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A quirky Valentine’s Day comedy from Simon Puttock and Russell Ayto, both children’s book award winnersDear ''Red'',Your wings are so beautiful!I wish you were my friend.Or EVEN my valentine?From ''Blue''Love is in the garden air on Valentine''s Day, but Ladybird is feeling all left out … until she opens a letter from a secret admirer. Could it really be from handsome blue Dragonfly? Ladybird is overjoyed! And who is shy Beetle writing to? All will be revealed at a magical moonlit wedding … and you''re invited!A laugh-out-loud love story full of captivating miniature detail.

The fox invites his friend the stork to dinner, but serves the stork his meal on a flat plate. Find out how the fox and the stork play tricks on one another at dinnertime. This retelling of a traditional tale is retold by award-winning author Simon Puttock. The fox invites his friend the stork to dinner, but serves the stork his meal on a flat plate. Find out how the fox and the stork play tricks on one another at dinnertime. This retelling of a traditional tale is retold by award-winning author Simon Puttock.Red A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development.Children can recap the tricks that the fox and stork played on one another on pages 14–15.Text type: A traditional taleCurriculum links: Citizenship: Friendship

Meg and her mum go to the market with their donkey, but find that listening to everyone else’s advice along the way doesn’t always make for a smooth journey. This humorous fiction story is based on Aesop’s fable The Farmer, His Son and the Donkey and is written by Simon Puttock. Meg and her mum go to the market with their donkey, but find that listening to everyone else’s advice along the way doesn’t always make for a smooth journey. This humorous fiction story is based on Aesop’s fable The Farmer, His Son and the Donkey and is written by Simon Puttock.Red B/Band 2B books offer simple but varied text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development and a satisfying conclusion.Children can recap the journey of Meg, Mum and the donkey at the market on pages 14–15.Text type: A retelling of a traditional taleCurriculum links: Citizenship: Animals and us

Twelve of the best-loved picture book stories to get your little ones through the longest journeys this summer. Worried about how to keep your little ones occupied this Summer? . . . Worry no more with this compilation of twelve of the best-loved picture book stories. One hour of audio fun to keep your children entertained on even the longest journeys – keeping at bay the dreaded question, ARE WE THERE YET?Featuring some of the biggest names in children’s stories – David Walliams, Oliver Jeffers, Judith Kerr and Emma Chichester Clark – this collection has it all. Full of laughter, and tonnes of fun. A must-have for the Summer Holidays.Playlist:Oliver Jeffers: STUCK – read by Terence StampJudith Kerr: ONE NIGHT IN THE ZOO – read by Susan SheridanDavid Walliams: THE BEAR WHO WENT BOO! – read by David WalliamsEmma Chichester Clark: MELROSE AND CROC: FRIENDS FOR LIFE – read by Emilia FoxDavid Mackintosh: MARSHALL ARMSTRONG IS NEW TO OUR SCHOOL – read by Stephen ManganJez Alborough: CAPTAIN DUCK – read by Matt LucasRob Scotton: SPLAT THE CAT – read by Anthony HeadSimon Puttock: THE LOVE BUGS – read by Cassandra HarwoodRachel Bright: LOVE MONSTER – read by David WalliamsJez Alborough: DUCK IN THE TRUCK – read by Harry EnfieldJackie French: DIARY OF A BABY WOMBAT – read by Finty WilliamsOliver Jeffers: UP AND DOWN – read by Richard E GrantCopyright: STUCK © 2013 Oliver Jeffers (P) 2013 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; SPLAT THE CAT © 2012 Rob Scotton (P) 2012 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; LOVE MONSTER © 2012 Rachel Bright (P) 2012 Harpercollins Publishers Limited; MARSHALL ARMSTRONG IS NEW TO OUR SCHOOL © 2011 David Mackintosh (P) 2012 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; CAPTAIN DUCK © 2002 Jez Alborough (P) 2013 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; THE LOVE BUGS © 2010 HarperCollins Publishers Limited (P) 2010 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; DIARY OF A BABY WOMBAT © 2010 Jackie French (P) 2011 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; MELROSE AND CROC: FRIENDS FOR LIFE © 2006 Emma Chichester Clark (P) 2013 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; THE BEAR WHO WENT BOO! © 2015 David Walliams (P) 2015 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; UP AND DOWN © 2011 Oliver Jeffers (P) 2011 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; DUCK IN THE TRUCK© 1999 Jez Alborough (P) 2013 HarperCollins Publishers Limited; ONE NIGHT IN THE ZOO© 2010 Judith Kerr (P) 2010 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Six captivating and engaging stories with clear phonics progression, ideal for children who are growing in reading confidence. Join Tops and friends on a journey to meet the Dinosaur King, discover a planet made out of cake and find out what Snoot really, really wants for his birthday! With a variety of stunning artwork styles and six funny, heart-warming and exciting stories, this collection has something for everyone. The stories have been specially written to support and develop your child's growing reading skills as they start to read more words and longer sentences with less help. Activities after every story make reading fun and reinforce comprehension. Each collection also features tips for parents to help you support your child's developing reading skills. Featuring much-loved characters, great authors, engaging storylines and fun activities, Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your child's reading confidence.Read with Oxford Stage 3 equates to Oxford Levels 4 and 5 used in schools. For more information about the Read with Oxford Stages, as well as practical advice, free eBooks and fun activities to help your child progress, go to readwithoxford.com. Let's get them flying!

