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Here Comes Trouble tells the story of clumsy Trudy Hubble. The trouble is that Trudy is always tripping up and knocking things over 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.

In The Case of the Smiling Shark, the Foxy and Co. gang - that's Daniel (Foxy), Jamal, Wesley and Marietta - are helping Mrs Gale to clear the pond. They find a shark...and it's smiling!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.

Based on the classic story The Elves and the Shoemaker, this vibrantly illustrated story is sure to become a favourite in every home. Meet the poor and hungry shoemaker who wakes up one morning to find that his shoes have been magically made for him! Part of the Ladybird First Favourite Tales series - a perfect introduction to fairy tales for preschoolers - this hardback book contains lots of funny rhythm and rhyme to delight young children. Ideal for reading aloud and sharing with 2-4 year olds.

There’s a FIRST TIME for everything! Young children’s lives are full of new experiences, and these books help make these enjoyable and rewarding. The simple conversational text and lively illustrations are carefully designed to encourage further dialogue between reader and child.

This exciting collection of six mini-boardbooks is chock-full of fun! Each book contains irresistible illustrations by the popular artist Jan Lewis, showing Santa and his elves, lots of little helpful mice, and all their animal friends. (Also, turn over the books and put them together to see a picture puzzle of Santa skiing!)

This lift-the-flap novelty boardbook is packed with wonderful things to look at. Open the kitchen door to see two fairies carrying an enormous cake, and gaze through a gateway to the party as things get into full swing. Special die-cut holes show views through windows - and even a mystical mirror! With sparkly fairy dust on the front cover, this cute book is sure to delight all young fairy fans. Fairies from all over Fairyland are hurrying to the Fairy Palace for the party of the year! Peer through windows and open doors to watch the little fairies (and mice) at work as they get things ready. Inside the palace, invitations are being written. Rugs are shaken - phew, what a lot of dust! Outside, the fairy gardeners are making everything look beautiful. Some are collecting pretty petals to make into party dresses. Others are picking flowers to decorate the grand ballroom. Open the door that leads into the kitchen...where fairy cooks are busy mixing magic party food. Friendly dragons help with the baking by using their fiery breath. Gaze out of the windows and you will see dragonfly limos and tiger moth taxis flitting to and fro. Don't worry - they do dragonfly valet parking here!Finally, the Fairy Queen welcomes everyone to her palace.Come in and join the fun...

This traditional story is retold in rhyme in this chunky padded boardbook. You can see what happens when three young pigs build three new houses - one of them out of straw, one of them using sticks, and one of them with bricks...Bright illustrations and simple rhyming text make this book perfect for reading aloud to small children, or for more confident readers to enjoy by themselves. Youngsters can also have fun counting how many times the little black bird appears in the story. "Look at my boys," said Mother Pig, "You three lads have got quite big! Now that you are almost grown, Please build new houses of your own. Off you go, but just watch out. The big, bad wolf roams here about!" One house was straw, another sticks, But the clever third pig made his from bricks. Would these keep the wolf from the door? Read this book to find out more!

This traditional story is retold in rhyme in this little padded boardbook. You can see what happens to Goldilocks when she walks into the empty house of a family of bears and proceeds to try their porridge, their chairs and even their beds...Bright illustrations and simple rhyming text make this book perfect for reading aloud to small children, or for more confident readers to enjoy by themselves. Youngsters can also have fun counting how many times two happy little mice appear in the story. Say "Hello" to the Three Bears, Ready for breakfast in their chairs. "This porridge is too hot to eat," Said Father Bear, getting to his feet. "Let's take a walk while we wait." So the bears went to the garden gate. Along comes Goldilocks, who soon sees. The little house among the trees. What does she find beyond the door? Read this book to discover more!

This timeless tale is retold in rhyme in this special padded boardbook. You can follow the unhappy ugly duckling as he is teased by his prettier siblings and swims away to a distant lake - where he gets a pleasant surprise the following spring...Youngsters can also have fun watching out for the little mouse and counting how many times he appears. Bright illustrations and simple rhyming text make this book perfect for reading aloud to small children, or for more confident readers to enjoy by themselves. Mother Duck sits on her nest, For her eggs she does her best. Ducklings hatch - what a lot! Five are yellow...one is not. No golden feathers trim and neat. He is scruffy, with big feet. The ducklings tease him. "Go away. We think you're ugly," they all say. What happens to this poor, sad bird? This book will show you, in pictures and words.

This classic fairy story is retold in rhyme in this chunky padded boardbook. Cinderella's fairy godmother makes it possible for the poor young girl to attend a royal ball - but the magic will only last until midnight...Bright pictures and simple rhyming text make this an ideal story for reading aloud to little ones, or for more confident readers to enjoy by themselves. And look out for the little mice - count how many times they appear throughout the book. Cinderella, kind and sweet, Wore old clothes and had bare feet. Her two stepsisters had silk gowns, And her stepmother an ugly frown. They made her work all through the day, With not much food and, of course, no pay. To a ball her sisters were invited. They laughed and screamed, so excited! Cinderella had no party frock, But some magic helped...until twelve o'clock...

