OOS Usborne Complete Book of First Experiences

An essential collection of nine titles from Usborne's First Experiences series, introducing young children to key situations that they might be experiencing for the first time.

Includes visiting the doctor, going to school, welcoming a new baby and travelling on a plane.

Features Stephen Cartwright's gently humorous illustrations, packed with things for children to look at, learn from and talk about.

Every double page also contains a little yellow duck for children to spot.

Padded Hardpack (144 pages, 210 x 210mm)

OOS Usborne First Thousand Words in English $15.90

The classic Usborne word book, with busy scenes illustrated with warmth and humour by Stephen Cartwright. Each scene is surrounded by labelled pictures of objects to talk about and search for. 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.

OOS! Usborne Little Book of First Experiences

An essential collection of nine titles from Usborne's First Experiences series, introducing young children to key situations that they might be experiencing for the first time.
Includes visiting the doctor, going to school, welcoming a new baby and travelling on a plane.
Features Stephen Cartwright's gently humorous illustrations, packed with things for children to look at, learn from and talk about.
Every double page also contains a little yellow duck for children to spot.

OOS Usborne Farmyard Tales Boxed Game- Picture Word Lotto $17.90

Bright, durable boards and cards illustrated with characters from Usborne Farmyard Tales.
Developed with the Child Development Unit at Nottingham University and includes detailed parents’ notes.
Suitable for ages 2-6 and forup to 4 players.

This fun game, with familiar characters from Apple Tree Farm, will help young children develop their pre-reading skills. There are four bright, double-sided boards and two sets of cards, one with words and pictures and one with just words. The contents can be adapted to play a variety of games to suit different ages and abilities.

OOS Favourite Tales for Young Readers-S$19.90 (hardcover)

Eight easy-to-reaad stories for your little ones to enjoy. Bright and colourful illustrations, these stories are interesting and delightful. This collection is a must-have!


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Titles in the list:

The Gingerbread Man

Old Macdonald on his Farm

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

The Great Big Enormous Turnip

The Three Billy-Goats Gruff

The Little Red Hen

The Thee Little Kittens

Henny Penny

Format: Hardback

No. of pages: 212

OOS A First Look at Series - Is it Right to Fight? and My Manners Matter (2 for $24.90)

Titles in the popular "A First Look A" series for pre-school and early-grades kids explore emotional issues, encouraging children to discuss things that bother them with trusted adults. The series also helps them begin to develop basic social skills. Written by a psychotherapist and child counselor, these books promote positive interaction among children, parents, and teachers. They are written in easy-to-comprehend language, and have child-friendly illustrations on every page. Boys and girls learn that good manners are a simple way of showing kindness and respect to people they know and to people they don't know. They are shown that being polite makes working and playing together more enjoyable for everyone. The books are written in simple, direct language that makes sense to younger kids. Each title also features a guide for parents on how to use the book, a glossary, suggested additional reading, and a list of resources. There are attractive full-color illustrations on every page. (Ages 4–7)

From the Back Cover - My Manners Matter
This delightful picture book helps children to understand that good manners are a simple way of showing kindness and respect to people you know — and to people you don’t know. Young children can learn that manners are important because being polite makes working and playing together more enjoyable for everyone. Written by psychotherapist and counselor Pat Thomas, Barron’s A First Look At... books promote interaction among children, parents, and teachers on personal, social, and emotional issues.

Is it Right to Fight?

Spats are normal among younger kids, and often lead to screaming, hitting and other expressions of anger. This book helps kids understand that it’s often all right to be angry, but that it‘s always best to resolve conflicts peaceably.

OOS Usborne Children's Encyclopedia $22.90

An ideal first reference book for young readers covering a wide range of topics from art and animals to new technology.

Arranged thematically and superbly illustrated with over 1500 amazing photos, illustrations and diagrams.

Includes simple experiments and activities, internet links to over 500 carefully selected websites, and downloadable pictures and quizzes.

Read at Home First Skills Collection - 4 Books+Flashcards $49.90 (Oxford Reading Tree)

Make learning fun and memorable with Chip, Kipper and Biff! With simple stories and colourful flash cards this Read at Home set is perfect for helping children practice their first skills. The series was fully endorsed in research carried out in parental focus groups.

