Books in Usborne First Reading: Level 2 series

Retells the story about a girl in a red cape who, along with her grandmother, is eaten by a wolf and rescued by a woodcutter.

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of polar bears, and follows the development of a polar bear from the time it is a cub until it is old enough to hunt for food and take care of itself.

An adaptation of the classic tale in which a beautiful girl no bigger than a thumb is kidnapped by a toad and makes many animal friends as she seeks the perfect prince.

When a thief steals the king's magic millstone and tries to use it, his wish for salt results in more than he expected.

Princess Polly really wants to enter the big pony race, but she has to go in disguise because her parents think that galloping is not very princess-like.

An emperor learns that the natural voice of the nightingale is more beautiful than the song of an artificial one.

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When country mouse Pipin and his cousin, Toby Town Mouse, visit each other, they discover they prefer very different ways of life, in this story based on one of Aesop's fables.

Introduces elephants, including where they live, how they eat, and how they protect their young.

When fast Harry Hare challenges slow Tom Tortoise to a race, the competition has unexpected results, in this story based on one of Aesop's fables.

A poor old couple receives a mysterious note granting them three wishes, but a series of hasty decisions might not get them all that they had hoped, in this story based on a traditional European tale.

A little girl helps herself to the belongings of three bears in the woods.