• Key Words with Peter and Jane: Fun with Sounds (Book 8c)

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    Key Words with Peter and Jane uses the most frequently met words in the English language as a starting point for learning to read successfully and confidently. The Key Words reading scheme is scientifically researched and world renowned.

    Book 8c provides the link with writing for the words used in Readers 8a and 8b. Once this book has been completed, the child can move on to book 9a.

    The Key Words with Peter and Jane books work because each of the key words is introduced gradually and repeated frequently. This builds confidence in children when they recognise these key words on sight (also known as the ‘look and say’ method of learning). Examples of key words are: the, one, two, he.

    There are 12 levels, each with 3 books: a, b, and c.

     

    Examples of key words are: the, one, two, he.

    There are 12 levels, each with 3 books: a, b, and c.

    • Series a: Gradually introduces new words.
    • Series b: Provides further practise of words featured in the ‘a’ series.
    • Series c: Links reading with writing and phonics.

    All the words that have been introduced in each ‘a’ and ‘b’ book are also reinforced in the ‘c’ books.

     

  • Ladybird Tales: The Little Red Hen

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    This beautiful hardback Ladybird edition of The Little Red Hen is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+. The tale is sensitively retold, following Little Red Hen as she finds some grains of wheat, plants the seeds and looks after the wheat before grinding it into flour and baking a loaf of bread.

    Other exciting titles in the Ladybird Tales series include The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Cinderella, The Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Little Pigs, The Gingerbread Man, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Rapunzel, The Magic Porridge Pot, The Enormous Turnip, Puss in Boots, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Big Pancake, Dick Whittington, The Princess and the Frog, The Princess and the Pea, The Ugly Duckling and Chicken Licken.

    Ladybird Tales are based on the original Ladybird retellings, with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best – full of richness and detail. Children have always loved, and will always remember, these classic fairy tales and sharing them together is an experience to treasure. Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children.

     

  • Ladybird Tales: The Three Little Pigs

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    This beautiful Ladybird ebook edition of The Three Little Pigs is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+. The tale is sensitively retold, following the three pigs as they leave their home and venture out into the big bad world, only to meet the big, bad wolf!

    Other exciting titles in the Ladybird Tales series include The Little Red Hen, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Little Pigs, The Gingerbread Man, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Rapunzel, The Magic Porridge Pot, The Enormous Turnip, Puss in Boots, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Big Pancake, Dick Whittington, The Princess and the Frog, The Princess and the Pea, The Ugly Duckling, Chicken Licken and Beauty and the Beast.

    Ladybird Tales are based on the original Ladybird retellings, with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best – full of richness and detail. Children have always loved, and will always remember, these classic fairy tales and sharing them together is an experience to treasure. Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children.

     

     

  • Ladybird Tales: The Gingerbread Man

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children.

    This classic version of The Gingerbread Man is based on the original Ladybird retelling by Vera Southgate, with beautiful new illustrations of the kind children like best – full of richness and detail.

    An essential part of any child’s bookshelf, Ladybird Tales are perfect for sharing together and creating memories to treasure forever.

  • Ladybird Tales: Rapunzel

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    This beautiful hardback Ladybird edition of Rapunzel is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+. The tale is sensitively retold, retaining all the key parts of the story beginning with Rapunzel’s imprisonment in the tower by a wicked witch through to her meeting and falling in love with a handsome prince.

    Other exciting titles in the Ladybird Tales series include Rumpelstiltskin, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Sleeping Beauty, The Magic Porridge Pot, The Enormous Turnip, Puss in Boots and The Elves and the Shoemaker.

    Ladybird Tales are based on the original Ladybird retellings by Vera Southgate, with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best – full of richness and detail. Children have always loved, and will always remember, these classic fairy tales and sharing them together is an experience to treasure. Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children.

     

  • Ladybird Tales: The Princess and the Pea

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    This beautiful hardback Ladybird edition of The Princess and the Pea is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+. The tale is sensitively retold, retaining all the key parts of the story beginning with the princess finding her way to the castle one stormy night, through to her sleepless night on top of twenty mattresses!

