Mairi Mackinnon Books

After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.

An introduction to basic letter-sounds, that helps children learn to write letters and simple words. Including illustrations, fun colouring activities and stickers, it fully supports the Government's Letters and Sounds programme and phonics teaching in schools, and complements the Very First Reading series of storybooks.

Everyone at the Emperor's court is enchanted by the song of the nightingale; but one day the Emperor receives a glittering mechanical nightingale and the real bird is forgotten. Then he Emperor falls ill, and it seems that nothing can save him... The Usborne English Readers series is a new range of graded readers in simplified English for younger learners. They include activities glossaries and a full audio recording of the text in both British English and American English.

Fresh, witty, and memorable illustrations for over 1000 English words, arranged by theme for engaging discussions. A fun way to enhance a child's vocabulary with delightful pictures. Words can be listened to online, read by a British English speaker.

When seven hungry children have pancakes for breakfast, one pancake refuses to be eaten, jumps out of the pan and rolls right away. Can the runaway pancake escape from the whole family, the dog, the rabbit, the duck, the cat, the goat, the fox and a cunning old pig?

This wintry tale has warmed the hearts of children around the world for almost 200 years. It was written by master storyteller Hans Christian Andersen (1805--1875). The tale describes the amazing adventures of Gerda, who goes off in search of her friend Kay after the Snow Queen takes him away. The illustrations to the book were created by Vladyslav Yerko, a well-known Ukrainian illustrator and recipient of many awards at prestigious art and book fairs. He also received the title "Man of Books" when he was named best artist for 2002 by the Moscow "Book Review." His illustrations became widely known through his work on the books of Paulo Coelho and his work on Andersen's The Snow Queen, which won the Grand Prix award in the "Book of the Year" competition for 2000. Well-known writer Paulo Coelho said of Yerko's The Snow Queen: "This is the most wonderful children's book I've seen in my life."

A Victorian governess's love for her mysterious employer is threatened by the tragic secret of his mansion.

All Tom has in the world is a cat, but Puss is no ordinary cat. He introduces Tom to the King as the Marquis of Carabas. The King is impressed by the Marquis' generosity; his daughter thinks Tom is charming. If Puss can kill a giant, their fortunes are made. With fun activities after the story, and online audio in British and American English.

A regal collection of much-loved classics and some less familiar tales, perfect for reading aloud and sharing at bedtime. Includes favourites such as The Frog Prince, The Emperor’s New Clothes, Sleeping Beauty amongst many more. Full of magic and enchanting illustrations that little princes and princesses will love to pore over. A lovely gift to be shared together time and time again.

Tom and Elena are poor but happy until the day that Tom finds that their little white goose has laid a golden egg. Every morning they find another egg, every day they grow richer but what happens when one golden egg a day just isn't enough?