Books in Usborne First Reading Level 4 series

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of owls, and follows the development of an owl from the time it is an owlet until it is old enough to hunt for food and take care of itself.

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.

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.

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

A series that offers simple stories with one or two sentences per page and lively detailed artwork--perfect for children who are learning to read but not yet reading alone.

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.

Beginner readers are taken on a trip back to medieval times to learn what it was like to be a knight and live in a castle. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme, developed with experts at the University of Roehampton.

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

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.