Perfect for building confidence and fostering a love of reading, The Usborne Reading Collection is a fantastic library of 40 books. From much-loved classics to comical original stories and real-life histories, this fully illustrated set has been developed with reading experts from the University of Roehampton. Included are: 25 x Young Reading Series 1 titles 15 x Young Reading Series 2 titles Description The Usborne Reading Programme has been helping children learn to read for pleasure for nearly twenty years. This comprehensive box set, featuring a selection of forty books from Young Reading Series One and Two, is perfect for launching your child into the next level of reading. Each volume has been assessed by educators, so you can be sure that your child is getting the good stuff. This great value box set, containing forty books, will kickstart your child’s interest in reading. The broad selection means that every child can find a book they connect with, while also being broad enough to expand their horizons. It contains everything from Shakespeare to fairy tales, real life histories to amazing adventures, myths and legends to modern day tales. This set combines astonishing variety with great educational value, all at a bargain price. Each book is beautifully illustrated throughout, and the series uses a wide variety of artistic styles, laid out next to the text in an exemplary manner. Each slimline paperback is the perfect weight for little hands, and the keepsake box provides a great way to store the books once they’ve been read - or in anticipa... See more

Perfect for building confidence and fostering a love of reading, The Usborne Reading Collection is a fantastic library of 40 books. From much-loved classics to comical original stories and real-life histories, this fully illustrated set has been developed with reading experts from the University of Roehampton.

Included are:

25 x Young Reading Series 1 titles

15 x Young Reading Series 2 titles

Description

The Usborne Reading Programme has been helping children learn to read for pleasure for nearly twenty years. This comprehensive box set, featuring a selection of forty books from Young Reading Series One and Two, is perfect for launching your child into the next level of reading. Each volume has been assessed by educators, so you can be sure that your child is getting the good stuff.

This great value box set, containing forty books, will kickstart your child’s interest in reading. The broad selection means that every child can find a book they connect with, while also being broad enough to expand their horizons. It contains everything from Shakespeare to fairy tales, real life histories to amazing adventures, myths and legends to modern day tales. This set combines astonishing variety with great educational value, all at a bargain price.

Each book is beautifully illustrated throughout, and the series uses a wide variety of artistic styles, laid out next to the text in an exemplary manner. Each slimline paperback is the perfect weight for little hands, and the keepsake box provides a great way to store the books once they’ve been read - or in anticipation of the next one.

Who is it for?

The books included from Series One and Two range from Lexile Level 410L to 790. This means they’re great for children between six and nine years old, in Key Stage 1 or 2, or years 2 and 5.

They’re perfect for building up children’s confidence in reading alone, since they’re simple and clear enough for kids of this age to understand. However, they also provide a great opportunity to engage with your child about what they’re reading, what the story is about, what the lesson of the story is, and if the book raises any questions for them.

The entire set has been put together by experts in education, which ensures that every book is suitable for your child’s stage of development. The Usbourne Reading Programme is relied upon across the country, by schools and parents alike, so you’re sure to have a great experience with the books in this collection.

What’s in the box?

Twenty-five books are included from Usborne Young Reading Series One. These books introduce children to a longer narrative in chapters, or feature several linked stories. They’re aimed at kids who’ve just started reading on their own, and the stories include wide-ranging everyday vocabulary, perfect for developing your child’s language skills.

This series includes many classic fairy tales, including The Billy Goats Gruff and The Emperor’s New Clothes. The selection also includes cool histories, like how the toilet was invented, to short story collections about haunted houses, pirates, witches, robots, and many more.

Following on from this series is Usborne Young Reading Series Two. These books are for more confident readers. They introduce irony and subplots, and allow children to draw their own inferences and deductions.

This series features simplified versions of many classic stories, drawing from Shakespeare, more advanced fairy tales such as The Snow Queen. New versions of childrens’ classics such as Black Beauty and The Wizard of Oz are also included, which help inspire the reader to keep at their development.

Titles included:

Young Reading Series 1 titles

1. Forgotten Fairy Tales: The Wise Princess

2. Forgotten Fairy Tales: Clever Molly

3. Forgotten Fairy Tales: The Nettle Princess

4. Forgotten Fairy Tales: The Daring Princess

5. Animal Legends

6. Stories of Dinosaurs

7. Stories of Dragons

8. Stories of Ghosts

9. Stories of Haunted Houses

10.Stories of Magical Animals

11.Stories of Mermaids

12.Stories of Monsters

13.Stories of Unicorns

14.Stories of Robots

15.The Billy Goats Gruff

16.The Burglar's Breakfast

17.The Dinosaurs Next Door

18.The Emperor's New Clothes

19.The Monster Gang

20.The Sorcerer's Apprentice

21.The Story of Chocolate

22.Story of Toilets, Telephones & other useful inventions

23.Stories of Wizards

24.Stories of Dolls

25.The Minotaur

Young Reading Series 2 titles

1. Alice in Wonderland

2. A Midsummer Night's Dream

3. Black Beauty

4. Hamlet

5. East of the Sun, West of the Moon

6. Romeo and Juliet

7. The Clumsy Crocodile

8. The Railway Children

9. The Snow Queen

10.The Wizard of Oz

11.The Firebird

12.Alice Through The Looking-Glass

13.The Canterville Ghost

14.Perseus and the Gorgon

15.Young Reading Stories of Thor