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Ladybird Do You Know? is a STEM-based ELT graded reading series recommended for children aged 5+ who are learning English as a foreign or second language.These levelled non-fiction books feature video content, project work and critical-thinking activities. Each book asks a range of BIG questions on STEM topics from nocturnal animals to building bridges, developing children's language, communication and investigation skills.The four levels progress from CEFR Pre-A1 to A2.Visit the Ladybird Education website for online video content, audio, comprehension activities, and suggestions for project work. Tiny Technology, a Level 4 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Flyers exams. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, more complex past and future tense structures, modal verbs and a wider variety of conjunctions.How big is a camera? How small is the smallest robot? Find out more about nanotechnology and the world's smallest things.

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This adorable touch-and-feel book is perfect for sharing with little ones at Diwali! With simple text, bright illustrations and an exciting touch-and-feel on every spread, this gorgeous board books helps to engage your baby's senses while introducing them to the celebration of Diwali. This touch-and-feel playbook:Encourages sensory developmentIntroduces first wordsRecommended for children aged 0+Illustrated by Lemon Ribbon Studio Also available:Baby Touch: Happy Eid!Baby Touch: PetsBaby Touch: Toys: a black-and-white bookBaby Touch: Happy Christmas!

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Who can you spot hiding behind each flap? Play peekaboo with your baby and help them lift the flaps to spot the different animals. This bright board book is full of textured patches to touch, feel and explore, with a mirror finale!This is the perfect first book for sharing together with your baby or toddler. The touch-and-feel patches, large flaps and high-contrast colours encourage interaction and stimulate a baby's senses.Illustrated by Lemon Ribbon StudioThis touch-and-feel playbook:Encourages sensory developmentBoosts motor skillsRecommended for children aged 0+From tummy time to bath time, the bestselling Baby Touch series contains the perfect first books to support key milestones. Also available:Baby Touch: PlaybookBaby Touch: PeekabooBaby Touch: VehiclesBaby Touch: AnimalsBaby Touch: Tummy TimeBaby Touch: Night-NightBaby Touch: Busy DayBaby Touch: Get DressedBaby Touch: SeasonsBaby Touch: FoodBaby Touch: ABCBaby Touch: 123Baby Touch: Fairy TalesBaby Touch: I Love YouBaby Touch: Rainbow

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What is energy? How do we get clean energy? Find out more about the fossil fuels, climate change and renewable energy.Do You Know? is a series of levelled non-fiction books featuring video content, project work and critical-thinking activities to motivate and engage young learners. Covering a range of STEM topics from nocturnal animals to climate change, Do You Know? takes an enquiry-based approach, developing children's language, communication and investigation skills.Recommended for children aged 7+, there are four levels progressing from CEFR level Pre-A1 to level A2. Each reader is accompanied by online video content, audio, video and comprehension activities, and suggestions for project work.Making Clean Energy, a Level 4 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Flyers exams. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, more complex past and future tense structures, modal verbs and a wider variety of conjunctions.

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How do you move water? Can we grow food where it does not rain? Find out more about dams, aqueducts and working with water.Do You Know? is a series of levelled non-fiction books featuring video content, project work and critical-thinking activities to motivate and engage young learners. Covering a range of STEM topics from nocturnal animals to climate change, Do You Know? takes an enquiry-based approach, developing children's language, communication and investigation skills.Recommended for children aged 7+, there are four levels progressing from CEFR level Pre-A1 to level A2. Each reader is accompanied by online video content, audio, video and comprehension activities, and suggestions for project work. Working with Water, a Level 3 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Movers exams. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, some expression of future meaning, comparisons, contractions and relative clauses.

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How do birds fly? How do jet engines move a plane? Find out more about helicopters, gliders and the science of flying.Do You Know? is a series of levelled non-fiction books featuring video content, project work and critical-thinking activities to motivate and engage young learners. Covering a range of STEM topics from nocturnal animals to climate change, Do You Know? takes an enquiry-based approach, developing children's language, communication and investigation skills.Recommended for children aged 7+, there are four levels progressing from CEFR level Pre-A1 to level A2. Each reader is accompanied by online video content, audio, video and comprehension activities, and suggestions for project work. In the Air, a Level 2 Reader, is A1 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Movers exams. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past tense and some simple adverbs.

