Arcadia Public Library

Princes and princesses go together like sea and sand. But what if you're the world's clumsiest prince? Or the smelliest? Or you're a princess who doesn't want to get married? Then things get a little tricky. Usborne Young Reading books combine good stories with easy reading text. Series One is for readers who have just started reading alone.

Presents Wilde's well-known Selfish Giant, Nightingale and the Rose, Devoted Friend, Happy Prince, Remarkable Rocket, and Young King.

Horrid Henry builds a big, mean monster snowman in order to win the snowman competition against Moody Margaret's ballerina snowgirl, and claim the prize--a year's supply of ice cream--all for himself.

The classic tales of Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, the Tailor of Gloucester, Jeremy Fisher, Benjamin Bunny, Miss Moppet, and the Two Bad Mice, plus Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes, with new illustrations.

A collection of four stories follows Horrid Henry as he reads his brother's diary, tries to beat Moody Margaret at soccer, goes shopping for new clothes with his mother, and deals with a new student in his class.

Describes how each of three villagers dealt with dragons, sometimes as allies, but usually as adversaries.

Seven little stories with big endings.

The reader can use visual clues and deductive reasoning to help Daisy and Ridley solve forty puzzling mysteries.

Who will be the Pirate of the Year? What is the cabin boys secret? And how will Captain Spike escape from the dungeons of Rotters Isle? Find out in these swashbuckling stories of ships, sharks and scheming on the high seas.