    Other exciting titles in the Ladybird Tales series include The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Cinderella, The Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Little Pigs, The Gingerbread Man, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Rapunzel, The Magic Porridge Pot, The Enormous Turnip, Puss in Boots, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Big Pancake, Dick Whittington, The Princess and the Frog, Chicken Licken, The Ugly Duckling and The Little Red Hen.

    Ladybird Tales are based on the original Ladybird retellings by Vera Southgate, with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best – full of richness and detail. Children have always loved, and will always remember, these classic fairy tales and sharing them together is an experience to treasure. Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children.

     

  • The Pied Piper of Hamelin – Hardcover (Read It Yourself with Ladybird, Level 4)

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    The classic fairy tale. When the town of Hamelin is overrun by rats, the Pied Piper arrives to sort out the problem with a magic tune. But what will happen when the mayor refuses to pay him?

    Read It Yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird’s best-selling series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills.

    Each Read It Yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout. Simple sentences and frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers and the four different levels of books support children all the way from very first reading practice through to independent, fluent reading.

    Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants and can be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school. Further content includes comprehension puzzles, helpful notes for parents, carers and teachers, and book band information for use in schools.

    The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a Level 4 Read it yourself title, ideal for children who are ready to read longer stories with a wider vocabulary and are keen to read independently.

  • Should I Ask Dad?

    Age Range: 8 – 10 years

    The Adaex Reader in Moral Series uses everyday incidents in the community, the school, the home, the market place, the playing field and other places to encourage young readers to develop good manners, courtesy, health, and good habits and to grow into good respectable civic-minded students.

  • SDG Colouring Book: Let’s Create in Colour (SDG Changemakers Series)

    This is a colouring book which captures all the 17 SDGs. From a scene capturing an ideal world of abundance to a diverse set of characters illustrating partnering for each goal, this is a simple way to begin conversations on the SDGs. While this is ideal for children aged 7 and older, younger children who grasp concepts quickly would find this an interesting introduction.

    Here, the fictional SDG ambassadors, Nuna, Nii Noi, and Frema introduce themselves. The ambassadors are a fictional trio who either introduce stories or reflect at the end. In subsequent books, the trio share their ideas under the name The Scoop.

  • The Camera Never Lies (Pacesetters)

    Kevin Moyo, a professional photographer, and Charlotte Kandavika are deeply in love, but fate in the guise of the evil Wellington Mhlanya seems destined to part them forever. When Kevin meets with a terrible accident, Charlotte has only one choice.

  • Moses and the Gunman (Pacesetters)

    Cries of ‘Bang! Bang!’, ‘Get em up!’ and ‘Everybody freeze!’ filled the air.

    Suddenly Dorm 3 was full of would-be cowboys, gangsters and cops.

    Only the irrepressible Moses and his friends could make a day of work experience into an adventure with an unlikely gunman.

  • Thorns of Life (Pacesetters)

    Kalunde is no longer young and attractive, but as she struggles to rescue the crumbling marriage between her only son and the beautiful Nzivele, she reveals her own story of singular courage and purpose. In her quiet way, she holds together the very threads of life, in defiance of famine and its trail of desolation.

  • Angel of Death (Pacesetters)

    Zak Biko is a tall good-looking black South African, born in the township of Soweto, who has become internationally famous for his prowess as an ace detective with the FBI in New York City. His involvement with the ‘Angel of Death’ begins late one stormy night when his Mercedes stalls outside a darkened, lonely house and the silence is broken by the terrified scream of a young girl.

  • Pains of a Maid (Pacesetters)

    Thembani’s love for Jan was forbidden both by law and custom. In her heart, however, she knew that he loved her too – but could they defy all the forces which were ranged threateningly against them?

  • Truth will Out (Pacesetters)

    Both Dan and Julia have a secret in their past which threatens to destroy their happy marriage and their future together. But the truth cannot stay hidden forever and the greatest risk of all must be taken.

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