Six captivating and engaging stories with clear progression, ideal for children who are gaining more reading confidence. Meet the boy with a sabre-tooth kitten, read about a monkey who dreams of climbing to the top of the Taj Mahal and find out what happens when Snoot stands up to his big, bad dream⦠With a variety of stunning artwork styles and six funny, heart-warming and exciting stories, this collection has something for everyone. The stories have been specially written to support and develop your child's reading skills as they gain more confidence and move towards independent reading. The stories are carefully levelled, building on the phonics skills children learn at school. Activities after every story make reading fun and reinforce comprehension. Each collection also features tips for parents to help you support your child's developing reading skills. Featuring much-loved characters, great authors, engaging storylines and fun activities, Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your child's reading confidence. Read with Oxford Stage 4 equates to Oxford Levels 6 and 7 used in schools. For more information about the Read with Oxford Stages, as well as practical advice, free eBooks and fun activities to help your child progress, go to readwithoxford.com. Let's get them flying!

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children's imaginations. These original stories will get children thinking, and develop and deepen their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustration styles broadens children's reading experience, with something to appeal to every child.This pack contains one of each of the following original stories: Dear Mum, Bad, Bad Dog, Snoot, My Sabre-tooth Pet, How the Bink Got Its Stink, Looga and Barooga: The Treasure of Soap Island.All the books in the series are carefully levelled, so it's easy to match every child to the right book for them. They also contain inside cover notes, to enable parents and teachers to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children's imaginations. These original stories will get children thinking, and develop and deepen their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustration styles broadens children's reading experience, with something to appeal to every child. This pack contains six of each of the following original stories: Dear Mum, Bad, Bad Dog, Snoot, My Sabre-tooth Pet, How the Bink Got Its Stink, Looga and Barooga: The Treasure of Soap Island.All the books in the series are carefully levelled, so it's easy to match every child to the right book for them. They also contain inside cover notes, to enable parents and teachers to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

Snoot is frightened of almost everything. His best friend, Milton, says he has to be brave. But when the big bad dream appears, even Milton is scared! Snoot must stand up for himself in this gorgeously-illustrated tale of fear, bravery and friendship.Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children's imaginations. These 36 original stories will get children thinking, and develop and deepen their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustration styles broadens children's reading experience, with something to appeal to every child. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, so it's easy to match every child to the right book for them. They also contain inside cover notes, to enable parents and teachers to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children's imaginations and develop their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustrators broadens children's reading experience, with something to appeal to every child. The titles at Oxford Levels 1+ to 5 are phonically decodable with some extra high-interest words to expand children's vocabularies and enrich the stories. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book.This pack contains six books, one of each of the following titles: Pip, Lop, Mip, Bop and the Bumbles, Tomorrow Never Comes, The Night Knight, Snoot's Birthday Surprise, Sometimes Mum is Silly and The Festival of Colours.

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children's imaginations and develop their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustrators broadens children's reading experience, with something to appeal to every child. The titles at Oxford Levels 1+ to 5 are phonically decodable with some extra high-interest words to expand children's vocabularies and enrich the stories. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book.This pack contains 36 books, six of each of the following titles: Pip, Lop, Mip, Bop and the Bumbles, Tomorrow Never Comes, The Night Knight, Snoot's Birthday Surprise, Sometimes Mum is Silly and The Festival of Colours.

Snoot really, really wants a bike for his birthday. Will Milton notice Snoot's hints, or will he get a birthday surprise? Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children's imaginations and develop their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustrators broadens children's reading experience, with something to appeal to every child. This story is one of six titles at Oxford Level 5, which are phonically decodable with some extra high-interest words to expand children's vocabularies and enrich the stories. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book.

Novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.This pack contains 6 books, one of each of: The Squink, Bigboots the Spider, The Boss Dog of Blossom Street, Oh, Otto!, The Cowboy Next Door, Walrus Joins In.

Novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.This pack contains 36 books, six of each of: The Squink, Bigboots the Spider, The Boss Dog of Blossom Street, Oh, Otto!, The Cowboy Next Door, Walrus Joins In.

In Walrus Joins In everyone in the North Pole is very excited about the 'Big Show in the Snow'. Anyone can be in it. The trouble is, Walrus wants to take part...TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

Novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.This pack contains 6 books, one of each of: Cornflake Coin, Dustbin, Fast Frog, Half Price Hero, Micro the Metal Dog, The Ghost Ship.

Novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.This pack contains 36 books, six of each of: Cornflake Coin, Dustbin, Fast Frog, Half Price Hero, Micro the Metal Dog, The Ghost Ship.

I am the fastest! I am the best! I should have a medal to wear upon my chest! chants Frog in Fast Frog. Frog likes being the best at things, but when he decides he wants to be the fastest he has to find new ways to beat the competition.TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

A gentle, reassuring picture book, perfect for little ones who are about to start school.It's drawing time at Moonlight School and Miss Moon has asked all the creatures to draw their favourite night time thing. But when Cat, Bat and Mouse use all the night-time coloured crayons, what will Owl do? Whatever will he draw now?This sweet and charming tale will reassure even the shyest of children.Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free 'Stories Aloud' audio recording - just scan the QR code and listen along!Other books in the Moonlight School series include: Mouse's First Night at Moonlight School (Winner of the 2016 Bookbug Children's Book Prize) and Cat Learns to Listen at Moonlight School.

A hilarious and quirky picture book full of appealing animal characters, written by renowned author Simon Puttock and with artwork by highly acclaimed illustrator Nadia Shireen, creator of Bumblebear and Billy and the Beast.Mr. and Mrs. Deer would love a baby, and one day they find a little antlered bundle on the doorstep. Mrs. Deer thinks their wish has come true; Mr. Deer thinks that the baby is very, very peculiar.When the baby won't stop roaring, they ask advice from family and friends but it takes wise old Granny Bear to spot the problem: the baby's not a baby - it's a little monster. A very greedy little monster at that . . . and why have all their friends mysteriously disappeared?The perfect laugh-out-loud bedtime story for children aged 3-6.Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free 'Stories Aloud' audio recording - just scan the QR code and listen along!