Children's literature for literacy

Three farmers, each one meaner than the other, try all-out warfare to get rid of the fox and his family

There was once a small boy called Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge and what's more he wasn't very old, either. His house was next door to an old people's home and he knew all the people who lived there.

One bright spring morning in the woods of France, a soldier, blinded by the war, is found by a little girl named Coco, and her older sister Marcelle. In return for their kindness, the soldier tells the sisters marvellous tales, each story connected to the keepsake he carries in his pocket: a perfect, tiny silver donkey

Bill is having a bad day. Mr Huff is following him around and making everything seem difficult. Bill tries to get rid of him, but Mr Huff just gets bigger and bigger! Then they both stop, and a surprising thing happens...

Set in biblical times, a small family sets off across a desert in search of refuge from persecution in their own country, and an ancient story becomes a fable for our times.

On a perfect day, the hours stretch endlessly ahead. Scribbling with chalk, running with kites, digging for shells... paddling, climbing, dreaming. Hour unfolds upon hour, with reassuring comfort and sleep beckoning at the end.

Hey diddle diddle, you all know the riddle, a cow jumps over the moon... But the moon is very high in the sky. How many attempts will it take before Cow makes her famous highflying leap?