Books in READING LABS series

Three heart-warming stories with a special message: however stormy life gets, your friends will help you through! When the wild wind brings down the big tree in the wood, the animals have nowhere to call home. Kind Miss Chutney takes them in, but then the rain comes. It splits and splots and threatens to spoil her home, too. Her new friends want to help, but what can they do? Never fear, for a sunny day brings a bright idea.

A beautifully crafted chapter book by Michael Morpurgo. When Stevie Rooster is mean about Nick's old dog dying, Nick throws Stevie's best conker into the pond. But Grandma says there's a better way to get back at Stevie—become Conker King of Jubilee Park. Nick must use some conkers from the tree in the old scrap yard. And in that scrap yard is a skinny, starving dog who looks just like Nick's old pet. Can Nick rescue the animal and become conker champion? A moving story about grief, redemption, and the love of a family pet.

Ethan learns that you have to be careful what you wish for in this very funny, illustrated reader. Perfect for children learning to read. Saturday morning shopping with Mom is SO BORING. That is, until Ethan finds a genie living in a jar of raspberry jam! Ethan can't believe it—he could have anything he wants! But his wishes don't quite turn out how he planned.

A heart-warming tale of a little boy with big ideas by international best-seller Jacqueline Wilson. Sara always gets lumbered with looking after her little brother Bernard. And a summer project at the local school is no different. There's so much to do—soccer, judo, trampolining, model car making, computer games, and drama. But all Bernard wants to do is clothes design. Soon all the kids, led by Big Dan, are calling Bernard "Bernadette" and shoving him around. Sara wants to help but she doesn't want to make it worse. But "Bernadette" is a little boy with big ideas. And he has a plan up his very nicely designed sleeve.

The Mr. Men and Little Miss are here to help engage children and inspire them to read with confidence. This book includes two funny stories. In the first Mr. Greedy discovers that being heavy can be useful and in the second Mr. Topsy-Turvy is all back to front and front to back! With colourful pictures, short sentences and simple, phonetic-based vocabulary, children will love learning to read with the Mr. Men and Little Miss. Level 1 Reading Ladder titles are perfect for new readers who are beginning to read simple stories with help.