I’m just learning to read

Blake, Quentin: Quentin Blake's ABC
Red Fox, 2002

Rip-roaring rhymes and brisk illustrations guarantee the fun of learning the alphabet. It all starts with colourful apples and ends to a massive amount of zips. You’ll never guess what comes between them!

Burnard, Damon: Lilly and the Ladybirds
Hodder Children's Books, 2001

Lilly is a little blue bug who lives on a sunflower leaf in a lovely garden. But she is sad. She feels so dull and ordinary that no one wants to be her friend. One day Lilly noticed three beautiful ladybirds sitting on the leaf of a rosebush. She admired their red and black coats and wished she could join them but she didn’t dare. But at home Lilly got a really bright idea about how she could make friends with the ladybirds.

Goodhart, Pippa: Hoppy Birthday, Jo-Jo
Egmont Books, 2004

Jo-Jo isn’t happy at all. There is a new baby in the house – Baby Roo. Now Jo-Jo is too big to be inside Mummy’s pocket and too big to sleep in a cot. She doesn’t even want to plan her birthday party with Mum. Jo-Jo decides to hide herself instead. There are three stories of Jo-Jo in one book.

Kelly, Susan: A Tale of Two Wolves
Red Fox, 2002

Once there were two wolves who were twins. One of the wolves was a very good wolf and the other was a very bad wolf, but they looked so alike that no one could tell them apart. Mind you, there was a tiniest difference anyway. One day a very good wolf was having the worst morning ever. He burnt his bottom in the bath and then he cut his tummy while shaving. And all of a sudden two policemen came and arrested him. A very good wolf had to the court. Was he guilty or not guilty? There are also instructions for you to make finger puppets of the characters in this book.

Lobel, Arnold: Mouse Tales
Mammoth, 1998

Papa Mouse is telling bedtime stories to his seven sons. Each Mouse Boy is getting his own mouse tale only if they promise to go to sleep after Papa Mouse has finished. And what stories Papa Mouse tells! There are stories about peculiar wishing well, a nasty old mouse, whose braces broke and a very dirty mouse, who takes the longest bath with strange consequences…

Moran, Alex: Six Silly Foxes
Harcourt, 2000

There are three girl foxes and three boy foxes that all have many different feelings during one day. They have ice cream and they fly a kite but they do some really silly things in the forest as well.

O’Connor, Jane: Eek! - Stories to Make You Shriek
Grosset & Dunlap, 1992

This book contains three spooky stories. Halloween is about Ted and his friend Danny who are invited to a Halloween party. Ted is going as a karate guy and Danny’s wearing the coolest monster costume ever. Living Doll is a story about a spoiled little girl who always has her way. One day Sara Beth insists on having a baby doll which soon starts giving her the creeps. Shaggy Dog tells about the Green family who are moving to a new house. However, there is a really big, black dog waiting inside the house which was supposed to be empty…

Rayner, Shoo: Super Dad
MacDonald Young Books, 1999

My Dad is always very busy. He is busy even when he’s not at work. He mends the car or makes things in his shed or watches the television. He doesn’t have time to play with me. One morning I was really mad at my Dad when there was a knock at the door. A Super Hero wanted me to play with him! There was something very familiar in him, though.

Rey, H. A.: Curious George Learns the Alphabet
Houghton Mifflin, 1993

George is a little monkey who lives with his friend, the man with a yellow hat. George’s friend says that first you have to know the alphabet to read a story. There are twenty six letters in the alphabet and all the letters come in big and in small. After learning just the first seven letters of the alphabet you can already make many words. An imaginatively illustrated book ensures the fun in learning the alphabet.