Usborne Sleeping Beauty Mackinnon Mairi

A lively story to inspire beginner readers. Based on the principles of synthetic phonics, supports the "Letters and Sounds" programme used in thousands of UK primary schools. Child reads with an adult’s support, and gains practice reading different spellings of the same vowel sounds. Fun puzzles test understanding, and provide opportunities for discussion and further reading practice

The enchanting story of Sleeping Beauty is brought to life in this gorgeously illustrated pop-up book. Follow the fairies starry trail, join the prince as he discovers the secret tower where Sleeping Beauty is destined to sleep for a hundred years, and see if magic can save the day. A pleasure to share with little children, and a wonderful gift. With free online audio to listen to the story

Little children will love this magical retelling of the classic fairy tale, with delicate cutaways, holes to peep through and stunning illustrations from Karl James Mountford. Cursed at birth, Sleeping Beauty is destined to fall asleep for a hundred years on her sixteenth birthday. Can the good fairies, and true love's first kiss, save her?

One of the best-loved fairy tales. Beauty goes to the Beast's castle in order to save her father's life and help her family. The Beast is kind to her, but when he asks her to marry him, she can't bring herself to say yes. Then Beauty returns home and dreams that the Beast is dying. Can she save him? The Usborne English Readers series is a new range of graded readers in simplified English for younger learners. They include activities, glossaries and a full audio recording of the text in both British English and American English

From the Greek myth of the Trojan Horse. King Odysseus is happy at home with his loving wife and baby son. Then King Menelaus asks him to help bring Queen Helen back from the city of Troy. For ten years the Greeks besiege Troy, but they can't break into the city until Odysseus thinks of a plan. The Usborne English Readers series is a new range of graded readers in simplified English for younger learners. They include activities, glossaries and a full audio recording of the text in both British English and American English

A popular European folk tale. A little old woman makes a boy out of gingerbread. When she opens the oven, the gingerbread man jumps out and runs away. Animals, farmers and schoolchildren join the chase. Finally a fox offers to carry the gingerbread man across a river. How kind of him - or is it? The Usborne English Readers series is a new range of graded readers in simplified English for younger learners. They include activities, glossaries and a full audio recording of the text in both British English and American English

From the well-known Aesop's fable. Sam is lonely and bored, watching the sheep on the mountain. One day he makes up a story: "Come quickly! A wolf is attacking the sheep". The villagers come running, but of course there's no wolf. Then, when a wolf really does attack, who will believe Sam? The Usborne English Readers series is a new range of graded readers in simplified English for younger learners. They include activities, glossaries and a full audio recording of the text in both British English and American English

Из легенды о короле Артуре. В детстве Артур ничего не знает о своей настоящей семье. Однажды его приемный отец и брат присутствуют на турнире, и его брат Кей отправляет Артура за мечом. Артур видит меч, вделанный в камень. Он не знает, что только истинный король Британии может достать его из камня. Серия Usborne English Readers — это новая серия книг для чтения с упрощенным английским языком для младших школьников. Они включают в себя задания, глоссарии и полную аудиозапись текста на британском и американском английском языках • язык издания: Английский • From the legend of King Arthur. As a boy, Arthur knows nothing about his real family. One day his foster father and brother attend a tournament, and his brother Kay sends Arthur to fetch his sword

The scarecrow would like brains, the tin man wants a heart and the lion wants to be brave, while Dorothy just wants to go home. Who can help them? The wonderful Wizard of Oz, of course! • Includes a word list, 5 pages of activities and free online audio (British English and American English)

Книга Майри Маккиннон "Первые слова. Фонетика" предназначена для детей, которые начинают учиться читать. В этой книге представлены простые слова с легкими звуками. Она соответствует стратегии чтения правительства Великобритании, в которой используется синтетическая фонетика • Книга на английском языке • For children who are just beginning to learn to read, this book introduces simple words with easy letter sounds. It follows the UK government's reading strategy which uses synthetic phonics

Анна Сьюэлл - британская писательница, получившая мировую известность своим единственным произведением - повестью "Черный красавчик". Когда-то она написала о ней: "Я сочинила небольшую историю, чтобы пробудить в людях любовь и симпатию к животным". Эта невероятно трогательная, полная драматических событий история лошади, рассказанная ею самой, по сей день остаётся одним из бестселлеров мировой литературы • Книга на английском языке • A captivating retelling of Anna Sewell's classic novel beautifully illustrated by Alan Marks. Perfect for encouraging independent reading. Part of Young Reading Series 2 for readers growing in confidence. Also available with an audio CD with a dramatic listen-along recording with music and sound effects, followed by a read-along version with prompts for page turns

Pearson English Story Readers present all-time favourite stories carefully written and graded across four language levels for young learners of English • With 24 titles in 3 formats corresponding to age, there is a book to suit every young reader