{"title":"My Second Reading Library","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"usborne-my-second-reading-library-50-books-set-ages-5-7-paperback","title":"Usborne My Second Reading Library 50 Books Collection Set - Ages 5-7 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitles in This Set\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe King's Pudding\u003cbr\u003eThe Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs\u003cbr\u003eChicken Licken\u003cbr\u003eThe Musicians of Bremen\u003cbr\u003eThe Mouse's Wedding\u003cbr\u003eThe Boy Who Cried Wolf\u003cbr\u003eThe Magic Pear Tree\u003cbr\u003eThe Dinosaur who Lost his Roar\u003cbr\u003eThe Enormous Turnip\u003cbr\u003eThe Three Little Pigs\u003cbr\u003eThe Magic Porridge Pot\u003cbr\u003eThe Gingerbread Man\u003cbr\u003eThe Little Red Hen\u003cbr\u003eThe Leopard and the Sky God\u003cbr\u003eThe Tin Soldier\u003cbr\u003eThe Golden Carpet\u003cbr\u003eThe Runaway Pancake\u003cbr\u003eThe Ugly Duckling\u003cbr\u003eThe Town Mouse and the Country Mouse\u003cbr\u003eGoldilocks and the Three Bears\u003cbr\u003eLittle Red Riding Hood\u003cbr\u003eThe Reluctant Dragon\u003cbr\u003eWhy The Sea is Salty\u003cbr\u003eThe Emperor and the Nightingale\u003cbr\u003eAndrocles and the Lion\u003cbr\u003eThe Hare and the Tortoise\u003cbr\u003eBaba Yaga the Flying Witch\u003cbr\u003eThe Owl and the Pussy Cat\u003cbr\u003ePrincess Polly and the Pony\u003cbr\u003eDick Whittington\u003cbr\u003eCinderella\u003cbr\u003eSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs\u003cbr\u003eSaint George and the Dragon\u003cbr\u003eThe Wooden Horse\u003cbr\u003eThe Monkey King\u003cbr\u003eForgotten Fairy Tales: The Daring Princess\u003cbr\u003eForgotten Fairy Tales: The Sleeping Prince\u003cbr\u003eThe Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor\u003cbr\u003eJack and the Beanstalk\u003cbr\u003eThe Princess and the Pea\u003cbr\u003eThe Little Mermaid\u003cbr\u003eThe Nutcracker\u003cbr\u003eThe Three Wishes\u003cbr\u003eBeauty And The Beast\u003cbr\u003eHansel and Gretel\u003cbr\u003eThe Elves and the Shoemaker\u003cbr\u003eForgotten Fairy Tales: Clever Molly\u003cbr\u003eRapunzel\u003cbr\u003eSleeping Beauty\u003cbr\u003eThe Runaway Princess\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Brand New\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781803708867\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Usborne\u003cbr\u003eAge Range: Ages 5-7 (Grades K-2)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Usborne My Second Reading Library brings together fifty paperback storybooks spanning three graded stages: First Reading Level Three, First Reading Level Four, and Young Reading Series One. Designed for children moving beyond beginner readers, the set pairs familiar fairy tales, fables, and folk stories with gradually longer sentences and richer vocabulary. Each title is fully illustrated to support comprehension while young readers build fluency, confidence, and stamina. Perfect for home reading time, classroom libraries, or as a generous gift, this collection offers months of varied stories that keep early readers motivated as their skills steadily grow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fifty-book collection is structured in three carefully graded stages so children progress naturally as their reading skills develop. The first fourteen titles come from Usborne First Reading Level Three, featuring short, repetitive sentences and classic plots like Chicken Licken and The Three Little Pigs that reinforce early decoding skills. The next sixteen titles are drawn from Level Four, introducing slightly longer stories and more varied sentence structures, including favorites such as Cinderella and The Ugly Duckling. The remaining twenty books come from Young Reading Series One, bridging the gap toward independent chapter-book reading with fuller narratives like The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor and The Nutcracker. Across all three stages, the stories are retold by a range of experienced Usborne authors and brought to life with colorful illustrations that support comprehension without overwhelming the text. Themes of courage, kindness, cleverness, and perseverance run throughout, drawn from beloved fairy tales, Aesop's fables, and folk stories from around the world. The gentle increase in text complexity across the set means children can keep returning to the same trusted