The mouse added just the necessary weight to the line formed by all those trying to pull up the giant turnip.

Using rhythmic text to help build reading skills, combined with original illustrations, the books in this series offer quirky, humorous retellings of traditional children's tales.

Based on the traditional fairy tale 'The Enormous Turnip', this vibrantly illustrated story is sure to become a favourite in every home. Find out what happens when a very, very large turnip doesn't want to be pulled out of the ground! Part of the Ladybird 'First Favourite Tales' series - a perfect introduction to fairy tales for preschoolers - this book contains lots of funny rhythm and rhyme to delight young children. Ideal for reading aloud and sharing with 2-4 year olds.

Badger Girl's delighted to find the biggest turnip she's ever seen growing in her vegetable garden, but when the time comes to harvest the giant root, she's unable to pull it up without help from family and friends.

Find out what happens when the old woman, the old man, and all twenty-one animals on the farm try to harvest a rather large root vegetable. This well-loved Russian tale uses humor, counting and repetition to appeal to beginner readers.

Usborne Guided Reading Packs have been developed and endorsed by top reading experts to provide teachers with exciting, effective and practical classroom resources. Oliver Twist is part of the Usborne Reading Programme Young Reading Series 3 and is suitable for National Curriculum level 4A.

As Mr. Wolf tries to get a very large turnip out of the ground, a frog asks for the wolf's help in finding a princess to kiss him and break a witch's spell, but when they are successful the frog turns into a very different type of prince.

Ladybird has pu8blished fairy tales for over forty years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children. These are based on the original Ladybird retellings, with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail. Children have always loved and will always remember these classic stories and sharing them together is an experience to treasure.

The old man wants the enormous turnip for his dinner. He pulls and he pulls but the turnip is too big! Ladybird Readers is a series of traditional tales, modern stories, and nonfiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign language. Each activity book includes language activities to support the CEF framework, as well as help young learners prepare for the Cambridge Young Learners English (YLE) exams and fulfills SSRW criteria. This Level 1 activity book is ideal for children who have received some initial reading instruction. It covers CEF level Pre A1 and supports YLE starters exams.

How will the man get the enormous turnip out of the ground? Read this folktale about working hard to find out!