Based on the award-winning children’s series Peppa Pig, this special Read it yourself Tuck Box Set is packed with funny and charming books, perfect for encouraging early readers taking their first steps in reading stories.
This Box Set includes five Level 1 Read it yourself Peppa Pig stories that have been especially chosen for India:
Peppa Pig: Fun at the Fair
Peppa Pig: The Family Computer
Peppa Pig: Going Swimming
Peppa Pig: Going Boating
Peppa Pig: Daddy Pig’s Lost Key
Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird’s best-selling series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills.
Each Read it yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout. Simple sentences and frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers. Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants. Further content includes comprehension puzzles and helpful notes for parents, carers and teachers.
This Level 1 Tuck Box Set is suitable for very early readers who are ready to take their first steps in reading real stories.
“An endearingly pathetic antihero with delusions of greatness. . . . Seldom has failure been so likable — or so funny.”
— The Wall Street Journal
Timmy Failure is a brilliantly bad eleven-year-old detective and CEO of his own detective agency “Total Failure, Inc”. Assisted by his polar bear sidekick, Total, Timmy sets out to solve mysteries, fight evil, make money to pay his mum’s bills and most importantly defeat his arch-enemy Corrina Corrina (the-girl-who-shall-not-be-named) who has a rival agency and top marks at school to boot. Timmy and Total’s antics are unfailingly hilarious and their clueless yet strangely over-confident attempts to fight crime will have you crying with laughter.
Written and illustrated by comic genius Stephan Pastis, the cartoon illustrations bring the stories to life. Pastis turned his hand to children’s fiction with the first Timmy Failure book Mistakes Were Made in 2013. It was an instant bestseller in the US and is soon to be made into a Disney film.
There are now seven books in the series which is a must for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Barry Loser or Tom Gates, and all readers aged 8 and upwards who love silly stories. The comic adventures of Timmy and Total are riotous but also surprisingly poignant and may bring a tear to your eye.
Start with Book 1 to get Timmy’s back story and his “historical record of my life as a detective”, rigorously fact-checked by Timmy himself and prepare for a side-splitting adventure.
This Collection Includes:
1. Mistakes Were Made
2. Now Look What You’ve Done
3. We Meet Again
4. Sanitized For Your Protection
5. The Book You’re Not Supposed to Have
‘The bestselling fantasy series The Power of Five by Anthony Horowitz, the award-winning author of the bestselling Alex Rider series.
The series focuses on five children: Matthew Freeman, Pedro, Scott Tyler, Jamie Tyler, and Scarlett Adams, a group of fourteen-year-old children (all five children turn fifteen in Necropolis) who are destined to defeat mystical entities known only as the Old Ones who ruled for a long period of time ten thousand years ago. Matt is the appointed leader.
Raised in foster care, Matt Freeman has always known he has unusual powers. When he’s sent on a rehabilitation programme in Yorkshire, he finds himself in the midst of sinister goings-on. As he starts to investigate, he uncovers a terrible secret – eight guardians are protecting the world from the evil ones who were banished long ago by five children. But now devil worshippers are determined to let the evil ones back in…
This is the complete collection of bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s supernatural teen series, Power of Five. Focusing on children with special powers and featuring elements of witchcraft, these page-turners are the perfect next step for those who were hooked by Alex Rider. Titles include in this collection:
1. Raven’s Gate
2. Evil Star
3. Nightrise
4. Necropolis
5. Oblivion
*A Classic Fairytale Series*
Read It Yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird’s best-selling series. This is a series of character stories and traditional tales, written in a simple way for children who are learning to read. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills.
Each Read It Yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout. Simple sentences and frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers and the different levels of books support children all the way from very first reading practice through to independent, fluent reading.
Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants and can be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school. Further content includes comprehension puzzles, helpful notes for parents, carers and teachers, and book band information for use in schools.
Please note that the following individual books as per original ISBN and cover image in this listing shall be dispatched collectively.
This box contains 8 graded storybooks from Level 4. It is perfect for children who can read short, simple sentences with help.
This Tuck-Box includes below titles:
1.Heidi
2.The Little Mermaid
3.Peter and the Wolf
4.Alice in Wonderland
5.Pinocchio
6.Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
7.The Wizard of Oz
8.The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Level 4 Read It Yourself Tuck-Box is ideal for children who are ready to read longer stories with a wider vocabulary and are keen to read independently.