format while continually being challenged just enough to grow their reading stamina. Whether read aloud at bedtime or tackled independently, this expansive library gives early readers a rich, varied path from simple story sentences toward confident, independent chapter-book reading. Parents and teachers alike appreciate how the consistent trim size and paperback format make this set easy to store, share, and rotate through a classroom or home reading corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Benefits\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFifty complete paperback storybooks spanning three graded reading levels in one set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarefully sequenced from Level Three through Young Reading Series One to build reading stamina gradually\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClassic fairy tales, Aesop's fables, and folk stories from around the world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull-color illustrations on every page support comprehension and engagement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeal for home reading routines, classroom libraries, or as a generous gift for growing readers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompact paperback format makes the set easy to store, organize, and rotate through\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook-by-Book Guide\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe King's Pudding — A curious king sets a playful challenge that teaches patience and cleverness.\u003cbr\u003eThe Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs — This classic Aesop fable warns against greed with a golden goose and an impatient farmer.\u003cbr\u003eChicken Licken — A jumpy hen convinces her barnyard friends that the sky is falling in this comic tale of misunderstanding.\u003cbr\u003eThe Musicians of Bremen — Four aging farm animals join forces and outwit a band of robbers on their way to Bremen.\u003cbr\u003eThe Mouse's Wedding — A tiny mouse family plans a big celebration, discovering courage in small packages.\u003cbr\u003eThe Boy Who Cried Wolf — A shepherd boy learns the high cost of dishonesty after crying wolf one too many times.\u003cbr\u003eThe Magic Pear Tree — An enchanted tree rewards kindness and shared generosity over selfishness.\u003cbr\u003eThe Dinosaur who Lost his Roar — A young dinosaur searches far and wide to find his missing roar again.\u003cbr\u003eThe Enormous Turnip — A farmer and his growing team of helpers pull together to harvest one giant turnip.\u003cbr\u003eThe Three Little Pigs — Three pigs build very different houses, and only one keeps out the huffing, puffing wolf.\u003cbr\u003eThe Magic Porridge Pot — A magic pot fills a whole village with porridge until nobody remembers how to stop it.\u003cbr\u003eThe Gingerbread Man — A freshly baked cookie springs to life and outruns everyone who tries to catch him.\u003cbr\u003eThe Little Red Hen — A hardworking hen learns who really deserves to share in the bread she baked alone.\u003cbr\u003eThe Leopard and the Sky God — A traditional African tale explains how the leopard came to have its spotted coat.\u003cbr\u003eThe Tin Soldier — A brave one-legged tin soldier faces daring adventures in this beloved Hans Christian Andersen story.\u003cbr\u003eThe Golden Carpet — A magical flying carpet carries its owner on an unexpected journey of discovery.\u003cbr\u003eThe Runaway Pancake — A lively pancake escapes the frying pan and leads a merry chase through the countryside.\u003cbr\u003eThe Ugly Duckling — A misfit duckling discovers his true identity in this timeless Andersen classic about belonging.\u003cbr\u003eThe Town Mouse and the Country Mouse — Two cousins compare city glamour with countryside simplicity and learn what really matters.\u003cbr\u003eGoldilocks and the Three Bears — A curious girl wanders into the bears' cottage and samples porridge, chairs, and beds that are just right.\u003cbr\u003eLittle Red Riding Hood — A girl in a red cloak meets a cunning wolf on her way to Grandma's house.\u003cbr\u003eThe Reluctant Dragon — A gentle, poetry-loving dragon would rather make friends than fight a knight.\u003cbr\u003eWhy The Sea is Salty — A folktale explains the ocean's saltiness through a magical, never-ending mill.\u003cbr\u003eThe Emperor and the Nightingale — A real nightingale's song proves far more precious to an emperor than a jeweled mechanical bird.