A wonderful collection of six classic Greek myths and legends, specially retold for younger readers. Includes the stories of ‘The Wooden Horse’, ‘The Minotaur’ and ‘The Odyssey’, as well as a guide to the Greek Gods. Beautifully bound in padded hardback, and packed with information, colour and culture, this makes a thrilling read for any child. With a pronunciation guide to Greek names on the Usborne Quicklinks website.
A retelling of the action-packed story of Hercules as he completes his most famous set of challenges: the Twelve Tasks.
Aimed at children whose reading ability and confidence allows them to tackle longer and more complex stories.
Developed in consultation with reading experts from Roehampton University.
Part of the Usborne Reading Programme, now comprising over 250 books for children learning to read.
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As Lenny's father goes off to fight in the World War II, he gives his son a brass badge with a lion and a unicorn on it. Lenny keeps it with him when he has to be evacuated to a big house in the country. He misses his parents, and the other children there and at school are spiteful in teasing him. But, he finds a secret walled garden to escape.
Three original stories with easy-reading text for children who have just started reading on their own. Includes stories about scary monsters living under the bed, close encounters with rampaging ice beasts and escaping slimy swamp creatures.
Princes and princesses go together like sea and sand. But what if you're the world's clumsiest prince? Or the smelliest? Or you're a princess who doesn't want to get married? Then things get a little tricky. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton.
The top-ten bestseller and must-have gift, discover the joy of gift-giving in this hilarious caper from bestselling author, Ben Miller.
All Tog wants to do is work in Santa's workshop and one wonderful day, the letter from Santa arrives: Tog has been selected as an apprentice elf! Making toys is a lot more technical and a lot less fun than Tog had imagined, and even though his new friend Holly tries to help him, he's quickly relegated to cleaning out the reindeer stables. But someone has been stealing the presents from the workshop and a case of mistaken identity finds Tog accused of being the culprit! Can Tog use his special Christmas magic to discover the real thief and save all the presents before Christmas Eve is over?
A funny and heartwarming story about the true meaning of gift giving, from the King of Christmas, Ben Miller!
A soldier acquires a magic tinderbox which allows him to summon three powerful dogs, who will do whatever he tells them. But when he is discovered using magic to spend time with a beautiful princess, the soldier is sentenced to death. Can the three dogs to save his life?
Evil Cruella De Vil has kidnapped 15 dalmatian puppies to make the fur coat of her dreams. But she didn't count on their determined and brave parents, Pongo and Perdita, coming to the rescue of not only their own puppies, but 84 others!
The Elves and the Shoemaker is part of the enduringly popular Well-loved Tales fairy tales series from Ladybird.
Even today, Well-loved Tales are still beloved by adults and children alike.
First published in 1965, this beautiful book has been specially re-released to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ladybird Books in 2015. Complete with stunning dust jacket, this limited edition facsimile copy of the original book by Vera Southgate has all the beautiful, memorable pictures that people remember, now available for a new generation to fall in love with.
