Ann Axworthy

When Little Dragon sees a spooky film on television, he decides he wants a haunted house of his own. Luckily, the estate agent has just the place he's looking for, but things don't quite turn out the way he expects.

Bill's gran has knitted him a new hat. But he hates it! Everyone is laughing at him. Will he ever get rid of it without upsetting Gran? The 'Leapfrog' series is perfect for children who are reading on their own, with fun stories of no more than 200 words.

Compiled in consultation with literacy experts, this series features brightly illustrated, fun, phonics stories by top authors and illustrators. The carefully controlled vocabulary supports the teaching of synthetic phonics, allowing children to see words in context.

With brightly illustrated short stories, no more than 80 words, and large text format by top authors and illustrators, this series is perfect for newly independent readers.

Younger readers can follow the transformation from egg to beautiful butterfly in this book, one in a series of books which track the life cycles of familiar animals, both wild and domestic.

The three bears make some porridge and go for a walk while it cools down. Then Goldilocks finds the bears' house with no one at home. She smells the fresh porridge and feels hungry.