Featured Books for 5+ readers

Words: A world of words for a brighter start

This is a first words book to support early learning. In an exciting and colourful way it introduces the early learning concepts of numbers, colours, patterns, size, matching and shapes through the world around us. Interactive questions throughout help link spoken and written words.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2008
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Usborne Very First Reading Slipcase with Parents Notes

The objective of the 15 books in the Very First Reading series is to enthuse your child through rhyme to learn and to enjoy the art of reading and to read with confidence and enthusiasm, which in turn will result...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/03/2010
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Yes I Can! Help Save Our Planet

Age 4+.  Coming from a small publisher, Tango Books, is a book that we at Lovereading4kids rate very highly indeed in terms of getting the green agenda across to even the youngest toddler.  With loads of flaps to...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/04/2007
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Clumsy Crocodile (Book and CD)

Two easy-to-read and entertaining stories to build confidence in new readers. Attractively presented in short chapters and with lots of colour illustrations both of these are accompanied by a CD on which the story is read aloud. The Princess and...
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Format: Mixed Media Product - Released: 01/12/2007
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The Usborne Book of Poetry For Children

Age 5+ A beautiful collection of poetry to lose yourself in and to treasure for life. The wonder of the words is superbly complemented by some stunning illustrations.
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Format: Hardback - Released: 28/09/2007
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Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar

Age 3+. Here is a collection of more than 80 poems and rhymes from a glittering galaxy of more than 50 poets. It is a delectable assortment of light, melt-in-the-mouth poems for the very young to dip into again and again.  They...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2009
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Classics Illustrated Junior)

The most famous of the Brothers Grimm titles comes brilliantly to life in this retelling in comic strip format and recoloured for a new generation some 50 years on from its first publication.   A message from the publisher: Classics Illustrated...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2008
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Things for Boys to Make and Do

Designed to stave off dull moments and to encourage creativity at home, this lives up to its title by packing in loads of things to make with simple materials most of which are readily at hand. From an Egyptian Mummy...
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Format: Spiral bound - Released: 25/09/2009
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Things for Girls to Make and Do

Fairies, flowers, princesses and jewellery all feature in this book designed to encourage making and doing in the home. There are lots of ideas for how to make your own cards and presents as well as decorations for the home. ...
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Format: Spiral bound - Released: 25/09/2009
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100 Games to Play on Holiday

Inside this pack of cards are 100 fun games to play on holiday.  All you have to do is follow the instructions on each card and hours of entertainment will follow.  From musical statues on hopscotch to some lesser known...
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Format: Cards - Released: 28/05/2010
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Thomas and his Friends : The Railway Series No. 42

Part of the historic Railway Series of 'small books for small hands', this title contains four engine stories. Suitable for parents and children to share together, it is illustrated by heritage artist Clive Spong. It lets you join Thomas the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/07/2011
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100 People Who Made History

Meet the people who helped shape the world we know today. In this title, inventors and explorers rub shoulders with political leaders, sports stars and entertainers.
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/02/2012
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HM Queen Elizabeth II: Diamond Jubilee

This is a very special Ladybird souvenir edition to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/05/2012
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Charlie and Lola: We Completely Must Go to London

Best-selling Charlie and Lola and their best friends Marve and Lotta are very excited to be going on a trip to London! They gaze up at Buckingham Palace and wonder which is the Queen’s Bedroom, they look in wonder at...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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One Christmas Night
M. Christina Butler
This is the story of a little hedgehog who is more than a little disorganised.  It's almost Christmas and he's forgotten to decorate his house or buy any presents for his friends.  So with the help of his animals friends...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
A J Butcher
The classic story about the different ways of life in the town and the country is beautifully and simply revealed in delicate illustrations. When Town Mouse visits the country he finds it simple and rather dull. He tempts Country Mouse...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 25/02/2011
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Winnie the Pooh: The Complete Collection of Stories and Poems (slipcase edition)
A.A. Milne
This elegant hardback collected volume of the original books would make the perfect gift this Christmas. A must-have for any Pooh fan, or indeed for a young reader who would instantly fall in love with the characters from the Hundred...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/07/2001
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Operation Alphabet
Al MacCuish, Jim Bletsas
Operation Alphabet is the story of a little boy called Charlie Foxtrot. This entertaining and delightfully illustrated caper is an ideal way to introduce young children to the wonder of words and the magic of reading. Charlie has just started school...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 19/09/2011
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Oi, Cave Boy! - Iggy the Urk Book 1
Alan Macdonald
Fans of Mr Gum, Grubtown Tales, Charlie Small and Dirty bertie or indeed the Flintstones will love this new series featuring a wonderfully adventurous cave boy called Iggy. Full of humour it will entertain on every page as you discover more...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2010
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Dirty Bertie : Kiss!
Alan MacDonald
Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! Join Bertie as he struggles to escape from the clutches of Angela Nicely, attempts to prove that anything Know-All Nick can do,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2011
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Dirty Bertie : Snow!
Alan MacDonald
5+. Delightfully disgusting, these three stories about Bertie, a boy whose habits are far from clean, will delight emerging readers. As ever, Dirty Bertie is bursting with mad plans and crazy schemes all of which spell trouble for him and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Dirty Bertie : Pong!
Alan MacDonald
Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping of comic chaos! Join Bertie as he comes a cropper on his Chopper, tests his patience - and everyone else's - on a bird-watching trip,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2012
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Dirty Bertie : Ouch!
Alan McDonald
Dirty Bertie - the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits - is back for another helping in A&E after an accident with a door, forgetting his swimming trunks on a visit to Splash City, and proving that Know-All Nick doesn't actually...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 30/06/2011
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Big Book of Big Dinosaurs
Alex Frith
This is an enormous new book for kids (and probably their dads!!!) fascinated by gigantic dinosaurs. It's chock full of the biggest dinosaurs on land, in the sea and in the air.From the mighty Brachiosaurus to the fearsome Tyrannosaurus, children...
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Format: Big book - Released: 26/03/2010
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Usborne Lift the Flap Picture Atlas
Alex Frith, Kate Leake
Shortlisted for the 2010 Blue Peter 'Best Book with Facts' Award. An original, innovative and interactive atlas full of flaps to lift, revealing beautiful buildings, exotic animals and fabulous sights.  Divided into the separate continents, each double page is crammed with...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 27/02/2008
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Ella
Alex T. Smith
Ella is a little ladybird with big dreams. Her ugly wasp stepsisters make her do all the housework, all of the time, and Ella feels very sad. Then one day the famous Parisian artist Pierre decides to throw a Grand...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/01/2012
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The Joke Machine
Alexander Mccall Smith
5-7 years. This entertaining  and nicely-told easy reader tells the story of the joke machine which Jeffrey discovers hidden away in Mr Prendergast’s junk shop where he works on a Saturday morning. Broken when he finds it, Jeffrey is determined...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/01/2006
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The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean
Alexander Mccall Smith
When Harriet turns nine, her father says, “Your aunts would like to hear about that!” Harriet had no idea that she had any aunts and suddenly she finds that she has five. Five aunts, all interesting, talented and, above all,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2006
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Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats
Alexander Mccall Smith
This has huge appeal and great fun.  Harriet and her aunts undertake some serious detection in the world of horseracing.  But have they taken on more than they can handle?  McCall Smith portrays his characters quite brilliantly. This series of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2006
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The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean
Alexander Mccall Smith
Having found her five aunts Harriet heads off on an adventure with two of them to catch some cattle thieves.  Brilliant detection and a whole load of fun on the way and larger than life characters in the form of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2006
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