• The Blue Marble (Hardcover)

    Age Range: 9 – 15 years

    Published in association with UNESCO, this originally illustrated book is the result of the first in a planned series of workshops convened by UNESCO for authors, illustrators and publishers of children’s books in African and Arabic countries. The idea of the workshops is to produce children’s books that deal with the UNESCO themes of tolerance, cultural diversity, understanding between peoples, and peace. The story, The Blue Marble, was selected for publication by the participants of the workshop held in Namibia, and collectively illustrated under the guidance of the prize-winning children’s book author and illustrator, Meshack Asare.

    The narrative tells of three young sisters, Nafula, Ajambo and Samanya whose mother has died and father been made unemployed. The girls battle through life together hawking freshly made pancakes, in an effort to raise money to pay their school fees. They live in fear of their father wanting to get married again – to a woman: who subsequently becomes their dreaded stepmother figure. Then one of the girls, Ajambo, finds a lucky marble, and things slowly begin to look up for them.

  • Blema Ko Ɔ (Dangme)

    Blema Ko Ɔ is the Dangme phrase for ‘long ago’ or ‘in the old days’.

    Blema Ko Ɔ has thirteen folktales and stories with one page of ‘Ajo loo-oo’, or riddles.

    The folktales and stories are very educative and suitable for relaxation.

    Each story talks to you through a language of the sages at the end.

     

  • Ladybird Tales: Snow White and Rose Red (Hardcover)

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    The story of Snow White and Rose Red is one of the lesser-known fairy tales, collected by the Brothers Grimm in Germany in the 19th century. This retelling of the story, originally published by Ladybird in 1969, is one of the best-known versions of Snow White and Rose Red in modern times.

    This beautiful hardback Ladybird edition of Snow White and Rose Red is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+.

    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 The Little Red Hen.

    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: Aladdin

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    This beautiful hardback Ladybird edition of Aladdin is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+.The story is sensitively retold, following the a young boy’s adventures with a wicked magician, a beautiful princess and two amazing genies.

    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 Bears, 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, Chicken Licken and The Little Red Hen.

    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 and classic stories for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children.

     

  • Ladybird Tales: Hansel and Gretel

    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 Hansel and Gretel 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: Goldilocks and the Three Bears

    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 Goldilocks and the Three Bears 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: Jack and the Beanstalk

    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 Jack and the Beanstalk 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: Sleeping Beauty

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    This beautiful hardback Ladybird edition of Sleeping Beauty 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 Sleeping Beauty’s birth through to the day she pricks her finger on her 15th birthday and falls asleep for one hundred years.

    Other exciting titles in the Ladybird Tales series include Rumpelstiltskin, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Rapunzel, 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: Beauty and the Beast

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    This beautiful hardback Ladybird edition of Beauty and the Beast 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 Beauty’s father traveling to the beast’s castle through to the day Beauty returns to the castle to find the beast alone in the rose garden.

    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 and The Princess and the Pea.

    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: Chicken Licken

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    This beautiful hardback Ladybird edition of Chicken Licken is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+. The tale is sensitively retold, following Chicken Licken and his friends as they go to tell the king the sky is falling down.

    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 The Little Red Hen.

    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.

     

  • The Emperor’s New Clothes – Hardcover (Read It Yourself with Ladybird, Level 1)

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    Based on the classic fairy tale. The vain emperor has some beautiful new clothes made that only clever people can see – or can they?

    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 Emperor’s New Clothes is a Level 1 Read it yourself title, suitable for very early readers who have had some initial reading instruction and are ready to take their first steps in reading real stories. Each story is told very simply, using a small number of frequently repeated words.

  • The Wizard of Oz – Hardcover (Read It Yourself with Ladybird, Level 4)

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    When Dorothy and her little dog Toto end up in the Land of Oz, they and their friends the scarecrow, tin man and cowardly lion have many adventures on their way to see the Wizard of Oz!

    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 Wizard of Oz 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.

  • Cinderella – Hardcover (Read It Yourself with Ladybird, Level 1)

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    Based on the classic fairy tale. Cinderella’s dream of going to the prince’s ball comes true when her fairy godmother appears. But she’d better be home by midnight…

    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.

    Cinderella is a Level 1 Read it yourself title, suitable for very early readers who have had some initial reading instruction and are ready to take their first steps in reading real stories. Each story is told very simply, using a small number of frequently repeated words.

  • Beauty and the Beast – Hardcover (Read It Yourself with Ladybird, Level 2)

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    Based on the classic fairy tale. Kind-hearted Beauty has to go and live with a beast, but she soon realizes that behind the ugly exterior lies a person she can care for.

    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.

    Beauty and the Beast is a Level 2 Read it yourself title, ideal for children who have received some initial reading instruction and can read short, simple sentences with help.

  • Chicken Licken – Hardcover (Read It Yourself with Ladybird, Level 2)

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    In this classic fairy tale, a nut falls on Chicken Licken’s head and he decides he must tell the king that the sky is falling down! On the way he meets many other feathered friends, and one cunning fox…

    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.

    Chicken Licken is a Level 2 Read it yourself title, ideal for children who have received some initial reading instruction and can read short, simple sentences with help.

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