*A Classic Fairytale Series*
Read It Yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird’s best-selling series. This is a series of character stories and traditional tales, written in a simple way for children who are learning to read. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills.
Each Read It Yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout. Simple sentences and frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers and the different levels of books support children all the way from very first reading practice through to independent, fluent reading.
Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants and can be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school. Further content includes comprehension puzzles, helpful notes for parents, carers and teachers, and book band information for use in schools.
Please note that the following individual books as per original ISBN and cover image in this listing shall be dispatched collectively.
This box contains 10 graded storybooks from Level 0. It is perfect for children who can read short, simple sentences with help.
This Tuck-Box includes below titles:
1. Space Party
2. Emma Explorer
3. Pippa and the Pip
4. Go, Kit Cat!
5. Gus and Ross
6. Wags the Big Dog
7. Dash is Fab!
8. Jack and Jen
9. Barn Owl
10. The Camping Trip
Level 0 Read It Yourself Tuck-Box is designed for children who are developing their synthetic phonics skills.
A hopeful and heartwarming story about finding joy after tragedy, Amil and the After is a companion to the Newbery Award-winning novel The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani.
At the turn of the new year in 1948, Amil and his family have started over in Bombay and are once again trying to rebuild their lives in independent India.
Both Muslim and Hindu, twelve-year-old Amil is not sure what home means anymore. The memory of the long and difficult journey from his family’s hometown in what is now Pakistan lives with him. And despite having an apartment in Bombay to live in and a school to attend, life still feels lonely and uncertain.
At Nisha’s suggestion, Amil begins to tell his story via drawings meant for their mother, who died when he was just a baby. Through Amil, readers witness the unwavering and resilient spirit of a young boy trying to make sense of a chaotic world and to find hope for himself, his family and a newly reborn nation.
Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva easily handle small and big problems that occur in the three worlds. But their biggest problem is resolving the constant squabbles between their sons, Ganesha and Karthikeya. When their quarrels go out of hand, Parvati comes up with an ingenious plan—to deal with her sons’ complaints, one story at a time!
As the goddess takes them through the sweet and sour, bitter yet beautiful world of divine siblings like Jyeshtha and Lakshmi, Krishna and Katyayani, Kubera and Ravana, Nara and Narayana, and many others, Ganesha and Karthikeya sit back and listen attentively.
Join Anoushka, Krishna, Meenu and Raghu along with Ajja-Ajji on their adventure to Mayawati, a beautiful hilly region in Uttarakhand. Little do they know their trip will be filled with unexpected magic as, this time, their dear Ajja becomes their new storyteller. Amidst snow-capped mountains and towering deodar trees, Ajja weaves tales of kings and princesses, mermaids and bitter gourds, imparting wisdom and compassion along the way.
As the children explore the mountains, they make new friends, learn about Pahadi folk traditions, marvel at breathtaking sunsets and travel to various destinations.
From the bestselling author of Grandma’s Bag of Stories and Grandparents’ Bag of Stories, Sudha Murty, comes another collection of immersive, captivating and sensorial tales with an exciting new twist!
Mysore, 1932
The rest of India is ablaze with the fervour of the freedom movement, but Mysore remains tranquil under the maharaja’s benevolent rule. For twelve-year-old Leela, the movement feels distant, just words in the pages of newspapers—until Malathi Akka moves into her neighbourhood, bringing with her thrilling ideas, new perspectives, and . . . a gramophone!
As Leela gets swept up by the winds of change, it dawns on her that participation in the freedom struggle can take on forms she hasn’t even imagined . . .
The Songs of Freedom series explores the lives of children across India during the struggle for independence.
The series complements school textbooks about the independence movement. As the stories are told from a child’s point of view, these stories bring the facts of the independence movement to vivid life in settings all over the country—and inspire each reader to engage with the idea of India.
Ranchi district, 1915
Sibu’s life is changing as the Oraons who live in the forests of Chota Nagpur, are slowly moving to the Tana Bhagat movement, where they begin to protest the injustices that the zamindars and the British Raj perpetrate on the Adivasis. And by stories of German Baba, who will help defeat the British in the Great War and bring freedom to the Oraons and to India.
Yet, though the Tana Bhagats follow the path of non-violence, violence is rearing its head in the world around them . . .
The Songs of Freedom series explores the lives of children across India during the struggle for independence.
