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  • Bugs

    Sarah Courtauld

    Hardcover (Usborne Publishing Ltd, Jan. 1, 2007)
    Rare Book

  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf

    Mairi Mackinnon

    Hardcover (Usborne Publishing Ltd, March 15, 2008)
    NA

  • The Castle That Jack Built

    Lesley Sims, Mike Gordon

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, Jan. 1, 2007)
    A new take on the familiar cumulative rhyme leads from the castle that Jack built to a frog prince and a princess for him to marry.
    L

  • The Ugly Duckling: Level 4

    Howard Hughes

    Hardcover (Usborne Publishing Limited Harper Collin UK, March 15, 2001)
    New

  • The Dragon and the Phoenix

    Lesley Sims Lesley Sims,Graham Philpot

    Hardcover (Usborne Publishing Ltd, Sept. 28, 2007)
    Dragon and the Phoenix

  • Little Red Riding Hood: Level 4

    n/a

    Hardcover (USBORNE PUBLISHING, March 15, 2006)
    New

  • The Hare and the Tortoise

    Mairi Mackinnon, Daniel Howarth

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2007)
    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.
    O

  • The Little Giraffe

    Lesley Sims

    Hardcover (Usborne Publishing Ltd, March 15, 2007)
    This work contains four new titles in the fantastic "First Reading" series, aimed at children who are beginning to read. Luxurious hardback editions foster pride in book ownership and enthusiasm for reading. Each of these four exciting new stories is a classic story or fable, retold with simple text to delight and inspire any child who is just beginning to read. This key series was developed in conjunction with reading expert Allison Kelly from the University of Surrey, a reading specialist. Every title has clear and compelling text that allows children to build their burgeoning reading skills and is accompanied by charming and highly appealing illustrations.

  • The Dinosaur Who Lost His Roar

    Russell Punter, Andy Elkerton

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, Jan. 1, 2007)
    Sid likes to scare the other dinosaurs with his roar, and laughs at them when they jump, but when he loses his voice, he realizes he does not like to be laughed at, and that there is an appropriate time for roaring.
    R

  • Fox and the Crow

    Rocio Martinez Mairi Mackinnon

    Hardcover (Usborne Publishing Ltd, Aug. 16, 2001)
    These are four new titles in the fantastic "First Reading" series, aimed at children who are beginning to read. Luxurious hardback editions foster pride in book ownership and enthusiasm for reading. Each of these four exciting new stories is a classic story or fable, retold with simple text to delight and inspire any child who is just beginning to read. This key series was developed in conjunction with reading expert Allison Kelly from the University of Surrey, a reading specialist. Every title has clear and compelling text that allows children to build their burgeoning reading skills and is accompanied by charming and highly appealing illustrations.

  • Butterflies: Level Four

    Kate Davies, Jana Costa

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, Jan. 1, 2008)
    Simple text and illustrations describe butterflies and how they smell, see, feed, and fly.
    L

  • Chicken Licken

    Russell Punter, Ann Kronheimer

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, Jan. 1, 2007)
    When an acorn hits him on the head, Chicken Licken alarms the other barnyard birds by telling them the sky is falling.
    K