New Releases by Lesley Sims

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''Usborne Young Reading: Series Two'' is designed for children whose reading ability is beginning to grow, and helps build confidence and ability. This text concentrates on castles.

Want to sail the high seas? Or battle dragons to the death? Dive into this collection of thrilling stores and choose your adventure. Pirates, monsters, robots, knights and ghosts are all waiting to excite you - or send shivers down your spine. As well as funny, scary and action-packed original tales, you''ll find two seafaring classics, Sinbad the Sailor and Treasure Island.

Exciting stories of castle times accompanied by an entertaining reading on CD. The CD brings the book to life with lively music, song and dramatic sound effects. The book has easy to follow text clearly laid out with speech bubbles to aid the narrative flow. The Usborne Young Reading programme was developed in conjunction with reading experts at Roemhampton University.

Gerda''s best friend Kay is kidnapped by the sicked Snow Queen and Gerda is determined to rescue him.

Follows the adventures of Agent Arthur and his dog Sleuth as they try to capture the evil Squid Squad, and includes clues and puzzles to help readers assist with Arthur''s investigation.

Jon, Dirk, and Ally have the educational experience of a lifetime when they board a submarine and explore the depths of the ocean.

A boring school trip turns into a thrilling adventure for Nat and Joe, when a model spaceship takes off with them inside. They visit the moon, explore distant planets, and become the first humans to land on Mars. Illustrations and puzzles give the reader lots of things to spot and solve.

A simplified version of Dicken''s supernatural Christmas tale.

Presents the subject of the sun and stars through a combination of artwork, photographs and simple text.

Information about clothing, transportation, food, religion and many other aspects of life in ancient Egypt.

A guide to Ancient Egypt containing information every tourist of past ages needs to know. Where to shop and places to eat are combined with facts about politics, history, art and architecture.

Agent Arthur needs to solve the puzzles to sabotage the devious Squid Squad''s scheme.

Full-length work of fiction, containing all the action and intrigue that readers have come to expect from Usborne.

The book describes the nine planets in our solar system and discusses gravity, the Big Bang, and the formation of the earth.