Kirjahaku

The Hat Maker sets off on his weekly visit to market, armed with an overflowing cart of hats to sell – but when he stops for a nap in the woods a group of chimps take the opportunity to steal his hats. Will the Hat Maker learn a valuable lesson, or will the chimps always be one step ahead? This story, set in Tanzania, was written by Adam Guillain. Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.Text type: A humorous story.Children can trace the Hat Maker’s route from his shop, through the woods and to the market on pages 14–15, providing plenty of discussion opportunities.Curriculum links: Knowledge and Understanding of the world.This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. In Trouble in the Rockies a family holiday turns out to be more of an adventure than the Li family had initially planned! Each book contains inside cover notes that highlight challenge words, prompt questions and a range of follow-up activities to support children in their reading.

The Pirate Pie Ship is an exciting tale of tasty adventure on the high seas! Times are changing and the pirates can no longer depend on stealing treasure to make money so they decide to go into the pie-making business. But they soon find out a rival ship has a similar idea...

This folktale tells the story of a boy named Kim who lives near a village. He helps on his family farm. He gets eggs from the chickens. He gets milk from the goat. He sits under the tree for shade and collects fruit from it. But he never tells any of them thank you! After Kim rescues a tiger, it is ungrateful to Kim. The tiger wants to eat Kim! Will the other animals and the tree help him?

Omar goes with his family to a research station in Antarctica. Omar’s favourite sport is football. He hopes the new friends he meets there will like football too. But when he arrives, Peter is the only other child there, and football is hard to play in the snow! Will Omar find new interests with Peter in his snowy surroundings? Or is he bound for a boring and lonely trip?

A boy called George had a wonderful planTo search for a real pirate crew.So he packed up a pizza, his favourite feastAnd rowed across the wide ocean blue.George, a young explorer, longs to meet a real pirate crew. So he sets sail with a cheesy treat to sustain him on his voyage. Join George on his travels as he finds scurrilous sea dogs and marine monsters - not to mention a feathered friend!Pizza for Pirates is a funny rhyming romp, the perfect read-aloud adventure book for boys and girls aged 3 and up! Ideal for fans of Pirates Love Underpants and The Pirates Next Door. George's first adventure Spaghetti with the Yeti was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and Highly Commended at the Sheffield Children's Book Award.Have you collected all of George's Amazing Adventures:Spaghetti with the Yeti,Marshmallows for Martians, Doughnuts for a Dragon,Pizza for Pirates,Socks for SantaTreats for T. rexAdam Guillain is a children's writer, musician and a co-founder of Storytelling Schools. Charlotte Guillain taught English to air traffic controllers and nurses before deciding a career in publishing would endanger fewer lives. They have written several picture books together including Supermarket Gremlins, School for Dads and the George's Amazing Adventures series. Lee Wildish lives in Lancashire and has been illustrating from a very young age. His titles include The Spooky Spooky House which was the winner of the Red House Children's Book Award 2013, and the New York Times bestselling How to Babysit a Grandpa.

The Fairytale Hairdresser meets Narnia in this magical new picture book series about a girl and her enchanted dressing-up wardrobe! Join Molly on her first magical adventure as she discovers an enchanted dressing-up wardrobe full of costumes in her Granny's house. There are so many costumes to choose from in her magic dressing-up wardrobe. Today she's going to be . . . a fairy! With a whizz, a pop and a shower of stars, Molly is whisked off to Fairyland!She arrives in fairyland just in time to help Fairy Flo who has lost her magic wand. There she meets an array of magical creatures including a unicorn, a big grey wolf, a witch and a huge friendly giant. Can she help Flo find her wand? Every book includes an amazing dressing up set - free fairy wings and wand for every reader! Children can read the book and then join in the dressing-up fun with their very own set of fairy wings and a magic wand. This rhyming adventure full of magic, featuring favourite fairytale characters, is brought to life with bright, eye-popping artwork from Garry Parsons, illustrator of the bestselling Dinosaur That Pooped series. Perfect for fans of The Fairytale Hairdresser series and classics fairytale stories, this is a wonderful book for parents and children to enjoy before bedtime. Adam Guillain is a children's writer, musician and a co-founder of Storytelling Schools. Charlotte Guillain taught English to air traffic controllers and nurses before deciding a career in publishing would endanger fewer lives. Since meeting in Zanzibar while working with Voluntary Services Overseas, they have written several picture books together including Supermarket Gremlins, School for Dads and the George's Amazing Adventures series. Garry Parsons is a bestselling illustrator who has worked on several children's books including the hugely popular Dinosaur That Pooped series. He has been published by Scholastic, Random House, Puffin, Egmont, Hodder, Andersen Press, Walker Books and others, including many foreign editions. Garry lives in London with his young family and old dog.

A young boy helps a community come together to build a new football pitch.

Two siblings go on a deep-sea dive and find unexpected treasures and adventure.

Sofia travels back to her birthplace in Guatemala and learns more about her family's culture with the help of a quetzal bird.

Each child is thinking of a farm animal. Read the clues, make a guess, and pull the slider to reveal the animal hiding in the illustrated scene Each child is thinking of a farm animal. What do the animals look like? What noises do they make? Read the clues, make a guess, and pull the slider to reveal the animal hiding in the beautifully illustrated scene