\u003cbr\u003eAndrocles and the Lion — A kind slave removes a thorn from a lion's paw and later finds unexpected loyalty repaid.\u003cbr\u003eThe Hare and the Tortoise — A boastful hare learns that slow and steady wins the race against a determined tortoise.\u003cbr\u003eBaba Yaga the Flying Witch — A brave heroine outsmarts the fearsome witch of Slavic folklore in her hut on chicken legs.\u003cbr\u003eThe Owl and the Pussy Cat — Edward Lear's whimsical rhyme follows an unlikely pair who sail away together in a beautiful pea-green boat.\u003cbr\u003ePrincess Polly and the Pony — A spirited princess proves her worth through kindness to a beloved pony.\u003cbr\u003eDick Whittington — A poor boy and his loyal cat travel to London, where fortune eventually turns in their favor.\u003cbr\u003eCinderella — A kind-hearted girl overcomes her stepfamily's cruelty with help from a fairy godmother and a glass slipper.\u003cbr\u003eSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs — A princess finds shelter with seven kindly dwarfs after fleeing a jealous queen.\u003cbr\u003eSaint George and the Dragon — A brave knight rescues a kingdom from a fearsome, fire-breathing dragon.\u003cbr\u003eThe Wooden Horse — The legendary Trojan Horse helps bring the long siege of Troy to its dramatic end.\u003cbr\u003eThe Monkey King — A mischievous, powerful monkey causes chaos in heaven in this classic Chinese legend.\u003cbr\u003eForgotten Fairy Tales: The Daring Princess — A resourceful princess takes her fate into her own hands in this lesser-known retelling.\u003cbr\u003eForgotten Fairy Tales: The Sleeping Prince — This overlooked tale flips a familiar fairy-tale formula with a prince under an enchanted sleep.\u003cbr\u003eThe Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor — A daring sailor faces mythical creatures and treacherous seas across the Arabian Nights.\u003cbr\u003eJack and the Beanstalk — Magic beans lead Jack up a towering beanstalk to a giant's castle in the clouds.\u003cbr\u003eThe Princess and the Pea — A single pea beneath many mattresses proves a princess's delicate, true identity.\u003cbr\u003eThe Little Mermaid — A mermaid longs for a life on land in Hans Christian Andersen's bittersweet classic.\u003cbr\u003eThe Nutcracker — A magical nutcracker doll comes to life to battle the fearsome Mouse King on Christmas Eve.\u003cbr\u003eThe Three Wishes — A woodcutter and his wife squander a set of magical wishes with comic results.\u003cbr\u003eBeauty And The Beast — A kind young woman looks past a beast's fearsome appearance and discovers his true heart.\u003cbr\u003eHansel and Gretel — Two clever siblings outwit a wicked witch and her house made of sweets.\u003cbr\u003eThe Elves and the Shoemaker — Helpful elves secretly finish a struggling shoemaker's work overnight.\u003cbr\u003eForgotten Fairy Tales: Clever Molly — A quick-witted heroine uses her cleverness to escape danger in this hidden-gem retelling.\u003cbr\u003eRapunzel — A girl with impossibly long hair is locked in a tower until a chance encounter changes everything.\u003cbr\u003eSleeping Beauty — A princess falls under a sleeping spell that only true love's kiss can break.\u003cbr\u003eThe Runaway Princess — A spirited princess sets off on her own adventure rather than wait to be rescued.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection brings together stories retold by a range of experienced Usborne authors, including Susanna Davidson, Mairi MacKinnon, and other trusted contributors to the First Reading and Young Reading programs, working alongside illustrators who bring every classic tale vividly to life on the page. Usborne Publishing has built its reputation over five decades on carefully leveled, richly illustrated books that support children's reading development from first words through confident, independent reading, with titles translated into more than one hundred languages for readers worldwide. Their collaborative approach ensures every story in this set is age-appropriate, engaging, and reliably graded for skill level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy You'll Love This Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith fifty stories spanning three graded reading levels, this set keeps early readers engaged for months, making it a fantastic birthday gift, holiday season present, or classroom library addition. 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