Books in Reading Ladder series

Thomas the Tank Engine is here to help engage children and inspire them to read with confidence. This book includes two stories. One about about Thomas' tall friend Kevin the crane and the other about the shiny red engine who runs the Sodor Steamworks, Victor. With colourful pictures, short sentences and simple, phonetic-based vocabulary, children will love learning to read with Thomas. Level 1 Reading Ladder titles are perfect for new readers who are beginning to read simple stories with help. Thomas has been teaching children lessons about life and friendship for over 70 years. He ranks alongside other beloved character such as Paddington Bear, Winnie-the-Pooh and Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage.

Granda is different from other folk—he talks to the hills. One day, he tells his granddaughter, Lily, an old story about Dragon Boy—a human child who was raised by a dragon mother. The young lad lived happily with his family in the Dragon Hills. He looked like a dragon in his costume of leaves, and he learned to sing dragon songs. But he couldn't make fire like his dragon friends and somehow, he still felt as if he was the odd one out. Then one day, Dragon Boy is reunited with his real mother and goes to live with his human family, but he still misses his dragon past and he still talks to them when he can. Just like Granda in fact, thinks Lily!

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 one about that jolly, round character Mr. Happy and the other about the incredibly strong Mr. Strong. 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.

The third title featuring Lola, the little sister who’s larger than life! Sure to entrance all beginner readers with its humor and fabulous illustrations. Poor Natalie’s broken her leg and is stuck up in her bedroom all alone. But Lola has a plan to keep Natalie from getting bored. It involves a walkie-talkie, her new imaginary friend Mrs. Beasly, a puppy called Pebbles, a pig, an elephant, and a witch. Oh, and Natalie’s brand new birthday bike that she only got to ride once. . . What could possibly go wrong?

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.