Interest age: from c 4 years

When Frankie McGee insists on borrowing yet another book about tractors, his mum crumbles. She begs him to read a book about something else - cars, planes, cranes, trains - anything! Frankie launches into all of the various, glorious factors that make up the love that he has for all tractors - bu...

After a day of being unable to speak when asked, and of being stared at, a boy and his father go to the river for some quiet time. 'It's just a bad speech day,' says Dad. But the boy can't stop thinking about all the eyes watching his lips twisting and twirling. When his father points to the rive...

Two cavemen invent everything! But will they be happy? Inch and Grub are cavemen. Grub's cave is bigger, and he says that makes him the best. So Inch adds a water feature to his cave. But Grub has made fire! So Inch makes a chair. And a house. And a car. Grub, meanwhile, has made a castle and a t...

With a little help from her fairy godrobot, Cinderella is going to the ball. But when the prince's ship has mechanical trouble, someone will have to zoom to the rescue! Readers will thank their lucky stars for this irrepressible fairy tale retelling, its independent heroine, and its stellar happy...

Cluck the cockerel knows his job on the farm is very important: he must wake all the other animals to do their work! The only problem is Cluck has no idea when he should crow! This funny and heart-warming story shows the value of kindness and helping a friend in need.

Jack's mum is cross when he swaps their cow for magic beans. What on earth has he done? Develop your child's reading skills with this delightful picture storybook series. It includes a picture-word guide inside the back cover for easy reference.

Jellyfish is so jealous when Swordfish is better at swimmimg that he reacts angrily and hurts Swordfish's feelings. Luckily, their teacher Mr Narwhal helps Jellyfish understand how he can deal with his feelings and together they work out how to repair Jellyfish's friendship with Swordfish.

'Key Words with Peter and Jane' is a tried and trusted series that has taught generations of children to read. Level 2 is for children who can read some words. Peter and Jane jump in the water. A fish is in the water. The water is fun!

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). 'Jumping in Puddles' shows Harry, who loves jumping in puddles, find a puddle deeper than ...

In this work, readers age 5+ can choose their way through a jungle-based adventure. The different choices on each spread gives a combination of hundreds of stories - a new one with every read!