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How do we make bridges? Do animals have bridges? Find out more about the science of building bridges, big and small.Do You Know? is a series of levelled non-fiction books featuring video content, project work and critical-thinking activities to motivate and engage young learners. Covering a range of STEM topics, Do You Know? takes an enquiry-based approach, developing children's language, communication and investigation skills.Recommended for children aged 7+, there are four levels progressing from CEFR level Pre-A1 to level A2. Each reader is accompanied by online video content, audio, video and comprehension activities, and suggestions for project work. Big Bridges, a Level 1 Reader, is Pre-A1 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Starters exams. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, using the present tense and some simple adjectives.

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Dip this book in water and watch it change colour! Featuring an exciting colour-change on every page and bright, bold artwork, this book will engage young children while encouraging interaction and play during bath time. The durable, waterproof pages can be wiped clean after use and left to dry, so the book is ready to explore time and time again. Say hello to the friendly octopus, shark and mermaid, and watch them magically transform when the book is dipped in water! This colour-changing bath book: Stimulates visionEncourages sensory development Recommended for children aged 0+ Illustrated by Lemon Ribbon StudioAlso available: Baby Touch: My First Book: a black-and-white cloth bookBaby Touch: Ears: a touch-and-feel cloth bookBaby Touch: Tails: a touch-and-feel cloth bookBaby Touch: Night NightBaby Touch: Tummy Time

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Recommended for children aged 3-11, the eight levels of Ladybird Readers follow the CEFR framework (Pre-A1 to A2+) and include activities that develop key skills and provide preparation for the Cambridge English tests. This Level 6 Reader is A2+ in the CEFR framework and includes practice for the Cambridge English A2 Flyers tests and KET exams. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, more complex past and future tense structures, passives and time clauses.Can you imagine life before the internet, telephones, or the wheel? Great inventions can change the world!

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Introduce your baby to first fairy tales with this large touch-and-feel playbook.Say hello to your favourite fairy tale characters from Cinderella to Little Red Riding Hood! With textured patches to touch, feel and explore, this bright and sturdy board book with grabbable tabs will engage young children from birth upwards. High-contrast colours and touch-and-feels stimulate a baby's senses, while encouraging interaction and play.A perfect first words book for all babies and toddlers.This touch-and-feel playbook:Encourages sensory developmentBoosts motor skills Recommended for children aged 0+Illustrated by Lemon Ribbon StudioAlso available: Baby Touch: PlaybookBaby Touch: PeekabooBaby Touch: Vehicles Baby Touch: Animals Baby Touch: Tummy TimeBaby Touch: Night NightBaby Touch: Busy DayBaby Touch: Get DressedBaby Touch: SeasonsBaby Touch: FoodBaby Touch: ABCBaby Touch: 123

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Say hello to lots of friendly faces in this gorgeous touch-and-feel buggy book!Babies will love discovering the exciting touch-and-feels, while the black-and-white images help to stimulate vision and focus their attention. There's even a surprise mirror at the end so they can see their own reflection!With durable, chunky pages and a detachable clip and strap, this book can be taken on the go or attached to a buggy or highchair, and is perfect for the littlest hands.This black-and-white buggy book:Stimulates visionEncourages sensory developmentRecommended for children aged 0+Illustrated by Lemon Ribbon StudioAlso available:Baby Touch: Faces: a black-and-white bookBaby Touch: Animals: a black-and-white bookBaby Touch: Vehicles: a black-and-white bookBaby Touch: My First Book: a black-and-white cloth book

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Young babies will love snuggling up with this soft, padded cloth book - with a different touch-and-feel tail poking out from every page! Helping to stimulate developing senses, this is a perfect very first book for children.Baby Touch is an innovative and award-winning range that provides a sensory feast for babies, stimulating their growing minds and active senses through bold, colourful and playful illustrations and baby-friendly text.Sensory developmentBoosts motor skills Recommended for children aged 0+Illustrated by Lemon Ribbon StudioAlso available:Baby Touch: Ears cloth book

