Part of the Usborne Key Skills series that supports the Science lessons children learn at school, this book is filled with activities that help children learn to recognise the characteristics of spring, summer, autumn and winter and describe different types of weather.

Part of the Usborne Key Skills series that supports the English lessons children learn at school, this book is filled with writing activities that help children write a diary entry, set the scene, write a letter and use describing words. Wipe-clean pages offer endless practice, and answers and secret notes for grown-ups are at the back.

Young writers can learn a range of writing skills with this fun activity book. Join a group of friendly animals at the fairground and design a ride, describe how to make an ice cream sundae and write a blog post about the big day out. The activities are presented in an approachable, engaging way and each focuses on a different writing skill.

Dorothy lives on the American prairie. A tornado lifts her wooden home into the air with Dorothy and her dog Toto inside, bringing them to the magical Land of Oz. Dorothy makes friends with a scarecrow, a tin man and a lion, but she longs to return home. With fun activities after the story, and online audio in British and American English.

The classic story by L. Frank Baum, retold for children growing in their reading confidence and ability, sumptuously illustrated by Mauro Evangelista. Usborne Young Reading has been developed with reading experts from Roehampton University.

The classic story by L. Frank Baum, retold for children growing in reading confidence and ability. When Dorothy is whizzed to Oz in a tornado, she lands in a place where nothing is quite as it seems. Can she find the Wizard, defeat the Wicked Witch of the West, and be granted her wish to return to Kansas?