Warm and funny poems about some not so scary monsters. Perfect for children learning to read.
Do you know what a vampire’s favourite food is? Or why werewolves howl at the moon? Find out some surprising things about your favourite monsters!
BOOK BAND: TURQUOISE
The Reading Ladder series helps children to enjoy learning to read. It features well-loved authors, classic characters and favourite topics, so that children will find something to excite and engage them in every title they pick up. It’s the first step towards a lasting love of reading.
Level 2 Reading Ladder titles are perfect for readers who are growing in confidence and are beginning to enjoy longer stories.
Sheryl Webster is the author of many children's books, including the Fang Family series for Pearson Education's school reader programme and picture books Tinysaurus and What the Small Rabbit Heard for Andersen Press. She lives in Liverpool with her husband and four children, who provide plenty of ideas and inspiration for her books!
Richard Watson was snapped up by the Bright Agency soon after he gained a 1st class degree in Illustration at Lincoln University and his books have now been published all over the world. Richard’s work is mainly produced digitally but he is also a keen sketcher and painter.
Series consultant Nikki Gamble is the director of Just Imagine, a specialist resource and training centre for Primary English. She is Associate Consultant at the University of London, Institute of Education.
Whacky poems that take a roller-coaster ride from the crazy corners of dreams to the big questions of life. Steve Turners first collection of poetry for children is regularly in the best-seller lists. The poems make an instant impact on children, and the themes and ideas in them give lots of food for thought.
Friendship and fun abound in this full-colour early reader for ages 4+.
In the faraway village of Snottington Sneeze
Lived a wizened old wizard with knocketty knees.
Woozy the Wizard loves his old broom - not too small, not too big - but it is a little rusty. So when he spies a Shiny New Shop with HOOVERS he can't believe his luck! If only he could make his new hoover go zoom . . . Magic and mishap ensue with Woozy and his pet pig.
The second in a brilliant new series featuring charming rhyming text and lovely illustrations, with clear shapes and colours, this is a joy to read aloud, and just right for children moving from large-format picture books to young readers.
Hilda Offen is an award-winning children's author and illustrator. She won the Smarties Gold Award for her picture book Nice Work, Little Wolf! And her book The Galloping Ghost was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Book Prize.
Presents survival strategies for adventurers. This book also contains your favourite YouTubers' Story Mode memories, accounts of the Mojang team's epic adventures and the Mojang team also offers some challenges for you to try in-game, too.
A collection of the very best poems for children, edited by Roger McGough
A wonderful collection of contemporary and classic poems chosen by children from schools around the UK. Roger McGough made the final selection and wrote the introduction.
Roger McGough was born in Liverpool and educated at the University of Hull. He came to prominence in the 1960s with the publication of THE MERSEY SOUND, and is one of today's most popular poets. He writes for children and adults and performs his poetry all over the world. He was honoured with an OBE in 1997, and won the Signal Poetry Award in 1998. Roger now lives in London.
Sheila Moxley is gaining a powerful reputation for her multi-cultural illustration. She lives in London.
Let your imagination run riot and laughter fill your belly as you explore traditional poems, rhymes with a twist, and subversive playground favourites in this playful treasure chest of verse.
The Original Conjuring Cat stars in the second picture book from T. S. Eliot and Arthur Robins, a timeless magical partnership - perfect for ages 3+.
Was there ever
A cat so clever
As magical Mr. Mistoffelees!
Following Arthur Robins' criticallly acclaimed picture book of Macavity (already sold 10k) he turns his attentions to the magical Mr. Mistoffelees with delightfully hilarious results. Perfect for ages 3+, children (and parents) will love reading aloud about the Original Conjuring Cat.
To sit alongside other classics such as The Gruffalo, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, and Spot.
'A lovely treat of a book and should be enjoyed by children and cat lovers of all ages.' Children's Books Ireland
'A marvellous moggy-filled book!' Read it Daddy!
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