Usborne Young Reading Series

The Usborne Young Reading Series is a fantastic, graded series for new readers. Our kids enjoyed all the Usborne books we manged to lay our hands on. School libraries ought to have them in their libraries.

According to their website, this series is a "collection of over 300 reading books, graded in seven levels, and covering a range of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction."

Here are some of the books:

• East of the sun, West of the moon, Series Two
• Percy and the Pirates, Series Four, Review here
• Stories of Mermaids, Series One
• Stories of Pirates, Series One
• The Adventures of King Arthur
• The Burglar's Breakfast, Series One, Review here
• The Count of Monte Cristo, Series Three
• The Dinosaurs Next Door, Series One, Review here
• The Frog Prince, Series One, Review here
• The Elves and the Shoemaker, Series One, Review here
• The Enchanted Castle, Series Two
• The Princess and the Pea
• The Story of Chocolate, Series One
• The Story of Flying, Series One
• The Story of the Olympics, Series Two