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Maisy's brother's Ed won't let her play with his toys. He says, 'Dinos are for boys'! But Ed hasn't met T. Rex's bigger sister. She Rex is a big and burly, multi-coloured dino girly. And Maisy is about to show her brother that stomping, chomping She Rex is as fierce and as loud as any boy dinosau...

Sharky McShark is the meanest, most fearsome creature in the ocean. When she's around, the clownfish clear out, the flatfish flee, and even the rocks get out of her way. Sharky is the biggest bully in the sea. She has no friends and doesn't want any. But then one day - with a plink! plank! plonk!...

Sharky McShark is the meanest, most fearsome creature in the ocean. When she's around, the clownfish clear out, the flatfish flee, and even the rocks get out of her way. Sharky is the biggest bully in the sea. She has no friends and doesn't want any. But then one day - with a plink! plank! plonk!...

'Shark Feels Shy' is a picture book that helps young children discuss their feelings and build positive relationships. It offers a gentle introduction to the emotion of shyness and offers some ways in which to deal with it. In the story, Shark wants to participate in his class's 'Show and Tell' b...

While all the other fish flee in terror from the white-tipped shark, a brave pilot fish strikes up an unlikely bargain with him - she'll clean his teeth and scratch his head, so long as he keeps her safe and sound from the other scary beasts in the sea. At first the shark reluctantly agrees, but ...

Watch out, supervillains. There's a new spy in town. Secret Agent Elephant isn't much good at hiding, or disguises, or driving fast cars - but he does look dangerously handsome in a tuxedo. Join the world's biggest, clumsiest super spy on his first mission: to find feline supervillain Vincent le ...

Explore the Enchanted Wood with Joe, Beth and Frannie and meet their very special friends, Silky the fairy, Moonface and Saucepan Man. When a runaway elephant visits the tree, there's a lot of mess for the friends to sort out. Ideal for reading with 3-6 year-olds, this picture book is a delightfu...

From duck's brown feathers to donkey's white teeth, from macaw's purple feathers to fish's yellow fins, each animal has a special colour to show off. But what happens when spider Jack waggles his legs? They're very long and very black - will you run away and not come back? Featuring a surprise po...

This story is part of 'Reading Champion', a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE). 'Reading Champion' offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce...

Maisy's brother's Ed won't let her play with his toys. He says, 'Dinos are for boys'! But Ed hasn't met T. Rex's bigger sister. She Rex is a big and burly, multi-coloured dino girly. And Maisy is about to show her brother that stomping, chomping She Rex is as fierce and as loud as any boy dinosau...