You can follow the adventures of the beautiful Snow White as she is banished from the place by the wicked Queen, her stepmother, and takes refuge with the seven dwarfs. This traditional story is retold in rhyme in this chunky padded boardbook. You can watch out for the little butterfly who can be seen flittering and fluttering throughout the story. Bright illustrations and amusing rhyming text make this book ideal for reading aloud to small children, or for more confident readers to enjoy by themselves. A lovely girl was Snow White, Kind and gentle, sweet and bright. Her stepmother, who was the Queen, Was proud, unkind and really mean! The Queen's magic mirror on the wall, Told her, "You're the most beautiful of them all." One day it whispered something new: "Snow White is prettier than you!" How did the Queen express her rage? Find out as you turn each page!

This timeless tale is retold in rhyme in this special padded boardbook. You can follow Red Riding Hood as she walks through a forest to visit her poorly grandmother, but crosses paths with a wily wolf along the way...Youngsters can also have fun watching out for the caterpillar and counting how many times he appears. Bright illustrations and simple rhyming text make this book perfect for reading aloud to small children, or for more confident readers to enjoy by themselves. Dear Little Red Riding Hood. Lived very close to a big, dark wood. "Will you please," her mother said, Take food to Granny, who's sick in bed." Little Red walked and skipped along, Humming and singing a happy song. But a big bad wolf soon stopped her walk. Grinning, he said, "Let's have a talk." Do you want to find out his wicked plan? Well, read this book, and then you can!

This timeless tale is retold in rhyme in this chunky padded boardbook. You can follow the adventures of Aladdin as he battles against a wicked wizard and finds a magic lamp - when he rubs it, a helpful genie appears! Bright pictures and simple rhyming text make this an ideal story for reading aloud to little ones, or for more confident readers to enjoy by themselves. And look out for Aladdin's black cat - count how many times she appears throughout the book. Aladdin, a poor and ragged boy, Was his mother's pride and joy. They had little food and no money at all. Then a long-lost uncle came to call. He showed Al a cave, with a lamp on the floor. "Please fetch it for me - I can't fit through the door." Then he threatened to slit the lad's gizzard. This was no uncle, but an evil wizard! How could Aladdin defeat this meany? Why, with the help of a wish-granting genie...

This title lets you follow the adventures of Sleeping Beauty, who is cursed by a bad fairy, and the brave and handsome prince who releases her from the spell. This traditional story is retold in rhyme in this special padded boardbook. Watch out for the little blue bird who appears from time to time throughout the story. Bright illustrations and amusing rhyming text make this book ideal for reading aloud to small children, or for more confident readers to enjoy by themselves. A baby was born to the Queen and King. They planned a special christening. Good fairies flew in from all over the place, Bringing magic gifts: health, beauty, and grace. But one wicked fairy brought only tears. "She'll prick her finger and sleep for years!" Needles and pins were banned straight away. Beauty was safe for another day. Want to know the fairy's next evil plan? Well, read this book, and then you can!

This sturdy little boardbook is a very special gift for a baby or toddler. It features 13 carefully written, simple prayers and bright, joyful illustrations that will encourage children to talk to God. It includes offerings of thanks for each new day and the food we eat, the joys that are brought by animals and plants and by the sun and the moon in the sky, wishes for our family and friends and others around the world, and a special prayer to keep us safe while sleeping. It is perfect for reading aloud to little ones, or for more confident readers to enjoy by themselves. This charmingly illustrated book is an inspiring collection of prayers and devotions that any child will love to use, either by themselves or with loved ones. Containing prayers that are suited to every mood and occasion, the book offers blessings on waking, thoughts for times of joy and thankfulness, hopes for the future, and prayers to help others and to end suffering. Pretty pictures on every page convey the wonder and beauty of God's creation, including animals, family and friends, and will fill young readers with a sense of peace and happiness.

This is a first counting book for babies and toddlers, with big bright illustrations on every page. It covers the numbers 1 to 20, with simple words, pictures and concepts. You can see familiar objects such as five balloons, six pencils, eight socks, nine delicious cakes, and ten toys. You can count up all the happy animals, from one mouse, though seventeen butterflies, to twenty fishes. It is designed for children and adults to enjoy together, with a wipe-clean padded cover and sturdy board pages. Specially created to be fun to learn, this soft-to-touch first book encourages babies and toddlers to recognize numbers and learn to count. The first ten pages cover the numbers 1 to 10, showing the full sequence of figures on each page with the number in question shown big and bold, to aid learning. The rest of the book deals with higher numbers, all the way up to 20. The bright drawings of friendly people and cute animals make this a brilliant learning tool that small children will want to look at over and over again.

