Featured Books for 5+ readers

Create Your Own Animal Stories
Woody Fox
It’s not often here at Lovereading4kids that we select a book of this kind, but this one along with its sister book, Create your own Superhero Stories, is a great way to get kids inspired to write and draw...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 13/04/2010
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Jack and the Beanstalk (Classics Illustrated Junior)
William Godwin
This is one of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s now with artwork re-coloured and covers digitally enhanced for a new generation. Perfect Bound at a terrifically good value price.   A message from the publisher:
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/04/2009
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The Snorgh and the Sailor
Will Buckingham
Packed full of emotion, this touching story tells how a lonely old creature is transformed when a stranger turns up at his door and starts to tell him a story…The sadness of the Snorgh, the chaos caused when the Sailor...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/04/2012
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Basil
Wiley Miller
A wonderful debut from an incredibly talented wordsmith and illustrator. Fans of The Wizard of Oz and James and the Giant Peach will love Basil and his erstwhile adventures. Basil is an ordinary boy living a very ordinary life in a lighthouse,...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/02/2008
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Here Come the Creatures!
Wes Magee
Delightful and kind humour bubbles through this collection of poems about everyday things in family life - and the creatures that are part of it. Among other things, there’s a look at garden birds, at a bumblebee, at a drink...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | Poetry
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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The Story of the Little Mole - Plop Up Edition
Werner Holzwarth
Toddlers will love this delightfully entertaining but yucky pop-up (or plop up!) book but perhaps parents will enjoy it a little less although the humour is brilliantly portrayed in it. It’s packed full of poos that plop, drop, splish, splosh and...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 15/10/2007
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Draw It!
Wendy Walker
We love this series of four books - Print It!, Draw It!, Paint It! and Make It! - under the Art Smart umbrella.  Each book is wonderfully inspirational with an incredibly clear 'how to' approach.  Children aged 5+ will have...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Art and Artists | Fascinating Facts
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2012
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Thomas the Tank Engine 65th anniversary edition
W. Awdry
This book allows fans of Thomas to rediscover the original classic stories about the world's best-loved tank engine. In this sixty-fifth anniversary year, Thomas and his friends remain as popular as ever, loved by millions all over the world; the original Railway Series...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/06/2010
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Thomas the Tank Engine (The Railway Series No. 2)
W. Awdry
This is where it all began for Thomas the Tank Engine. In this story we meet a very cheeky Thomas for the first time and follow his adventures as he proves himself to be a ‘very useful’ engine, so much...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/10/2004
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Thomas the Tank Engine : The Centenary Library
W. Awdry
To celebrate 100 years since Rev. W. Awdry was born, this limited edition set will be the perfect collectors gift. It contains the 26 classic books by Rev. Awdry and comes in a wonderful gift box.
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/07/2011
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Draglins Lost!
Vivian French
Meet four teeny-tiny dragons in some wonderfully endearing adventures as they leave their home in the attic and go out into the great outdoors.  Girls and boys everywhere will delight in their antics, as well as their friends and foes....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/06/2008
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Draglins And The Fire!
Vivian French
Meet four teeny-tiny dragons in some wonderfully endearing adventures as they leave their home in the attic and go out into the great outdoors.  Girls and boys everywhere will delight in their antics, as well as their friends and foes....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/06/2008
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Draglins To The Rescue!
Vivian French
Meet four teeny-tiny dragons in some wonderfully endearing adventures as they leave their home in the attic and go out into the great outdoors.  Girls and boys everywhere will delight in their antics, as well as their friends and foes....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 08/05/2008
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Draglins Escape!
Vivian French
Meet four teeny-tiny dragons in some wonderfully endearing adventures as they leave their home in the attic and go out into the great outdoors.  Girls and boys everywhere will delight in their antics, as well as their friends and foes....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 08/05/2008
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Draglins And The Bully!
Vivian French
Meet four teeny-tiny dragons in some wonderfully endearing adventures as they leave their home in the attic and go out into the great outdoors. Girls and boys everywhere will delight in their antics, as well as their friends and foes....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/06/2008
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Draglins In Danger!