Titles:
Floppy's ABC
Chip's 1,2,3
Kipper Tells the Time
Biff's First Times Tables
First Skills: Flashcards


Features -First Skills books provide clear parent support within and beyond the book
-A "Tips for Reading Together" page gives parents practical ideas for helping with their child's reading
-A "Talk About" section at the end of every Read at Home First Experience story, helps parents to talk to their child about what to expect and supports reading skills by highlighting new vocabulary whilst encouraging children to revisit the story to locate the word and/or picture

Each story provides a range of fun activities to encourage talk and support reading skills
-A puzzle activity in every book to make reading fun and practise looking at detail
-A game or fun activity like a Maze or Spot the Difference - a treat for children to enjoy at the end of the story
-Roderick Hunt, author of the original Oxford Reading Tree stories, and Annemarie Young, are superb storytellers with over 50 years educational experience between them
-Alex Brychta's humorous and detailed illustrations bring the stories alive and are known to and loved by millions of Oxford Reading Tree readers

Size: 170mm x 140mm
Pages: 32
Format: Hardback
Ages: 3 to 5
For: Parents of children aged between 3-6 who are learning first skills and Parents of older children who are struggling with first skills.


Read at Home: First Skills: Floppy's ABC
Read at Home First Skills are fun early learning books, which use your favourite Oxford Reading Tree characters to introduce important first skills to your child. Your favourite Oxford Reading Tree characters make learning fun and memorable. Read at Home First Skills books are the perfect accompaniment to all your Oxford Reading Tree Read at Home storybooks.


From Gran picking an apple to Chip and Wilf spying a zebra, this book takes the reader through a series of fun events to help him/her learn alphabet letters and sounds.Throughout, parent and child can see either the capital letter (e.g. A), the lower case letter (e.g. a), the letter at the beginning of word (e.g. apple) and the word in a sentence e.g. Gran picked an apple. Fun illustrations support the text throughout. As with all Read at Home books, the story ends with fun activities for parent and child to enjoy together.


Floppy's ABC helps your child to:
* recognise familiar letter shapes and words
* develop important word skills and enjoy reading
* boost their learning with lively illustrations and large clear print
* Uses the Oxford Reading Tree characters to introduce children to the ABC
* Includes capital and lower case letters (e.g. Aa)
* Includes the letters within words and sentences to prepare the child for learning to read
* The story and skill and been carefully introduced and levelled to prepare the reader for school.


Read at Home Chip's 1,2,3 is a fun and motivating way of learning numbers and practising counting up to 20 using the Oxford Reading Tree characters to introduce each number.
Read at Home First Skills are fun early learning books, which use your favourite Oxford Reading Tree characters to introduce important first skills to your child. Your favourite Oxford Reading Tree characters make learning fun and memorable. Read at Home First Skills books are the perfect accompaniment to all your Oxford Reading Tree Read at Home storybooks.From Floppy having no bone (0) through to Nadim playing with twenty (20) building blocks, this book takes the reader through a series of fun events to help him/her learn to count to twenty. Throughout, parent and child can read the number as a digit (e.g. 1) and see it written as a word (e.g. one). The reader can also count items relating to the relevant number on every page. They can also read a sentence about what the character is doing on the page (e.g. Kipper is looking for seven starfish). Fun illustrations support the text throughout. As with all Read At Home books, the book ends with fun activities for parent and child to enjoy together.


Chip's 1, 2, 3 helps your child to:
*recognise the numbers 1-12
*develop important number skills and enjoy counting
*understand essential number words such as half, double, first, last, lots and nothing
*Uses the Oxford Reading Tree characters to introduce children to counting
*Includes the number written as a digit and as a word (e.g. 1 and one)
*Children can count items relating to the relevant number throughout
*Support is offered to help the parent at the beginning and end of every book


Read at Home Kipper Tells the Time is a fun and motivating way of learning to tell the time using the characters in the Oxford Reading Tree stories. In this fun story, the reader follows Kipper through his busy day and learns to tell the time.As with all Read at Home books, the story ends with fun activities for parent and child to enjoy together.


Kipper Tells the Time helps your child to:
*learn to tell the time in a fun and memorable way
*recognise the difference between the hour and minute hand
*understand the concepts of past and to the hour
*Uses the Oxford Reading Tree characters to introduce telling the time
*Uses story to help children learn to tell the time in a fun and memorable way
*Helps the reader recognize the difference between the hour and minute hands
*Includes analogue and digital clocks throughout






Read at Home Biff's First Times Tables book is a fun and motivating way to introduce your child to learning times tables, using the Oxford Reading Tree characters. In this fun story, it is Biff and Chip's birthday. They have a number of friends coming, invitations to send, food to buy and so much more! With so many children and so much to do, Dad shows Biff that using times tables can help prepare for the big day.Times tables are very hard for children to learn. To ensure that the levelling is right, the main focus of the story is the two, five and ten times tables, which are the first times tables children are taught at school. Biff introduces all the times tables, from 2-10, at the end of the book for children to learn and refer to when they are ready. As with all Read at Home books, the story ends with fun activities for parent and child to enjoy together.
Biff's First Times Tables helps your child to:
*learn or revise their 1-10 times tables in a fun and memorable way
*boost their learning with fun and supportive illustrations
*consolidate their learning with topical number facts and questions
*Uses the Oxford Reading Tree characters to introduce telling the time
*Uses story to help the reader learn the concept of multiplication and introduce them to times tables
*Unlike the competition, the story and skill and been carefully introduced and levelled to prepare the reader for school.

