Author: Lesley Sims

It’s Halloween and Parakeet is busy carving pumpkins and icing spooky treats. But when her friends come to call, they get a shock. Is that a GHOST ...

The Little Red Hen has found some grains of wheat! Who will help her grow and harvest them? A faithful retelling of the popular European tale, show...

The fascinating history of castles told for children just beginning to read growing in reading confidence and ability. Explains in a lively way why...

The classic Dickens story retold for children growing in reading confidence. Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean-spirited old man who hates everything - eve...

A retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale about the wicked Snow Queen’s attempt to kidnap a boy in the frozen north. Beautifully ...

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…' The traditional and much-loved Christ...

Mole, Ratty, Badger and the infamous Mr Toad love nothing more than messing around on the river. But when Mr Toad develops an obsession with motor ...

A lively re-telling of a traditional African tale, specially written for children just learning to read. Anansi might be a King but he is also just...

The quirky sequel to Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland retold for children growing in reading confidence and ability. After returnin...

A wonderful collection of ten folktales specially chosen from around the globe. Stories are The Baobab Tree, Baba Yaga the Flying Witch, The Stonec...

The history of man-made flight for children growing in reading confidence. From Da Vinci to the Wright Brothers, find out how people dreamed of tak...

Snuggle up with Poppy and Sam, and enjoy these ten gentle tales of their adventures on Apple Tree Farm. Stories include a runaway tractor, a journe...

Little Red Riding Hood is visiting her granny, but someone is there before her… who could it be? A charming retelling of the much-loved tale, with ...

This book is filled with five fun rhyming stories that make reading a pleasure. There's a yeti whose cooking causes chaos and a gopher who's a roya...

Lola is a lovely locust. The trouble is, she cannot focus. Lola refuses to give up but everything she tries ends in disaster - until Fran, a spider...

One little raindrop falls from the sky... Follow its incredible journey until it finally reaches the sea, where it evaporates to become part of a c...

Five hilarious stories from the charming mini-world of bugs. Discover the fly who told a lie and the bug who wanted a hug. Then meet the fleas who ...

Splendid Squid is the king's magician but Sneaky Sid the shark has ruined her latest trick. Now she's lost the royal crown and the king is FURIOUS....

Lola the Locust is looking for a job, but everything she tries ends in chaos. Poor Lola cannot focus on the task at hand. Join her as she tracks do...

Follow the astonishing journey of a worker bee as she grows from an egg to a hungry larva and then, hidden from view, transforms into a hard workin...

Watch a chick develop inside her egg, hatch and totter around exploring, as a curious ball of fluff, before growing into a pullet and then an adult...

Lion thinks Little Mouse is too small to do anything... but will Little Mouse surprise him? A wonderful retelling of a much-loved fable by Aesop, w...

Five funny stories that make reading a joy. In this collection you'll visit the unicorn hotel, go to the water park with a gang of skunks and take ...