Usbourne First Reading The Three Wishes

📖 Overview:

• Author: Lesley Sims

• Illustrator: Elisa Squillace

• Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

• Publication Date: 27 March 2009

• ISBN: 9780746096697

• Format: Hardcover

• Pages: 32

• Reading Age: 4–7 years

• Series: Usborne First Reading Level 1

🌟 Story Summary:

A retelling of a traditional European folktale. Nat and Ned are poor and often hungry—until Ned rescues a wish-granting fairy. But when they’re given three wishes, things don’t go quite as planned. A humorous and gently moral tale about being careful what you wish for.

🎯 Educational Value:

• Developed with reading experts from Roehampton University

• Includes reading-related puzzles at the end

• Designed for children beginning to read with light support