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Ladybird Readers is an ELT graded reader series for children aged 3-11 learning English as a foreign or second language. The series includes traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction.· Beautifully illustrated books, carefully written by language learning experts· Structured language progression to develop children's reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills· Eight levels follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR)· Language activities provide preparation for the Cambridge English Pre-A1 to A2 (YLE) tests· A unique code in each printed book provides access to online audio, extra activities and learning resourcesGulliver's Travels, a Level 5 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework and includes practice for the Cambridge English A2 Flyers tests and KET exams. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, more complex past and future tense structures, modal verbs and a wider variety of adverbs and pronouns.After a shipwreck, Gulliver finds himself on an island of tiny people and no way to get home. What adventures will he have?Visit the Ladybird Education website for more information.

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Ladybird Readers is an ELT graded reader series for children aged 3­-11 learning English as a foreign or second language. The series includes traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction. - Beautifully illustrated books, carefully written by language learning experts. - Structured language progression to develop children's reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills. - Eight levels follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). - Language activities provide preparation for the Cambridge English Pre-A1 to A2 (YLE) tests. - A unique code in each printed book provides access to online audio, extra activities and learning resources. Farmer Carl, a Starter level Reader, introduces phonics and sight words. Each book contains two versions of the story: the first with single words focusing on phonics, with the emphasis on letter recognition and pronunciation; the second with short sentences introducing sight words.Phonics: ar or ur ow oi erSight words: cut down good help nowTheme: Being helpfulVisit the Ladybird Education website for more information.

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Ladybird Readers is an ELT graded reader series for children aged 3­-11 learning English as a foreign or second language. The series includes traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction. - Beautifully illustrated books, carefully written by language learning experts. - Structured language progression to develop children's reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills. - Eight levels follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). - Language activities provide preparation for the Cambridge English Pre-A1 to A2 (YLE) tests. - A unique code in each printed book provides access to online audio, extra activities and learning resources. Vick the Vet, a Starter level Reader, introduces phonics and sight words. Each book contains two versions of the story: the first with single words focusing on phonics, with the emphasis on letter recognition and pronunciation; the second with short sentences introducing sight words.Phonics: j v w x y z quSight words: did well willTheme: Helping othersVisit the Ladybird Education website for more information.

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What are mammals? Where do they live? Find out all about dolphins, chimpanzees and little Etruscan shrews.Do You Know? is a series of levelled non-fiction books featuring video content, project work and critical-thinking activities to motivate and engage young learners. Covering a range of STEM topics from nocturnal animals to climate change, Do You Know? takes an enquiry-based approach, developing children's language, communication and investigation skills.Recommended for children aged 7+, there are four levels progressing from CEFR level Pre-A1 to level A2. Each reader is accompanied by online video content, audio, video and comprehension activities, and suggestions for project work. Mammals, a Level 3 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Movers exams. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, some expression of future meaning, comparisons, contractions and relative clauses.

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Where do animals live? Do all animals have homes? Find out all about nests, shells and coral reefs.Do You Know? is a series of levelled non-fiction books featuring video content, project work and critical-thinking activities to motivate and engage young learners. Covering a range of STEM topics from nocturnal animals to climate change, Do You Know? takes an enquiry-based approach, developing children's language, communication and investigation skills.Recommended for children aged 7+, there are four levels progressing from CEFR level Pre-A1 to level A2. Each reader is accompanied by online video content, audio, video and comprehension activities, and suggestions for project work. Animal Homes, a Level 2 Reader, is A1 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Movers exams. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past tense and some simple adverbs.

