A bright and fun first sticker book that is packed full of exciting underwater scenes to fill with stickers. It allows children to fix the colourful picture stickers onto each fun scene, including a coral reef, a shipwreck, icy waters, dolphins and by the seashore. It features over 130 stickers.

Girls will love discovering fashions past and present from across the globe in this collection of two popular titles from the Sticker Dolly Dressing series. You can dress the characters in traditional clothing from countries around the world and throughout history, such as beautiful silk saris for an Indian wedding, elegant Spanish flamenco dresses, togas in Ancient Rome and fashionable outfits from 1950s America and London in the 1960s. The simple text accompanying each scene is full of interesting facts about the featured period and culture. You can choose from over 750 stickers to help each doll look the part.

Beautifully illustrated throughout, this is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen retold for younger readers. It includes The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen, The Princess and the Pea and other classic stories, as well as a short biography of Hans Christian Andersen.

Discover the magical world of fairyland as you search an enchanted forest for fairies sleeping in cobwebs, pixies dancing, elves sailing on boats made of leaves and goblins hoarding their treasure. Beautifully detailed illustrations show scenes from fairyland — from a goblin market to a frost fair and fairies dancing by moonlight. This title introduces new words and lots of things to look for and talk about with your child.

This is a new title in the fantastic First Reading series, part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme. It is aimed at children who are beginning to read. Let your imagination fly — soar into space and take a trip to the moon. This title features photographs with real images of the moon and fun puzzles after the story to consolidate learning. It is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, who is a Principal Lecturer in Education and an early reading specialist from Roehampton University. Every title in this series features clear and compelling text accompanied by highly appealing illustrations. It is designed to motivate children as they learn to read.

This is a brand new series on the world's most exciting vehicles, sure to appeal to boys of all ages and reading abilities. It is full of information on racing cars from how they were invented, the rules, circuits and cars of Formula One and a break down of the different models of indy, stock, rally and sports cars. Visually exciting and highly informative, each racing car subject is presented in a fun and accessible way with photographs, illustrated diagrams and comic strips. The internet links offer a fascinating selection of recommended websites — with sound, animation, video clips and much more, which provide additional information for projects and homework.

This is a fantastic new edition of this bright and lively encyclopedia, introducing young readers to the wonders of the past. Filled with historical information from the first people, farmers, cities and civilisations all the way to the World Wars and the modern day, this book answers such questions as 'What were the pyramids for?'; 'Who lived in the Forbidden City?'; and, 'When was the World Wide Web invented?'. Simple text, amazing photographs, detailed illustrations and a selection of exciting recommended websites make the subject easy to understand.

This is a charmingly illustrated bedtime board book for babies and toddlers, that is perfect for sharing or for children to enjoy by themselves. Talking about the familiar scenes encourages vocabulary building and speech development. It includes scenes such as teatime, tidying away toys, bathtime and storytime, with labels to promote word recognition.

This is a charming and colourful picture wordbook of going on holiday, ideal for teaching babies and young children sixty holiday-related words. Enjoying the scenes and reading the simple labels encourages vocabulary building, talking and word recognition. Scenes include getting ready to go, at the campsite, on the beach, at the cafe and picnic time. This is a book perfect for sharing or for a child to sit with by themselves.

This spine-tingling sticker book encourages children to explore a haunted house, using the colourful stickers provided to add spooky details to each room. Scary scenes include a troll's kitchen, a spooky sitting room, a ghostly guest room, a creepy conservatory, a beastly banquet and the mayhem of a monster's Halloween Ball. This title is presented with over 300 ghoulish stickers to choose from.

This engaging book introduces children to the diversity of people all over the world. Organised on a continent-by-continent basis, each section takes a look at the different ways of life, cultures, cooking and faiths. Simple, informative text is illustrated with stunning photographs and detailed maps and there are internet links to recommended websites to find out more.

«Children will love the opportunity to create their own «Farmyard Tales» scenes with all of their favourite Apple Tree Farm locations and characters. Using Stephen Cartwright's popular illustrations, there are stickers for all the well-loved characters, with Mr. and Mrs. Boot, Ted, Poppy, Sam and all the animals. Scenes include: the cowshed, Ted's tractor, the pigpen, the sheep field, the hen house, the orchard, and the barn.»