This is a first alphabet book for babies and toddlers, with big bright illustrations on every page. It covers all the letters, from A to Z, with simple words, pictures and concepts. Everyday items include Apple, Juice, Melons, Oranges, Yogurt, and other fun foods. It features lots of familiar or exotic animals, such as a cute Donkey, Elephant, Hen, Koala, Lion and Zebra. It is designed for children and adults to enjoy together, with a wipe-clean padded cover and sturdy board pages. Specially created to be fun to learn, this soft-to-touch first book encourages babies and toddlers to learn the alphabet and new words. Each page focuses on a particular letter, starting with A and ending with Z. Every double-page spread shows the full range of letters at the bottom of the page, with the ones in question clearly highlighted in a tab, to aid learning. The bright drawings of friendly people and cute animals make this a wonderful aid to learning that small children will want to return to time and time again.

This is a first book of animals for babies and toddlers. Small children always love looking at pictures of animals - and they will find plenty in this chunky little book, with bright illustrations on every page! The pictures show domestic pets such as a cat and a dog, familiar farmyard animals including a cow, a pig and a sheep, and wild creatures such as an elephant, a giraffe, a tiger and a many-tentacled octopus. It is designed for young children and adults to enjoy together, with a wide-clean padded cover and sturdy board pages. This soft-to-touch first book encourages babies and toddlers to talk about, focus on, and learn animal words. It is full of fun images of friendly animals, including a cute cat, a jumping frog, busy bees, swimming turtles, and a monkey dangling from a tree branch. Smaller pictures show groups of similar or connected creatures, such as household pets, farm animals, wild mammals, birds, polar inhabitants and sea creatures. The bright drawings and simple text make this a great learning aid that youngsters will want to use again and again.

This is a first book of colours for babies and toddlers, with bright illustrations on every page. Colours are endlessly fascinating to youngsters as they gradually learn what each shade is called and discover which ones they like best. Here are all the main colours, with objects that are commonly associated with them, such as a green leaf, blue jeans, and a black cat. It is designed for young children and adults to enjoy together, with a wipe-clean padded cover and sturdy board pages. This soft-to-touch first book encourages babies and toddlers to recognize and learn shades and shapes. It is full of fun images of cute animals, friendly people, food and other items, in all the different hues. See a red apple, a yellow banana, a brown horse, a yellow sun and a white moon, as well as colour combinations such as a black and white cow, and a boy wearing red and white stripes. The bright drawings and simple text make this the perfect learning tool that small children will want to use over and over again.

Meet Little Dino and all his prehistoric pals during a hectic day in this interactive boardbook. You can watch the dinosaurs wake up in the morning and eat breakfast, go to school to look and learn, have a tiring race in the playground, make a mess at dinnertime, play music, take a bath, and enjoy a bedtime story. This chunky, soft-to-touch book has been specially designed for young children and adults to enjoy together, with a wipe-clean cover and sturdy board pages. You can follow Dino's day, learn the activities, and have fun! Don't be afraid! Unlike the dinosaurs you may have seen in the movies, Little Dino, the young Tyrannosaurus, isn't scary at all. His friends are very approachable, too - including a red Triceratops, a blue Iguanodon, and a pink Leptoceratops. See them bake cakes and eat them, take the bus into town, and shop for groceries - those Triceratops horns come in very useful for carrying bags! Things wind down towards the end of the day and the end of the book, as the dinosaurs have dinner, play one last game, brush their teeth and go to bed. Goodnight!

Follow Little Dino and all his prehistoric pals as they help you to identify colours in this interactive boardbook. This chunky, soft-to-touch book has been specially designed for young children and adults to enjoy together, with a wipe-clean cover and sturdy board pages. The various shades are illustrated by Dino and his friends, including green paint and brown cookies, and colour combinations such as red and orange squares, and blue and white stars. You can learn the words, spot the colours, and have fun! No need to turn white as a sheet! Little Dino, the young Tyrannosaurus, isn't at all scary, unlike the dinosaurs that you may have seen in the movies. His friends are very approachable, too - including a red Triceratops, a blue Brontosaurus, and an orange Stegosaurus. There's even a dinosaur with orange stripes and green circles! Other shades demonstrated by Little Dino and his chums include yellow sand, an orange balloon, brown cookies and a pink cake. Later pages invite readers to point to the red dinosaurs and to name all the colours shown.

