Most Popular Books by Simon Puttock

One morning, Pig gets a leaflet through the letter box, saying "Gardening Competition. Grow Big things and win Big prizes!" "Hooray!" thinks Pig. "I''ll win easily!" And he sets to work, making a special growing mixture which he puts on everything. Then he waits to see what will grow the most. Eventually he grows a beautiful and absolutely enormous plant. But when the judges see it, they aren''t impressed. Fortunately, almost nothing can dampen Pig''s Spirits, and his friends come up with a wonderful way of making him a winner after all!

Mademoiselle Gorilla is not like other gorillas – she is a poet. Feeling ignored and misunderstood by her loud-mouthed, banana-guzzling family, Mademoiselle Gorilla sets sail for New York, where her artistic nature and true talent are quickly recognised and rewarded. But the fame and fortune of movie stardom isn''t everything, and Mademoiselle''s sensitive soul soon begins to yearn for her family, and the tumble and whoop of the jungle . . .

It''s Elephant''s first day at playschool and he''s feeling very new. 4 yrs+

Mama Pig’s new little piglets are all clean and beautiful but, being piglets, they soon get grubby. Straight into the bath they go, but not without protesting that they do not WANT to be clean! Mama Pig entices them with rubber ducks and lots and lots of bubbles, and now the three piglets can’t wait to go out and get dirty so they can have ANOTHER bath. But one bath a day is more than enough for Mama Pig!

When Goat offers to do the grocery shopping, Donkey knows that things might just get a little muddled! He writes out a list so that Goat will know exactly what to buy. But the market is such a dazzling place and Goat sees so many lovely things. Instead of apples, carrots, cabbages and icecream, Goat buys a sun hat, an inflatable octopus, a trumpet and a pair of sunglasses decorated with strawberries! What ever will Donkey make of all the surprises that Goat has in his basket when he trots triumphantly back home? Goodness knows!A delightful duo - Goat and Donkey are ready to entertain children and parents everywhere.

When Sheriff Woollens finds that someone has rustled his onions, he immediately suspects Wild-West Winnie. The sheriff is soon hot on her trail, but clever Winnie has a few surprises for him. Could she be less shifty and more lovely than he thought? Parents AND children will fall for the charms of Winnie and Sheriff Woollens in this warm, funny tale of the Wild West.

In Walrus Joins In everyone in the North Pole is very excited about the ''Big Show in the Snow''. Anyone can be in it. The trouble is, Walrus wants to take part... TreeTops Fiction contains engaging novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children''s imaginations and develop their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustrators broadens children''s reading experience, with something to appeal to every child. The titles at Oxford Levels 1+ to 5 are phonically decodable with some extra high-interest words to expand children''s vocabularies and enrich the stories. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book.This pack contains six books, one of each of the following titles: Pip, Lop, Mip, Bop and the Bumbles, Tomorrow Never Comes, The Night Knight, Snoot''s Birthday Surprise, Sometimes Mum is Silly and The Festival of Colours.

This book is part of TreeTops Fiction, a structured reading programme providing juniors with stories they will love to read. Offering chapter books with full-colour illustrations, written by well-known authors, these stories are full of humour and have real boy appeal. They are tightly levelled allowing children to read books appropriate to their ability. This book is also available as part of a mixed pack of 6 different books or a class pack of 36 books of the same Oxford Reading Tree stage. Each book pack comes with a free copy of up-to-date and invaluable teaching notes.

When the wind spies Mama and Papa''s beautiful baby it vows to steal her and whisks her away down the road and across the town causing havoc everywhere it blows.

6-year-old Ruth May loves her two chickens and counts them every morning and every night. But two aren''t enough, so she demands twice as many. Then four aren''t enough, and she thinks she needs twice as many to keep her happy-- but will the chickens be happy?

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children''s imaginations and develop their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustrators broadens children''s reading experience, with something to appeal to every child. The titles at Oxford Levels 1+ to 5 are phonically decodable with some extra high-interest words to expand children''s vocabularies and enrich the stories. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book.This pack contains 36 books, six of each of the following titles: Pip, Lop, Mip, Bop and the Bumbles, Tomorrow Never Comes, The Night Knight, Snoot''s Birthday Surprise, Sometimes Mum is Silly and The Festival of Colours.

This pack is part of a structured reading programme for juniors from Oxford Reading Tree, Stages 9-16. - providing them with stories they will love to read. Stage 9 stories are for the less confident junior reader and are a valuable addition to the much loved TreeTops range. TreeTops Fiction, More Stage 9 are available in mixed packs of six different stories or class packs of 36 books. Guided Reading and Comprehension Cards to support group reading and including speaking and listening and follow-up activities are also available.

Six emotionally engaging and beautifully illustrated levelled stories.This Read with Oxford Stage 3 collection is ideal for children who are growing in reading confidence.Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your child''s reading confidence.

I am the fastest! I am the best! I should have a medal to wear upon my chest! chants Frog in Fast Frog. Frog likes being the best at things, but to be the fastest he has to find new ways to beat others. TreeTops Fiction contains engaging novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!

This pack is part of a structured reading programme for juniors from Oxford Reading Tree, Stages 9-16 - providing them with stories they will love to read. TreeTops Fiction, Stage 10 are available in mixed packs of six different stories or class packs of 36 books. Each pack comes with handy, easy-to-use, teaching notes. Guided Reading and Comprehension Cards to support group reading and including speaking and listening and follow-up activities are also available.

Fast Frog likes coming first in the race. In fact, he always wants to be first. But can anyone go faster? Includes full-color illustrations and author profile. Chapter Book: 5 chapters.