Includes a rhyme with illustrations.

When two small sisters go fishing to the magic pond, they find something much better than a frog or a newt. They find a bog baby. Small and blue with wings like a dragon, the girls decide to make him their secret. I won't tell if you won't. But the bog baby is a wild thing, and when he becomes poorly, the girls decide they must tell their mum.

The ghastly Mr Skumskins O'Parsley's favorite dishes include worm cast butties, squashed tadpoles on toast and bogey burgers. O'Parsley decides one day to bake an extra special cake, with more revolting ingredients than you can possibly imagine. However, when the cake decides to eat HIM, he realizes it is time to mend his ways.

'Who's in the loo? There's a very long queue. Is it an elephant having a poo?' This witty rhyme will resonate profoundly if your house has many occupants. It includes illustrations that highlight the fun.

Sometimes Little Chick is naughty and sometimes Little Chick is sad. But no matter what he says or does - from jumping in muddy puddles to coming last in the race - his mummy always loves him. And that's the most important thing of all.

'I'm Grill Pan Eddy! Everybody ready? Catch me if you can!' Help! There's a mouse in the house.

Presents a spray to frighten monsters, laces that tie themselves, a hamster that lives forever and a brand-new baby brother on Christmas morning.

All the young wild animals think Bat is mad. How can she say a tree has the trunk at the top and the leaves at the bottom? Until, that is, they consult wise Owl who suggests that if they just try looking at things from Bat's point of view, they might see thing very differently.

Where the willow meets the water a tadpole met a caterpillar. They gazed into each other's tiny eyes... and fell in love. 'I love everything about you', said the caterpillar. 'Promise you'll never change'. And foolishly, the tadpole promises.

There was once a cow, who was always miserable; and a lamb who tried to cheer her up. But the cow was impossible to cheer up! Even Father Christmas was too jolly for her. The poor lamb burst into tears himself, and wallowed in misery. Finally the cow started to miss him, and gave him the best birthday present ever, a great big grin!

One day a little boy loses his bellybutton, so he sets off into the jungle to find it. On the way he meets lots of animals, who each have their own bellybuttons. But it seems that somebody has stolen the little boy's, and they may not be so eager to give it back!

Susan laughs, she sings, she rides, she swings. Susan gets angry, she gets sad, she is good and she is bad. Susan is just like any other child, or is she? Turn the last page and all will be revealed.

Discover the strange folk of Fairytale land and see what they get up to in their not-so-ordinary everyday lives.

This humorous story tells how Dr Xargle instructs his class of aliens on the appearance and habits of Earthlets (human babies) before embarking on a field trip to Earth. Bath-time, feeding and changing nappies are all given a new slant by this alien guide to human behaviour.

Little Rhino is rude to everyone, and has been since the day he was born. He sticks his tongue out, he makes rude noises, and he waves his bottom at anyone in front of him, with no respect for person or place. Until, that is, he meets his match with someone who is prepared to treat him the same way!

In this successor to Dr Xargle's Book of Earthlets , which was shortlisted for the Children's Book of the Year Award, the doctor and his aliens prepare to take another trip to Earth to study man's best friend, the Earth hound.

The young heroine of this book may live in a big city high rise block, but she just wants to be a cowgirl. With a little imagination ordinary city objects become objects more suitable back home on the ranch. A washing line is much better as a lasso and Dad's hat makes a great cowboy hat.

Dr Xargle, the green alien school teacher is attempting the hot topic of Earth relations and his views are as refreshing, remarkable and idiosyncratic as ever! Here we learn that Brother Earthlets are smelly, sticky and dangerous, while Sister Earthlets are shy, sneaky and give piercing shrieks.

Rigby Rocket is designed to offer links from guided to independent reading. Each title contains notes specifically for parents/Learning Support Assistants, focusing on key reading skills. The Green Level titles are aimed at children in Year 1 and follow on from the Blue Level .

There was once a cow who was miserable, and a lamb who was always trying to cheer her up. But she was impossible to cheer up! The poor lamb burst into tears, and wallowed in misery himself. Finally the cow missed him and gave him the best birthday present ever - a great big grin.