Collected Resources

Rama and Sita

This colourful retelling of the traditional tale of Rama and Sita will enchant beginning readers. Perfect for using when teaching about Diwali and looking at festivals of light.

The Race Across the River

This beautifully illustrated retelling of the traditional tale explains how each year came to be named after an animal. The Jade Emperor’s birthday celebration turns into an exciting race across the river. Which order will the animals arrive in? This lovely story offers an opportunity to discuss place numbers, as well as fitting in perfectly with teaching about Chinese New Year.

Sleeping Beauty

This enchanting fairy tale, retold by Ruth Merttens, provides a decodable version of the story perfect for using with emerging readers. The lively illustrations will engage the children’s interest as they discover the tale of a princess who slept for a hundred years. This book is ideal for using alongside a block of work on fairy tales.

The Bunny Lady 

This is a simple non-fiction text about Beatrix Potter and is centred around her creation of the Peter Rabbit stories. Children can follow key points of her life, supported by the charming illustrations, and understand how she came to write these magical tales!

Just Suppose

This story uses repetition and humour to create a text in which imagination runs riot and surreal situations, of the sort which children particularly like, abound. As they are just starting reading, this highly accessible text is as much fun for children as many with more complex but less creative language. 

Goat’s sore tummy

This is a great story which children will love. Using only words which are easily decodable, the text can be read by those just starting to read and the pictures will certainly make children laugh!