the numbers to help improve handwriting, doodling to complete the simple number-themed scenes and joining the dots to aid counting skills. It includes each brightly-illustrated page that is wipe-clean so that children can write on them with the special pen over and over again.

This is an exciting addition to the successful Baby's Very First series of word books, touchy-feely books and buggy books. Each pack contains ten double-sided flashcards, with eye-catching illustrations which are specially designed to be visually stimulating. Printed on multi-coloured foam board, they are lightweight and perfect for little hands to hold. These cards are fully safety tested according to British and European Safety Standards.

Apprends plus de 200 mots français utiles, tout en t'amusant à faire correspondre les autocollants des mots aux images dans le livre.

This is a fantastic new title with wipe-clean pages and a special pen, loaded with special activities to help children learn their first numbers. It includes each activity that is specially designed to help children learn to count, either by themselves or with the help of a parent or carer. Activities include tracing the numbers to help improve handwriting, doodling to complete the simple number-themed scenes and joining the dots to aid counting skills. It contains each brightly-illustrated page that is wipe-clean so that children can write on them with the special pen over and over again.

An original artwork that combines with simple text to bring this tale to life. It helps young children to follow Pinocchio's journey to becoming a real boy.

A fantastic new title with wipe-clean pages and a special pen, loaded with special activities to help children learn their first ABCs. This title includes each activity that is specially designed to help children learn to read and write either by themselves or with the help of a parent or carer. Activities include tracing the letters to help improve handwriting and doodling to complete the simple letter-themed scenes. It includes each brightly-illustrated page that is wipe-clean so that children can write on them with the special pen over and over again.

This is a bright and appealing addition to the inspiring Very First Reading series, specially developed for young children who are just beginning to learn to read. This lively wordbook helps young readers develop their phonics awareness, a vital early step to literacy. Based on the principles of synthetic phonics, this title supports the Government's Letters and Sounds programme used in schools. Irresistible illustrations by Fred Blunt make each page a treat.

This is a fantastic treasury of stories from around the world, retold for young children. It contains five traditional tales with illustrations from the Usborne Young Reading Programme: Aladdin and his Magical Lamp (Persia), Brer Rabbit Down the Well (United States), How Zebras Got their Stripes (Africa), Why the Sea is Salty (Korea) and The Dragon Painter (China). Each story is beautifully illustrated and perfect for either reading aloud or for more confident readers to tackle alone.

A mini boxed set containing four titles from the colourful Baby's Very First series: Animals, Mealtime, Colours and Bedtime.

This title features charmingly illustrated scenes and familiar characters from Usborne's Farmyard Tales series. Children will have lots of fun practising their number skills by searching for and counting things hidden under the flaps.

This is a boisterous sticker book full of busy castle scenes, with over 100 stickers to add to the pictures. Scenes include a castle siege, a feast, a joust and the chance to make your own castle.

This is a fun and lively sticker book with lots of fairies for little children to discover. Scenes include a secret garden, a fairy tea party and a fairy ball. This title is presented with over 150 colourful stickers to add to the pages.

Quatorze scènes très vivantes représentant chacune un habitat différent dans le monde, le désert, l'Arctique, la forêt tropicale, le jardin, la montagne, la mer, par exemple. De nombreux animaux à chercher et à compter, jusqu'à 10 à chaque fois, dans la grande illustration. Permet de faire l'apprentissage des nombres, de développer son sens de l'observation et d'apprendre du vocabulaire… tout en s'amusant.

Ce magnifique recueil de plus de vingt histoires présente des récits célèbres comme Raiponce et L'île au trésor, ainsi que des contes originaux pleins d'humour et de fantaisie.

This is a bright and appealing new addition to the inspiring Very First Reading series, specially developed for young children who are just beginning to learn to read. Learning numbers is a vital early step to literacy. To aid learning, 123 utilises an inventive rhyming system, such as 'one sun', 'two shoes' all the way up to twenty. Superb artwork by world-class illustrators make each page a treat.

Containing something to do on every day of the year, and a bonus activity for leap years, this book includes activities such as textured paper robots, a jungle silhouette, crayon rockets and scrape-paint fossils. It offers step-by-step instructions and colourful illustrations.

This is a sticker-book re-telling of the Christmas Story. An interactive experience for young children, as they enjoy reading the story while completing it using one of the 60 stickers provided. With artwork taken from the popular Bible Tales series, illustrated by Norman Young.

First drink, first prank, first friend, first girl, last words! A poignant and moving crossover novel about making friends and growing up from American author, John Green. Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words — and tired of his safe, boring and rather lonely life at home. He leaves for boarding school filled with cautious optimism, to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the Great Perhaps. Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young. Clever, funny, screwed-up, and dead sexy, Alaska will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps. Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. Poignant, funny, heartbreaking, compelling.

This delightful tabbed board book features the words of six seasonal lullabies that are guaranteed to induce a peaceful slumber, including Away in a Manger, I Saw Three Ships and In the Bleak Midwinter. The accompanying CD contains the melodies for all the lullabies in the book, plus eight additional tracks of soothing Christmas music, including one composed exclusively for this book. Each lullaby is stylishly illustrated by Elena Temporin. This is the perfect Christmas gift for parents of babies and young children.