Mairi Mackinnon Boeken

This is the classic Usborne sticker word book, with busy scenes illustrated with warmth and humour by Stephen Cartwright. Each scene is accompanied by labelled stickers of objects to talk about, search for and match together. This is an exciting talk-about book for the very young, a stimulating picture word book for pre-readers and a lively source of ideas and spellings for first writers. It is also useful for learning English, and students can listen to all the words read by a native British speaker at the Usborne Quicklinks Website. This new edition of a best-seller will delight children as they learn their first words. Completely revised and presented in a new, larger format, Stephen Cartwright's humorous illustrations will entertain children and adults alike. Friendly scenes encourage the direct association of words with objects and reinforce known words.

After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.

Everyone at the Emperor's court is enchanted by the song of the nightingale; but one day the Emperor receives a glittering mechanical nightingale and the real bird is forgotten. Then he Emperor falls ill, and it seems that nothing can 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.

Fresh, witty, and memorable illustrations for over 1000 English words, arranged by theme for engaging discussions. A fun way to enhance a child's vocabulary with delightful pictures. Words can be listened to online, read by a British English speaker.

When seven hungry children have pancakes for breakfast, one pancake refuses to be eaten, jumps out of the pan and rolls right away. Can the runaway pancake escape from the whole family, the dog, the rabbit, the duck, the cat, the goat, the fox and a cunning old pig?

Retelling of the story about a boy captured by the snow queen and taken to her castle in the north and his friend's efforts to save him.

Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves and the wild animals of the jungle. Also includes other short stories set in India.

Tom and Elena are poor but happy until the day that Tom finds that their little white goose has laid a golden egg. Every morning they find another egg, every day they grow richer but what happens when one golden egg a day just isn't enough?