USBORNE FIRST READING (LEVEL 3)

The king’s pudding

The jungle is a dangerous place, especially when

there’s a hungry tiger on the prowl. Luckily, Little

Deer is quick-thinking, and quick on his feet too.

Tiger may be about to learn his lesson.

The goose that laid the golden eggs

Tom and Elena are poor but happy until the day 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?

The boy who cried wolf

Every day, Sam takes the same old sheep up the

same old mountain. What can he do to make

life a little more exciting? Find out in this lively

retelling of the classic story by Aesop.

The moves’s wedding

Father Mouse wants his daughter to marry

the most powerful husband in the world.

But Miss Mouse has her own ideas in

this delightful folktale from Japan.

The musicians of Bremen

Life on the farm is getting too dangerous.

So a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster

leave to join a band.

The trouble is, the band

they meet is a rascally band of robbers.

The leopard and the sky god

In this lovely African tale, set long, long ago, the leopard

has a splendid new drum

– and the Sky God wants it.

Along the way, the tortoise gets a shell and

thunder is made for the very first time.

The little read hen

The Little Red Hen finds some grains of wheat,

but who will help her plant them?

“Not I!” say her three best friends.

So do they deserve the treat at the end?

COVER TYPE: CARTOON

INSIDE: PAPER

AGE: 6-8YEARS