Usborne Publishing Ltd

This is a new title in "Young Reading, Series Three". It is aimed at children whose reading ability and confidence allows them to tackle longer and more complex stories. It tells the doomed love story of Cathy and Heathcliffe as seen through the eyes of a neighbor, Mr Lockwood, and the old nurse, Nelly Dean. It is developed in consultation with...

Dive into this magical mermaid series from bestselling author Sue Mongredien, featuring gorgeously girly illustrations. There's trouble in the Undersea Kingdom. All the seahorses have vanished and the Animal-Keeper mermaids are desperate to find them. It seems an impossible task until Molly and her mermaid friend, Eloise, discover something curious...

Molly returns to the Undersea Kingdom to help Animal-Keeper mermaid Leila find the missing whales. When they investigate they find the whales trapped inside a lobster pot but before they can set the whales free Molly and Leila are attacked by the Dark Queen's menacing mud monsters....

This is a bold, bright new book for babies containing beautifully designed high-contrast images that are easy for babies to focus on and touchy-feely patches to bring the pictures to life. Each picture contains a tactile element to help very young children develop important sensory skills. The padded 'soft touch' hardback format is perfect for...

The sixth title in the new "Usborne Very First Reading" series, designed for younger children to introduce them to reading together with their parents. Parents and children take turns to read from the page (the text clearly marked for who should be reading) and as the books progress in the series the adults read less and less and the child more and...

This is a fantastic and irresistible book filled with rich patterns to colour in, giving hours and hours of creative fun. Many of the patterns come with suggested colour schemes but children are free to follow them as closely or as loosely as they please. It includes tips on matching colours and the different effects they create on the page to help...