Very Little Red Riding Hood is little. Very little. She's brave and bossy, fearless and determined, loving and funny. And like all toddlers she likes everything just so – woe betide anyone and anything that gets in her way! Join Very Little Red Riding Hood on a very important expedition to her Grandmama's for a sleepover. She's got some cakes, she's got red ted, she's got her blanket and …
Designed for children learning to read, this book retells Peter and the Wolf in lively, natural language to help children develop the confidence to read alone. Level Four is suitable for children who are ready to read longer stories with a wider vocabulary.
The first in a new series 'Elephants' for ages 6+. With an easy to read format and an illustration on almost every page it will hold a child's fascination and parents will find the entertaining problems addressed (inept officials turning a blind eye, noisy parties, litter, and bribery) in this old tale with a new twist.
When it comes time for the three little wolves to go out into the world and build themselves a house, their mother warns them to beware the big bad pig. But the little wolves' increasingly sturdy dwellings are no match for the persistent porker, who has more up his sleeve than huffing and puffing. It takes a chance encounter with a flamingo pushing a wheelbarrow full of flowers to provide a sur…
You thought you knew the story of the “The Three Little Pigs”… You thought wrong. In this hysterical and clever fracture fairy tale picture book that twists point of view and perspective, young readers will finally hear the other side of the story of “The Three Little Pigs.”
This simple and effective retelling of the traditional fable teaches kids a valuable lesson: always tell the truth. A young shepherd pretends not once, but twice that a wolf is after his flock. But he learns a hard lesson when a wolf really appears…and no one heeds his cries.
The bad, bad Wolf wants to make a meal out of Mother Hen and then make off with her goodies. But before he can do it, she makes a meal for him. Stone soup is surprisingly filling. A clever hen manages to stall a hungry wolf's plans to make a meal of her by persuading him to taste her stone soup first. Mother Hen is going to be in the soup herself unless she can fend off a hungry Big, Bad Wolf w…
Years ago in a mountain village called Aldburg, the townspeople had rid the area of wolves because they would eat the town’s livestock when they grew hungry during wintertime. Hoky is the sole survivor of the last wolf pack in the region and, against all odds, gradually becomes friends with a young shepherd named Jacob who works to earn his trust. A tale of respect and love between humankind …
By the author/illustrator of I Want a Cat, Naughty Nigel, The Treasure of Cosy Cove and Oscar Got the Blame, this is a quirky retelling of Aesop's fable.
This simple and effective retelling of the traditional fable teaches kids a valuable lesson: always tell the truth. A young shepherd pretends not once, but twice that a wolf is after his flock. But he learns a hard lesson when a wolf really appears…and no one heeds his cries.