Ruth Hobart

The illustrations in this exciting reader for beginners will enthuse children to the point that they won't want to part with their Mowgli. When Mowgli meets the tiger, Shera Khan and isn’t able to cross the river to escape, he realises that he must learn to swim. With a little help from his friends Baloo, Bagheera, Hathi and the others, Mowgli d...

Ruth Hobart Cultural reader Some festivals are popular all over the world. Festivals! tells children how Christmas, Easter, Halloween and other festivities are celebrated in many countries of the world. Young readers are encouraged to use fine-motor skills to colour in, cut out, glue on to create fun decorations and greeting cards. Fest...

Retold by Ruth Hobart A magician tricks Aladdin, but when Aladdin rubs an old lamp a genie comes out, and life is never the same again, for him or his mum! Despite the magician’s plots, Aladdin manages to keep the magic lamp… and the beautiful princess!