For National Curriculum Early Years

Bill finds a big bug in the garden. He brings it inside in a tin and shows it to Nick. Suddenly, they can't find the bug. Where could it be?

What if one of your drawings became real? Nomi loves drawing dogs, but finds them difficult to draw. It's much easier to draw fish because she has a fish. But she's not allowed a dog in her flat. Stephen tells her to get real - why should she have a dog? At bedtime Nomi tells her drawing of Mallo...

Ginny isn't like other guinea pigs. She's scruffy, messy and just a little bit wild! But the guinea pigs at Pat's Pets love to pamper and preen, brush and buff. They just love to look their best, and Ginny simply doesn't fit in. Then one day, Ginny catches a glimpse of what is out there in the wi...

Ginny is scruffy, messy and just a little bit wild! The other guinea pigs at Pat's Pets love to pamper and preen, brush and buff. They just love to look their best, and Ginny simply doesn't fit in. One day, she catches a glimpse of what is out there in the wilder world and she sets off on a grand...

'Giraffe Goes to the Doctor' offers a gentle introduction to the experience of visiting the doctor for young children. This funny, charming story is the perfect way to introduce young children to the experience of visiting the doctor. Also included are suggestions for activities and ideas to talk...

There's a new girl in my class. She has eyes as wide and as golden as a tiger's, a face as pale as a glass of milk, and hair as shiny as a mirror. I'd like to be her friend. But she never wants to play with me in the playground or makes sandcastles in the sandpit. The cleverest people I know say ...

This story is part of 'Reading Champion', a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE). 'Reading Champion' offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce...

'Reading Champion' offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, enco...

This title gently introduces young children to the idea of starting school. Stephen Cartwright's humorous illustrations are full of things to look at and talk about together, and the simple text explains each part of the process in a reassuring way.

Peep through the trees right inside the three bears' tidy, inviting little cottage. Follow Goldilocks as she cheekily eats the bears' porridge, sits on their chairs and snuggles up in their beds. With a charming new twist at the end, this beloved fairy tale is retold in a gorgeous laser-cut book ...