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Babies and toddlers will love this interactive touch-and-feel tab book from Ladybird's best-selling Baby Touch series. Use the vehicle-shaped tabs with your baby to turn the pages and find and name the different bright vehicles throughout, from cars and trains to helicopters and diggers. There are also big, stimulating touch-and-feel areas to stroke and talk about on every page - which wheel feels bumpy? Which window feels shiny?With each page featuring a different vehicle, this is a perfect first word book for all young baby and toddler fans of things that go.Sensory developmentBoosts motor skills Recommended for children aged 0+Illustrated by Lemon Ribbon Studio

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Which plants grow under the water? What lives in underwater forests? Find out all about seaweed, phytoplankton and mangrove trees.Do You Know? is a series of levelled non-fiction books featuring video content, project work and critical-thinking activities to motivate and engage young learners. Covering a range of STEM topics from nocturnal animals to climate change, Do You Know? takes an enquiry-based approach, developing children's language, communication and investigation skills.Recommended for children aged 7+, there are four levels progressing from CEFR level Pre-A1 to level A2. Each reader is accompanied by online video content, audio, video and comprehension activities, and suggestions for project work. Underwater Forests, a Level 3 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Movers exams. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, some expression of future meaning, comparisons, contractions and relative clauses.

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Ask and answer "How many?" with Spot. Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language.Beautifully illustrated and carefully written, the series combines the best of Ladybird content with the structured language progression that will help children develop their reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills.The six levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework and include language activities that provide preparation for the Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) exams. How many, Spot?, a Beginner Reader, introduces children to their very first conversational phrases.

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Ladybird Readers is an ELT graded reader series for children aged 3­-11 learning English as a foreign or second language. The series includes traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction. - Beautifully illustrated books, carefully written by language learning experts. - Structured language progression to develop children's reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills. - Eight levels follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). - Language activities provide preparation for the Cambridge English Pre-A1 to A2 (YLE) tests. - A unique code in each printed book provides access to online audio, extra activities and learning resources.Rapunzel, a Level 3 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework and includes practice for the Cambridge English A1 Movers tests. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, some expression of future meaning, comparisons, contractions and relative clauses. Taken from her parents by a witch, poor Rapunzel lives alone in a tower. Until, one day, a prince rides by . . .Visit the Ladybird Education website for more information.

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Ladybird Readers is an ELT graded reader series for children aged 3­-11 learning English as a foreign or second language. The series includes traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction. - Beautifully illustrated books, carefully written by language learning experts. - Structured language progression to develop children's reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills. - Eight levels follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). - Language activities provide preparation for the Cambridge English Pre-A1 to A2 (YLE) tests. - A unique code in each printed book provides access to online audio, extra activities and learning resourcesLittle Red Riding Hood, a Level 2 Reader, is A1 in the CEFR framework and includes practice for the Cambridge English A1 Movers tests. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past tense and some simple adverbs.Little Red Riding Hood went to her grandmother's house. A wolf lived near it and he wanted to eat Little Red Riding Hood!Visit the Ladybird Education website for more information.

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WINNER OF RIGHT START AWARDS 2021Introduce your baby to first words with this bright, interactive playbook.Name and touch the different foods, from healthy fruit to yummy treats!With textured patches to touch, feel and explore, this bright and sturdy board book with grabbable tabs will engage young children from birth upwards. High-contrast colours and touch-and-feels stimulate a baby's senses, while encouraging interaction and play.A perfect first words book for all babies and toddlers.Sensory developmentBoosts motor skills Recommended for children aged 0+Illustrated by Lemon Ribbon StudioAlso available: Baby Touch: PlaybookBaby Touch: PeekabooBaby Touch: Vehicles Baby Touch: Animals Baby Touch: Tummy TimeBaby Touch: Night NightBaby Touch: Busy DayBaby Touch: Get DressedBaby Touch: Seasons

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I am planet Earth. I am home to humans, plants and animals. I give them food to eat, water to drink and air to breathe. But I need YOUR help.Please Help Planet Earth is the perfect introduction for toddlers to help them understand and engage with the issue of climate change. Written from the perspective of our planet, this fun story with bright artwork helps to demonstrate the ways where even the smallest person can make a BIG impact! It contains simple, easy tips for children to follow and is an eco-friendly product itself - made from recycled board, with plant-based inks and glues with minimal plastic content.First factsIntroduces the worldRecommended for children aged 0+

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Pablo's friends meet their families at the zoo - but Noasaurus the dinosaur can't find his family. Pablo and the book animals help Noasaurus realise even though he might feel lost, family is where you find it.All Pablo books are written by writers on the autistic spectrum and are grounded in the real-life experiences of autistic children. These books help all children understand the world and face the world with confidence.