Meet Little Dino and all his prehistoric pals as they help you with numbers and counting in this chunky, soft-to-touch boardbook. Each number is illustrated by Dino and his friends, such as 2 dinosaurs with muddy feet, or 6 dinosaurs out and about - I bet you never knew dinosaurs could drive! This interactive book has been specially designed for young children and adults to enjoy together, with a wipe-clean cover and sturdy board pages. You can learn to count and recognize numbers, and have fun! Don't be frightened! Unlike the dinosaurs you may have seen in the movies, Little Dino, the young Tyrannosaurus, isn't scary at all. His friends are very nice, too - including a blue Brontosaurus, a red Triceratops and a bright green Stegosaurus. There's no need to be frightened by mathematics, either, because Dino and his chums are here to help you with counting - from one dino with a long neck to ten dinos on a train. Along the bottom of each page is a list of figures showing where the number fits in the sequence. You can count on Little Dino!

Follow Little Dino and all his prehistoric pals as they help you to understand action words in this chunky, soft-to-touch boardbook. This interactive book has been specially designed for young children and adults to enjoy together, with a wipe-clean cover and sturdy board pages. Each action is demonstrated by Dino and his friends, including related words such as eat and drink, jump and walk, and push and pull. You can learn the words, repeat the actions, and have fun! There's no need to be afraid! Little Dino, the young Tyrannosaurus, isn't at all scary, unlike the dinosaurs you may have seen in the movies. His friends are very nice, too - including a smiling Pterosaur, a bright red Triceratops and a blue Brontosaurus. There's no need to be afraid of learning new words, either, because Dino and his chums are here to help you by showing you what they mean. Some of the words are related, such as throw and kick or hold and carry. Some of them are just for fun, such as fly and sit or paint and climb. Happy reading!

This title contains 3 great books: First ABC; First 123; and, First Words. There are three boardbooks in a box, offering a wonderful range of lively learning for the very young. First ABC - over 200 words and pictures of friendly animals, happy people and other items will help children to have an enjoyable time while mastering the alphabet. First 123 - give your child a great start and help them to discover that numbers are fun, with the aid of 7 fluffy cats, 11 busy bees, 60 shiny apples, and much more. First Words - this picture word book depicts over 225 annotated objects for kids to look at and learn from. These books are just the right size for tiny hands to hold, and are full of pretty pictures by experienced children's illustrator Jan Lewis. These three fun-packed boardbooks will help young children to learn the alphabet, to discover the joy of numbers, and to spot and name more than 225 words. With these little books, kids can learn new terms, add and subtract numbers, and count all the way up to 100. Along the way, simple questions encourage them to solve puzzles and to talk about what they see.

This special padded boardbook brings the people, places and events of the New Testament to life for the very young child.

This book helps you learn to count from 1 to 100! This is a first counting book for babies and toddlers, with big bright illustrations on every page. It offers lots of familiar objects to look at: 4 cars, 10 butterflies, 15 drums, 17 fishes and 70 bananas...all the way up to 100 knives and forks. Fun question-and-answer pages challenge readers to count the sides of shapes, work out the next number in the sequence, and pair up the mismatched footwear. It is designed for children and grown-ups to enjoy together, with a wipe-clean padded cover and sturdy board pages. This interactive book will help young children to count, add up and take away. It will also encourage them to group items, put things into pairs, talk about what they see, and develop simple number skills. The first 14 pages cover the numbers 1 to 100, with the figure in question shown big and bold, to aid learning. The rest of the book includes visual games, such as finding the 5 starfish in an underwater scene, or counting the slices of toast in the kitchen. With hundreds of brightly painted pictures, this chunky boardbook makes learning to count fun!

This traditional story is retold in entertaining rhyme in this chunky padded boardbook. When a handsome prince begins to lose hope of ever meeting a real princess to marry, his mother, the queen, has a cunning idea to test an unexpected visitor...Big, bright illustrations and simple rhyming text make this book ideal for reading aloud to small children, or for more confident readers to enjoy by themselves. Youngsters can also have fun counting how many times the prince's little brown dog appears. One day a handsome young prince said, "I want a real princess to wed." "I'm a princess," many girls cried, But the prince knew that they all lied. Dejected, he sat down and sighed, "I do so want a royal bride." One stormy night, the lightning flashed, Rain poured down, and thunder crashed. Who could that be knocking at the door? Read this book and find out more...!

This book lets you follow the exploits of Puss in Boots, a cunning cat who improves the fortunes of a poor miller's son - and even enables the lad to marry a princess! This traditional story is retold in rhyme in this special chunky boardbook. Big, bright illustrations and simple, rhyming text make this first fairy-tale book perfect for reading aloud to little ones, or for more confident young readers to enjoy by themselves. You can count how many pretty little butterflies appear throughout the story. When the good miller grew old and died, His three poor sons were sad and cried. The mill was left to the eldest son. The donkey belonged to the middle one. That left the youngest with just the cat. "What," he asked, "is the good of that?" But Puss said, "Please get for me, Some boots and a bag, and then you'll see..." And so will you, if you take a look Within the pages of this boardbook!