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Read at Home: First Skills: Flashcards


Read at Home First Skills Flashcards cover a range of skills including: letters, numbers, maths symbols, shapes, colours and telling the time. They use your favourite Oxford Reading Tree characters to introduce important first skills to your child. Your favourite Oxford Reading Tree characters make learning fun and memorable. Read at Home First Skills Flashcards are the perfect accompaniment to all your Oxford Reading Tree Read at Home First Skills fun early learning books.
The Read at Home First Skills Flashcards will help children to:
* recognise familiar letter shapes and words
* recognise the numbers 1-12
* learn to tell the time in a fun and memorable way
* learn or revise their 1-10 times tables in a fun and memorable way

Grimm's Fairy Tales (Hardback) - S$19.90

Retold and illustrated by Val Biro, this volume contains seven classic favourites. The stories featured are 'The Turnip', 'Hansel and Gretel', 'The Musicians of Bremen', 'The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids', 'The Elves and the Shoemaker', 'The Magic Porridge Pot', and 'The Golden Goose'. Featuring Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Bremen Town Musicians, The Golden Goose, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids ,The Magic Porridge Pot, Lucky Hans, Hansel and Gretel.



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Taken from The Magic Porridge Pot

OOS Treasury of Aesop's Fables (Hardcover)-S$19.90

OOS Fisher-Price Little People Welcome to Our House Panorama Stickerbook S$10.90

Fisher-Price Little People, a welcoming and useful household theme, and dozens of stickers to use on a huge fold out scene all make for an irresistible title.Preschoolers love Little People, and they love stickers. And this book is literally packed with both! Inside, Eddie and Sarah Lynn take readers for a tour of their house and all its rooms in Welcome to Our House! Included are over 50 reusable stickers of household items, pets, items for the backyard, kids’ favorite Little People characters, and more. In the back of the book is the huge fold-out panoramic scene, which is a friendly and colorful look at the house and backyard, and then into several rooms. This little book will lead to hours of interactive fun.

Ages: 2 - 5

Paperback, 16 pages, Reusable Stickers

OOS Treasury of Classic Stories (Hardcover) $14.90

OOS Usborne First Experiences - Going to the Doctor Sticker Book $12.90

OOS Usborne First Experiences - Going to the Dentist Sticker Book $12.90

OOS Usborne First Experiences - Going to the Hospital Sticker Book $12.90

OOS Read At Home (Oxford) - Level 5 (6 Titles) S$39.90 Popular!

Read at Home is designed for young readers. The vocabulary repetition and gradual progression with each level, from book A to book C, help build confidence - and the entertaining stories and humorous illustrations are just what children need to become successful readers!

Level 5: For children who can recognise 75+ words by sight, read ahead to check meaning and read silently to themselves.

Titles include: The Hairy-Scary Monster, The Golden Touch, The Secrets of the Sands, Mountain Rescue, The Palace Statues and The Lost Voice.

Read at Home is UK most popular home reading scheme and has been produced by experts to help parents reinforce the reading taught at school.

Peek inside: The Palace Statues

OOS My Grandparents are Special S$13.90

This book explores the extraordinary loving relationship that typically exists between very young children and their grandparents.

OOS Mr Men Story Treasury (Hardcover) S$19.90

Join your favourite Mr Men in this colourful treasury, 5 stories to read and enjoy! This title shows how the lenticular covermounts work - the image changes from one to another before your eyes as you walk past the display.

Hardcover: 64 pages
Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.6 x 1.2 cm

OOS - The Usborne Little Encyclopedia of the Human Body S$9.90

A handy-sized guide to how the human body works. Find out about the five senses, major bodily functions and organs and how the body changes as it grows as well as medical issues such as hygiene, healthy eating and going to hospital.

(OOS) The Usborne Little Encyclopedia of Animals $9.90

A handy-sized guide to the amazing wonders of the animal world. Young children can find out why zebras have stripes, how whales breathe, why spiders make webs and much more. Written in clear and easy-to-follow language and packed with colourful illustrations, photographs and maps.