• Ladybird Tales: Pinocchio

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    This beautiful hardback Ladybird edition of Pinocchio is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic story for young readers from 3+. The tale is sensitively retold, following the story of a little wooden puppet who wants to be a real little boy.

    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 has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children. The Ladybird Tales series is based on the original Ladybird re-tellings, with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best ­- full of richness and detail.

     

  • The Land of Plenty: A Word Book (Hardcover)

    Age Range: 0 – 5 years

    Help young children to learn NEW WORDS and improve their VOCABULARY with this exciting first word book!

    Readers will delight in finding words with pictures by award-winning South African illustrator Toby Newsome.

    Kathy Knowles, an Honorary Fellow of the Ghana Library Association, researched the words for accuracy in the Ghanaian context.

    • Covers all the key first concepts
    • Pictures are Ghana- and Afro-centric

    An ideal gift for pre-school children.

    This book includes:

    • The alphabet and numbers
    • My body
    • My family
    • Our home
    • Our kitchen
    • Foodstuffs
    • Auntie Joana’s food joint with pictures of indigenous Ghanaian foods
    • Fruits and vegetables
    • Life in our city
    • Moving along
    • Animals in our world
    • Games we play including pilolo!
    • Jobs we do
    • Life in a fishing village
    • …and much much more!

    In essence, it is your Ghana-centric-most word book you would find! Akin to a toddler’s book of everything!

  • Key Words with Peter and Jane: Let me Write (Book 3c)

    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 3c encourages writing skills and introduces 36 new words such as ‘rabbit’, ‘flowers’ and ‘train’. Once this book has been completed, the child moves on to book 4a.

    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.

     

  • Key Words with Peter and Jane: Our Friends (Book 6a)

    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.

    In book 6a, Peter and Jane meet lots of different people in 52 new words, including ‘baby’, ‘because’, ‘teacher’ and ‘much’. Once this book has been completed, the child moves on to book 6b.

    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.

     

  • Key Words with Peter and Jane: Look at this (Book 1b)

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    The first Key Words with Peter and Jane book, from Ladybird.

    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 1b follows on from 1a and introduces 16 new words, including ‘toys’, ‘has’, ‘trees’ and ‘ball’. Once this book has been completed, the child moves on to book 3b.

    The Key Words with Peter and Jane books work because each of the key words is introduced gradually and repeated

     

  • Key Words with Peter and Jane: Fun at the Farm (Book 4b)

    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.

    In book 4b, Peter and Jane meet the animals at a farm in 41 new words including, ‘work’, ‘thanks’, ‘stop’ and ‘horses’. Once this book has been completed, the child moves on to book 4c.

    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.

     

  • Key Words with Peter and Jane: Reading with Sounds (Book 6c)

    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 6c provides the link with writing for the words used in Readers 6a and 6b. Once this book has been completed, the child moves on to book 7a.

    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.

     

  • Key Words with Peter and Jane: Where We Go (Book 5a)

    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.

    In book 5a, follow Peter and Jane on a fun day out in 46 new words including ‘soon’, ‘said’, ‘pull’ and ‘talk’. Once this book is completed, the child moves on to book 5b.

    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.

     

  • Key Words with Peter and Jane: Play With Us (Book 1a)

    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+. The story is sensitively retold, following the tale of two young sisters who encounter a friendly bear and a wicked dwarf.

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

     

  • Ladybird Tales: The Ugly Duckling

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    This beautiful hardback Ladybird edition of The Ugly Duckling is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+. The story is sensitively retold, following the little duckling as he leaves his family and heads off into the great unknown all alone.

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

     

  • Ladybird Tales: Peter and the Wolf

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    The story of Peter and the Wolf was written as a musical composition for children by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. Since it was first performed in 1936, Peter and the Wolf has been used to teach millions of children about the way music can be used to tell a story.

    This beautiful hardback Ladybird edition of Peter and the Wolf is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+. The story is sensitively retold, following the tale of how young Peter captures a dangerous wolf.

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

     

  • Ladybird Tales: Puss in Boots

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    This beautiful Ladybird edition of Puss in Boots is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+. 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.

    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, Rapunzel, The Magic Porridge Pot, The Enormous Turnip, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Big Pancake, Dick Whittington, Chicken Licken, Princess and the Frog, The Ugly Duckling, Little Red Hen, Beauty and the Beast and The Princess and the Pea.

     

  • Key Words with Peter and Jane: Books Are Exciting (Book 11c) – Hardcover

    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 11c provides the link with writing for the words used in Readers 11a and 11b. Once this book is completed, the child can move on to book 12a.

    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.

    • 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.

     

  • Key Words with Peter and Jane: Mountain Adventure (Book 12b)

    Age Range: 5 – 8  years

    Book 12b explores Peter and Jane’s mountain adventure in 131 new words, including ‘ goodbye’, ‘suggested’, ‘clouds’ and ‘discussed’. Once this book has been completed, the child moves on to book 12c.

    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.

    Series a:
    Gradually introduces new words.

     

     

  • Key Words with Peter and Jane: The holiday camp mystery (Book 12a)

    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 12a follows Peter and Jane’s adventures at the holiday camp in 126 new words, including ‘party’, ‘competition’, ‘natural’ and ‘longest’. Once this book has been completed, the child moves on to book 12b.

    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.

     

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