This is a fantastic new edition of this bright and lively encyclopedia, introducing young readers to the wonders of the sea. Filled with information on waves, currents, marine life and ocean exploration, this book answers such questions as 'How deep is the ocean?' 'Which fish can blow itself up like a balloon?' and 'How do dolphins use sound to hunt?' Simple text, amazing photographs, detailed illustrations and a selection of exciting recommended websites make the subject easy to understand.

A fantastic compendium, this wonderful collection of Greek myths taken from Usborne Young Reading titles is a thrilling and informative read. It features the best-known of all the Greek heroes and monsters, with six stories starring Perseus and Medusa, Pegasus, Heracles, Odysseus, the Wooden Horse and the Minotaur. A section after the stories gives more details on the various gods and other Greek myths. Usborne's Young Reading series was developed in conjunction with an expert from Roehampton University and is designed to encourage independent reading. Each individual story has clear, engaging text and is accompanied by original illustrations.

This is a new title in the fantastic First Reading series, based on an African folktale and part of the Usborne Reading Programme. It is aimed at children who are beginning to read. Anansi, King of the Spiders, is given a bag of wisdom to share but selfishly decides to keep it for himself. But can he carry it up to his secret hiding place without dropping it? It is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, who is Principal Lecturer in Education from Roehampton University and an early reading specialist. Every title in this series features clear and compelling text accompanied by charming and highly appealing illustrations. Designed to motivate children as they learn to read.

This title presents seven new titles in the award winning Very First Reading series, designed for children who are learning to read. It is based on the principles of synthetic phonics as recommended by the DCSF (now DfE)'s 2006 Rose Report on the Teaching of Early Reading. Most schools now incorporate phonics in teaching beginner readers. It includes inspired rhyming stories on themes children love, including ships and sailors, magic and mix-ups, exploration and adventure, not to mention animals and pets (some distinctly spooky ones!). It contains superb artwork by world-class illustrators in a brilliant range of styles. It is designed for a child to read together with an adult, with the child taking a greater share of the story in each book to achieve confident, independent reading. It provides stories followed by fun puzzles to test comprehension and provide further practice. It gives guidance notes for parents in each book, with further extensive support for parents and teachers on the Usborne Quicklinks Website.

This title presents seven new titles in the award winning Very First Reading series, designed for children who are learning to read. It is based on the principles of synthetic phonics as recommended by the DCSF (now DfE)'s 2006 Rose Report on the Teaching of Early Reading. Most schools now incorporate phonics in teaching beginner readers. It includes inspired rhyming stories on themes children love, including ships and sailors, magic and mix-ups, exploration and adventure, not to mention animals and pets (some distinctly spooky ones!). It provides superb artwork by world-class illustrators in a brilliant range of styles. It is designed for a child to read together with an adult, with the child taking a greater share of the story in each book to achieve confident, independent reading. It includes stories followed by fun puzzles to test comprehension and provide further practice. It gives guidance notes for parents in each book, with further extensive support for parents and teachers on the Usborne Quicklinks Website.

This title presents seven new titles in the award winning Very First Reading series, designed for children who are learning to read. It is based on the principles of synthetic phonics as recommended by the DCSF (now DfE)'s 2006 Rose Report on the Teaching of Early Reading. Most schools now incorporate phonics in teaching beginner readers. It includes inspired rhyming stories on themes children love, including ships and sailors, magic and mix-ups, exploration and adventure, not to mention animals and pets (some distinctly spooky ones!). It contains superb artwork by world-class illustrators in a brilliant range of styles. It is designed for a child to read together with an adult, with the child taking a greater share of the story in each book to achieve confident, independent reading. It provides stories followed by fun puzzles to test comprehension and provide further practice. It gives guidance notes for parents in each book, with further extensive support for parents and teachers on the Usborne Quicklinks Website.

This is a timely addition to the extremely popular Sticker Dolly Dressing series. This enchanting new title has over 350 fantastic stickers to dress elegant brides as they prepare for their wedding and celebrate the big day itself. It includes over 350 stickers to choose from, dress the bride and bridesmaids as they attend a fitting, choose bouquets, arrive at the reception, pose for wedding photos and do lots more.

This is an exciting sticker book packed full of fun and lively scenes with hundreds of big machines for children to discover. Each scene is begging to be filled with diggers, cranes, trucks, bulldozers and workers with simple text gently suggesting which scene needs which big vehicles. With over 300 of stickers to choose from, this book is guaranteed to last for hours and offers great value for money.