*** 'With rhymes just as whimsical as Dr. Seuss.' - The Booklover Bookshop*** The cockerel crowed across Pettington Zoo. The animals woke with a big job to do. 'The Harry is coming! Today is the day! We have to get ready! There's no time to play!' It's Harry's birthday and the all the animals at Pettington Zoo are planning a big surprise. It's time to get ready to party! Written by comedian Sam Smith and illustrated by Daron Parton, this is a heartwarming and hilarious book so full of laughs that you may just be crying by the end. PRAISE FOR SNAKE BROUGHT CAKE 'A delight to read.' - Suzy Cato 'We've read it and love it! Thoroughly recommend it.' - Robert Rakete and Jeanette Thomas, The Breeze

Slip on your overalls, pop on your hard hat and jump in the digger - let's build a house! First the floor, and then the walls, Then the roof. Let's build it tall. You and me - we'll build it all! Up, up, up. A step-by-step look at how a house is constructed from digging the foundations and laying the bricks through to fitting the drains and painting the walls. Let's Build a House is a high-energy, gorgeously illustrated picture book written by a real-life engineer.

Hen is sitting on an egg, waiting for it to hatch. But it's no ordinary egg - it's enormous, and suddenly a blue claw pokes out Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children's imaginations and develop their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustrators broadens children's reading experience, with something to appeal to every child. This story is one of six titles at Oxford Level 1+, which are phonically decodable with some extra high-interest words to expand children's vocabularies and enrich the stories. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book.

Six captivating and engaging stories with clear phonics progression, ideal for children who are taking their first steps in reading. Join Sam on a camping trip with his special backpack, help Pip catch her dragon balloon and find out what happens when Hen's very big egg starts to cracka| With a variety of stunning artwork styles and six funny, heart-warming and exciting stories, this collection has something for everyone! The stories have been specially written to support and develop your child's early reading skills as they start to use letters and sounds to read simple words. Activities after every story make reading fun and reinforce comprehension. Each collection also features tips for parents to help you support your child's developing reading skills. Featuring much-loved characters, great authors, engaging storylines and fun activities, Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your child's reading confidence. Read with Oxford Stage 1 equates to Oxford Levels 1 and 1+ used in schools. For more information about the Read with Oxford Stages, as well as practical advice, free eBooks and fun activities to help your child progress, go to readwithoxford.com. Let's get them flying!

Slip on your overalls, pop on your hard hat and jump in the digger - let's build a house! First the floor, and then the walls, Then the roof. Let's build it tall. You and me - we'll build it all! Up, up, up. A step-by-step look at how a house is constructed from digging the foundations and laying the bricks through to fitting the drains and painting the walls. Let's Build a House is a high-energy, gorgeously illustrated picture book written by a real-life engineer.

Do you know where your butt is? Morty the penguin has no idea! He's pretty sure he has one, but where IS it? So he does what any reasonable penguin would do: ask. But no one in the South Pole can help - not the other penguins, not the polar bear who shouldn't be there, and definitely not the seal who wants to eat him for dinner. Morty goes on a wild trip from the South Pole to the steamy South American jungle, and then to outer space to find the answer. And he finally does...in the most unexpected way.

Find out more about mountains, canyons, lakes, deserts and forests in Highest Mountain, Deepest Canyon. The fiction book that accompanies this title is Camel-Back Mountain. Oxford Reading Tree Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper is a series of paired fiction and non-fiction books linked by curriculum-related topics. Each pair consists of an engaging story featuring well-loved characters and a compelling non-fiction book. These topic-linked pairings will develop and deepen their reading comprehension and foster a love of reading across both text types. This book is one of six titles at Oxford Level 5, which are phonically decodable featuring a small number of pre-taught, non-decodable topic words to enrich the texts and support language development. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, so it is easy to match every child with the right book and enable them to progress.

Slip on your overalls, pop on your hardhat and jump in the digger - let's build a backyard! We dig, we build, we plant, we sow. We make a place to play and grow. You and me - one, two, three ... GO! Work! Work! Work! A fun look at creating a backyard from scratch; from moving the mud and building the fence through to planting a vegie garden and adding in the compost (Poo! Poo! Poo!). Let's Build a Backyard is a high-energy, brightly illustrated picture book by a real-life engineer, and is the perfect companion to Let's Build a House. 'Children from two or three years up will absolutely love getting into it and chanting along. It's fun to go on the jolly journey from barren block to a garden you'd like to visit, and it seems like the sort of book children will want to read over again, for its rhythms, its logical and simple plot progression, and, of course, the page about spreading manure - "poo poo poo".' BOOKS+PUBLISHING

In Pets: Mission Impossible!, Mr and Mrs Boot are planning to move house but their children don't want to go. Can their pets stop the move before it's too late? Chucklers is a series of funny novels, short stories, anthologies and comics that make reading a pleasure for 7-11 year olds. There is something for everyone in this varied collection which is packed with fantastic illustrations. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. The series is written by top children's authors and edited by award-winning author Jeremy Strong. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.