Browse by category
English Readers Starter Level: Baobab Tree by Laura Cowan
Category: Education | Series: Usborne English Readers Starter Level Ser.
Long ago, when the gods made the world, they created the Baobab tree... and the Baobab tree was not happy. It didn't like the sun and the rain and the wind. It didn't like animals and birds that settled in and under its branches. It envied the other trees for their graceful leaves, their bright flowers ...Show more
English Readers Starter Level: Fox and the Crow by Andy Prentice
Category: Education | Series: Usborne English Readers Starter Level Ser.
Fox is in the forest, wet and cold and hungry. She spots a piece of cheese, left under a tree - but as she's about to eat it, Crow swoops down and snatches it away. Fox really wants the cheese, but Crow won't give it up without a little sly persuasion. Tania Rex's bright, lively illustrations make the w ...Show more
English Readers Starter Level: King Midas by Mairi Mackinnon
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Usborne English Readers Starter Level Ser.
King Midas loves gold, so when a god offers him a gift, Midas knows just what to ask for. "I want to change everything I touch into gold." That works well for flowers and trees, and palace furniture too - but what happens when Midas picks up bread and fruit to eat? With fun activities and online audio i ...Show more
English Readers Starter Level: Stone Soup by Mairi Mackinnon
Category: Early Readers | Series: Usborne English Readers Starter Level Ser.
Old man Harry arrives at a house and asks for food; but cautious Nell doesn't want to give food to a stranger. Harry tells her: "I can show you something wonderful. I can make soup from a stone!" A stone, a fire, a pot of hot water - how can they make such delicious soup? With fun activities and online ...Show more
English Readers Starter Level: The Enormous Turnip by Mairi MacKinnon
Category: Education | Series: Usborne English Readers Starter Level Ser.
Sara loves visiting her grandparents and helping in her grandmother's magnificent kitchen garden. When Grandmother tries to harvest one prodigiously huge turnip, she needs all the help she can get... A delightful cumulative story, originally from Russia. With fun activities after the story, and online a ...Show more
English Readers Starter Level: The Magic Porridge Pot by Mairi Mackinnon; Lucy Semple (Illustrator)
Category: Children's | Series: Usborne English Readers Starter Level Ser.
An engaging retelling of the well-loved European folktale for young English language learners, charmingly illustrated. From the story by the Brothers Grimm. Katie is a kind girl, so kind that she would give her own scarce food to the animals and the birds. When walking through the forest one day, sh ...Show more
1 - 6 of 6