Vivian French

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right levelVivian French tells this well-known, much loved traditional tale of Aladdin, the magical genies and Aladdin's wishes. Will he find happiness with his riches and beautiful wife, or will evil magician Kadar...

What better way to spend a sunny day than a visit to Grandpa's chickens--and a peek at some baby chicks just as they hatch? When Julie and her little brother Bob visit Grandpa on a beautiful day, they're in for a treat: a yard...

From routes to scale, a young child and her dad explore the world of maps in a charming story encouraging readers to chart their own neighborhoods. One day, Anna's friend Zane sends her an invitation to come over to play, and inside the envelope...

"Part picture book for pleasure reading. . . . and part practical how-to, this dramatic account is the next best thing to setting up a hatchery of your own." -- Family FunWhen a mother brings her daughter to a pond to collect some frog...

"Part picture book for pleasure reading. . . . and part practical how-to, this dramatic account is the next best thing to setting up a hatchery of your own." -- Family FunWhen a mother brings her daughter to a pond to collect some frog...

A gentle introduction to horses will draw both committed horse lovers and those who need a little reassurance before jumping into the saddle. I have a friend named Catherine, and she has a horse named Shannon. "Come and meet her," Catherine says. A little...

Morris is a lovable, greedy fat ginger kitten. In this story he is afraid of the new cat flat, but how will he get his food which is inside the house, when he is outside! A Roaring Good Read for new readersMorris is a...

The third book about Morris, the lovable fat ginger kitten whose main interest in life is food! A Roaring Good Read for children who are just able to read on their own. Morris gets chased up the apple tree by a great big dog....

Morris wants to eat his kitty biscuits, but his mother sends him off to play hide and seek instead. When it's Morris's turn to hide, he finds the perfect place: the food cupboard, where the kitty biscuits are kept! Orange/ Band 6 books offer...

Morris is ginger and very fat. He's a cat who loves snoozing and eating... but that won't catch him a mouse. Another lively story for beginner readers about this lovable puss.Morris is good at licking and purring. His mother wants him to be good...

Children's, young adult and educational / Educational material / Educational: English language and literacy / Educational: English language: readers and reading schemes (YQCR), Designed / suitable for UK curricula and examinations / Designed / suitableAuthor: Vivian FrenchISBN-10: 0007187009ISBN-13: 9780007187003Publisher: Collins EducationalLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2006Pages: 24Format:...

Pig has to learn to fly, or he'll never be allowed to marry his darling Piggie Pig Loves Piggie, and Piggie loves Pig, but mean old Daddy won't let them be married He wants her to marry a pig that can fly, and we...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right levelIn Selim-Hassan the Seventh, a teenager is determined not to follow in his father's footsteps (but his great-great-great-great grandfather has other ideas). In The Wall, a young nomadic girl is determined to...

Alfie Onion is off on a great adventure ... carrying his brother's luggage. But when elder brother, Magnifico turns out not to be the hero he's cracked up to be, Alfie saves the day - with a little help from his loyal dog, a...

Bored and lonely Princess Peony wants to learn how to DO things - like cooking! But when Peony borrows a cookbook from the public library, the king has the old librarian who tried to help her arrested for "speaking out of turn." Can Peony...

When a hungry boy wishes for an egg he gets a surprise - a magic egg that makes everything he wishes for come true with hilarious consequences. But in the end does he ever really get what he wants? This traditional tale is beautifully...

The web of power looks smooth and peaceful -- until a new threat looms -- in the fifth tale from the Five Kingdoms. Prince Albion expects a unique occasion when he starts planning Cockenzie Rood Day to celebrate his kingdom -- and himself. What...

"A romp filled with language play and just plain nonsense. . . . Everyone gets his, her, or its due; goodness is rewarded; and evil punished oh-so-wickedly."- The Horn Book High above the mountain village of Fracture, trouble is brewing. The sorceress Lady Lamorna...

Here's to nature's recyclers Kids will burrow right into this book about the industrious -- and danger-filled -- life of the delightfully yucky earthworm. Who would want to be friends with a wiggly, slimy worm? You can't even tell which end is which But...

"Vivian French tells a gardening adventure and offers underground facts, including helpful hints on how to become a 'wormologist.' " -- USA Today Who would want to be friends with a wiggly, slimy worm? You can't even tell which end is which But there's...