Vivian French
Meet four teeny-tiny dragons in some wonderfully endearing adventures as they leave their home in the attic and go out into the great outdoors. Girls and boys everywhere will delight in their antics, as well as their friends and foes....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 08/05/2008
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The Kitten with No Name (Early Reader)
Vivian French
A heart-warming story perfect for early readers about a lost kitten searching for somewhere to call home.  There are lots of Early Reader titles to choose from that are great for sharing with your youngsters and for kids just starting out...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2011
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Down in the Jungle (Early Reader)
Vivian French
Down in the Jungle it's time for bed, but Monkey wants a story and he sets off to find one in this charming, funny story, perfect for early readers and for reading aloud and sharing with less confident children.  These...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012
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The Perfect Pet Shop (Early Reader)
Vivian French
A delightful animal story, perfect for early readers. There’s nearly a pet shop disaster when a noisy puppy won’t stay quiet at night time. How will the other animals ever get to sleep? Maybe telling stories will do the trick?...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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A Creepy Crawly Story (Early Reader)
Vivian French
Bees, butterflies, slugs and snails – the little creatures in the garden are vividly brought to life in this charming story about stories. Two badly behaved bees fail to bring back enough honey to satisfy their Queen but they bring...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2012
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The Big Sticky Bun (Early Reader)
Vivian French
Three short stories will delight early readers as they capture incidents from Jason and Daisy’s childhood which will strike a familiar chord.  Jason’s good behaviour earns him the bun he wants while his attempts to get Daisy to grow by...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012
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A Rainbow Shopping Day
Vivian French
Beginning readers will enjoy these two easy-to-read stories which make exciting stories out of a shopping trip with a difference and Hunter the dog’s search for his lost bone. Selina Young’s illustrations match the text perfectly.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2012
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Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel
Virginia Lee Burton
A welcome reissue of this American classic, its vigorous crayon illustrations have contemporary appeal as well as delicious period charm. Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel Mary Anne have worked together digging some of the finest roads, canals and railway...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/2005
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The Gorilla Suit
Victor Kelleher
It’s great to see some very good early reader books published some years ago coming back into print with this terrific new children’s publisher, Catnip, under the Happy Cat imprint.  Perfect for those just starting to read alone and to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 30/09/2002
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Tim And Tig
Victor Kelleher
A delightful story for children just starting to read alone or to read with mum or dad at bedtime. A stripy kitten causes all sorts of mayhem as it grows up into, not a cat that we all know, but...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2008
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One Hundred Illustrated Stories
Various
A beautifully illustrated collection of one hundred of the best-loved stories ever told, from Grimm's Fairytales to Aesop's Fables, from Arthurian Legends to Greek Myths and from Hans Christian Andersen's Ugly Duckling to Aladdin from the Arabian Nights. Perfect for...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/11/2012
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Diggers and Dumpers
Valerie Wilding
This is a brilliant collection of 3 short linked stories that every boy who is mad about dumper trucks and diggers will devour on their own or with their parents.  Green Bananas make reading fun.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2006
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Toby Tucker: Sludging Through The Sewers
Valerie Wilding
Brilliant time-travelling adventures. Toby hurtles back to Ancient Rome, into Titus’s life, and finds himself sludging through a sewer in search of riches. Toby Tucker, an orphan who has been fostered by the kind Don and Evie. His sole...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/03/2007
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Toby Tucker: Dodging The Donkey Doo
Valerie Wilding
Brilliant time-travelling adventures.Toby is plunged back to Ancient Greece, into Niko’s life, where he finds himself dodging the donkey doo.   Toby Tucker, an orphan who has been fostered by the kind Don and Evie. His sole possession is a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/03/2007
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Toby Tucker: Picking People's Pockets
Valerie Wilding
Brilliant time-travelling adventures. Toby is magiced back to Victorian London, into Alfie Trott’s life, and finds himself picking people’s pockets, with one eye out for the peelers. Toby Tucker, an orphan who has been fostered by the kind Don...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/03/2007
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