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Introduce your baby to their first letters with this large touch-and-feel playbook. Say and touch the alphabet, from A for aeroplane to Z for zebra. With textured patches to touch, feel and explore, this bright and sturdy board book will engage young children from birth upwards. High-contrast colours and touch-and-feels stimulate a baby's senses, while encouraging interaction and play.A perfect first alphabet book for all babies and toddlers.This touch-and-feel playbook:Encourages sensory developmentBoosts motor skills Recommended for children aged 0+Illustrated by Lemon Ribbon StudioAlso available: Baby Touch: 123Baby Touch: PlaybookBaby Touch: PeekabooBaby Touch: Vehicles Baby Touch: Animals Baby Touch: Tummy TimeBaby Touch: Night NightBaby Touch: Busy DayBaby Touch: Get DressedBaby Touch: Seasons

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Encourage your baby to play, explore and make their first noises with this bright, interactive playbook.Have fun with your baby exploring the colourful, high-contrast touch-and-feel pages and making different noises, from 'beep, beep' and 'ding-dong' to learning to say 'hello'.With textured patches to touch, feel and explore, this bright and sturdy board book with flaps to lift and a surprise mirror ending will engage young children from birth upwards. High-contrast colours and touch-and-feels stimulate a baby's senses, while encouraging interaction and play. A perfect first words book for all babies and toddlers.Sensory developmentBoosts motor skills Recommended for children aged 0+Illustrated by Lemon Ribbon StudioAlso available:Baby Touch: PlaybookBaby Touch: PeekabooBaby Touch: Vehicles Baby Touch: Animals Baby Touch: Tummy TimeBaby Touch: Night NightBaby Touch: SeasonsBaby Touch: Get Dressed

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Ten-year-old Darcy Burdock is one of life''s noticers. She sees the extraordinary in the everyday, and the wonder in the world around her.This is Darcy''s fourth story, and the Burdock family are facing a series of disasters. Mum and Dad are having serious money worries. Darcy''s granny (the one she doesn''t like as much as her main most important grandma) has come to stay, and is snapping at everyone. Pork the cat''s real owner has turned up, and wants to take him away. And to top it all off, Darcy is dreading her school sleepover - especially as she''s the owner of the world''s most ugly, stupid, babyish pyjamas.Can the power of Darcy''s colourful, wild, glittering imagination turn all her troubles around?

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Happy Easter! In this brand new lift-the-flap adventure, Spot and Mum are on their way to an Easter picnic. There are lots of noisy animals to see on the walk to Grandma and Grandpa''s house... but when they''re almost there, Spot disappears! Where has he gone? Toddlers will love searching for Spot and learning the sounds of all the baby animals they meet along the way! This new story is full of the unexpected surprises and gentle humour that makes the original Where''s Spot? a children''s classic.With interactive flaps to train fine motor skills and an adventure that sparks curiosity and imagination, Find Spot at Easter is perfect for early learning and play.Eric Hill''s Where''s Spot? was the first ever lift-the-flap book - and his ground-breaking innovation continues to delight and surprise readers with interactive fun. Spot has now been a trusted character in early learning for over 40 years, selling over 65 million

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Introduce your toddlers to their new friend Spot! No matter the weather, Spot is always happy and having fun and he absolutely loves to play.If you loved this, try:Where's Spot?Spot Goes to the Fire StationSpot Goes on Holiday

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''If an Outsider wields the blade, the House of Koronos burns...''An endless winter.A plague-haunted land.A dying people.Winter has been colder than anyone can remember - and there is no spring. The terrible eruption of Thalakrea has shrouded the sky in ash and blotted out the Sun.The winds of Fate bring Hylas to the island of Keftiu. He is desperate to find his friends: Pirra the daughter of the High Priestess and Havoc the lion cub. But Keftiu has suffered more than anywhere from the fury of the gods, and the once-prosperous island has been ravaged by cold, famine and plague. As Hylas sets off alone, he is tormented by the fear that Pirra and Havoc may not have survived the winter...''Electrifying'' - Independent on Sunday''The reader''s attention is caught from the first line...spellbinding'' - Telegraph''Set to become another children''s classic'' - Books f

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