The ultimate choice for Christmas gifting to spread festive cheer. Summary If you’re just beginning to take the reading journey with your child, My First Reading Library is a great first step. It’s a great collection from Usborne, trusted publishers of children’s books. There are fifty books included in this substantial box set, covering the first three stages of reading development. They will take you from the phonics they’re learning in schools, through short stories they can read by themselves, right up to longer stories that will help build confidence in their new skills. The box also comes with a QR code, which links to a parents’ guide online. This collection is part of the Usborne Reading Programme, which can be used in concert with your child’s school curriculum or as a foundation for homeschooling. The complete programme encompasses three series: Very First Reading, First Reading and Young Reading. Both First and Young Reading have four levels each, and Very First Reading is one level, bringing it to a total of nine. This box set, by renowned children’s book publishers Usborne, features the first three levels of reading, making the perfect start. What comes next? This box set is just the first step in your child’s reading journey. Once they’ve completed My First Reading Library, they’re ready to move onto Usborne’s My Reading Library. It’s the perfect follow-up because it picks up the Usborne Reading Programme from right where the first box set leaves off. My Reading Library features 14 books from Usborne First Reading Level Three, 16 books from Usborne First Reading Level Four, and 20 books from Usborne Young Reading Series One. For more advanced readers, there’s The Usborne Reading Collection. This features books from Usborne Young Reading Series One and Two. Afterwards, there’s The Usborne Reading Collection for Confident Readers, featuring books from Usborne Young Reading Series Two and Three. With Usborne, your child can move from a beginner reader to an enthusiastic and fluent book lover. If you’re looking for more book sets to support your child’s reading, we also stock Read it Yourself with Ladybird. This is a fifty book collection of classic tales and incredible facts, organised into four reading levels. We also stock packs from the Biff, Chip & Kipper series, which develop your child’s reading skills across six levels of assessment. All these reading schemes are complementary, so you can build your child’s reading abilities with a wide variety of different stories. Feature Specification Author / Editors Mairi Mackinnon, Lesley Sims, and the Usborne Early Years Literacy Matrix Publisher / Imprint Usborne Publishing Ltd (London, United Kingdom) ISBN-13 9781409591528 (Unified Master Library Standard) SKU / Product Code B2D9152-50BKS Format Multi-Book Value Paperback Library Curation inside Heavy-Duty Display Slipcase Box Total Book Count 50 Independent, Color-Coded Phonics Progress Volumes Internal Grading Framework 1. Very First Reading (22 Green Spines) 2. First Reading Level One (12 Yellow Spines) 3. First Reading Level Two (16 Purple Spines) Target Age Bracket Ages 5 to 7 Years Old (Nursery, Reception, and Key Stage 1 / Year 1 & 2 Core) Core Pedagogy Focus Synthetic Phonics, Shared Adult-Child Reading Loops, Independent Sentence Decoding Retail Pricing Edge Tremendous 73% direct warehouse savings off individual cover RRP equivalents (£39.99 vs £149.50) 2026 Strategic Focus Definitive seasonal home education and reading slide defense asset launching next month From the publisher The first 22 usborne books are taken from Usborne Very First Reading. With these your child takes the first steps in reading with your help; following the phonics methods used in school. 1. Pirate Pat2. Double Trouble3. The Dressing-Up Box4. Captain Mac5. A Bus For Miss Moss6. The Perfect Pet7. Dog Diary8. Bad Jack Fox9. Grizzle Bear Rock10. The Magic Ring11. The Queen Makes A Scene12. A Fright In The Night13. Stop That Cow!14. The Deep Dark Woods15. Moon Zoom16. Run, Rabbit, Run!17. Late Night At The Zoo18. Wild School19. The Circus Under The Sea20. The Monster Diner21. Knight Fight22. Mr Mystery The next 12 books are taken from Usborne First Reading Level One. These delightful and very short stories are for children to try reading themselves. 23. The Greedy Dog24. The Rabbit's Tale25. Anansi And The Bag Of Wisdom26. How The Whale Got His Throat27. How The Elephant Got His Trunk28. Under The Ground29. On The Moon30. Why The Kangaroo Jumps31. The Sun and The Wind32. King Midas and The Gold33. How The Crab Got His Claws34. Anansi And The Tug Of War 16 further books are taken from Usborne First Reading Level Two. These slightly longer stories will build stamina and reading confidence. 35. Doctor Foster Went To Gloucester36. The Baobab Tree37. How Bear Lost His Tail38. Little Miss Muffet39. How Zebra Got Their Stripes40. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe41. The Daydreamer42. The Chilly Little Penguin43. The Tortoise and The Eagle44. King Donkey Ears45. Clever Rabbit and The Wolves46. Stone Soup47. How Elephants Lose Their Wings48. The Little Giraffe49. The Dragon and The Phoenix50. Clever Rabbit and The Lion How to help your child with reading: Try to find a little time every day to sit down with your child and read together. In the early stages, “little and often” is what’s most effective. Give plenty of encouragement and praise.
