Allan Ahlberg

Bert has all sorts of adventures and they're told in this book in a slapstick way. The reader is made to feel part of the story when he/she is told to turn the page quietly so as not to wake Bert's baby and they're blamed when the baby starts to cry.

Master Track is adopted as a baby when he is found by Mr and Mrs Track in a handbag on a railway station. Little do they realise that he's going to grow up to be a hero and rescue a train that's been stolen by Mr Creep the Crook and his family.

Designed for use at home and in school, each book in this series introduces the learner reader to the adventures of a different family.

Three cheers for bread, HIP-HIP-HOORAY! Early in the morning the baker bakes a lovely loaf of bread. So lovely, in fact, that by the time the sun goes down it's been gobbled up! Who eats it all? Well, the baker munches on its crunchy crust. The baker's wife has the second slice as toast and the baker's son gets a tasty cheese and ham sandwich for his lunch. Let's not forget the dog, even he gets his share!

Once upon a time there were three bears, seven dwarfs, five gorillas, a frog prince, some sleeping beauties, a wolf, a dinosaur, a Mad Hatter, a steamboat, four firemen, a crocodile, giant beanstalks and a little boy named Jeremiah.

The robbers of London town plan to steal all the toys they can on Christmas Eve. Fortunately, the robbers meet their match in brave Officer Pugh who leaps into action and arrests the villains - all except Grandma Swagg who manages to get away.

Come shopping with me and Mum and little Harry and Wilf the Wonderdog. But this is no ordinary shopping trip; the car breaks down, the rain keeps coming and the road becomes a jungle, then a river. It's an expedition where anything might happen; in fact, it probably will!