The Camping Trip

Step 9 contains two stories that build on the phonics learnt in previous steps and focus on the sound and letter combinations: igh, ear, air, ure. For over thirty-five years, the best-selling Read it yourself with Ladybird has helped children learn to read. All titles feature essential key words. Story-specific words are repeated to practise

Barn Owl

Step 8 contains two stories that build on the phonics learnt in previous steps and focus on the sound and letter combinations: ar, or, ur, ow, oi, er. For over thirty-five years, the best-selling Read it yourself with Ladybird has helped children learn to read. All titles feature essential key words. Story-specific words are repeated

Queen Joan

Step 7 contains two stories that build on the phonics learnt in previous steps and focus on the sound and letter combinations: ai, ee, oa, oo (long), oo (short). For over thirty-five years, the best-selling Read it yourself with Ladybird has helped children learn to read. All titles feature essential key words. Story-specific words are

Banana Muffins

Step 6 contains two stories that build on the phonics learnt in previous steps, and focus on the sound and letter combinations: ch, sh, th (soft), th (hard), ng. For over thirty-five years, the best-selling Read it yourself with Ladybird has helped children learn to read. All titles feature essential key words. Story-specific words are

Wags the Big Dog

Step 5 contains two stories that build on the phonics learnt in previous steps and focus on the sound and letter combinations: j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu. For over thirty-five years, the best-selling Read it yourself with Ladybird has helped children learn to read. All titles feature essential key words. Story-specific words

Tim, Bess and Tess

Step 4 contains two stories that build on the phonics learnt in previous steps and focus on the sound and letter combinations: e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss. For over thirty-five years, the best-selling Read it yourself with Ladybird has helped children learn to read. All titles feature essential key words.

Go, Kit Cat!

Step 3 contains two stories that build on the phonics learnt in previous steps and focus on the sound and letter combinations: m, d, g, o, c, k, ck. For over thirty-five years, the best-selling Read it yourself with Ladybird has helped children learn to read. All titles feature essential key words. Story-specific words are repeated to practise throughout. Designed to be

Pippa and the Pip

Step 2 contains two stories that build on the initial letter sounds learnt in Step 1 and focus on the sound and letter combinations: s, a, t, p, i, n. For over thirty-five years, the best-selling Read it yourself with Ladybird has helped children learn to read. All titles feature essential key words. Story-specific words are repeated to practise throughout. Designed

Emma Explorer

Step 1 is an introduction to phonics that focuses on the letter sounds: g, k, e, u, h, l, j, v, w, x, y, z, qu. For over thirty-five years, the best-selling Read it yourself with Ladybird has helped children learn to read. All titles feature essential key words. Story-specific words are repeated to practise throughout. Designed to be read independently at home or used in a guided

The Secret Garden

When Mary’s parents die she is sent to live with her uncle. Mary hates it there, until she finds a secret garden . . . Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Recommended for