- The recording contains lively music, song, dramatic sound effects, as well as read-along and listen-along readings of the story. — Stories of Dragons contains three hilarious original tales of some not-so-scary mythical fire-breathing beasts. — Each title is vividly illustrated, and is clearly laid out with speech bubbles to aid the narrative flow. — The audio recording allows children to follow the text, while constantly improving their reading skills. — Developed in conjunction with reading experts at the University of Surrey.

This series of books combine good stories with easy reading text for children aged five to six years and over who have just started reading alone. The series has been developed with Alison Kelly who is an expert in early reading.

Four popular titles reissued with hardback covers as motivating new editions. Ages: 5+

- Four original stories about the magical world of gnomes and goblins for children just beginning to read. — Stories feature tricking a lazy gnome, mischievous pixies getting people into trouble and an adventure inside Goblin Hill. — Charmingly illustrated by Stephen Cartwright. — Usborne Young Reading has been developed with reading experts from Roehampton University.